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3. Report should include the
following questions:
a. Question 1—List all medications
and dosages that you have prescribed to
the above named individual.
b. Question 2—List any other
medications and dosages that you are
aware have been prescribed to the above
named individual by another treating
healthcare provider.
c. Question 3—What medical
conditions are being treated with these
medications?
d. Question 4—It is my medical
opinion that, considering the mental
and physical requirements of operating
a CMV and with awareness of a CMV
driver’s role (consistent with The
Driver’s Role statement on page 2 of the
form), I believe my patient: (a) Has no
medication side effects from
medication(s) that I prescribe that
would adversely affect the ability to
operate a CMV safely; and (2) has no
medical condition(s) that I am treating
with the above medication(s) that would
adversely affect the ability to operate a
CMV safely.
The public interest in, and right to
have, safe highways requires the
assurance that drivers of CMVs can
safely perform the increased physical
and mental demands of their duties.
FMCSA’s physical qualification
standards provide this assurance by
requiring drivers to be examined and
medically certified as physically and
mentally qualified to drive.
The purpose for this voluntary
collection of information is to assist the
ME in determining if the driver is
medically qualified under 49 CFR
391.41 and to ensure that there are no
disqualifying medical conditions that
could adversely affect their safe driving
ability or cause incapacitation
constituting a risk to the public. 49 CFR
391.41(b)(12) states that a person is
physically qualified to drive a CMV if
that person does not use any drug or
substance identified in 21 CFR 1308.11
Schedule I, an amphetamine, a narcotic,
or other habit-forming drug; and does
not use any non-Schedule I drug or
substance that is identified in the other
Schedules in 21 part 1308 except when
the use is prescribed by a licensed
medical practitioner, as defined in 49
CFR 382.107, who is familiar with the
driver’s medical history and has advised
the driver that the substance will not
adversely affect the driver’s ability to
safely operate a CMV.
The use of this IC is at the discretion
of the ME and facilitates communication
with treating healthcare professionals
who are responsible for prescribing
certain medications so that the ME fully
understands the reasons the
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medications have been prescribed. This
information assists the ME in
determining whether the underlying
medical condition and the prescribed
medication will impact the driver’s safe
operation of a CMV. Therefore, there is
no required collection frequency.
The ‘‘391.41 CMV Driver Medication
Form, MCSA–5895’’ may be
downloaded from the FMCSA website.
Prescribing healthcare providers are also
able to fax or scan and email the report
to the certified ME. Consistent with the
OMB’s commitment to minimizing
respondents’ recordkeeping and
paperwork burdens and the increased
use of secure electronic modes of
communication, the Agency believes
that approximately 50 percent of the
‘‘391.41 CMV Driver Medication Forms,
MCSA–5895’’ are transmitted
electronically.
The information collected from the
‘‘391.41 CMV Driver Medication Form,
MCSA–5895’’ is used by the certified
ME that requested the completion of the
form and is attached to the ‘‘Medical
Examination Report Form, MCSA–
5875’’ which becomes part of the CMV
driver’s record maintained by the
certified ME. Therefore, the information
is not available to the public. The
FMCSRs covering driver physical
qualification records are found at 49
CFR 391.43, which specify that a
medical examination be performed on
CMV drivers subject to part 391 who
operate in interstate commerce. The
results of the examination must be
recorded in accordance with the
requirements set forth in that section.
MEs are required to maintain records of
the CMV driver medical examinations
they conduct.
Title: 391.41 CMV Driver Medication
Form.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0064.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Prescribing healthcare
professionals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Up to 1,223,470 (total number of
prescribing healthcare providers in the
U.S.)
Estimated Number of Responses: Up
to 1,967,006 (total number of CMV
drivers that may be asked by a certified
ME to have the ‘‘391.41 CMV Driver
Medication Form, MCSA–5895’’
completed by a prescribing healthcare
provider).
Estimated Time per Response: 8
minutes.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2020.
Frequency of Response: Voluntary.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
262,267 hours.
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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: June 25, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2019–0157]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection: Training
Certification for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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. FMCSA requests approval to
revise an ICR titled ‘‘Training
Certification for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,’’
which will now be used to register
providers of entry-level driver training
and to provide State Drivers’ Licensing
Agencies with information on
individuals who have completed said
training. If approved, this revision
would obviate the need for FMCSA to
seek renewal on the ICR.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before September 3, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2019–0157 using any
of the following methods:
SUMMARY:
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations; 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: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 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, 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: 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 obtain 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. 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:
Pearlie Robinson, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–4225; email: pearlie.robinson@
dot.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Commercial Motor
Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA) (49
U.S.C. 31301 et seq.) established the
commercial driver’s license (CDL)
program and directed the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA),
FMCSA’s predecessor agency, to
establish minimum qualifications for
issuance of a CDL. These standards were
published by FHWA originally in 1985.
