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[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–29251]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Emergency Approval of a
New Information Collection:
Commercial Vehicle Driver Survey:
Truck Driver Hours of Service and
Fatigue Management
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
information.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to
request an emergency approval process.
FMCSA requested approval of this ICR
not later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice. The purpose
of this information collection is to
analyze the impact of the new Hours-ofService regulations on drivers and the
effects of these regulations on driver
fatigue as well as to acquire general
demographic information regarding the
commercial motor vehicle driving
population.
DATES: Please send your comments by
April 21, 2008. OMB must receive your
comments by this date in order to act
quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503, Attention: DOT/FMCSA Desk
Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Carroll, Senior Transportation
Specialist, (202) 385–2388,
robert.carroll@dot.gov, MC-RRR Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
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6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Dr. Michelle Yeh,
Engineering Psychologist, (617) 494–
3459, yeh@volpe.dot.gov, Human
Factors Division, Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center, 55
Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02124.
Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Vehicle Driver
Survey: Truck Driver Hours of Service
and Fatigue Management.
OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Respondents: Commercial motor
vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1728 respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new
information collection.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 432
hours [1728 respondents × 15 minutes =
432].
Background: The Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
needs a better understanding of the
commercial motor vehicle driving
population and the perceived effect of
its new Hours-of-Service rule. This rule,
adopted in August 2005, was intended
to align truck drivers’ schedules with
the normal 24-hour circadian cycle and
provide drivers with better
opportunities to obtain more restorative
sleep. The Hours-of-Service rule is
intended to minimize the occurrence of
operational errors on the road. However,
in July, 2007, two provisions of the
Hours-of-Service rule were vacated by
the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit (the
Court). The Court held that FMCSA had
failed to provide an opportunity to
comment on the methodology of its
operator-fatigue model, and that it failed
to explain the elements of that
methodology. Because the model is the
basis for the cost-benefit analysis which
supports the increase of driving time
from 10 to 11 hours and of the 34-hour
restart, the Court vacated those two
provisions. The Court subsequently
stayed its mandate for three months,
until December 27, 2007.
FMCSA would like to analyze, in
great detail, the impact of the 2005
Hours-of-Service regulations on drivers.
Related to this issue is truck driver
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fatigue. Fatigue mitigation has been a
high priority in the Department of
Transportation and the FMSCA for
many years. The 2005 Hours-of-Service
regulations required drivers to take two
additional hours off duty every day,
allowing them to obtain the 7–8 hours
of sleep that most people need to
maintain alertness. An understanding of
whether the rules are perceived to be
having the desired effect on driver sleep
is needed. Additionally, understanding
drivers’ napping habits and other
solutions for coping with fatigue would
provide input for future solutions and
policies to better accommodate these
issues.
FMCSA would also like to obtain
information on the commercial motor
vehicle driving population. Driverrelated factors are an important
consideration in commercial motor
vehicle crashes, but there is no central
nationwide source of information
describing the population of drivers
holding a Commercial Drivers License
(CDL). An estimate of the number of
commercial drivers and particular
subsets of drivers (e.g., short-haul,
regional, long-haul) is needed and
would benefit FMCSA in assessing the
impacts of future initiatives, policies,
and rules and the improvement of its
safety programs.
The goals of this survey are to obtain
commercial motor vehicle drivers’
opinions on the new Hours-of-Service
regulations and the effects of these
regulations on driver fatigue and to
acquire general demographic
information regarding the commercial
motor vehicle driving population. Data
for this project will be collected via
driver interviews and from a one-time,
hard copy, mailed survey. Drivers will
provide information regarding the
nature of their work, experience, and
employment history, their perceptions
regarding the effect of the Hours-ofService regulations, and methods for
coping with fatigue. The results of the
information collection will be
summarized and made available to the
public. It will be used to inform future
initiatives, policies, and rules; develop
a picture of the commercial vehicle
driver population for use in future
FMCSA research; and contribute to the
general literature regarding fatigue
management.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
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information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information.
Issued On: March 14, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
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Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of
exemptions; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its
decision to renew the exemptions from
the vision requirement in the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 13
individuals. FMCSA has statutory
authority to exempt individuals from
the vision requirement if the
exemptions granted will not
compromise safety. The Agency has
concluded that granting these
exemption renewals will provide a level
of safety that is equivalent to, or greater
than, the level of safety maintained
without the exemptions for these
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
drivers.
