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of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). His
ophthalmologist examined him in 2012
and certified that he has stable
nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
He holds a Class A CDL from
Minnesota.
Edward L. Quinones
Mr. Quinones, 52, has had ITDM
since 2011. His endocrinologist
examined him in 2011 and certified that
he has had no severe hypoglycemic
reactions resulting in loss of
consciousness, requiring the assistance
of another person, or resulting in
impaired cognitive function that
occurred without warning in the past 12
months and no recurrent (2 or more)
severe hypoglycemic episodes in the
last 5 years. His endocrinologist certifies
that Mr. Quinones understands diabetes
management and monitoring, has stable
control of his diabetes using insulin,
and is able to drive a CMV safely. Mr.
Quinones meets the vision requirements
of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). His
ophthalmologist examined him in 2011
and certified that he does not have
diabetic retinopathy. He holds a Class A
CDL from Illinois.
insulin, and is able to drive a CMV
safely. Mr. Street meets the vision
requirements of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).
His ophthalmologist examined him in
2011 and certified that he has stable
nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
He holds a Class A CDL from Montana.
Charles M. Sweat
Mr. Sweat, 59, has had ITDM since
2010. His endocrinologist examined him
in 2011 and certified that he has had no
severe hypoglycemic reactions resulting
in loss of consciousness, requiring the
assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function
that occurred without warning in the
past 12 months and no recurrent (2 or
more) severe hypoglycemic episodes in
the last 5 years. His endocrinologist
certifies that Mr. Sweat understands
diabetes management and monitoring,
has stable control of his diabetes using
insulin, and is able to drive a CMV
safely. Mr. Sweat meets the vision
requirements of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).
His ophthalmologist examined him in
2011 and certified that he does not have
diabetic retinopathy. He holds a Class A
CDL from Virginia.
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David L. Rice
Mr. Rice, 46, has had ITDM since
1994. His endocrinologist examined him
in 2011 and certified that he has had no
severe hypoglycemic reactions resulting
in loss of consciousness, requiring the
assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function
that occurred without warning in the
past 12 months and no recurrent (2 or
more) severe hypoglycemic episodes in
the last 5 years. His endocrinologist
certifies that Mr. Rice understands
diabetes management and monitoring,
has stable control of his diabetes using
insulin, and is able to drive a CMV
safely. Mr. Rice meets the vision
requirements of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).
His ophthalmologist examined him in
2011 and certified that he has stable
nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
He holds a Class A CDL from Maine.
Donald E. Towne
Mr. Towne, 58, has had ITDM since
2003. His endocrinologist examined him
in 2012 and certified that he has had no
severe hypoglycemic reactions resulting
in loss of consciousness, requiring the
assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function
that occurred without warning in the
past 12 months and no recurrent (2 or
more) severe hypoglycemic episodes in
the last 5 years. His endocrinologist
certifies that Mr. Towne understands
diabetes management and monitoring,
has stable control of his diabetes using
insulin, and is able to drive a CMV
safely. Mr. Towne meets the vision
requirements of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).
His optometrist examined him in 2011
and certified that he does not have
diabetic retinopathy. He holds a Class A
CDL from Connecticut.
Wade D. Street
Mr. Street, 52, has had ITDM since
1968. His endocrinologist examined him
in 2011 and certified that he has had no
severe hypoglycemic reactions resulting
in loss of consciousness, requiring the
assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function
that occurred without warning in the
past 12 months and no recurrent (2 or
more) severe hypoglycemic episodes in
the last 5 years. His endocrinologist
certifies that Mr. Street understands
diabetes management and monitoring,
has stable control of his diabetes using
Request for Comments
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315, FMCSA requests public
comment from all interested persons on
the exemption petitions described in
this notice. We will consider all
comments received before the close of
business on the closing date indicated
in the date section of the notice.
FMCSA notes that section 4129 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible and
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users requires the Secretary
to revise its diabetes exemption program
established on September 3, 2003 (68 FR
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52441) 1. The revision must provide for
individual assessment of drivers with
diabetes mellitus, and be consistent
with the criteria described in section
4018 of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 31305).
Section 4129 requires: (1) Elimination
of the requirement for 3 years of
experience operating CMVs while being
treated with insulin; and (2)
establishment of a specified minimum
period of insulin use to demonstrate
stable control of diabetes before being
allowed to operate a CMV.