On May 21, 2004, FMCSA prohibited a
motor carrier from allowing an entrylevel driver to operate a commercial
motor vehicle until it received a written
certificate that the driver received
training in four specified subject areas
(driver qualifications, hours-of-service
of drivers, driver wellness, and
whistleblower protection) (69 FR
29384). That final rule established the
collection of information that is the
subject of this request. The most recent
renewal for this collection is set to
expire on April 30, 2020.
On July 6, 2012, President Obama
signed legislation titled the ‘‘Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
Act’’ (MAP–21) (Pub. L. 112–141, 126
Stat. 405, 791). Section 32304 of MAP–
21 directed FMCSA to develop and
establish minimum driver training
standards for applicants for a CDL and/
or certain CDL endorsements. On
December 8, 2016, FMCSA published a
final rule revising entry-level driver
training requirements (81 FR 88732),
implementing Section 32304 of MAP–
21. That final rule eliminated the
existing driver training regulations
under subpart E of part 380, established
new minimum training standards for
entry-level drivers, and in doing so
established two separate information
collection actions: (1) Training
providers must submit information to
FMCSA to ensure that they meet the
new training provider eligibility
requirements and can therefore be listed
on a new Training Provider Registry
(TPR); and (2) after an individual drivertrainee completes training administered
by a training provider listed on the TPR,
that training provider must submit
training certification information
regarding the driver-trainee to the TPR.
However, because the compliance dates
for that final rule were set as three years
after its publication, FMCSA did not, at
that time, revise the collection of
information to reflect these two new
provisions, opting to provide an update
at the time of the next renewal for the
collection. Subsequently, on March 6,
2019, FMSCA published a separate final
rule titled ‘‘Commercial Driver’s License
Upgrade from Class B to Class A’’ (84 FR
8029), that amended the ELDT
regulations that were published on
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December 8, 2016, by adopting a new
Class A CDL theory instruction upgrade
curriculum to reduce the training time
and costs incurred by Class B CDL
holders upgrading to a Class A CDL.
This March 6, 2019, final rule does not
substantively affect the paperwork
collection burden associated with the
ELDT regulations, therefore no action
was taken to update the collection of
information at that time.
For the purpose of developing and
reporting the revised burden estimates
for this ICR, the ‘‘Training Provider
Registration’’ information collection
activities and the ‘‘Driver Training
Certification Information’’ information
collection activities (described above)
are each addressed below as a separate
information collection (IC), IC–1 and
IC–2, respectively. This is done because
although training providers are the
respondent in each case, the nature of
the information for each activity is
substantively different, with the
‘‘Training Provider Registration’’ IC
focused on information pertaining to
training providers, and the ‘‘Driver
Training Certification Information’’ IC
focused on information pertaining to
individual entry-level drivers.
Furthermore, a forthcoming proposed
rule titled ‘‘Partial Extension of
Compliance Date for Entry-Level Driver
Training’’ (RIN 2126–AC25) would
extend by two years, from February 7,
2020, to February 7, 2022, the
compliance date for the requirement for
training providers to submit training
certification information to the TPR for
each individual driver-trainee that
completes training. The three-year
period covered by this ICR is 2020
through 2022. Therefore, these two ICs
would now also occur during different
time frames of the three-year period
covered by this ICR. IC–1 ‘‘Training
Provider Registration’’ will occur during
all three years 2020 through 2022,
consistent with the February 7, 2020,
compliance date of the training provider
registration provision of the December
2016 ELDT final rule. IC–2 ‘‘Driver
Training Certification Information’’
would now occur only during 2022, the
final year covered by this ICR,
consistent with the forthcoming
proposed rule titled ‘‘Partial Extension
of Compliance Date for Entry-Level
Driver Training’’ (RIN 2126–AC25).
Title: Training Certification for EntryLevel Commercial Motor Vehicle
Operators.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0028.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
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IC–1 (Training Provider Registration)
Respondents: Training providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents
(average per year): 15,805.
Estimated Time per Response
(average): 1.24 hours.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2020.
Frequency of Response: All training
providers will need to initially register
once. Additionally, all registered
training providers must update their
information at least biennially. They are
also required to provide an update if
any key information (company name,
address, phone number, types of
training offered, etc.) changes prior to
their biennial update.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
21,629 hours.
IC–2 (Driver Training Certification)
Respondents: Training providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents
(average per year): 6,837.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2020.
