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provide meteorological information that
relates to forecast and actual conditions
that are conducive to in-flight icing.
Pilots should carefully evaluate all of
the available meteorological information
relevant to the proposed flight,
including applicable surface
observations, temperatures aloft,
terminal and area forecasts, AIRMETs,
SIGMETs, and pilot reports. As new
technology becomes available, pilots
should incorporate use of that
technology into their decision-making
process.
The ultimate decision whether, when,
and where to make the flight rests with
the pilot. A pilot also must continue to
reevaluate changing weather conditions.
If the composite information indicates
to a reasonable and prudent pilot that he
or she will encounter visible moisture at
freezing or near freezing temperatures
and that ice will adhere to the aircraft
along the proposed route and altitude of
flight, then known icing conditions
likely exist. If the AFM prohibits flight
in known icing conditions and the pilot
operates in such conditions, the FAA
could take enforcement action.2
Pilots should also remain aware that
14 CFR § 91.13(a) prohibits the
operation of an aircraft for the purpose
of air navigation in a careless or reckless
manner so as to endanger the life or
property of another. Meteorological
information that does not evidence
known icing conditions, or the extent
thereof, may regardless support a
finding that a pilot’s operation under
the circumstances was careless.
This response constitutes an
interpretation of the Chief Counsel’s
Office and was coordinated with the
FAA’s Flight Standards Service.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 27,
2007.
Rebecca MacPherson,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
[FR Doc. 07–1620 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–26852]

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Notice of Request To Revise a
Currently-Approved Information
Collection: Request for Revocation of
Authority Granted
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

AGENCY:

2 Enforcement action could also be taken for
operation of an aircraft into icing conditions that
exceed the certification limitations of the aircraft.

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Notice; and request for
comments.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), FMCSA announces its plan to
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) its request to revise a
currently-approved information
collection (IC) entitled, ‘‘Request for
Revocation of Authority Granted,’’
docketed as OMB Control Number
2126–0018. This information collection
notifies the FMCSA of a voluntary
request by a motor carrier, freight
forwarder, or property broker to amend
or revoke its registration of authority
granted. FMCSA will seek OMB’s
review and approval of this revised IC
and invites public comment on this
request. The Paperwork Reduction Act
requires the publication of this notice.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before June 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by any of the following
methods. Please identify your comments
by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–
2007–26852.
• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov.
Follow instructions for submitting
comments to the Docket.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Management
Facility, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Plaza
level, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the
Nassif Bulding, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Docket: For access to the Docket
Management System (DMS) to read
background documents or comments
received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any
time or to the plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
DMS is available electronically 24 hours
each day, 365 days each year. If you
desire notification of receipt of your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
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April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you
may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stephanie Haller, Supervisory
Transportation Specialist, Commercial
Enforcement Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385–
2362; E-mail Address:
[email protected]. Office hours
are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Request for Revocation of
Authority Granted.
OMB Approval Number: 2126–0018.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection. This IC is being revised due
to an increase in the number of Form
OCE–46s filings from 1,000 to 3,250 per
year.
Form Number: OCE–46.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders and property brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,250.
Estimated Time Per Response: 15
minutes.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2007.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 813
hours [3,250 annual Form OCE–46 filers
× 15 minutes/60 minutes per filing =
812.5 hours, rounded to 813 hours].
Background: Title 49 of the United
States Code (U.S.C.) authorizes the
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary)
to promulgate regulations governing the
registration of for-hire motor carriers of
regulated commodities (49 U.S.C.
13902), surface transportation freight
forwarders (49 U.S.C. 13903), and
property brokers (49 U.S.C. 13904). The
FMCSA carries out this registration
program under authority delegated by
the Secretary. Under 49 U.S.C. 13905,
each registration is effective from the
date specified and remains in effect for
such period as the Secretary determines
appropriate by regulation. Section
13905(c) of title 49, U.S.C., grants the
Secretary the authority to amend or
revoke a registration at the registrant’s
request. On complaint, or on the
Secretary’s own initiative, the Secretary
may also suspend, amend, or revoke any
part of the registration of a motor
carrier, broker, or freight forwarder for
willful failure to comply with the
regulations, an order of the Secretary, or
a condition of its registration.
Form OCE–46 is used by
transportation entities to voluntarily
apply for revocation of their registration
authority in whole or in part. FMCSA