In response to section 4129, FMCSA
made immediate revisions to the
diabetes exemption program established
by the September 3, 2003 notice.
FMCSA discontinued use of the 3-year
driving experience and fulfilled the
requirements of section 4129 while
continuing to ensure that operation of
CMVs by drivers with ITDM will
achieve the requisite level of safety
required of all exemptions granted
under 49 USC. 31136 (e).
Section 4129(d) also directed FMCSA
to ensure that drivers of CMVs with
ITDM are not held to a higher standard
than other drivers, with the exception of
limited operating, monitoring and
medical requirements that are deemed
medically necessary.
The FMCSA concluded that all of the
operating, monitoring and medical
requirements set out in the September 3,
2003 notice, except as modified, were in
compliance with section 4129(d).
Therefore, all of the requirements set
out in the September 3, 2003 notice,
except as modified by the notice in the
Federal Register on November 8, 2005
(70 FR 67777), remain in effect.
Issued on: March 21, 2012.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]
Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Financial and Operating Statistics for
Large Certificated Air Carriers
Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
AGENCY:
1 Section 4129(a) refers to the 2003 notice as a
‘‘final rule.’’ However, the 2003 notice did not issue
a ‘‘final rule’’ but did establish the procedures and
standards for issuing exemptions for drivers with
ITDM.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
reinstatement of an expired approved
collection. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on January 27, 2011 (76 FR 4992). The
Bureau of Economic Analysis at the
Department of Commerce submitted
comments in support of the
continuation of the data collection.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by April 26, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34–414, RITA, BTS,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4406, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or email
jeff.gorham@dot.gov.
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
RITA/BTS Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
OMB Approval No. 2138–0013
Title: Report of Financial and
Operating Statistics for Large
Certificated Air Carriers.
Form No.: BTS Form 41.
Type Of Review: Reinstatement of an
expired approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 76.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
per schedule, an average carrier may
submit 90 schedules in one year.
Total Annual Burden: 27,360 hours.
Needs and Uses: Program uses for
Form 41 data are as follows:
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Mail Rates
The Department of Transportation
sets and updates mainline Alaska mail
rates based on carrier aircraft operating
expense, traffic and operational data.
Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs,
terminal expenses, and line haul
expenses are used in arriving at rate
levels. DOT revises the established rates
based on the percentage of unit cost
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changes in the carriers’ operations.
These updating procedures have
resulted in the carriers receiving rates of
compensation that more closely parallel
their costs of providing mail service and
contribute to the carriers’ ability to
continue providing service.
Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to
ICAO
As a party to the Convention on
International Civil Aviation, the United
States is obligated to provide the
International Civil Aviation
Organization with financial and
statistical data on operations of U.S. air
carriers. Over 99 percent of the data
filed with ICAO is extracted from the
carriers’ Form 41 reports.
Carrier Fitness
Fitness determinations are made for
both new entrants and established U.S.
carriers proposing a substantial change
in operations. A portion of these
applications consists of an operating
plan for the first year (14 CFR part 204)
and an associated projection of revenues
and expenses. The carrier’s operating
costs, included in these projections, are
compared against the cost data in Form
41 for a carrier or carriers with the same
aircraft type and similar operating
characteristics. Such a review validates
the reasonableness of the carrier’s
operating plan.
Form 41 reports, particularly balance
sheet reports and cash flow statements,
play a major role in the identification of
vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons
are made between current and past
periods in order to assess the current
financial position of the carrier.
Financial trend lines are extended into
the future to analyze the continued
viability of the carrier. DOT reviews
three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1)
The qualifications of its management
team, (2) its disposition to comply with
laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine
whether or not a carrier has sufficient
financial resources to conduct its
operations without imposing undue risk
on the traveling public. Moreover, once
a carrier is operating, DOT is required
to monitor its continuing fitness.
Senior DOT officials must be kept
fully informed as to all current and
developing economic issues affecting
the airline industry. In preparing
financial conditions reports or status
reports on a particular airline, financial
and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing
papers may use the same information.
