Notice of Fiscal Year 2012 Cooperative Agreement Solicitation for Applications; Specialized Heavy Vehicle Inspection (SHVI) Study, 22058-22059 [2012-8772]
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Dated: April 6, 2012.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating
Committee, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2012–0033]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for a new information
collection, which is summarized below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by June
11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID 2012–0033
by any of the following methods:
Web Site: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Ferroni, 202–366–9237, Office of
Natural Environment, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Possible Inclusion of Specific
Pavement Types in the FHWA Traffic
Noise Model: Regulatory and Procedural
Changes.
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SUMMARY:
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Background: The Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) has been
actively involved in what today the
highway noise industry refers to as
‘‘quieter pavements.’’ In 2003, the
FHWA entered into the Quiet Pavement
Pilot Program with the Arizona
Department of Transportation, cosponsored the 2004 International Scan
on ‘‘Quieter Pavement Systems in
Europe,’’ and funded several national
workshops, trainings and informational
outreach pieces on this topic. In 2005,
the FHWA began funding the
‘‘Pavement Effects Implementation
Study’’ (PEI) to see how more specific
pavement types could be incorporated
into the FHWA Traffic Noise Model
(FHWA TNM). The incorporation of
specific pavement types into TNM
would require State Departments of
Transportation to use these more
specific pavement types in TNM and
would result in additional regulatory
and procedural changes.
The PEI currently is out of funding
but an interim report will soon be
released. Before additional time, effort
and funding are put into completing the
PEI, it is important to conduct a userneed analysis to determine whether our
stakeholders, primarily State
Departments of Transportation, still
want us to complete this research,
knowing that it would result in
regulatory and procedural changes. The
information would cover the topics of
being required to use a more specific
pavement type(s), being required to
maintain the specific pavement type
selected, and being required to call a
project, a Type I project, if the original
pavement is replaced or overlaid with a
louder pavement.
Respondents: Approximately 60
entities.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Approximately 30 hours.
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 FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: April 2, 2012.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0091]
Notice of Fiscal Year 2012 Cooperative
Agreement Solicitation for
Applications; Specialized Heavy
Vehicle Inspection (SHVI) Study
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for applications.
AGENCY:
This notice is to inform the
public of a FY 2012 cooperative
agreement opportunity being offered by
the FMCSA in cooperation with the
Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) to State agencies responsible
for large truck roadside safety
inspections. The FMCSA announces
this cooperative agreement opportunity
based on authorities provided for in the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient,
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy of
Users (Pub. L. 109–59). The cooperative
agreement opportunity is to support the
FMCSA and the FHWA to collect data
for a Specialized Heavy Vehicle
Inspection (SHVI) Study.
DATES: Applications are due by May 4,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact the following FMCSA
staff with questions or information on
this cooperative agreement opportunity:
Luke Loy, luke.loy@dot.gov, 202–366–
0676. FMCSA staff may be reached at
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background and Purpose
In an effort to better understand the
safety performance of heavier vehicles,
the FMCSA and the FHWA are
partnering to implement the Specialized
Heavy Vehicle Inspection (SHVI) Study
Cooperative Agreement. The SHVI
Study Cooperative Agreement will
provide funding to State agencies
responsible for large truck roadside
safety inspections. The purpose of the
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Study is to collect safety data from
roadside inspections on vehicles
exceeding certain weight levels to
determine if there are any associations
between higher vehicle weights and
motor carrier safety violations,
particularly those with out-of-service
conditions.
Detailed information on applicant
expectations and the application
process for these cooperative
agreements will be provided in a Notice
of Funding Availability to be released
April 16, 2012 or soon thereafter. The
FMCSA intends to enter into these
cooperative agreements by June 1, 2012
or as soon thereafter as administratively
practicable.
The FMCSA uses the standard grant
application form and quarterly reporting
process. The FMCSA requires the
Standard Form 424 (Application for
Federal Assistance). Applicants for this
cooperative agreement will be expected
to also complete a Project Narrative and
Budget Narrative to support their
application. FMCSA uses
GrantSolutions, a grants management
information technology system, to
provide all cooperative agreement
documents electronically to its financial
processing office. GrantSolutions is a
comprehensive grants management
system provided by the Grants Center of
Excellence (COE). The Grants COE
serves as one of three consortia leads
under the Grants Management Line of
Business E-Gov initiative offering
government-wide grants management
system support services. Electronic
signature of grant documents in
GrantSolutions is the Agency’s preferred
method for executing grant agreement.
Additional information will be provided
to grantees during the grant award
process. Grantees will, however, be
required to submit the completed
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Vendor Payment Form (SF–3881)
directly to FMCSA’s financial
processing office by U.S. Postal Service,
courier service or secure fax. All SHVI
Study cooperative agreement
applications must be submitted
electronically through Grants.gov.
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Application Information for FY 2012
Grants
Eligible Entities: State agencies with
the responsibility to conduct large truck
roadside safety inspections.
Evaluation Factors: The following
evaluation factors will be used in
reviewing the applications for all
FMCSA discretionary grants:
(1) Prior performance—Completion of
identified programs and goals per the
project plan.
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(2) Effective Use of Prior Grants—
Demonstrated timely use and expensing
of available funds.
(3) Ability of the applicant to support
the strategies and activities in the
proposal for the entire project period of
performance.
(4) Use of innovative approaches in
executing a project plan to address
identified safety issues.
(5) Feasibility of overall program
coordination and implementation based
upon the project plan.