Frequency of Response: After an
individual driver-trainee completes
training administered by a training
provider listed on the TPR, that training
provider must submit training
certification information regarding the
driver-trainee to the TPR.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
12,946 hours.
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: June 24, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
FTA Fiscal Year 2019 Apportionments,
Allocations and Program Information
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
This notice provides priorities
for programs in fiscal year (FY) 2019,
announces the full-year apportionments
and allocations for grant programs,
provides contract authority, and
describes plans for several competitive
programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information about this notice,
contact Kimberly Sledge, Director,
Office of Transit Programs, at (202) 366–
2053. Please contact the appropriate
FTA Regional Office for any specific
requests for information or technical
assistance. FTA Regional Office contact
information is available on FTA’s
website: www.transit.dot.gov. An FTA
headquarters contact for each major
program area is included in the
discussion of that program in the text of
this notice. FTA recommends
stakeholders subscribe on FTA’s
website: www.transit.dot.gov to receive
email notifications when new
information is available.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Table of Contents
I. Overview
II. FY 2019 Funding for FTA Programs
A. Funding Available Under Division G of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2019 (Pub. L. 116–6)
B. Oversight Takedown
C. FY 2019 Formula Apportionments: Data
and Methodology
III. FY 2019 Program Highlights
A. Emergency Relief Docket
B. Policy Priorities
1. Random Drug Testing
2. Public Transportation Agency Safety
Plans
C. FY 2019 Competitive Program Funding
IV. FY 2019 Program-Specific Information
A. Metropolitan Planning Program (49
U.S.C. 5303 and 5305(d))
B. State Planning and Research Program
(49 U.S.C. 5304 and 5305(e))
C. Urbanized Area Formula Program (49
U.S.C. 5307)
D. Fixed Guideway Capital Investment
Grants Program (49 U.S.C. 5309)
E. Formula Grants for the Enhanced
Mobility of Seniors and Individuals With
Disabilities Program (49 U.S.C. 5310)
F. Formula Grants for Rural Areas Program
(49 U.S.C. 5311)
G. Rural Transportation Assistance
Program (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(3))
H. Appalachian Development Public
Transportation Assistance Program (49
U.S.C. 5311(c)(2))
I. Formula Grants for Public Transportation
on Indian Reservations Program (49
U.S.C. 5311(j))
J. Public Transportation Innovation (49
U.S.C. 5312)
K. Technical Assistance and Workforce
Development (49 U.S.C. 5314)
L. Public Transportation Emergency Relief
Program (49 U.S.C. 5324)
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M. State Safety Oversight Formula Program
(49 U.S.C. 5329)
N. State of Good Repair Grants Program (49
U.S.C. 5337)
O. Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities
Program (49 U.S.C. 5339)
P. Growing States and High-Density States
Formula Factors (49 U.S.C. 5340)
Q. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority Grants
V. FTA Policy and Procedures for FY 2019
Grants
A. Automatic Pre-Award Authority to
Incur Project Costs
B. Letter of No Prejudice (LONP) Policy
C. FY 2019 Annual List of Certifications
and Assurances
D. Civil Rights Requirements
E. Consolidated Planning Grants
F. Grant Application Procedures
G. Grant Management
I. Overview
This document provides notice to
stakeholders that FTA is apportioning
the full Fiscal Year (FY) 2019
authorized contract authority through
September 30, 2019 for FTA formula
and competitive programs pursuant to
Division G of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116–
6). In addition, this document contains
important information about FTA
programs, statutory requirements, and
policy priorities.
For each FTA program, FTA has
provided information on the FY 2019
authorized funding levels, the basis for
apportionment or allocation of funds,
requirements specific to the program,
the period of availability of funds, and
other program information. A separate
section provides information on preaward authority as well as other
requirements applicable to FTA
programs and grant administration.
Finally, the notice includes a reference
to tables on FTA’s website that show
new contract authority apportioned and
made available through September 30,
2019.
Information in this document
includes references to existing FTA
program guidance and circulars. Some
information in FTA’s guidance
documents and circulars may have been
superseded by new provisions in the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
(FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114–94), but these
guidance documents and circulars
remain a resource for program
management in most areas.
