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operator of a CMV because such
operators must possess a valid
commercial driver’s license
(CDL)(Section 383.23(a)(2)). (4) ‘‘Entrylevel CDL Driver’’ means a driver with
less than one year of experience
operating a CMV with a CDL (49 CFR
380.502(b)).
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 FMCSA to perform its
functions; (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.
Issued on: November 8, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012–28306 Filed 11–20–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–26367]

Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee (MCSAC): Public Meeting
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting of Motor
Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
(MCSAC).
AGENCY:

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I. Background

FMCSA announces that its
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee (MCSAC) will meet from
Monday–Wednesday, December 3–5,
2012, in Alexandria, VA. On Monday,
December 3, the Agency will assign the
MCSAC a new task concerning entrylevel driver training (ELDT) and provide
briefings on previous rulemaking
actions, research and data analyses on
the issue, and the ELDT provision in the
recently enacted Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century (MAP–21)
Surface Transportation Act. On
Tuesday, December 4, the MCSAC will
receive staff-level briefings from the
DOT Office of the Inspector General
(OIG) and General Accountability Office
(GAO) on their oversight responsibilities
with regard to the DOT and MCSAC. On
Wednesday, the MCSAC’s Compliance,
Safety, Accountability (CSA)
Subcommittee will be provided with
presentations and a panel discussion
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concerning the CSA Safety
Measurement System and will continue
its deliberations. Meetings are open to
the public for their entirety and there
will be a public comment period at the
end of each day.
Times and Dates: The meeting will be
held Monday–Tuesday, December 3–4,
2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern
Daylight Time (E.D.T.), and on
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, from
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., E.D.T. The
meetings will be held at the Hilton
Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314 in the
Washington and Jefferson Rooms on the
2nd floor. The Hilton Alexandria Old
Town is located across the street from
the King Street Metro station.
Copies of all MCSAC Task Statements
and an agenda for the entire meeting
will be made available in advance of the
meeting at http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov.
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) 385–2395, [email protected].
Services for Individuals with
Disabilities:
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with disabilities
or to request special assistance at the
meeting, contact Elizabeth Turner at
(617) 494–2068,
[email protected], by Tuesday,
November 27, 2012.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
MCSAC
Section 4144 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU,
Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144, August
10, 2005) required the Secretary of
Transportation to establish the MCSAC.
The MCSAC provides advice and
recommendations to the FMCSA
Administrator on motor carrier safety
programs and regulations, and operates
in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA, 5
U.S.C. App 2).
II. Meeting Participation
Oral comments from the public will
be heard during the last half-hour of the
meetings each day. Should all public
comments be exhausted prior to the end
of the specified period, the comment
period will close. Members of the public
may submit written comments on the
topics to be considered during the
meeting by Tuesday, November 27,

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2012, to Federal Docket Management
System (FDMC) Docket Number
FMCSA–2006–26367 using any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Issued on: November 15, 2012 .
Larry W. Minor
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012–28336 Filed 11–20–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2012–0006–N–16]

Notice and Request for Comments
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICRs describe the nature of the
information collections and their
expected burdens. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on September 20, 2012.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 21, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Janet Wylie, Office of Planning and
Administration, RPD–3, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 20,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6353), or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.).
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The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 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.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On September 20,
2012, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting
comments on ICR that the agency was
seeking OMB approval. 75 FR 58439.
FRA received no comments after issuing
this 60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT
announces that these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c).
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). 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 that 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. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The revised requirements are
being submitted for clearance by OMB
as required by the PRA.
Title: Survey of Northeast Regional
and Intercity household Travel
Attitudes and Behavior.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New Information
Collection Requirement.
Affected Public: Members of the
general public between the ages of 18
and 74 who have Northeast intercity or
regional travel experience during the 12
months prior to interview.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
up to 22,500 for phase 1; up to 15,000
for phase 2
Abstract: FRA proposes to collect
information from the public to
determine current intercity and regional

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travel behavior of Northeast residents.
The information collected will include
frequency of trips, origin and
destination, modes of travel (and class
of service if applicable), trip purpose,
party size, trip costs, and other trip
characteristics. It will also ask for travel
preferences under alternative choice
scenarios that include different and new
modes, classes of service, costs, and
amenities.
The proposed information collection
will be conducted in two phases. The
first phase (Phase 1 Survey) will be
conducted by telephone, using
computer-assisted telephone
interviewing (CATI). A dual frame
sample design with be used including
both landlines and cell phones. The
Phase 1 Survey will obtain basic travel
information and invite just those who
experienced a qualifying intercity or
regional travel trip to provide more
detailed travel information and choice
preferences in a second phase. The
Phase 1 Survey interview is estimated to
take five (5) minutes to complete. The
second phase (Phase 2 Survey), which
will immediately follow the first, will be
administered by web (except in cases
when easy web access is not possible
and the participant needs a mailed
paper survey). The Phase 2 Survey will
ask more detailed questions about one
randomly selected trip that the
respondent reported in the first phase of
the survey. In addition, it will ask the
travel preference questions. The Phase 2
Survey is estimated to take 15 minutes
to complete.
The Northeast faces major congestion
and capacity constraints that, if not
addressed, will have the potential to
curtail future mobility and economic
growth in the region. Thus, FRA
established the Northeast Corridor
(NEC) Future Program to develop a
Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan
(PRCIP) for the Northeast region. The
PRCIP will address the larger goals of
improving mobility, effectively serving
travel demand, supporting economic
development, reducing growth in
carbon emissions and dependence of
foreign oil, and contributing to
improved land utilization. The PRCIP
requires the development and
evaluation of improved transportation
alternatives for the Northeast. In support
of preparing the PRCIP, this data
collection is needed to build a model for
estimating market demand for
transportation in the Northeast and to
evaluate how travelers would respond
to alternative transportation service
options.
While there are certain publicly
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during the early phases of the project
when alternatives are evaluated using
coarse screening tools, more detailed
data will be needed to support
development of the detailed PRCIP.
Currently available data include airline
ticket data, Amtrak ticket data, and
commuter rail ticket data. But these data
sources do not contain information on
the characteristics of the traveler (such
as age, income, or vehicle ownership),
trip purpose, detail on party size, or
actual origins and destinations.
Importantly, there is no current
information on the number of intercity
trips taken by automobile in the
Northeast. Further, there is not currently
a sufficient information source for
traveler preferences regarding new
transportation services that might be
developed as part of the PRCIP.
Form Number(s): FRA F222.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours:
5,625 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW.,
Washington, DC, 20503, Attention: FRA
Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments
may be sent via email to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), Office of Management and
Budget, at the following address:
[email protected].
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collections of information are necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimates of the burden of
the proposed information collections;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collections of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
15, 2012.
Michael Logue,
Associate Administrator for Administration,
Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–28421 Filed 11–20–12; 8:45 am]
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