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[FR Doc. 2020–13660 Filed 6–24–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE–2020–51]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Lufthansa Technik
AG
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption
received.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
this notice is to improve the public’s
awareness of, and participation in, the
FAA’s exemption process. Neither
publication of this notice nor the
inclusion or omission of information in
the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before July 15,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2020–0571
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at 202–493–2251.
Privacy: 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
https://www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
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https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to the Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deana Stedman, AIR–673, Federal
Aviation Administration, 2200 South
216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198,
phone and fax 206–231–3187, email
deana.stedman@faa.gov.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on June
22, 2020.
Paul R. Siegmund,
Acting Manager, Transport Standards
Branch.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2020–0571.
Petitioner: Lufthansa Technik AG.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Special
Aviation Regulation No. 109, sec. 7(a).
Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner
is seeking FAA design approval to install an
executive-style interior in a Boeing Model
787–8 airplane. The airplane is intended for
private use only, not for-hire, and not for
common carriage. The petitioner’s proposed
design requires relief from section 7(a) of
Special Aviation Regulation No. 109, which
relates to the requirements for the maximum
distance between emergency exits and
maximum distance between each passenger
seat and the nearest exit.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–26367]
Meetings: Motor Carrier Safety
Advisory Committee (MCSAC); Public
Meeting
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee
meeting.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces a meeting
of the MCSAC, which will take place via
videoconference.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Monday, July 13, and Tuesday, July 14,
2020, from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Eastern Time. Requests for
accommodations because of a disability
must be received by Thursday, July 2,
2020. Requests to submit written
materials to be reviewed during the
SUMMARY:
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meeting must be received no later than
July 2, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via videoconference. Those members of
the public who would like to participate
should go to https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/
advisory-committees/mcsac/meetings to
access the meeting, task statements, a
detailed agenda for the entire meeting,
meeting minutes and additional
information on the committee and its
activities.
Ms.
Shannon L. Watson, Senior Advisor to
the Associate Administrator for Policy,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366–5221, mcsac@dot.gov. Any
committee-related request or submission
should be sent via email to the person
listed in this section.
Information may also be submitted by
docket through Docket Number
FMCSA–2006–26367 using any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Docket Operations,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T. Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9317 or (202) 366–
9826 before visiting Docket Operations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Background
Purpose of the Committee
MCSAC was established to provide
FMCSA with advice and
recommendations on motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety
regulations. MCSAC is composed of up
to 25 voting representatives from safety
advocacy, safety enforcement, labor, and
industry stakeholders of motor carrier
safety. The diversity of the Committee
ensures the requisite range of views and
expertise necessary to discharge its
responsibilities. The committee operates
as a discretionary committee under the
authority of the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), established in
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
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Meeting Agenda
The MCSAC will take up the
following issues:
• Task 20–1 will provide the MCSAC
with the opportunity to discuss changes
to the package and small goods delivery
sector. A number of companies are now
using small vehicles (e.g., vehicles with
a gross vehicle weight rating less than
10,000 pounds, etc.) to deliver goods
and there appears to be a gap in safety
oversight of both drivers and vehicles.
For this task, members will hear from
Agency experts on trends in the Fatality
Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and
Motor Carrier Management Information
System (MCMIS) crash and highway
safety data.
• Task 20–2 will focus on the impact
of the aging demographic of the
commercial motor vehicle driver
workforce on the truck and bus
industries and whether this trend will
exacerbate the driver shortage problem.
Stakeholders have expressed concerns
about the need to address the driver
shortage, including options for allowing
younger drivers to enter the industry.
How would an aging workforce impact
motor carriers’ ability to deliver services
and goods safely in interstate
commerce? For this task, FMCSA will
consider data by agency experts on the
distribution of age among CMV drivers.
• Additionally, FMCSA will brief the
MCSAC members on the impact of the
legalization of hemp on the safety
oversight of CMV drivers. While
FMCSA’s safety regulations prohibit
drivers’ use or transportation of illegal
drugs, what actions should be
considered to ensure motor carriers,
drivers and enforcement officials have
appropriate guidance concerning hemp
and what happens if drivers test
positive for tetrahydrocannabinol.
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II. Meeting Participation
While not required, advance
registration is encouraged. To indicate
that you will attend, please email the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by the
deadline referenced in the DATES
section. The meeting will be open to the
public for its entirety. The U.S.
Department of Transportation is
committed to providing equal access to
this meeting for all participants. If you
need alternative formats or services
because of a disability, such as sign
language, interpretation, or other
ancillary aids, please contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
Oral comments from the public will
be heard throughout the meeting, at the
discretion of the MCSAC chairman and
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designated federal officer. Additionally,
to ensure that all participants have had
the opportunity to have their comments
heard, the agenda will include a public
comment period at the end of each day’s
session. Members of the public may
submit written comments to the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section on the topics to be
considered during the meeting by the
deadline referenced in DATES section.
