60 day Federal Register notice

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 9, 2006 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC on May 2, 2006.
Joe Hebert,
Manager, Financial Analysis and Passenger
Facility Charge Branch.
[FR Doc. 06–4325 Filed 5–8–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–24264]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comment;
Renewal of Existing Information
Collection: Annual and Quarterly
Reports of Class I Motor Carriers of
Passengers (Formerly OMB 2139–
0003)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments; correction.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: On April 10, 2006, FMCSA
published a notice and request for
comments in the Federal Register (71
FR 18136), announcing its plan to
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request to renew a
currently-approved information
collection for Class I Motor Carriers of
Passengers, Form MP–1, Annual and
Quarterly Reports. This notice corrects
the docket number published in the
April 10, 2006, notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Toni Proctor, Office of Research and
Analysis, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590; phone:
(202) 366–2998; fax: (202) 366–3518; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMCSA
published a notice and request for
comments in the Federal Register on
April 10, 2006. In that document,
FMCSA announced its plan to submit to
OMB a request to renew a currentlyapproved information collection for
Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers,
Form MP–1, Annual and Quarterly
Reports. That notice included an
incorrect docket number (FMCSA–
2006–24624) in both the heading and
the addresses section. This correction
notice provides the accurate docket
number (FMCSA–2006–24264) for this
matter.

Issued on: May 2, 2006.
Warren E. Hoemann,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6–7045 Filed 5–8–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Availability of Grant Program Funds
for Commercial Driver’s License
Program Improvements
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This document announces the
availability of Commercial Driver’s
License Program Improvement (CDLPI)
grant funding as authorized by the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU). This act
establishes a program for the
improvement of the commercial driver’s
license (CDL) program. The program is
a discretionary grant program funded by
a single source. It provides funding for
improving implementation of the State’s
CDL program, including expenses for
computer hardware and software,
publications, testing, personnel,
training, and quality control. Grants
made under this program may not be
used to rent, lease, or buy land or
buildings. The Agency in each State
designated as the primary driver
licensing agency responsible for the
development, implementation, and
maintenance of the CDL program is
eligible to apply for and receive grant
funding.
DATES: Applications for grant funding
should be sent to the FMCSA Division
Office in the State where the applicant
is located no later than June 8, 2006.
Specific information required with the
application is provided below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Lloyd Goldsmith, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, Office of Safety
Programs, Commercial Driver’s License
Division (MC–ESL), 202–366–2964, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Room 8310,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
Section 4124 of SAFETEA–LU (Pub.
L. 109–59, August 10, 2005, 119 Stat.
1736) established CDLPI grants to
implement the requirements of the CDL
program created by the Commercial
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986
(CMVSA) and its amending legislation.
The goal of the act is to improve
highway safety by ensuring that drivers
of large trucks and buses are qualified
to operate those vehicles and to remove
unsafe and unqualified drivers from the

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highways. The act retained the State’s
right to issue a driver’s license but
established minimum national
standards which States must meet when
licensing commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) drivers.
Congress found that one of the leading
factors operating against CMV safety
was the possession of multiple licenses
by commercial drivers. Multiple
licenses allowed drivers to spread their
traffic violations over a number of
licenses and maintain a ‘‘good driver’’
rating regardless of the number of
violations they may have acquired in
one or more States. In response to the
States’ concerns, CMVSA directed DOT
to establish Federal minimum standards
for licensing, testing, qualification, and
classification of commercial drivers.
These standards were designed to
prohibit commercial drivers from
possessing more than one commercial
license, require that commercial drivers
pass meaningful written and driving
tests, include special qualifications for
hazardous materials drivers, and
establish disqualifications and penalties
for drivers convicted of the traffic
violations specified in 49 CFR 383.51.
States that failed to comply with the
requirements imposed by DOT would be
subject to withholding of a percentage of
their highway funds. To enable the
States to fully implement the provisions
of the act, Congress required that DOT
create a national Commercial Driver’s
License Information System (CDLIS)
that would enable the States to
communicate and exchange driver
license information.
The Agency has been providing grant
funds to States to support CDL program
activities since the inception of the
program. CMVSA authorized DOT,
working in partnership with the States,
to assist the States in implementation of
the CDL program by expending $60
million in order to meet the goals
established by Congress. These funds
were to be used to develop the
knowledge and skills tests, to create a
CDLIS telecommunications network
connecting all State Departments of
Motor Vehicles (DMVs), to create
national computer software to support
each State in sharing information
between the DMVs, to implement the
testing and licensing procedures of each
State, and to implement in each State an
information system that would support
the program. Congress continued to
provide funding in subsequent years to
continue to improve the program or to
implement new program initiatives and
systems enhancements mandated by
subsequent legislation.

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