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determined that this proposed
rulemaking does not involve new or
substantially changed technology.
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 391
Alcohol abuse, Diabetes, Drug abuse,
Drug testing, Highway safety, Medical,
Motor carriers, Physical qualifications,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Safety, Transportation.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, FMCSA proposes to amend
49 CFR part 391 as follows:
PART 391—QUALIFICATIONS OF
DRIVERS AND LONGER
COMBINATION VEHICLE (LCV)
DRIVER INSTRUCTORS
1. The authority citation for part 391
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 504, 508, 31133,
31136, and 31502; sec. 4007(b) of Pub. L.
102–240, 105 Stat. 1914, 2152; sec. 114 of
Pub. L. 103–311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1677; sec.
215 of Pub. L. 106–159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1767;
sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112–141, 126 Stat. 405,
830; and 49 CFR 1.87.
2. Revise § 391.41(b)(3) to read as
follows:
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§ 391.41
drivers.
Physical qualifications for
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(3) Has no established medical history
or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
currently requiring insulin for control,
unless the person meets the
requirements in § 391.46;
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■ 3. Revise § 391.45 to read as follows:
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§ 391.45 Persons who must be medically
examined and certified.
Except as provided in § 391.67, the
following persons must be medically
examined and certified in accordance
with § 391.43 as physically qualified to
operate a commercial motor vehicle:
(a) Any person who has not been
medically examined and certified as
physically qualified to operate a
commercial motor vehicle;
(b) Any driver who has not been
medically examined and certified as
qualified to operate a commercial motor
vehicle during the preceding 24 months,
unless the driver is required to be
examined and certified in accordance
with paragraphs (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this
section;
(c) Any driver authorized to operate a
commercial motor vehicle only within
an exempt intra-city zone pursuant to
§ 391.62, if such driver has not been
medically examined and certified as
qualified to drive in such zone during
the preceding 12 months;
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(d) Any driver authorized to operate
a commercial motor vehicle only by
operation of the exemption in § 391.64,
if such driver has not been medically
examined and certified as qualified to
drive during the preceding 12 months;
(e) Any driver who has diabetes
mellitus requiring insulin for control
and who qualifies for a medical
certificate under the standards in
§ 391.46, if such a person has not been
medically examined and certified as
qualified to drive during the preceding
12 months;
(f) Any driver whose ability to
perform his or her normal duties has
been impaired by a physical or mental
injury or disease.
■ 4. Add new § 391.46 to read as
follows:
§ 391.43 and free of complications that
might impair his or her ability to
operate a commercial motor vehicle.
(ii) The medical examiner must obtain
written notification from the person’s
treating clinician that the person’s
diabetes is being properly managed and
must evaluate whether the person is
physically qualified to operate a
commercial motor vehicle.
(c) Blood glucose records. During the
period of medical certification, the
driver with insulin-treated diabetes
mellitus must monitor and maintain
blood glucose records as determined by
the treating clinician and submit those
blood glucose records to the treating
clinician at the time of the evaluation
required in paragraph (b)(1) of this
section.
§ 391.46 Physical qualification standards
for a person with insulin-treated diabetes
mellitus.
Issued under the authority of delegation in
49 CFR 1.87.
Dated: April 22, 2015.
T.F. Scott Darling, III,
Chief Counsel.
(a) Diabetes mellitus requiring insulin.
A person with diabetes mellitus
requiring insulin for control is
physically qualified to operate a
commercial motor vehicle in interstate
commerce provided:
(1) The person otherwise meets the
physical qualification standards in
§ 391.41 or has the exemption or skill
performance evaluation certificate, if
required; and
(2) The person has the medical
evaluations required by paragraph (b) of
this section and meets the monitoring
requirements in paragraph (c) of this
section.
(b) Medical evaluations. A person
with diabetes mellitus requiring insulin
for control must have the following
medical examinations.
(1) Evaluation by the treating
clinician. Prior to the annual or more
frequent examination required by
§ 391.45, the person must be evaluated
by the treating clinician. For purposes of
this paragraph, ‘‘treating clinician’’
means a physician or health care
professional who manages and
prescribes insulin for the treatment of
individuals with diabetes mellitus. The
treating clinician must determine that
within the previous 12 months the
person has—
(i) Had no severe hypoglycemic
reaction resulting in a loss of
consciousness or seizure, or requiring
the assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function;
and
(ii) Properly managed his or her
diabetes.
(2) Medical examiner’s examination.
(i) At least annually, the person must be
medically examined and certified as
physically qualified in accordance with
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Parts 223 and 224
RIN 0648–XD680
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife;
90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the
Common Thresher Shark as
Threatened or Endangered Under the
Endangered Species Act
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Extension of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
We, NMFS, announce the
extension of the public comment period
on our March 03, 2015, 90-day finding
on a petition to list the Common
Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) as
endangered or threatened under the
ESA, or, in the alternative, delineate six
distinct population segments (DPSs) of
the common thresher shark, as
described in the petition, and list them
as endangered or threatened. As part of
that finding, we solicited scientific and
commercial information about the status
of this species and announced a 60-day
comment period to end on May 04,
2015. Today, we extend the public
comment period by 60 days to July 6,
2015. Comments previously submitted
SUMMARY:
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need not be resubmitted, as they will be
fully considered in the agency’s 12month finding.
