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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0130]
Commercial Driver’s License:
Application for Exemption; Missouri
Department of Revenue (DOR)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of application for
renewal of exemption; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces that it has
received an application from the
Missouri DOR for a renewal of its
exemption from the Agency’s
commercial driver’s license (CDL)
regulations. These regulations require a
driver to pass the general knowledge
test before being issued a Commercial
Learner’s Permit (CLP). The exemption
renewal would allow the Missouri DOR
to continue to waive the mandatory
knowledge test requirement for
qualified veterans who participated in
dedicated training in approved military
programs. The Missouri DOR states that
its goal is to continue to assist qualified
veterans in obtaining employment when
returning to the civilian workforce, and
granting this exemption renewal will
assist those veterans who have already
been through extensive military
training. The Missouri DOR currently
holds an exemption for the period of
October 27, 2016, through October 29,
2018, and is requesting a 2-year
renewal. FMCSA requests public
comment on the Missouri DOR’s
application for exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 7, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Number
FMCSA–2016–0130 by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
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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., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Each submission must include the
Agency name and the docket number for
this notice. Note that DOT posts all
comments received without change to
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information included in a
comment. Please see the Privacy Act
heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to www.regulations.gov at
any time or visit 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., ET,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The on-line FDMS is available
24 hours each day, 365 days each year.
If you want acknowledgement that we
received your comments, please include
a self-addressed, stamped envelope or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments on-line.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information concerning this notice,
contact Mr. Richard Clemente, FMCSA
Driver and Carrier Operations Division;
Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle
Safety Standards; Telephone: (202) 366–
2722. 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
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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–2016–0130), indicate
the specific section of this document to
which the comment applies, and
provide a reason for suggestions or
recommendations. You may submit
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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–2016–0130’’ 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.
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to
www.regulations.gov and insert the
docket number, ‘‘FMCSA–2016–0130’’
in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box and click
‘‘Search.’’ Next, click ‘‘Open Docket
Folder’’ button and choose the
document listed to review. If you do not
have access to the internet, you may
view the docket online by visiting the
Docket Management Facility in Room
W12–140 on the ground floor of the
DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
II. Legal Basis
FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C.
31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions
from certain Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). 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.
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
compliance with the current regulation
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(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 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. Request for Exemption
The Missouri DOR’s initial exemption
application from the provisions of 49
CFR 383.71(a)(2)(ii) was submitted in
2016; a copy is in the docket identified
at the beginning of this notice. That
2016 application describes fully the
nature of the Missouri DOR’s request,
and the reasons for its request. The
Missouri DOR contends that those
qualified veterans who participated in
dedicated training in approved military
programs have already received
numerous hours of classroom training,
practical skills training, and one-on-one
road training that are essential for safe
driving. The original exemption was
granted on October 27, 2016 (81 FR
74861) and expires on October 29, 2018.
Missouri DOR now requests a 2-year
renewal of the exemption. The current
exemption allows all States to waive the
CDL knowledge test for qualified
current or former military personnel
who participated in training in military
heavy-vehicle driving programs, but
does not require them to do so.
The Missouri DOR provided several
reasons for this renewal of the
exemption request, including:
• The proposed regulatory change to
49 CFR parts 383 and 384 for Military
Licensing and State Commercial Driver
Licensing Reciprocity [82 FR 26894,
June 12, 2017] has not yet been posted
as a final rulemaking by the Agency;
• The Missouri legislature did not
pass the enabling legislation to pursue
full implementation during a recent
legislative session; and
• Missouri, as well as other State
Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) that
have implemented or want to pursue
implementation of these provisions,
must have an exemption renewal in
place until such time as the proposed
regulatory change is approved and
posted as final.
In addition, because the issue
concerning the Missouri DOR request
could be applicable in each of the
States, FMCSA requests public
comment on whether the exemption, if
granted, should cover all SDLAs.
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A copy of the Missouri DOR’s
application for exemption renewal is
available for review in the docket for
this notice.
Issued on: July 27, 2018.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2018–0008–N–6]
Approved Agency Information
Collection Activities
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Approval of Revised
Instructions for Form FRA F 6180.57
and Other Recent FRA Information
Collection OMB Approvals.