This decision is effective April
23, 2008. Comments must be received
on or before April 21, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA–01–
11426, FMCSA–03–16564, FMCSA–05–
21711, FMCSA–05–22194, FMCSA–05–
23099, FMCSA–06–23773, using any of
the following methods.
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https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
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U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
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Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-29251]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Approval of a
New Information Collection: Commercial Vehicle Driver Survey: Truck
Driver Hours of Service and Fatigue Management
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for information.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to request an emergency approval process. FMCSA requested
approval of this ICR not later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice. The purpose of this information collection
is to analyze the impact of the new Hours-of-Service regulations on
drivers and the effects of these regulations on driver fatigue as well
as to acquire general demographic information regarding the commercial
motor vehicle driving population.
DATES: Please send your comments by April 21, 2008. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 Seventeenth
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT/FMCSA Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Carroll, Senior
Transportation Specialist, (202) 385-2388, robert.carroll@dot.gov, MC-
RRR Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
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6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC
20590. Requests for additional information or copies of the information
collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Dr.
Michelle Yeh, Engineering Psychologist, (617) 494-3459,
yeh@volpe.dot.gov, Human Factors Division, Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02124. Office
hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Vehicle Driver Survey: Truck Driver Hours of
Service and Fatigue Management.
OMB Control Number: 2126-XXXX.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Respondents: Commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1728 respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new information collection.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 432 hours [1728 respondents x 15
minutes = 432].
Background: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
needs a better understanding of the commercial motor vehicle driving
population and the perceived effect of its new Hours-of-Service rule.
This rule, adopted in August 2005, was intended to align truck drivers'
schedules with the normal 24-hour circadian cycle and provide drivers
with better opportunities to obtain more restorative sleep. The Hours-
of-Service rule is intended to minimize the occurrence of operational
errors on the road. However, in July, 2007, two provisions of the
Hours-of-Service rule were vacated by the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the Court). The Court
held that FMCSA had failed to provide an opportunity to comment on the
methodology of its operator-fatigue model, and that it failed to
explain the elements of that methodology. Because the model is the
basis for the cost-benefit analysis which supports the increase of
driving time from 10 to 11 hours and of the 34-hour restart, the Court
vacated those two provisions. The Court subsequently stayed its mandate
for three months, until December 27, 2007.
FMCSA would like to analyze, in great detail, the impact of the
2005 Hours-of-Service regulations on drivers. Related to this issue is
truck driver fatigue. Fatigue mitigation has been a high priority in
the Department of Transportation and the FMSCA for many years. The 2005
Hours-of-Service regulations required drivers to take two additional
hours off duty every day, allowing them to obtain the 7-8 hours of
sleep that most people need to maintain alertness. An understanding of
whether the rules are perceived to be having the desired effect on
driver sleep is needed. Additionally, understanding drivers' napping
habits and other solutions for coping with fatigue would provide input
for future solutions and policies to better accommodate these issues.
FMCSA would also like to obtain information on the commercial motor
vehicle driving population. Driver-related factors are an important
consideration in commercial motor vehicle crashes, but there is no
central nationwide source of information describing the population of
drivers holding a Commercial Drivers License (CDL). An estimate of the
number of commercial drivers and particular subsets of drivers (e.g.,
short-haul, regional, long-haul) is needed and would benefit FMCSA in
assessing the impacts of future initiatives, policies, and rules and
the improvement of its safety programs.
The goals of this survey are to obtain commercial motor vehicle
drivers' opinions on the new Hours-of-Service regulations and the
effects of these regulations on driver fatigue and to acquire general
demographic information regarding the commercial motor vehicle driving
population. Data for this project will be collected via driver
interviews and from a one-time, hard copy, mailed survey. Drivers will
provide information regarding the nature of their work, experience, and
employment history, their perceptions regarding the effect of the
Hours-of-Service regulations, and methods for coping with fatigue. The
results of the information collection will be summarized and made
available to the public. It will be used to inform future initiatives,
policies, and rules; develop a picture of the commercial vehicle driver
population for use in future FMCSA research; and contribute to the
general literature regarding fatigue management.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the performance of FMCSA's functions; (2)
the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the FMCSA to enhance
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the
quality of the collected information.
Issued On: March 14, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-5720 Filed 3-20-08; 8:45 am]
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