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In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315 each exemption is valid for
two years unless revoked earlier by
FMCSA. The exemption will be revoked
if the following occurs: (1) The person
fails to comply with the terms and
conditions of the exemption; (2) the
exemption has resulted in a lower level
of safety than was maintained before it
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Issued on: May 31, 2016
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016–13263 Filed 6–3–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA 2015–0061]
Request for Approval of a New
Information Collection
Notice and request for
comments .
ACTION:
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
review and comments. Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
information collection was published on
October 29, 2016.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before July 6, 2016.
SUMMARY:
Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
NHTSA Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Ritchie
Huang, Crash Avoidance and Electronic
Controls Division, NHTSA, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590;
Telephone (202) 366–5586; Facsimile:
(202) 366–8546; email address:
ritchie.huang@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before a
Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must
receive approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request has been
forwarded to OMB. In the October 29,
2015 Federal Register 1, NHTSA
published a 60-day notice requesting
public comment on the proposed
collection of information. We received
zero comments.
OMB Control Number: To be issued at
time of approval.
Title: Heavy Vehicle Collision
Warning Interfaces.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Abstract: Crash warning systems
(CWSs) for commercial motor vehicles
have been available for more than 20
years. CWSs can include features such
as forward collision and lane departure
warnings and use a variety of sensor
technologies (e.g., radar) to determine
the crash risk of a collision. CWSs are
designed to warn the driver to take
action to avoid or mitigate a potential
crash.
CWSs are available as both options
from OEMs and as aftermarket/retrofit
devices. While there are certain
similarities between offerings within a
ADDRESSES:
particular CWS product class (e.g.,
forward collision warning (FCW)), there
are also differences in how suppliers
present collision warnings, including
the design of visual displays and
auditory alerts. Typically, suppliers will
use a combination of visual and audio
modalities to convey a potential crash
situation to the driver. However, their
implementations vary across factors
such as the visual interface, auditory
alert, and the salience of alerts. While
CWS implementations change and
evolve, it is likely that certain warning
interfaces are more effective than others
during crash-imminent situations. This
research seeks to examine the impact of
CWSs as they pertain to commercial
motor vehicle safety. The primary goal
of this effort is to evaluate CWSs and
assess the effectiveness of these drivervehicle interfaces for heavy trucks and
motorcoaches.
Respondents: Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, and Tennessee drivers
with a valid Class A commercial driver
license.
Estimated Number of Respondents: It
is estimated that up to 60 Class A CDL
drivers will participate; however, it is
estimated that up to 100 Class A CDL
drivers will complete the eligibility
questionnaire in order to obtain 60 Class
A CDL drivers that meet the criteria to
participate.
Estimated Time per Response:
Completion of the eligibility
questionnaire is expected to take 10
minutes while the demographics
questionnaire is expected to take two
minutes. The mid-study questionnaires
10 minutes total and the post study
questionnaire will take 15 minutes.
Total Estimated Burden: 37 minutes
per respondent (44 hours total).
Frequency of Collection: Onetime for
the eligibility, post study, and
demographic questionnaire; three times
for the mid study questionnaire.
NHTSA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents 1
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Frequency
of responses
Number of
questions
Estimated
individual
burden
(minutes)
Total
estimated
burden hours
Total
annualize
cost to
respondents 2
Eligibility questionnaire ............................
Demographic questionnaire .....................
Mid-study questionnaires .........................
Post study questionnaire .........................
100
60
60
60
1
1
3
1
26
7
9
12
10
2
10
15
17
2
10
15
$ 414.80
48.80
244.00
366.00
Total ..................................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
44
1,073.60
1 The
number of respondents in this table includes drop-out rates.
2 Estimated based on the mean hourly rate for Virginia (all occupations) is $24.40 as reported in the May 2014 Occupational Employment and
Wage Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_va.htm.
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 108 / Monday, June 6, 2016 / Notices
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.95.