II. FY 2019 Funding for FTA Programs
A. Funding Available Under Division G
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2019
Division G of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116–
6) (‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0157]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection: Training Certification for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators
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. FMCSA requests approval
to revise an ICR titled ``Training Certification for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,'' which will now be used to
register providers of entry-level driver training and to provide State
Drivers' Licensing Agencies with information on individuals who have
completed said training. If approved, this revision would obviate the
need for FMCSA to seek renewal on the ICR.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before September 3, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2019-0157 using any of the
following methods:
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Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations; 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: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 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, 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: 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 obtain 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. 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: Pearlie Robinson, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4225; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA)
(49 U.S.C. 31301 et seq.) established the commercial driver's license
(CDL) program and directed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
FMCSA's predecessor agency, to establish minimum qualifications for
issuance of a CDL. These standards were published by FHWA originally in
1985. On May 21, 2004, FMCSA prohibited a motor carrier from allowing
an entry-level driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle until it
received a written certificate that the driver received training in
four specified subject areas (driver qualifications, hours-of-service
of drivers, driver wellness, and whistleblower protection) (69 FR
29384). That final rule established the collection of information that
is the subject of this request. The most recent renewal for this
collection is set to expire on April 30, 2020.
On July 6, 2012, President Obama signed legislation titled the
``Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act'' (MAP-21) (Pub. L.
112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 791). Section 32304 of MAP-21 directed FMCSA to
develop and establish minimum driver training standards for applicants
for a CDL and/or certain CDL endorsements. On December 8, 2016, FMCSA
published a final rule revising entry-level driver training
requirements (81 FR 88732), implementing Section 32304 of MAP-21. That
final rule eliminated the existing driver training regulations under
subpart E of part 380, established new minimum training standards for
entry-level drivers, and in doing so established two separate
information collection actions: (1) Training providers must submit
information to FMCSA to ensure that they meet the new training provider
eligibility requirements and can therefore be listed on a new Training
Provider Registry (TPR); and (2) after an individual driver-trainee
completes training administered by a training provider listed on the
TPR, that training provider must submit training certification
information regarding the driver-trainee to the TPR. However, because
the compliance dates for that final rule were set as three years after
its publication, FMCSA did not, at that time, revise the collection of
information to reflect these two new provisions, opting to provide an
update at the time of the next renewal for the collection.
Subsequently, on March 6, 2019, FMSCA published a separate final rule
titled ``Commercial Driver's License Upgrade from Class B to Class A''
(84 FR 8029), that amended the ELDT regulations that were published on
December 8, 2016, by adopting a new Class A CDL theory instruction
upgrade curriculum to reduce the training time and costs incurred by
Class B CDL holders upgrading to a Class A CDL. This March 6, 2019,
final rule does not substantively affect the paperwork collection
burden associated with the ELDT regulations, therefore no action was
taken to update the collection of information at that time.
For the purpose of developing and reporting the revised burden
estimates for this ICR, the ``Training Provider Registration''
information collection activities and the ``Driver Training
Certification Information'' information collection activities
(described above) are each addressed below as a separate information
collection (IC), IC-1 and IC-2, respectively. This is done because
although training providers are the respondent in each case, the nature
of the information for each activity is substantively different, with
the ``Training Provider Registration'' IC focused on information
pertaining to training providers, and the ``Driver Training
Certification Information'' IC focused on information pertaining to
individual entry-level drivers. Furthermore, a forthcoming proposed
rule titled ``Partial Extension of Compliance Date for Entry-Level
Driver Training'' (RIN 2126-AC25) would extend by two years, from
February 7, 2020, to February 7, 2022, the compliance date for the
requirement for training providers to submit training certification
information to the TPR for each individual driver-trainee that
completes training. The three-year period covered by this ICR is 2020
through 2022. Therefore, these two ICs would now also occur during
different time frames of the three-year period covered by this ICR. IC-
1 ``Training Provider Registration'' will occur during all three years
2020 through 2022, consistent with the February 7, 2020, compliance
date of the training provider registration provision of the December
2016 ELDT final rule. IC-2 ``Driver Training Certification
Information'' would now occur only during 2022, the final year covered
by this ICR, consistent with the forthcoming proposed rule titled
``Partial Extension of Compliance Date for Entry-Level Driver
Training'' (RIN 2126-AC25).
Title: Training Certification for Entry-Level Commercial Motor
Vehicle Operators.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0028.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information
collection.
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IC-1 (Training Provider Registration)
Respondents: Training providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents (average per year): 15,805.
Estimated Time per Response (average): 1.24 hours.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2020.
Frequency of Response: All training providers will need to
initially register once. Additionally, all registered training
providers must update their information at least biennially. They are
also required to provide an update if any key information (company
name, address, phone number, types of training offered, etc.) changes
prior to their biennial update.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 21,629 hours.
IC-2 (Driver Training Certification)
Respondents: Training providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents (average per year): 6,837.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2020.
Frequency of Response: After an individual driver-trainee completes
training administered by a training provider listed on the TPR, that
training provider must submit training certification information
regarding the driver-trainee to the TPR.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 12,946 hours.
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: June 24, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2019-14227 Filed 7-2-19; 8:45 am]
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