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I. Background
On July 25, 2010, FMCSA submitted
a draft HOS NPRM to OMB and on
December 29, 2010, published the
NPRM (75 FR 82170). The NPRM
proposed to revise the regulations for
hours of service for drivers of propertycarrying commercial motor vehicles
(CMVs).
II. Meeting Participation and
Information FMCSA Seeks From the
Public
The listening session is open to the
public. Speakers’ remarks will be
limited to 5 minutes each. The public
may submit material to the FMCSA staff
at the session for inclusion in the public
docket, FMCSA–2004–19608.
The Agency seeks data and answers
relating to the following issues and
questions. The comments sought below
may be submitted in written form at the
session and summarized verbally, if
desired.
1. Driving Time. FMCSA is seeking
additional studies or data that examine
in greater detail the fatigue and safety
differences between driving in the 10th
and 11th hours. FMCSA is also
interested in data that indicate when
and how frequently the 11th hour is
used. It seeks data on how much of the
11th hour is used when a driver goes
beyond the 10th hour.
1a. For example, on days in which the
driver both picks up and delivers a
truckload, how often does the driver
reach the 11th hour of driving?
1b. When the driver drives over 10
hours, is it by 5 minutes or by 55
minutes?
1c. What is the percentage of driving
that takes place in each hour compared
to total driving that occurs?
2. Duty Time/Driving Window.
FMCSA is soliciting information on
patterns of work for night drivers:
2a. For drivers who always drive at
night, what is the typical length of their
duty day?
2b. For drivers who sometimes drive
at night, how frequently do they do
that?
2c. FMCSA is seeking comments on
whether drivers who drive at least 3
hours between midnight and 6 a.m.
should have an hour less duty time
available (12 hours rather than 13) to
provide a longer period to obtain sleep.
3. Time-On-Task (TOT) Function. The
Agency seeks comment on whether its
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approach to estimating its TOT function
is reasonable given the lack of good
exposure data. The Agency is interested
in any suggestions for improving its
approach for estimating TOT effects,
especially information on where it
might obtain better data on exposure
and other driver characteristics that
would enable it to improve its
estimation of how or whether crash risk
varies over successive hours of daily
driving.
4. Cumulative Fatigue. The Agency
seeks comment on whether its
methodology for evaluating cumulative
fatigue and its impact on driving
performance is reasonable. The Agency
also welcomes further information on
the effects of cumulative fatigue,
particularly in the form of scientific
studies or data that would allow better
evaluation of cumulative fatigue and its
impact on workplace safety, driver
safety performance, and productivity.
III. Alternative Media Broadcasts
During and Immediately After the
Listening Session on February 17, 2011
FMCSA will Web cast the listening
session on the Internet and will have
telephone lines available for those
wishing to participate by telephone.
FMCSA will also open a window on its
Web site for commenters to send in
comments and questions. That session
will be open from Noon e.t. through
Midnight e.t. During the separate
Internet question and comment session,
FMCSA representatives will respond to
questions and provide clarification on
the NPRM, subject to Administrative
Procedure Act restrictions which
prohibit Agency officials from engaging
in policy discussions about open
rulemaking proceedings. Specific
information on how to participate via
the Internet and the telephone access
number will be on the FMCSA Web site
at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregulations/topics/hos/HOS–ListeningSessions.aspx.
FMCSA will docket the transcripts
from the Internet comment and question
session, as well as the webcast
transcript and a separate transcription of
the listening session that will be
prepared by an official court reporter.
Issued on: January 26, 2011.
Anne S. Ferro,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 110114034–1033–01]
RIN 0648–BA33
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery Off the Southern
Atlantic States; Control Date
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed
rulemaking; consideration of a control
date.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that it is
establishing a new control date to
control future access to the snappergrouper fishery operating in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the
South Atlantic. If changes to the
management regime are developed and
implemented under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), a control date could be used to
further limit the number of participants
in the fishery. This announcement is
intended, in part, to promote awareness
of the potential eligibility criteria for
future access so as to discourage
speculative entry into the fishery while
the South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (Council) and NMFS consider
whether and how access to the snappergrouper fishery should be controlled.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before 5 p.m., eastern
time, March 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by 0648–BA33, by any one of
the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Fax: Attn: Karla Gore 727–824–
5308.
• Mail: Karla Gore, NMFS Southeast
Regional Office, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
SUMMARY:
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Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe
PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; toll free 1–866–SAFMC–10 or
843–571–4366; kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the
September 2010 meeting, the Council
voted to establish a new control date of
September 17, 2010, for the snappergrouper fishery in the South Atlantic,
due to concern that the previous control
date established for the snapper-grouper
fishery of October 14, 2005 (70 FR
60058; October 14, 2005), was almost
five years old.
The control date would apply to
persons who are contemplating entering
the snapper-grouper fishery in the EEZ
of the South Atlantic region. The
Council requested that this control date
be published in the Federal Register to
notify fishermen that if they enter such
a fishery after September 17, 2010, they
may not be assured of future access if
the Council and/or NMFS decide to
further limit entry or impose other
measures to manage the snappergrouper fishery.
Establishment of the new control date
for the snapper-grouper fishery would
allow the Council to evaluate the level
of participation in the snapper-grouper
fishery and address any level of
overcapacity. Control dates are intended
to discourage speculative entry into a
fishery, as new entrants entering the
fishery after the control date are
forewarned that they are not guaranteed
future participation in the fishery.