AGENCY:
FRA announces that OMB
approved the information collection
requests (ICRs) identified below for 3
years.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W33–497,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kim Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W34–212,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6,
2018, OMB approved revised
instructions Form FRA F 6180.57,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident/
Incident Report, for 3 years under OMB
No. 2130–0500 (49 CFR part 225). This
latest approval authorizes FRA to
capture information concerning postaccident toxicological testing for certain
human-factor highway-rail grade
crossing accidents and incidents in the
narrative block of this form. The newly
revised 49 CFR 219.201, effective on
June 12, 2017, requires post-accident
toxicological testing of railroad
employees when at least one of five
specific requirements is met for certain
human factor categories of highway-rail
grade crossing accidents and incidents.
Additionally, under the Paperwork
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Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA
announces that OMB approved the
renewal ICRs identified below for 3
years. These renewal ICRs pertain to 49
CFR parts 213, 217, 218, 224, 227, 228,
229, 231, 232, 234, 237, 238, 239, 241,
242, 243, and 272. Finally, FRA
announces that OMB approved two
study-related renewal ICRs for 3 years.
The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and
its implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
display OMB control numbers and
inform respondents of their legal
significance once OMB approval is
obtained. In the past 12 months, OMB
approved the following renewal
information collections with the
following new expiration dates: (1)
OMB No. 2130–0500 (49 CFR part 225)
(Form FRA F 6180.55/55a/56/57/78/81/
98107/150)—June 30, 2021; (2) OMB
No. 2130–0545, Passenger Train
Emergency Preparedness (49 CFR part
239)—July 31, 2020; (3) OMB No. 2130–
0552, Locomotive Cab Sanitation
Standards (49 CFR part 229)—July 31,
2020; (4) OMB No. 2130–0564,
Locomotive Crashworthiness (49 CFR
part 229)—July 31, 2020; (5) OMB No.
2130–0602, Critical Incident Stress
Plans (49 CFR part 272)—August 31,
2020; (6) OMB No. 2130–0005, Hours of
Service Regulations (49 CFR part 228)
(Form FRA F 6180.3)—January 31, 2021;
(7) OMB No. 2130–0566,
Reflectorization of Freight Rolling Stock
(49 CFR part 224) (Form FRA F
6180.113)—November 30, 2020; (8)
OMB No. 2130–0594, Railroad Safety
Appliance Standards (49 CFR part
231)—October 31, 2020; (9) OMB No.
2130–0035, Railroad Operating Rules
(49 CFR parts 217 & 218)—February 28,
2021; (10) OMB No. 2130–0592, Track
Safety Standards; Concrete Crossties (49
CFR part 213)—February 28, 2021; (11)
OMB No. 2130–0506, Identification of
Cars Moved in Accordance with 49 CFR
232.3(d) (Formerly Order 13528) (49
CFR part 232)—March 31, 2021; (12)
OMB No. 2130–0556, U.S. Locational
Requirement for Dispatching Rail
Operations in the United States (49 CFR
part 241)—April 30, 2021; (13) OMB No.
2130–0595, Safety and Health
Requirements Related to Camp Cars (49
CFR part 228)—April 30, 2021; (14)
OMB No. 2130–0597, Training,
Qualification, and Oversight for SafetyRelated Railroad Employees (49 CFR
parts 213 & 243)—April 30, 2021; (15)
OMB No. 2130–0571, Occupational
Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating
Employees (49 CFR part 227)—May 31,
2021; and (16) OMB No. 2130–0596,
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Conductor Certification (49 CFR part
242)—May 31, 2021.
Additionally, in the last 18 months,
OMB approved the following two studyrelated renewal information collections
with the following new expiration dates:
(1) OMB No. 2130–0617, Survey of
Insular and Tourist Railroads (49 CFR
part 237) (email survey)—November 31,
2020; and (2) OMB No. 2130–0622, Cab
Technology Integration Lab (CTIL)
Head-Up Display Study (Forms FRA F
6180.170a; FRA F 6180.170b)—January
31, 2021.
