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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Notice of Opportunity for Public
Comment on Surplus Property Release
at Savannah–Hilton Head International
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ACTION: Notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0325]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Information Collection
Request: The Impact of Driver
Compensation on Commercial Motor
Vehicle Safety
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval and invites public
comment. The primary mission of the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) is to reduce
crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving
large trucks and buses. Toward that end,
FMCSA initiated The Impact of Driver
Compensation on Commercial Motor
Vehicle Safety Survey.
The primary purpose of the study will
be to analyze the possible unintended
safety consequences of the various
methods by which Commercial Motor
Vehicle (CMV) drivers in the sample are
compensated. Should the study show
that there is a relationship between the
methods drivers are paid and the
methods’ effect on safe driving
performance, a potential benefit of the
study will be to provide CMV carrier
companies with information that will
help them make more informed
decisions about safe operations.
In addition to the primary purpose of
the study, a number of other potentially
potential confounding variables will be
assessed. These variables include the
following:
• Type of commercial motor vehicle
operation (long-haul, short-haul, or
line-haul) by size of carrier (very
small, small, medium or large)
• Whether for-hire, private, or owner
operated and whether the carrier can
be characterized as a truckload, lessthan-truckload, regional, tanker, or
other type of carrier
• Number of power units
• Average length of haul
• Primary commodities carried
• Number of regular, full-time drivers
the carrier employs
• Average driving experience, in years,
of drivers working for the companies
included in the sample
This data will be used to demonstrate
possible relationships of variables as
well as determine if the variables may
contribute to unintended safety
consequences. Unintended safety
consequences include driver out-ofservice rates, vehicle out-of-service
rates, and crash rates. For the purposes
of this study, ‘‘commercial motor
vehicle (CMV)’’ will refer only to trucks
and not include passenger vehicles such
as buses.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before October 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
SUMMARY:
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Number FMCSA–2014–0325 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Services; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments and additional
information on the exemption process,
see the Public Participation heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement for the Federal Docket
Management System published in the
Federal Register on January 17, 2008
(73 FR 3316), or you may visit https://
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8794.pdf.
Public Participation: The Federal
eRulemaking Portal is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. You
can obtain electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines under the
‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you
want us to notify you that we received
your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or
postcard, or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online. Comments received
after the comment closing date will be
included in the docket and will be
considered to the extent practicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Theresa Hallquist, Analysis, Research
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and Technology Division, Department of
Transportation, FMCSA, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–1064; email:
theresa.hallquist@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The study will evaluate
the relationship between property
carrying motor carriers compensation
methods and incidences of unsafe
driving. In particular, the research team
will determine if there is a potential
relationship between method of driver
compensation and safe driving behavior.
This study will be conducted using an
online questionnaire. Randomly
selected non-passenger motor carriers
will be notified by letter from the
FMCSA that explains the study and
elicits their participation. Participants
will receive an email directing them to
a Web site to complete the online
questionnaire. This study will assist
motor carriers and other stakeholders
engaged in commercial vehicle safety by
enabling them to make informed
decisions regarding driver
compensation as it relates to safe
driving performance. The results of the
study will be available to the public in
2015 and will be published on the
FMCSA publications and reports Web
site, www.fmcsa.dot.gov. No risks to
individuals are anticipated as a result of
the study.
Title: Evaluating the Relationship
Between Commercial Motor Vehicle
Drivers Compensation Methods and
Incidences of Unsafe Driving.
OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX.
Type of Request: New collection.
Respondents: Safety managers,
operations managers or owner operators
of commercial motor carriers
companies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2184.
Estimated Time per Response:
Minimum response = 0.27 hour;
maximum response = 1.02 hours.
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new
information collection.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
1,354 hours [(1,164 very small and small
carriers for Group 1 respondents × 0.27
hours = 314 hours) + (1,020 medium
and large carriers for Group 2
respondents × 1.02 hours = 1,040 hours)
= 1,354].