Nathaniel Beuse,
Associate Administrator, Office of Vehicle
Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2016–13186 Filed 6–3–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2016–0053]
Establishment of Interim National
Multimodal Freight Network
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation (OST), Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA),
Maritime Administration (MARAD),
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation (SLSDC), and U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
Section 70103 of title 49,
United States Code (U.S.C.), which was
established in section 8001 of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation
(FAST) Act, directs the Under Secretary
of Transportation for Policy (Under
Secretary) to establish a National
Multimodal Freight Network (NMFN)
to: (1) Assist States in strategically
directing resources toward improved
system performance for the efficient
movement of freight on the NMFN; (2)
inform freight transportation planning;
(3) assist in the prioritization of Federal
investment; and (4) assess and support
Federal investments to achieve the
national multimodal freight policy goals
described in section 70101(b) of title 49,
U.S.C., and the national highway freight
program goals described in section 167
of title 23, U.S.C.
Within 180 days of the enactment of
the FAST Act, the Under Secretary is
directed to establish an Interim NMFN.
This notice establishes an Interim
NMFN per the statutory requirements
and solicits public comment to help
inform the Final NMFN that will be
designated by December 4, 2017, per the
statutory requirement.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 6, 2016 to receive
consideration by DOT with respect to
the final designation of the NMFN.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not
duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit them by only one of the
following means:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
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the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is (202) 366–9329.
• Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number at the
beginning of your comments. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Endorf, 202–366–4835 or email
freight@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional Information
Background: Each day, our roads,
rails, bridges, seaports, airports, and
waterways transport 55 million tons of
goods, worth more than $49 billion.
Freight travels over an extensive
multimodal network of highways,
railroads, ports, waterways, pipelines,
and airways. A significant portion of the
freight moved on this network requires
multiple modes of transportation and
intermodal connections to reach its final
destination. Thus, the reliable
movement of freight in the United States
depends on all modes working together
such that the multimodal freight system
functions smoothly and without costly
delays.
In a transportation law passed in July,
2012—the Moving Ahead for Progress in
the 21st Century Act (MAP–21)—
Congress directed DOT to develop a
National Freight Strategic Plan and a
National Freight Network (NFN) of
highways. The NFN was to include the
designation of a Primary Freight
Network (PFN) of 27,000 centerline
miles. On November 19, 2013, DOT
published a draft PFN for comment in
the Federal Register. In developing the
PFN and reviewing the resulting public
comments, DOT determined that efforts
to incorporate all of the criteria required
by MAP–21 did not yield a network that
could comprehensively represent the
most critical elements of the national
freight system. Among other factors, the
effort to link qualifying PFN segments to
achieve a contiguous network, and to
ensure sufficient connections to Mexico
and Canada, would require the
designation of many thousands of miles
beyond the 27,000 centerline miles
allowed by MAP–21. Significantly, the
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draft PFN also did not reflect the
location of non-truck freight modes
including rail, water and pipeline,
which play an essential role in longdistance movement of freight.
In October 2015, DOT released a draft
Multimodal Freight Network (MFN) as
part of its draft National Freight
Strategic Plan (NFSP).1 That draft
network addressed the deficiencies of
the PFN by identifying 65,000 centerline
miles of road, more than 28 percent of
the mileage of the National Highway
System (NHS) and approximately 1.6
percent of the nation’s total public road
mileage; 49,900 route miles of railways
representing 35 percent of the nation’s
rail route miles; 78 ports that accounted
for approximately 90 percent of total
2013 U.S. tonnage; and 56 airports that
accounted for approximately 90 percent
by weight of the nation’s landed air
cargo in 2013.
Section 70103 of title 49, U.S.C.,
which was established in section 8001
of the FAST Act, directs the Under
Secretary to establish a NMFN that will
be used to: (1) Assist States in
strategically directing resources toward
improved system performance for the
efficient movement of freight on the
NMFN; (2) inform freight transportation
planning; (3) assist in the prioritization
of Federal investment; and (4) assess
and support Federal investments to
achieve the national multimodal freight
policy goals described in section
70101(b) of title 49, U.S.C., and the
national highway freight program goals
described in section 167 of title 23,
U.S.C.