DATES: The deadline for receipt of
comments is extended from May 04,
2015, until July 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
information, or data, identified by
‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2015–0025’’ by any one
of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20150025. Click the ‘‘Comment Now’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail or hand-delivery: Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
Instructions: You must submit
comments by one of the above methods
to ensure that we receive, document,
and consider them. Comments sent by
any other method, to any other address
or individual, or received after the end
of the comment period, may not be
considered. All comments received are
a part of the public record and will
generally be posted for public viewing
on https://www.regulations.gov without
change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
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submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. We 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, or Adobe PDF file formats
only
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chelsey Young, NMFS, Office of
Protected Resources (OPR) (301) 427–
8491 or Marta Nammack, NMFS, OPR
(301) 427–8469.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 03, 2015, we published a
positive 90-day finding on a petition
from Friends of Animals requesting that
we list the common thresher shark
Alopias vulpinus as endangered or
threatened under the ESA, or, in the
alternative, delineate six distinct
population segments (DPSs) of the
common thresher shark, as described in
the petition, and list them as
endangered or threatened. In that notice
we also announced the initiation of a
status review and solicited information
from the public to help inform the status
review of the species and determine its
risk of extinction.
We received a request to extend the
public comment period by 60 days in
order to provide the public with
additional time to gather relevant
information and adequately comment
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on the validity of the petitioned action
in a meaningful and constructive
manner. In addition, a technical error on
the Regulations.gov Web site prevented
the public from accessing materials in
the docket folder for the 90-day finding,
including existing public comments and
other substantive materials. We
considered the request and concluded
that a 60-day extension should allow
sufficient time for responders to submit
comments without significantly
delaying the completion of the status
review. We are therefore extending the
close of the public comment period
from May 04, 2015 to July 6, 2015.
Although we have extended the public
comment period, we are unable to
extend the deadline for completing the
status review. As such, we urge
members of the public to submit their
comments as soon as possible to allow
us more time to review and incorporate
the submitted information where
appropriate.
Authority
The authority for this action is the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: April 29, 2015.
Perry F. Gayaldo,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25272-25273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10348]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Parts 223 and 224
RIN 0648-XD680
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition
to List the Common Thresher Shark as Threatened or Endangered Under the
Endangered Species Act
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce the extension of the public comment period
on our March 03, 2015, 90-day finding on a petition to list the Common
Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) as endangered or threatened under the
ESA, or, in the alternative, delineate six distinct population segments
(DPSs) of the common thresher shark, as described in the petition, and
list them as endangered or threatened. As part of that finding, we
solicited scientific and commercial information about the status of
this species and announced a 60-day comment period to end on May 04,
2015. Today, we extend the public comment period by 60 days to July 6,
2015. Comments previously submitted
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need not be resubmitted, as they will be fully considered in the
agency's 12-month finding.
DATES: The deadline for receipt of comments is extended from May 04,
2015, until July 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, information, or data, identified by
``NOAA-NMFS-2015-0025'' by any one of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2015-0025. Click the ``Comment Now'' icon,
complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
Mail or hand-delivery: Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Instructions: You must submit comments by one of the above methods
to ensure that we receive, document, and consider them. Comments sent
by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received
after the end of the comment period, may not be considered. All
comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be
posted for public viewing on https://www.regulations.gov without change.
All personal identifying information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will be publicly accessible. We
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, or Adobe PDF file formats only
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsey Young, NMFS, Office of
Protected Resources (OPR) (301) 427-8491 or Marta Nammack, NMFS, OPR
(301) 427-8469.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 03, 2015, we published a positive 90-day finding on a
petition from Friends of Animals requesting that we list the common
thresher shark Alopias vulpinus as endangered or threatened under the
ESA, or, in the alternative, delineate six distinct population segments
(DPSs) of the common thresher shark, as described in the petition, and
list them as endangered or threatened. In that notice we also announced
the initiation of a status review and solicited information from the
public to help inform the status review of the species and determine
its risk of extinction.
We received a request to extend the public comment period by 60
days in order to provide the public with additional time to gather
relevant information and adequately comment on the validity of the
petitioned action in a meaningful and constructive manner. In addition,
a technical error on the Regulations.gov Web site prevented the public
from accessing materials in the docket folder for the 90-day finding,
including existing public comments and other substantive materials. We
considered the request and concluded that a 60-day extension should
allow sufficient time for responders to submit comments without
significantly delaying the completion of the status review. We are
therefore extending the close of the public comment period from May 04,
2015 to July 6, 2015. Although we have extended the public comment
period, we are unable to extend the deadline for completing the status
review. As such, we urge members of the public to submit their comments
as soon as possible to allow us more time to review and incorporate the
submitted information where appropriate.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: April 29, 2015.
Perry F. Gayaldo,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-10348 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
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