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
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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. The agency will summarize
or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: August 25, 2014.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology and
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0237]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Information Collection
Request: Generic Clearance of
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
FMCSA, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Executive Order 12862 directs
Federal agencies to provide service to
the public that matches or exceeds the
best service available in the private
sector. In order to work continuously to
ensure that our programs are effective
and meet our customers’ needs, the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) seeks to obtain
OMB approval of a generic clearance to
collect feedback on our service delivery.
By feedback we mean information that
provides useful insights on perceptions
and opinions, but are not statistical
surveys that yield quantitative results
that can be generalized to the
population of study.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before October 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2014–0237 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Services; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2014-0325]
Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information
Collection Request: The Impact of Driver Compensation on Commercial
Motor Vehicle Safety
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval and invites public comment. The primary mission of
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is to reduce
crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
Toward that end, FMCSA initiated The Impact of Driver Compensation on
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Survey.
The primary purpose of the study will be to analyze the possible
unintended safety consequences of the various methods by which
Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) drivers in the sample are compensated.
Should the study show that there is a relationship between the methods
drivers are paid and the methods' effect on safe driving performance, a
potential benefit of the study will be to provide CMV carrier companies
with information that will help them make more informed decisions about
safe operations.
In addition to the primary purpose of the study, a number of other
potentially potential confounding variables will be assessed. These
variables include the following:
Type of commercial motor vehicle operation (long-haul, short-
haul, or line-haul) by size of carrier (very small, small, medium or
large)
Whether for-hire, private, or owner operated and whether the
carrier can be characterized as a truckload, less-than-truckload,
regional, tanker, or other type of carrier
Number of power units
Average length of haul
Primary commodities carried
Number of regular, full-time drivers the carrier employs
Average driving experience, in years, of drivers working for
the companies included in the sample
This data will be used to demonstrate possible relationships of
variables as well as determine if the variables may contribute to
unintended safety consequences. Unintended safety consequences include
driver out-of-service rates, vehicle out-of-service rates, and crash
rates. For the purposes of this study, ``commercial motor vehicle
(CMV)'' will refer only to trucks and not include passenger vehicles
such as buses.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before October 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
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Number FMCSA-2014-0325 using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Services; U.S. Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and
docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and
additional information on the exemption process, see the Public
Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street
address listed above.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement for the Federal Docket Management System
published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or
you may visit https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8-794.pdf.
Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify
you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that
appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the
comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be
considered to the extent practicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Theresa Hallquist, Analysis,
Research and Technology Division, Department of Transportation, FMCSA,
West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202-366-1064; email: theresa.hallquist@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The study will evaluate the relationship between
property carrying motor carriers compensation methods and incidences of
unsafe driving. In particular, the research team will determine if
there is a potential relationship between method of driver compensation
and safe driving behavior. This study will be conducted using an online
questionnaire. Randomly selected non-passenger motor carriers will be
notified by letter from the FMCSA that explains the study and elicits
their participation. Participants will receive an email directing them
to a Web site to complete the online questionnaire. This study will
assist motor carriers and other stakeholders engaged in commercial
vehicle safety by enabling them to make informed decisions regarding
driver compensation as it relates to safe driving performance. The
results of the study will be available to the public in 2015 and will
be published on the FMCSA publications and reports Web site,
www.fmcsa.dot.gov. No risks to individuals are anticipated as a result
of the study.
Title: Evaluating the Relationship Between Commercial Motor Vehicle
Drivers Compensation Methods and Incidences of Unsafe Driving.
OMB Control Number: 2126-00XX.
Type of Request: New collection.
Respondents: Safety managers, operations managers or owner
operators of commercial motor carriers companies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2184.
Estimated Time per Response: Minimum response = 0.27 hour; maximum
response = 1.02 hours.
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new information collection.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,354 hours [(1,164 very small and
small carriers for Group 1 respondents x 0.27 hours = 314 hours) +
(1,020 medium and large carriers for Group 2 respondents x 1.02 hours =
1,040 hours) = 1,354].
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 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. The agency will summarize or include your
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 on: August 25, 2014.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information
Technology and Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-20639 Filed 8-28-14; 8:45 am]
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