Establishment of this control date
does not commit the Council or NMFS
to any particular management regime or
criteria for entry into the snappergrouper fishery. Fishermen are not
guaranteed future participation in the
fishery regardless of their level of
participation before or after the control
date. The Council may recommend a
different control date or it may
recommend a management regime that
does not involve a control date. Other
criteria, such as documentation of
landings or fishing effort, may be used
to determine eligibility for participation
in a limited access fishery. The Council
and/or NMFS also may choose to take
no further action to control entry or
access to the fisheries, in which case the
control date may be rescinded. Any
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action by the Council will be taken
pursuant to the requirements for fishery
management plan and amendment
development established under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act.
This notification also gives the public
notice that interested participants
should locate and preserve records that
substantiate and verify their
participation in the snapper-grouper
fishery in the South Atlantic EEZ.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 110114033–1032–01]
RIN 0648–BA32
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; King and
Spanish Mackerel Coastal Migratory
Pelagic Fishery Off the Southern
Atlantic States; Control Date
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed
rulemaking; consideration of a control
date.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that it is
establishing a new control date to
control future access to the king and
Spanish mackerel components of the
coastal migratory pelagics fishery
operating in the exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. If
changes to the management regime are
developed and implemented under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), a control date
could be used to further limit the
number of participants in the fishery.
This announcement is intended, in part,
to promote awareness of the potential
eligibility criteria for future access so as
to discourage speculative entry into the
fishery while the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) and
NMFS consider whether and how access
to the fishery should be controlled.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments must be
received on or before 5 p.m., eastern
time, March 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by 0648–BA32, by any one of
the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Fax: Attn: Karla Gore 727–824–
5308.
• Mail: Karla Gore, NMFS Southeast
Regional Office, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain
anonymous. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe
PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; toll free 1–866–SAFMC–10 or
843–571–4366; kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the
September 2010 Council meeting, the
Council recommended a new control
date of September 17, 2010, for king and
Spanish mackerel. The Council
requested a new control date for the
king and Spanish mackerel components
because the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council is beginning to
look at latent permits which may
ultimately impact the Council. A
previous control date for the
commercial king and Spanish mackerel
components had been established on
June 15, 2004 (70 FR 67985). The
control date would apply to persons
who are contemplating fishing for king
and Spanish mackerel in the EEZ of the
South Atlantic region. The Council
requested that this control date be
published in the Federal Register to
notify fishermen that if they enter such
a fishery after September 17, 2010, they
may not be assured of future access if
the Council and/or NMFS decide to
further limit entry or impose other
measures to manage this segment of the
coastal migratory pelagics fishery.
DATES:
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[FR Doc No: 2011-2125]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 110114034-1033-01]
RIN 0648-BA33
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Snapper-Grouper Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Control Date
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking; consideration of a
control date.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that it is establishing a new control date to
control future access to the snapper-grouper fishery operating in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. If changes to the
management regime are developed and implemented under the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
a control date could be used to further limit the number of
participants in the fishery. This announcement is intended, in part, to
promote awareness of the potential eligibility criteria for future
access so as to discourage speculative entry into the fishery while the
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS consider
whether and how access to the snapper-grouper fishery should be
controlled.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., eastern
time, March 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by 0648-BA33, by any one
of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal https://www.regulations.gov.
Fax: Attn: Karla Gore 727-824-5308.
Mail: Karla Gore, NMFS Southeast Regional Office,
Sustainable Fisheries Division, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg,
FL 33701.
Instructions: All comments received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted to https://www.regulations.gov without
change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business
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Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous comments (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; toll free 1-866-
SAFMC-10 or 843-571-4366; kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the September 2010 meeting, the Council
voted to establish a new control date of September 17, 2010, for the
snapper-grouper fishery in the South Atlantic, due to concern that the
previous control date established for the snapper-grouper fishery of
October 14, 2005 (70 FR 60058; October 14, 2005), was almost five years
old.
The control date would apply to persons who are contemplating
entering the snapper-grouper fishery in the EEZ of the South Atlantic
region. The Council requested that this control date be published in
the Federal Register to notify fishermen that if they enter such a
fishery after September 17, 2010, they may not be assured of future
access if the Council and/or NMFS decide to further limit entry or
impose other measures to manage the snapper-grouper fishery.
Establishment of the new control date for the snapper-grouper
fishery would allow the Council to evaluate the level of participation
in the snapper-grouper fishery and address any level of overcapacity.
Control dates are intended to discourage speculative entry into a
fishery, as new entrants entering the fishery after the control date
are forewarned that they are not guaranteed future participation in the
fishery.
Establishment of this control date does not commit the Council or
NMFS to any particular management regime or criteria for entry into the
snapper-grouper fishery. Fishermen are not guaranteed future
participation in the fishery regardless of their level of participation
before or after the control date. The Council may recommend a different
control date or it may recommend a management regime that does not
involve a control date. Other criteria, such as documentation of
landings or fishing effort, may be used to determine eligibility for
participation in a limited access fishery. The Council and/or NMFS also
may choose to take no further action to control entry or access to the
fisheries, in which case the control date may be rescinded. Any action
by the Council will be taken pursuant to the requirements for fishery
management plan and amendment development established under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act.
This notification also gives the public notice that interested
participants should locate and preserve records that substantiate and
verify their participation in the snapper-grouper fishery in the South
Atlantic EEZ.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-2125 Filed 1-28-11; 8:45 am]
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