Application Due Date: May 4, 2012.
Applications submitted after due
dates may be considered on a case-bycase basis and are subject to availability
of funds.
Issued on: April 5, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0324]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final disposition.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces its
decision to exempt eleven individuals
from the vision requirement in the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSRs). The exemptions
will enable these individuals to operate
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in
interstate commerce without meeting
the prescribed vision requirement. The
Agency has concluded that granting
these exemptions will provide a level of
safety that is equivalent to or greater
than the level of safety maintained
without the exemptions for these CMV
drivers.
DATES: The exemptions are effective
April 12, 2012. The exemptions expire
on April 12, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical
Programs Division, (202)–366–4001,
fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W64–
224, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Electronic Access
You may see all the comments online
through the Federal Document
Management System (FDMS) at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to https://
www.regulations.gov at any time or
Room W12–140 on the ground level of
the West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
FDMS is available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. If you want
acknowledgement that we received your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments on-line.
Privacy Act: Anyone may search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or of the person signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT’s Privacy Act
Statement for the FDMS published in
the Federal Register on January 17,
2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit
https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/
E8–785.pdf.
Background
On February 13, 2012, FMCSA
published a notice of receipt of
exemption applications from certain
individuals, and requested comments
from the public (77 FR 7657). That
notice listed eleven applicants’ case
histories. The eleven individuals
applied for exemptions from the vision
requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), for
drivers who operate CMVs in interstate
commerce.
Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315,
FMCSA may grant an exemption for a 2year period if it finds ‘‘such exemption
would likely achieve a level of safety
that is equivalent to or greater than the
level that would be achieved absent
such exemption.’’ The statute also
allows the Agency to renew exemptions
at the end of the 2-year period.
Accordingly, FMCSA has evaluated the
eleven applications on their merits and
made a determination to grant
exemptions to each of them.
Vision and Driving Experience of the
Applicants
The vision requirement in the
FMCSRs provides:
A person is physically qualified to
drive a commercial motor vehicle if that
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0091]
Notice of Fiscal Year 2012 Cooperative Agreement Solicitation for
Applications; Specialized Heavy Vehicle Inspection (SHVI) Study
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for applications.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public of a FY 2012 cooperative
agreement opportunity being offered by the FMCSA in cooperation with
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to State agencies responsible
for large truck roadside safety inspections. The FMCSA announces this
cooperative agreement opportunity based on authorities provided for in
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act:
A Legacy of Users (Pub. L. 109-59). The cooperative agreement
opportunity is to support the FMCSA and the FHWA to collect data for a
Specialized Heavy Vehicle Inspection (SHVI) Study.
DATES: Applications are due by May 4, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact the following FMCSA
staff with questions or information on this cooperative agreement
opportunity: Luke Loy, luke.loy@dot.gov, 202-366-0676. FMCSA staff may
be reached at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
In an effort to better understand the safety performance of heavier
vehicles, the FMCSA and the FHWA are partnering to implement the
Specialized Heavy Vehicle Inspection (SHVI) Study Cooperative
Agreement. The SHVI Study Cooperative Agreement will provide funding to
State agencies responsible for large truck roadside safety inspections.
The purpose of the
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Study is to collect safety data from roadside inspections on vehicles
exceeding certain weight levels to determine if there are any
associations between higher vehicle weights and motor carrier safety
violations, particularly those with out-of-service conditions.
Detailed information on applicant expectations and the application
process for these cooperative agreements will be provided in a Notice
of Funding Availability to be released April 16, 2012 or soon
thereafter. The FMCSA intends to enter into these cooperative
agreements by June 1, 2012 or as soon thereafter as administratively
practicable.
The FMCSA uses the standard grant application form and quarterly
reporting process. The FMCSA requires the Standard Form 424
(Application for Federal Assistance). Applicants for this cooperative
agreement will be expected to also complete a Project Narrative and
Budget Narrative to support their application. FMCSA uses
GrantSolutions, a grants management information technology system, to
provide all cooperative agreement documents electronically to its
financial processing office. GrantSolutions is a comprehensive grants
management system provided by the Grants Center of Excellence (COE).
The Grants COE serves as one of three consortia leads under the Grants
Management Line of Business E-Gov initiative offering government-wide
grants management system support services. Electronic signature of
grant documents in GrantSolutions is the Agency's preferred method for
executing grant agreement. Additional information will be provided to
grantees during the grant award process. Grantees will, however, be
required to submit the completed Automated Clearing House (ACH) Vendor
Payment Form (SF-3881) directly to FMCSA's financial processing office
by U.S. Postal Service, courier service or secure fax. All SHVI Study
cooperative agreement applications must be submitted electronically
through Grants.gov.
Application Information for FY 2012 Grants
Eligible Entities: State agencies with the responsibility to
conduct large truck roadside safety inspections.
Evaluation Factors: The following evaluation factors will be used
in reviewing the applications for all FMCSA discretionary grants:
(1) Prior performance--Completion of identified programs and goals
per the project plan.
(2) Effective Use of Prior Grants--Demonstrated timely use and
expensing of available funds.
(3) Ability of the applicant to support the strategies and
activities in the proposal for the entire project period of
performance.
(4) Use of innovative approaches in executing a project plan to
address identified safety issues.
(5) Feasibility of overall program coordination and implementation
based upon the project plan.
Application Due Date: May 4, 2012.
Applications submitted after due dates may be considered on a case-
by-case basis and are subject to availability of funds.
Issued on: April 5, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Research and Information Technology.
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