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amount of the State Program, the State
and Federal participating shares, the
period of the grant, and the signatures
of the responsible State official and the
FMCSA Division Administrator.
c. Form MCSAP–2A, Grant
Amendment for Fiscal Yearll: The
MCSAP–2A form is used to modify the
terms of the grant. It is used to increase
or decrease the amount of the grant, or
to extend the period of the grant. It
contains the signatures of the
responsible State official and the
FMCSA Division Administrator.
In addition, the following documents
are provided as part of the CVSP
package:
a. State Training Plan (optional
format): This document is a request for
commercial vehicle training courses. It
is used by the FMCSA’s National
Training Center to more effectively
schedule training courses to meet the
needs of State enforcement agencies.
b. State Certification: The CVSP must
contain a State Certification signed by
the Governor, the State Attorney
General, or other specially designated
State official. The Certification includes
conditions that must be met by the State
to receive MCSAP grant funds.
Virtually all (99%) of the information
required by the grant is submitted
electronically. This includes over 3.4
million inspection reports, which are
uploaded electronically from laptop
computers at inspection sites in the
field to FMCSA annually. The nearuniversal use of laptops for submitting
these inspection reports has resulted in
a dramatic reduction in the time burden.
The annual CVSPs require signed
certifications by State personnel and
these certification documents are not,
therefore, electronically transmitted.
The FMCSA is the only Federal
agency authorized to enforce safety
regulations applicable to commercial
trucks and buses in interstate
commerce. The type of information to
be gathered from the States through this
information collection is unique to
MCSAP. No duplication was identified
through the rulemaking process to
implement relevant sections of
SAFETEA–LU.
Under MCSAP grants are extended to
the States predicated on annual
submission of CVSPs. The FMCSA has
determined that although monthly or
bimonthly reports are not needed, a
semiannual report would not be
sufficiently frequent to allow for timely
evaluation and changes in State program
direction. Therefore, quarterly reports
were determined to be the most
appropriate, considering burden and
Federal need. If the reports were
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would be unable to exercise appropriate
oversight and administration of the
program as envisioned by the Congress.
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 on: September 2, 2010.
Kelly Leone,
Director, Office of Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0273]