Within 180 days of the enactment of
the FAST Act, the Under Secretary is
directed to establish an Interim NMFN
that includes the following components:
(1) The National Highway Freight
Network (NHFN), as established under
section 167 of title 23, U.S.C.; (2) the
freight rail systems of Class I railroads
as designated by the Surface
Transportation Board; (3) the public
ports of the United States that have total
annual foreign and domestic trade of at
least 2,000,000 short tons, as identified
by the Waterborne Commerce Statistics
Center of the Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), using the data from the latest
year for which such data are available;
(4) the inland and intracoastal
waterways of the United States, as
described in section 206 of the Inland
Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 (33
U.S.C. 1804); (5) the Great Lakes, the St.
Lawrence Seaway, and coastal and
ocean routes along which domestic
freight is transported; (6) the 50 airports
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36380-36381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13186]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA 2015-0061]
Request for Approval of a New Information Collection
ACTION: Notice and request for comments .
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 review and comments. Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was published on October 29, 2016.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before July 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: NHTSA Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Ritchie Huang, Crash Avoidance and
Electronic Controls Division, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
Washington, DC 20590; Telephone (202) 366-5586; Facsimile: (202) 366-
8546; email address: ritchie.huang@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before a Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). In compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following information collection request
has been forwarded to OMB. In the October 29, 2015 Federal Register
\1\, NHTSA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the
proposed collection of information. We received zero comments.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ 80 FR 24314 (April 30, 2015).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
OMB Control Number: To be issued at time of approval.
Title: Heavy Vehicle Collision Warning Interfaces.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Abstract: Crash warning systems (CWSs) for commercial motor
vehicles have been available for more than 20 years. CWSs can include
features such as forward collision and lane departure warnings and use
a variety of sensor technologies (e.g., radar) to determine the crash
risk of a collision. CWSs are designed to warn the driver to take
action to avoid or mitigate a potential crash.
CWSs are available as both options from OEMs and as aftermarket/
retrofit devices. While there are certain similarities between
offerings within a particular CWS product class (e.g., forward
collision warning (FCW)), there are also differences in how suppliers
present collision warnings, including the design of visual displays and
auditory alerts. Typically, suppliers will use a combination of visual
and audio modalities to convey a potential crash situation to the
driver. However, their implementations vary across factors such as the
visual interface, auditory alert, and the salience of alerts. While CWS
implementations change and evolve, it is likely that certain warning
interfaces are more effective than others during crash-imminent
situations. This research seeks to examine the impact of CWSs as they
pertain to commercial motor vehicle safety. The primary goal of this
effort is to evaluate CWSs and assess the effectiveness of these
driver-vehicle interfaces for heavy trucks and motorcoaches.
Respondents: Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee
drivers with a valid Class A commercial driver license.
Estimated Number of Respondents: It is estimated that up to 60
Class A CDL drivers will participate; however, it is estimated that up
to 100 Class A CDL drivers will complete the eligibility questionnaire
in order to obtain 60 Class A CDL drivers that meet the criteria to
participate.
Estimated Time per Response: Completion of the eligibility
questionnaire is expected to take 10 minutes while the demographics
questionnaire is expected to take two minutes. The mid-study
questionnaires 10 minutes total and the post study questionnaire will
take 15 minutes.
Total Estimated Burden: 37 minutes per respondent (44 hours total).
Frequency of Collection: Onetime for the eligibility, post study,
and demographic questionnaire; three times for the mid study
questionnaire.
NHTSA estimates the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
Table 1--Estimated Burden Hours
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Total
Number of Estimated Total annualize
Instrument respondents Frequency of Number of individual estimated cost to
\1\ responses questions burden burden hours respondents
(minutes) \2\
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Eligibility questionnaire............................... 100 1 26 10 17 $ 414.80
Demographic questionnaire............................... 60 1 7 2 2 48.80
Mid-study questionnaires................................ 60 3 9 10 10 244.00
Post study questionnaire................................ 60 1 12 15 15 366.00
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Total............................................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 44 1,073.60
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\1\ The number of respondents in this table includes drop-out rates.
\2\ Estimated based on the mean hourly rate for Virginia (all occupations) is $24.40 as reported in the May 2014 Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_va.htm.
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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.95.
Nathaniel Beuse,
Associate Administrator, Office of Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2016-13186 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]
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