Pending Rulemaking
On July 15, 2011, the Department
published a Notice of Proposed
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Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to
collect certain Form 41 revenue
information on airline-imposed fees in a
more detailed manner (see 76 FR
41726). Many air carriers have adopted
a la carte pricing with separate fees for
certain optional services that use to be
included in the ticket price. Carriers
currently report excess baggage fees,
reservation cancellation fees and
miscellaneous operating revenues. The
proposed rule would require carriers to
report, (1) itinerary related fees, (2)
seating assignment fees, (3) baggage fees
broken down between first and second
checked bags, carry-on bags and other
bags, (4) unaccompanied minor/
passenger assistance fees, and (5) other
fees. The Department wants to make
airline pricing more transparent to
consumers and airline analysts.
Administrative Issues
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires
a statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, submission of the
information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 20,
2012.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–7300 Filed 3–26–12; 8:45 am]
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Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]
Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Passengers Denied Confirmed
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Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008-0002]
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report
of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large Certificated Air
Carriers
AGENCY: Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA),
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for reinstatement of an expired
approved collection. The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection
of information was published on January 27, 2011 (76 FR 4992). The
Bureau of Economic Analysis at the Department of Commerce submitted
comments in support of the continuation of the data collection.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 26, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Gorham, Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, Room E34-414, RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4406, Fax
Number (202) 366-3383 or email jeff.gorham@dot.gov.
Comments: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: RITA/BTS Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138-0013
Title: Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large
Certificated Air Carriers.
Form No.: BTS Form 41.
Type Of Review: Reinstatement of an expired approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 76.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours per schedule, an average
carrier may submit 90 schedules in one year.
Total Annual Burden: 27,360 hours.
Needs and Uses: Program uses for Form 41 data are as follows:
Mail Rates
The Department of Transportation sets and updates mainline Alaska
mail rates based on carrier aircraft operating expense, traffic and
operational data. Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs, terminal
expenses, and line haul expenses are used in arriving at rate levels.
DOT revises the established rates based on the percentage of unit cost
changes in the carriers' operations. These updating procedures have
resulted in the carriers receiving rates of compensation that more
closely parallel their costs of providing mail service and contribute
to the carriers' ability to continue providing service.
Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to ICAO
As a party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the
United States is obligated to provide the International Civil Aviation
Organization with financial and statistical data on operations of U.S.
air carriers. Over 99 percent of the data filed with ICAO is extracted
from the carriers' Form 41 reports.
Carrier Fitness
Fitness determinations are made for both new entrants and
established U.S. carriers proposing a substantial change in operations.
A portion of these applications consists of an operating plan for the
first year (14 CFR part 204) and an associated projection of revenues
and expenses. The carrier's operating costs, included in these
projections, are compared against the cost data in Form 41 for a
carrier or carriers with the same aircraft type and similar operating
characteristics. Such a review validates the reasonableness of the
carrier's operating plan.
Form 41 reports, particularly balance sheet reports and cash flow
statements, play a major role in the identification of vulnerable
carriers. Data comparisons are made between current and past periods in
order to assess the current financial position of the carrier.
Financial trend lines are extended into the future to analyze the
continued viability of the carrier. DOT reviews three areas of a
carrier's operation: (1) The qualifications of its management team, (2)
its disposition to comply with laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine whether or not a carrier has
sufficient financial resources to conduct its operations without
imposing undue risk on the traveling public. Moreover, once a carrier
is operating, DOT is required to monitor its continuing fitness.
Senior DOT officials must be kept fully informed as to all current
and developing economic issues affecting the airline industry. In
preparing financial conditions reports or status reports on a
particular airline, financial and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing
papers may use the same information.
Pending Rulemaking
On July 15, 2011, the Department published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to collect certain Form 41 revenue
information on airline-imposed fees in a more detailed manner (see 76
FR 41726). Many air carriers have adopted a la carte pricing with
separate fees for certain optional services that use to be included in
the ticket price. Carriers currently report excess baggage fees,
reservation cancellation fees and miscellaneous operating revenues. The
proposed rule would require carriers to report, (1) itinerary related
fees, (2) seating assignment fees, (3) baggage fees broken down between
first and second checked bags, carry-on bags and other bags, (4)
unaccompanied minor/passenger assistance fees, and (5) other fees. The
Department wants to make airline pricing more transparent to consumers
and airline analysts.
Administrative Issues
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires a statistical agency to
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes.
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative matters.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 20, 2012.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Research and Innovative
Technology Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-7300 Filed 3-26-12; 8:45 am]
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