Notice of Request for Information
(RFI): Training Certification for Drivers
of Longer Combination Vehicles
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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
review and approval and invites public
comment. The FMCSA requests OMB
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Training Certification for Drivers of
Longer Combination Vehicles.’’ This ICR
is necessary because the training
certificates drivers are required to
present to prospective employers serve
as proof the drivers have successfully
completed the training to operate
Longer Combination Vehicles (LCVs)
safely on the Nation’s highways. Motor
carriers are required to maintain a copy
of the training certification in each LCV
driver’s qualification file, which may be
reviewed by Federal or State
enforcement officials. This ICR is being
revised due to an anticipated increase in
the estimated number of LCV drivers
submitting training certificates to
employers resulting in change to the
estimated information collection burden
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DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before November 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System Number FMCSA–
2010–0273 by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
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: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
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 and additional
information on the exemption process,
see the Public Participation heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to
http://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
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
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 Privacy Act Statement for
the Federal Docket Management System
published in the Federal Register on
January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316, or you
may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/
2008/pdfE8-794.pdf.
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 Web site. 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Thomas Yager, Chief, 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:
202–366–4325; e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background
Section 4007(b) of the Motor Carrier
Act of 1991 (Title IV of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. 102–240, 105 Stat.
1914, 2152; 49 U.S.C. 31307) requires
the Secretary of Transportation to
establish Federal minimum training
requirements for drivers of LCVs. The
responsibility for implementing the
statutory requirement was subsequently
delegated to FMCSA (49 CFR 1.73). The
FMCSA, in a final rule entitled,
‘‘Minimum Training Requirements for
Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV)
Operators and LCV Driver-Instructor
Requirements’’ adopted implementing
regulations for minimum training
requirements for the operators of LCVs
(March 30, 2004; 69 FR 16722).
The 2004 final rule created an
information collection burden
concerning the certification of new,
current and non-grandfathered LCV
drivers. An LCV is any combination of
a truck-tractor and two or more semitrailers or trailers, which operates on the
National System of Interstate and
Defense Highways (as defined in 23 CFR
470.107) and has a gross vehicle weight
greater than 80,000 pounds. The
purpose of this rule is to enhance the
safety of LCV operations on our nation’s
highways.
By regulation, motor carriers cannot
allow a driver to operate an LCV
without ensuring that the driver has
been properly trained in accordance
with the requirements of 49 CFR
380.113. LCV drivers must present their
LCV Driver-Training Certificate to
prospective employers as proof of
qualification to drive LCVs. Motor
carriers must maintain a copy of the
LCV Training Certificate in order to be
able to show Federal, State or local
officials that drivers operating LCVs are
certified to do so.
Title: Training Certification for
Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0026.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Drivers who complete
LCV training each year, current LCV
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Training Certificate to a prospective
employer, and motor carriers receiving
and filing the certificates.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
31,500 drivers and motor carriers (750
new LCV drivers plus 15,000 current
LCV drivers plus 15,750 motor carriers).
Estimated Number of Responses:
31,500 (750 new LCV drivers plus
15,000 current LCV drivers plus 15,750
motor carriers).
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes for preparation of LCV DriverTraining Certificate and an additional
10 minutes for the use of the LCV
Driver-Training Certificate during the
hiring process each year.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2011.
Frequency of Response: At various
times during the year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,750 hours. The total number of drivers
per year for whom this activity will
occur consists of newly-trained LCV
drivers (750) and current LCV drivers
changing employers (15,000), a total of
15,750 drivers. The total annual
information collection burden is
estimated to be 2,750 hours: Preparation
of LCV Driver-Training Certificate [750
newly trained LCV drivers × 10 minutes
÷ 60 minutes], and use of the certificate
during the hiring process [15,750 total
LCV drivers × 10 minutes ÷ 60 minutes]
Definitions: The LCV training
regulations under 49 CFR part 380 are
applicable only to drivers of ‘‘longer
combination vehicles,’’ defined as ‘‘any
combination of a truck-tractor and two
or more trailers or semi-trailers, which
operate[s] on the National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways
(defined in 23 CFR 470.107) with a gross
vehicle weight greater than 80,000
pounds’’ (49 CFR 380.105).
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for FMCSA’s performance; (2)
the accuracy of the estimated burden;
(3) ways for the 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 on: September 2, 2010.
Kelly Leone,
Director, Office of Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2010–0831]

Airport Improvement Program (AIP):
Policy Regarding Access to Airports
From Residential Property
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed policy;
notice of proposed amendment to
sponsor grant assurance 5; and request
for public comment.
SUMMARY: This action proposes to
amend and clarify FAA policy
concerning through-the-fence access to a
Federally obligated airport from an
adjacent or nearby property, when that
property is used as a residence and
permits continuation of existing access
subject to certain standards. This action
also proposes to modify sponsor grant
assurance 5, Preserving Rights and
Powers, to prohibit new residential
through-the-fence access to a Federally
obligated airport. Current FAA policy
discourages through-the-fence access to
a Federally obligated airport from an offairport residence. Owners of properties
used both as a residence and for the
storage of personal aircraft, sometimes
called ‘‘hangar homes,’’ have urged the
agency to permit an exception to
through-the-fence policy for residents
who own aircraft. The FAA proposes to
modify Airport Improvement Program
(AIP) grant assurance 5, Preserving
Rights and Powers, to clarify that airport
sponsors are prohibited from permitting
new through-the-fence access from
residential properties. Pursuant to
applicable law, the Secretary of
Transportation is required to provide
notice in the Federal Register and an
opportunity for the public to comment
upon proposals to modify or add new
AIP assurances. The agency recognizes
that there are airports at which
residential through-the-fence access
already exists. The FAA will not
consider sponsors of these airports to be
in violation of current grant assurances
if the airport sponsor meets certain
standards for control of airport
operations and development; selfsustaining and nondiscriminatory
airport rates; and compatible land use.
At present, there are 75 airports in the
continental U.S. where residential
through-the-fence access is known to
exist. This represents less than 3 percent
of the 3,300 airports listed in the FAA’s
National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems (NPIAS) and eligible for
Federal investment. While the vast
majority of airport sponsors do not have

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