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uses the form to seek information
concerning the registrant’s docket
number, name and address, and the
reasons for the revocation request.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
revised information collection request,
including: (1) The necessity and
usefulness of the information collection
for the FMCSA to meet its goal in
reducing truck crashes; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burdens; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways to minimize the collection
burden without reducing the quality of
the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13902, 13903, 13904
and 13905; and 49 CFR 1.73.
Issued on: March 28, 2007.
Rose A. McMurray,
Chief Safety Officer, Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7–6140 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2003–14652]

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
Standards; Isuzu Motors America,
Inc.’s Exemption Application
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final disposition.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: FMCSA previously
announced its decision to renew Isuzu
Motors America, Inc.’s (Isuzu)
exemption for 19 of its drivers to enable
them to test-drive commercial motor
vehicles (CMVs) in the United States
without a commercial driver’s license
(CDL) issued by one of the States.
Following the renewal one comment to
the public docket was received. The
Agency has considered the comment
and continues to believe the knowledge
and skills testing and training program
that drivers must undergo to obtain a
Japanese CDL ensures that each of these
19 drivers will achieve a level of safety
that is equivalent to, or greater than, the
level of safety achieved without the
exemption. The Agency therefore
declines to rescind or change the terms
of the exemption.
DATES: This exemption is effective from
June 21, 2006 through June 20, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e),
FMCSA may grant or renew an
exemption from the CDL requirements
in 49 CFR 383.23 for a maximum twoyear period if it finds ‘‘such exemption
would likely achieve a level of safety
that is equivalent to, or greater than, the
level that would be achieved absent
such exemption’’ (49 CFR 381.305 (a)).
FMCSA evaluated Isuzu’s application
on its merits and decided to grant the
renewal of the exemption for 19 of
Isuzu’s engineers and technicians for a
two-year period, effective June 21, 2006
as previously announced in the Federal
Register (71 FR 35726, June 21, 2006).
Isuzu Application for Renewal of
Exemption

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Operations Division, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations, MC–
PSD, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–4009. E-mail:
[email protected].

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Isuzu applied for renewal of an
exemption from the 49 CFR 383.23
requirement that the operator of a CMV
obtain a CDL. This section sets forth the
standards that States must employ in
issuing CDLs to drivers operating in
commerce. In the United States, an
individual must be a resident of a State
in order to qualify for a CDL; 1 the Isuzu
drivers for whom this exemption was
sought are all residents of Japan. A copy
of the Isuzu request for exemption from
section 383.23 is in the docket
identified at the beginning of this
notice.
Japanese Drivers
The exemption granted in 2006
enables 19 drivers to test-drive in the
United States Isuzu CMVs that are
assembled, sold or primarily used in the
U.S.
Collectively, these drivers form a team
of mechanics, vehicle test engineers,
technicians and other employees.
Comments
The Agency received one comment in
response to its request for public
comments on this renewal (71 FR
35726, June 21, 2006). The commenter
objected to the renewal based on the
Japanese drivers’ potential lack of
familiarity with United States highway
and traffic conditions, and the operation
1 Although 49 CFR 393.23 indicates that these
drivers could obtain a Nonresident CDL, very few
States are currently issuing Nonresident CDLs due
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of vehicles with steering wheels on the
left side.
FMCSA Response
FMCSA does not agree with the
objection. This is a renewal of a 2-year
exemption. These drivers operated in
the U.S. during the original exemption
period, and Isuzu reported in its
application for renewal that none of
them received any traffic citations or
was involved in any accidents from the
time of the original exemption on
October 16, 2003, through the date of its
application for renewal.
FMCSA Decision
The FMCSA decision to grant the
request to renew the exemption from
section 383.23 was based on the merits
of the application for exemption and the
rigorous knowledge and skills testing of
Japanese drivers concerning the safe
operation of CMVs. All available
evidence indicates that the 19 drivers
covered by the exemption continue to
operate as safely as they would have by
complying with U.S. CDL regulations.
Unless these drivers fail to maintain
the conditions specified in the June 21,
2006, decision, the exemption will
remain in effect through June 20, 2008.
Issued on: March 28, 2007.
Rose A. McMurray,
Chief Safety Officer, Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7–6141 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. ITA–2007–27772]

Notice of Request for the Extension of
Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit
Administration invites public comments
about our intention to request the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval to renew the following
information collection: Pre-Award and
Post-Delivery Review Requirements.
The information to be collected for
this program is necessary to certify that
pre-award and post-delivery reviews
will be conducted when using FTA
funds to purchase revenue service
vehicles.

Comments must be submitted
before June 4, 2007.

DATES:

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