Commercial Driver's License: Oregon Department of Transportation; Application for Renewal of Exemption, 14545-14546 [2018-06860]
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IV. Method To Ensure an Equivalent or
Greater Level of Safety
The requested exemption would be
used only for the special shipments
designated by INL in documentation
carried on vehicles transporting the
special shipments. Additional details of
these shipments could be reviewed by
an official having proper authorization
given by the shipper or the carrier’s
Facility Security Officer (FSO). All
drivers will carry approved cell phones
at all times during shipments.
Communications will be maintained
during transport via regular cell phone
‘‘check calls’’ to the shipper and or the
FSO/terminal operations or both. As
required, drivers will maintain regular
‘‘check calls’’ to the INL’s Warning
Communications Center, which is
continuously staffed, to report their
condition and ensure the shipment is
experiencing no issues.
Copies of Wilcox’s application for an
exemption and the supporting INL letter
are available for review in the docket for
this notice.
Issued on: March 27, 2018.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0397]
Commercial Driver’s License: Oregon
Department of Transportation;
Application for Renewal of Exemption
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of exemption;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces its
decision to renew the Oregon
Department of Transportation’s (ODOT)
exemption from the commercial
learner’s permit (CLP) requirements in
49 CFR part 383. All State Driver’s
Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) are allowed
to use this exemption at their discretion.
The exemption will allow ODOT and
participating SDLAs to extend to one
year the 180-day timeline for the CLP
from the date of issuance, without
requiring the CLP holder to retake the
general and endorsement knowledge
tests. Under the exemption, an applicant
wishing to have a new CLP after the
previous one expires will be required to
take all applicable tests before a new
CLP is issued.
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The renewed exemption is from
April 5, 2018 to April 5, 2019.
Comments must be received on or
before May 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System Number FMCSA–
2015–0397 by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
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
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
www.regulations.gov at any time and in
the box labeled ‘‘SEARCH for’’ enter
FMCSA–2015–0397 and click on the tab
labeled ‘‘SEARCH.’’
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
Public Participation: The Federal
eRulemaking Portal is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. You
can get electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines under the
‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver
and Carrier Operations Division; Office
of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety
DATES:
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Standards; Telephone: 614–942–6477.
Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, contact Docket
Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
FMCSA encourages you to participate
by submitting comments and related
materials.
Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
notice (FMCSA–2015–0397), indicate
the specific section of this document to
which the comment applies, and
provide a reason for suggestions or
recommendations. You may submit
your comments and material online or
by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
please use only one of these means.
FMCSA recommends that you include
your name and a mailing address, an
email address, or a phone number in the
body of your document so the Agency
can contact you if it has questions
regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
www.regulations.gov and put the docket
number, ‘‘FMCSA–2015–0397’’ in the
‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.’’
When the new screen appears, click on
‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type your
comment into the text box in the
following screen. Choose whether you
are submitting your comment as an
individual or on behalf of a third party
and then submit. If you submit your
comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no
larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you
submit comments by mail and would
like to know that they reached the
facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. FMCSA
will consider all comments and material
received during the comment period
and may continue this exemption or not
based on your comments.
II. Legal Basis
FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C.
31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions
from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations. FMCSA must publish a
notice of each exemption request in the
Federal Register (49 CFR 381.315(a)).
The Agency must provide the public an
opportunity to inspect the information
relevant to the application, including
any safety analyses that have been
conducted. The Agency must also
provide an opportunity for public
comment on the request.
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The Agency reviews the safety
analyses and the public comments, and
determines whether granting the
exemption would likely achieve a level
of safety equivalent to, or greater than,
the level that would be achieved by the
current regulation (49 CFR 381.305).
The decision of the Agency must be
published in the Federal Register (49
CFR 381.315(b)) with the reason for the
grant or denial, and, if granted, the
specific person or class of persons
receiving the exemption, and the
regulatory provision or provisions from
which the exemption is granted. The
notice must also specify the effective
period of the exemption (up to 5 years),
and explain the terms and conditions of
the exemption. The exemption may be
renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)).
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III. Application for Renewal Exemption
ODOT’s initial exemption application
from the provisions of 49 CFR 383.25(c)
and 49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2) was
submitted in 2015; a copy of the
application is in the docket identified at
the beginning of this notice. That
application describes fully the nature of
ODOT’s CLP operations. The exemption
was originally granted on April 5, 2015
(81 FR 19703) and is valid through April
5, 2018.
ODOT requests renewal of an
exemption from the Agency’s CLP
requirements in 49 CFR 383.25(c) and
49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2). The
regulations provide that the CLP be
valid for no more than 180 days from
the date of issuance. The State may
renew the CLP for an additional 180
days without requiring the CLP holder
to retake the general and endorsement
knowledge tests. ODOT proposed that it
be allowed to extend the 180-day
timeline to one year for CLPs issued to
its drivers. The requested exemption
renewal is for one year.