Persons affected by the abovereferenced information collections are
not required to respond to any
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. These OMB approvals certify
FRA has complied with the provisions
of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) and
with 5 CFR 1320.5(b) informing the
public about OMB’s approval of the
information collection requirements of
the above cited forms, studies, and
regulations.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Juan D. Reyes III,
Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2018–0008–N–7]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection
Request; request for comment.
AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the information collections and their
expected burden. On May 10, 2018, FRA
published a notice providing a 60-day
period for public comment on the ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 7, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICR to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0130]
Commercial Driver's License: Application for Exemption; Missouri
Department of Revenue (DOR)
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of application for renewal of exemption; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has received an application from the
Missouri DOR for a renewal of its exemption from the Agency's
commercial driver's license (CDL) regulations. These regulations
require a driver to pass the general knowledge test before being issued
a Commercial Learner's Permit (CLP). The exemption renewal would allow
the Missouri DOR to continue to waive the mandatory knowledge test
requirement for qualified veterans who participated in dedicated
training in approved military programs. The Missouri DOR states that
its goal is to continue to assist qualified veterans in obtaining
employment when returning to the civilian workforce, and granting this
exemption renewal will assist those veterans who have already been
through extensive military training. The Missouri DOR currently holds
an exemption for the period of October 27, 2016, through October 29,
2018, and is requesting a 2-year renewal. FMCSA requests public comment
on the Missouri DOR's application for exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 7, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Number FMCSA-2016-0130 by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
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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.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket number
for this notice. Note that DOT posts all comments received without
change to www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
included in a comment. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments, go to www.regulations.gov at any time or visit 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., ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The on-line FDMS is available 24 hours each
day, 365 days each year. If you want acknowledgement that we received
your comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope or
postcard or print the acknowledgement page that appears after
submitting comments on-line.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this
notice, contact Mr. Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and Carrier
Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety
Standards; Telephone: (202) 366-2722. 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-2016-0130), 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-2016-0130'' 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.
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to www.regulations.gov and insert
the docket number, ``FMCSA-2016-0130'' in the ``Keyword'' box and click
``Search.'' Next, click ``Open Docket Folder'' button and choose the
document listed to review. If you do not have access to the internet,
you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
II. Legal Basis
FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315 to grant
exemptions from certain Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
(FMCSRs). 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.
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 compliance with 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
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. Request for Exemption
The Missouri DOR's initial exemption application from the
provisions of 49 CFR 383.71(a)(2)(ii) was submitted in 2016; a copy is
in the docket identified at the beginning of this notice. That 2016
application describes fully the nature of the Missouri DOR's request,
and the reasons for its request. The Missouri DOR contends that those
qualified veterans who participated in dedicated training in approved
military programs have already received numerous hours of classroom
training, practical skills training, and one-on-one road training that
are essential for safe driving. The original exemption was granted on
October 27, 2016 (81 FR 74861) and expires on October 29, 2018.
Missouri DOR now requests a 2-year renewal of the exemption. The
current exemption allows all States to waive the CDL knowledge test for
qualified current or former military personnel who participated in
training in military heavy-vehicle driving programs, but does not
require them to do so.
The Missouri DOR provided several reasons for this renewal of the
exemption request, including:
The proposed regulatory change to 49 CFR parts 383 and 384
for Military Licensing and State Commercial Driver Licensing
Reciprocity [82 FR 26894, June 12, 2017] has not yet been posted as a
final rulemaking by the Agency;
The Missouri legislature did not pass the enabling
legislation to pursue full implementation during a recent legislative
session; and
Missouri, as well as other State Driver Licensing Agencies
(SDLAs) that have implemented or want to pursue implementation of these
provisions, must have an exemption renewal in place until such time as
the proposed regulatory change is approved and posted as final.
In addition, because the issue concerning the Missouri DOR request
could be applicable in each of the States, FMCSA requests public
comment on whether the exemption, if granted, should cover all SDLAs.
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A copy of the Missouri DOR's application for exemption renewal is
available for review in the docket for this notice.
Issued on: July 27, 2018.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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