Any member of the public may submit
a written statement after the meeting
deadline, and it will be presented to the
committee.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0027–N–11]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, 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 collection and its
expected burden. On April 15, 2020,
FRA published a notice providing a 60day period for public comment on the
ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 27,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the particular ICR by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Hodan Wells, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration,
telephone (202) 493–0440, email:
Hodan.wells@dot.gov.
SUMMARY:
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The PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8
through 1320.12. On April 15, 2020,
FRA published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment on
the ICR for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 85 FR 21064. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30-day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes the 30-day
notice informs the regulated community
to file relevant comments and affords
the agency adequate time to digest
public comments before it renders a
decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
Therefore, respondents should submit
their respective comments to OMB
within 30 days of publication to best
ensure having their full effect.
Comments are invited on the
following ICR regarding: (1) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of
the burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (3) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of information collection
activities on the public, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
The summaries below describe the
ICR that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Track Safety Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0010.
Abstract: The information collection
associated with 49 CFR part 213 is used
by FRA to ensure and enhance rail
safety by monitoring complete
compliance with all regulatory
requirements. Part 213 prescribes
minimum safety requirements for
railroad track that is part of the general
railroad system of transportation. While
the requirements prescribed in this part
generally apply to specific track
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-26367]
Meetings: Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC); Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces a meeting of the MCSAC, which will take place
via videoconference.
DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, July 13, and Tuesday, July 14,
2020, from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time. Requests for
accommodations because of a disability must be received by Thursday,
July 2, 2020. Requests to submit written materials to be reviewed
during the meeting must be received no later than July 2, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via videoconference. Those members
of the public who would like to participate should go to https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/advisory-committees/mcsac/meetings to access the
meeting, task statements, a detailed agenda for the entire meeting,
meeting minutes and additional information on the committee and its
activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior Advisor
to the Associate Administrator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-5221, [email protected]. Any
committee-related request or submission should be sent via email to the
person listed in this section.
Information may also be submitted by docket through Docket Number
FMCSA-2006-26367 using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366-9317 or (202) 366-9826 before visiting Docket
Operations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Purpose of the Committee
MCSAC was established to provide FMCSA with advice and
recommendations on motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier
safety regulations. MCSAC is composed of up to 25 voting
representatives from safety advocacy, safety enforcement, labor, and
industry stakeholders of motor carrier safety. The diversity of the
Committee ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary
to discharge its responsibilities. The committee operates as a
discretionary committee under the authority of the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), established in accordance with the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
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Meeting Agenda
The MCSAC will take up the following issues:
Task 20-1 will provide the MCSAC with the opportunity to
discuss changes to the package and small goods delivery sector. A
number of companies are now using small vehicles (e.g., vehicles with a
gross vehicle weight rating less than 10,000 pounds, etc.) to deliver
goods and there appears to be a gap in safety oversight of both drivers
and vehicles. For this task, members will hear from Agency experts on
trends in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and Motor
Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) crash and highway safety
data.
Task 20-2 will focus on the impact of the aging
demographic of the commercial motor vehicle driver workforce on the
truck and bus industries and whether this trend will exacerbate the
driver shortage problem. Stakeholders have expressed concerns about the
need to address the driver shortage, including options for allowing
younger drivers to enter the industry. How would an aging workforce
impact motor carriers' ability to deliver services and goods safely in
interstate commerce? For this task, FMCSA will consider data by agency
experts on the distribution of age among CMV drivers.
Additionally, FMCSA will brief the MCSAC members on the
impact of the legalization of hemp on the safety oversight of CMV
drivers. While FMCSA's safety regulations prohibit drivers' use or
transportation of illegal drugs, what actions should be considered to
ensure motor carriers, drivers and enforcement officials have
appropriate guidance concerning hemp and what happens if drivers test
positive for tetrahydrocannabinol.
II. Meeting Participation
While not required, advance registration is encouraged. To indicate
that you will attend, please email the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by the deadline referenced in the DATES
section. The meeting will be open to the public for its entirety. The
U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to providing equal
access to this meeting for all participants. If you need alternative
formats or services because of a disability, such as sign language,
interpretation, or other ancillary aids, please contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Oral comments from the public will be heard throughout the meeting,
at the discretion of the MCSAC chairman and designated federal officer.
Additionally, to ensure that all participants have had the opportunity
to have their comments heard, the agenda will include a public comment
period at the end of each day's session. Members of the public may
submit written comments to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section on the topics to be considered during the
meeting by the deadline referenced in DATES section. Any member of the
public may submit a written statement after the meeting deadline, and
it will be presented to the committee.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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