ODOT provided multiple reasons for
regulatory relief from the CLP rule in its
initial application. First, ODOT believes
that the 180-day time line required to
renew the CLP adds nothing to the
effectiveness of the rule itself, the
purpose of which is to ‘‘enhance safety
by ensuring that only qualified drivers
are allowed to operate commercial
vehicles on our nation’s highways’’ (76
FR 26854, May 9, 2011). ODOT asserts
that neither FMCSA staff nor the States
were able to identify any highway safety
enhancement arising from this
requirement. ODOT states that it is
unaware of any data suggesting that
persons who have not renewed their
CLP or obtained their CDL within six
months pose less risk on the Nation’s
highways.
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Second, ODOT agrees that requiring
CLP holders to retake the knowledge
test after not obtaining a CDL within one
year improves highway safety, but
disagrees that the requirement for
renewal at six months is needed.
According to ODOT, if the exemption is
granted, ODOT’s CLP would have a
validity period of one year with no
renewal allowed. All applicable
knowledge tests would be required
before a new CLP could be issued,
which would accomplish the objective
of not allowing a person to have a CLP
longer than one year without passing
knowledge tests.
The third reason for the request is that
Oregon’s ‘‘Department of Motor Vehicle
(DMV) field offices have a very large
volume of work to accomplish and, at
best, limited resources with which to
accomplish it. Adding the bureaucratic
requirement for a CLP holder to visit a
DMV office and pay a fee in order to get
a second six months of CLP validity will
add unnecessary workload to offices
already stretched to the limit. ODOT is
confident there would be no negative
impact on safety if the exemption is
granted.’’
According to ODOT, ‘‘If this
exemption is not granted, Oregon
drivers with CLPs who have not passed
the CDL skills test within six months of
CLP issuance would have to go to a
DMV office and pay for a renewal of the
CLP. This would cause undue hardship
to the drivers, from the perspectives of
both their time and their pocketbooks. It
would also cause undue hardship to our
agency, where scarce resources would
be used to process bureaucratic
transactions that add nothing to
highway safety.’’
In addition, because the issues
concerning ODOT’s request could be
applicable in each State, all SDLAs are
allowed to use this exemption renewal
at their discretion. Extending the
exemption to cover all SDLAs, at their
discretion, will preclude the need for
other SDLAs choosing to use the
exemption to file identical exemption
requests. FMCSA believes that safety
would not be diminished by allowing a
validity period of one year for the CLP.
The maximum time allowed between
taking the knowledge tests and
obtaining the CDL is 12 months under
the current rule and under the
exemption. The exemption avoids the
necessity of obtaining a renewal of the
CLP after 6 months if the State chooses
to allow that. FMCSA determined that
the exemption would maintain a level of
safety equivalent to, or greater than, the
level achieved under the current
regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)).
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Issued on: March 28, 2018.
Raymond P. Martinez,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0049]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
BELLA LA VITA; Invitation for Public
Comments
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.build requirement of the coastwise laws
under certain circumstances. A request
for such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
May 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2018–0049.
Written comments may be submitted by
hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, M–30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. You may also
send comments electronically via the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
All comments will become part of this
docket and will be available for
inspection and copying at the above
address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document and all documents
entered into this docket is available at
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel BELLA LA VITA is:
—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘OUPV charters on Puget Sound;
sunset cruises, whale watching,
passenger excursions.’’
—Geographic Region: ‘‘Washington
State.’’
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2015-0397]
Commercial Driver's License: Oregon Department of Transportation;
Application for Renewal of Exemption
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of exemption; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its decision to renew the Oregon Department of
Transportation's (ODOT) exemption from the commercial learner's permit
(CLP) requirements in 49 CFR part 383. All State Driver's Licensing
Agencies (SDLAs) are allowed to use this exemption at their discretion.
The exemption will allow ODOT and participating SDLAs to extend to one
year the 180-day timeline for the CLP from the date of issuance,
without requiring the CLP holder to retake the general and endorsement
knowledge tests. Under the exemption, an applicant wishing to have a
new CLP after the previous one expires will be required to take all
applicable tests before a new CLP is issued.
DATES: The renewed exemption is from April 5, 2018 to April 5, 2019.
Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System Number FMCSA-2015-0397 by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 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 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 www.regulations.gov at any time and in the box
labeled ``SEARCH for'' enter FMCSA-2015-0397 and click on the tab
labeled ``SEARCH.''
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT
posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information
the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can get electronic
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal website. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver
and Carrier Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle
Safety Standards; Telephone: 614-942-6477. Email: [email protected]. If you
have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact
Docket Services, telephone (202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation and Request for Comments
FMCSA encourages you to participate by submitting comments and
related materials.
Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
notice (FMCSA-2015-0397), indicate the specific section of this
document to which the comment applies, and provide a reason for
suggestions or recommendations. You may submit your comments and
material online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only
one of these means. FMCSA recommends that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of
your document so the Agency can contact you if it has questions
regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to www.regulations.gov and put
the docket number, ``FMCSA-2015-0397'' in the ``Keyword'' box, and
click ``Search.'' When the new screen appears, click on ``Comment
Now!'' button and type your comment into the text box in the following
screen. Choose whether you are submitting your comment as an individual
or on behalf of a third party and then submit. If you submit your
comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no
larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing. If you submit comments by mail and would like to know that they
reached the facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard
or envelope. FMCSA will consider all comments and material received
during the comment period and may continue this exemption or not based
on your comments.
II. Legal Basis
FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315 to grant
exemptions from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. FMCSA
must publish a notice of each exemption request in the Federal Register
(49 CFR 381.315(a)). The Agency must provide the public an opportunity
to inspect the information relevant to the application, including any
safety analyses that have been conducted. The Agency must also provide
an opportunity for public comment on the request.
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The Agency reviews the safety analyses and the public comments, and
determines whether granting the exemption would likely achieve a level
of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be
achieved by the current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). The decision of
the Agency must be published in the Federal Register (49 CFR
381.315(b)) with the reason for the grant or denial, and, if granted,
the specific person or class of persons receiving the exemption, and
the regulatory provision or provisions from which the exemption is
granted. The notice must also specify the effective period of the
exemption (up to 5 years), and explain the terms and conditions of the
exemption. The exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)).
III. Application for Renewal Exemption
ODOT's initial exemption application from the provisions of 49 CFR
383.25(c) and 49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2) was submitted in 2015; a copy
of the application is in the docket identified at the beginning of this
notice. That application describes fully the nature of ODOT's CLP
operations. The exemption was originally granted on April 5, 2015 (81
FR 19703) and is valid through April 5, 2018.
ODOT requests renewal of an exemption from the Agency's CLP
requirements in 49 CFR 383.25(c) and 49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2). The
regulations provide that the CLP be valid for no more than 180 days
from the date of issuance. The State may renew the CLP for an
additional 180 days without requiring the CLP holder to retake the
general and endorsement knowledge tests. ODOT proposed that it be
allowed to extend the 180-day timeline to one year for CLPs issued to
its drivers. The requested exemption renewal is for one year.
ODOT provided multiple reasons for regulatory relief from the CLP
rule in its initial application. First, ODOT believes that the 180-day
time line required to renew the CLP adds nothing to the effectiveness
of the rule itself, the purpose of which is to ``enhance safety by
ensuring that only qualified drivers are allowed to operate commercial
vehicles on our nation's highways'' (76 FR 26854, May 9, 2011). ODOT
asserts that neither FMCSA staff nor the States were able to identify
any highway safety enhancement arising from this requirement. ODOT
states that it is unaware of any data suggesting that persons who have
not renewed their CLP or obtained their CDL within six months pose less
risk on the Nation's highways.
Second, ODOT agrees that requiring CLP holders to retake the
knowledge test after not obtaining a CDL within one year improves
highway safety, but disagrees that the requirement for renewal at six
months is needed. According to ODOT, if the exemption is granted,
ODOT's CLP would have a validity period of one year with no renewal
allowed. All applicable knowledge tests would be required before a new
CLP could be issued, which would accomplish the objective of not
allowing a person to have a CLP longer than one year without passing
knowledge tests.
The third reason for the request is that Oregon's ``Department of
Motor Vehicle (DMV) field offices have a very large volume of work to
accomplish and, at best, limited resources with which to accomplish it.
Adding the bureaucratic requirement for a CLP holder to visit a DMV
office and pay a fee in order to get a second six months of CLP
validity will add unnecessary workload to offices already stretched to
the limit. ODOT is confident there would be no negative impact on
safety if the exemption is granted.''
According to ODOT, ``If this exemption is not granted, Oregon
drivers with CLPs who have not passed the CDL skills test within six
months of CLP issuance would have to go to a DMV office and pay for a
renewal of the CLP. This would cause undue hardship to the drivers,
from the perspectives of both their time and their pocketbooks. It
would also cause undue hardship to our agency, where scarce resources
would be used to process bureaucratic transactions that add nothing to
highway safety.''
In addition, because the issues concerning ODOT's request could be
applicable in each State, all SDLAs are allowed to use this exemption
renewal at their discretion. Extending the exemption to cover all
SDLAs, at their discretion, will preclude the need for other SDLAs
choosing to use the exemption to file identical exemption requests.
FMCSA believes that safety would not be diminished by allowing a
validity period of one year for the CLP. The maximum time allowed
between taking the knowledge tests and obtaining the CDL is 12 months
under the current rule and under the exemption. The exemption avoids
the necessity of obtaining a renewal of the CLP after 6 months if the
State chooses to allow that. FMCSA determined that the exemption would
maintain a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level
achieved under the current regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)).
Issued on: March 28, 2018.
Raymond P. Martinez,
Administrator.
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