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safety that is equivalent to, or greater
than, the level that would be achieved
absent such exemption. Motor carriers
utilizing the exemption will be required
to report any accidents, as defined in 49
CFR 390.5, to FMCSA. The exemption is
eligible for renewal at the end of the
two-year period.
Terms and Conditions of the Exemption
Extent of the Exemption
This exemption is limited to drivers
transporting HM loads requiring
placarding under 49 CFR part 172,
subpart F, or select agents and toxins
identified in § 172.800(b)(13) that do not
require placarding, and who have filed
security plans requiring constant
attendance of HM in accordance with
§§ 172.800–804. This exemption is
limited to motor carriers that have a
‘‘satisfactory’’ safety rating or are
‘‘unrated’’; motor carriers with
‘‘conditional’’ or ‘‘unsatisfactory’’ safety
ratings are prohibited from utilizing this
exemption. Drivers must have a copy of
the exemption document in their
possession while operating under the
terms of the exemption and must
present it to law enforcement officials
upon request.

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Motor carriers must notify FMCSA by
email addressed to [email protected]
with 5 business days of any accident (as
defined in 49 CFR 390.5) that occurs
while its driver is operating under the
terms of this exemption. The
notification must include:
a. Identifier of the Exemption: ‘‘HM’’
b. Name of operating carrier and
USDOT number,
c. Date of the accident,
d. City or town, and State, in which
the accident occurred, or closest to the
accident scene,
e. Driver’s name and license number,
f. Name of co-driver, if any, and
license number
g. Vehicle number and state license
number,
h. Number of individuals suffering
physical injury,
i. Number of fatalities,
j. The police-reported cause of the
accident,
k. Whether the driver was cited for
violation of any traffic laws, motor
carrier safety regulations, and
l. The total driving time and total onduty time prior to the accident.
Safety Oversight of Carriers Operating
Under the Exemption
FMCSA expects each motor carrier
operating under the terms and
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Preemption
During the period the exemption is in
effect, no State may enforce any law or
regulation that conflicts with or is
inconsistent with this exemption with
respect to a person or entity operating
under the exemption [49 U.S.C.
31315(d)].
Issued on: August 6, 2015.
T.F. Scott Darling, III,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015–20686 Filed 8–20–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0268]

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maintain its safety record. However,
should safety deteriorate, FMCSA will,
consistent with the statutory
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 31315, take
all steps necessary to protect the public
interest. Authorization of the exemption
is discretionary, and FMCSA will
immediately revoke the exemption of
any motor carrier or driver for failure to
comply with the terms and conditions
of the exemption.

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Motor Carrier Identification
Report
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
information.
AGENCY:

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
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Motor Carrier Identification Report,’’
which is used to identify FMCSA
regulated entities, help prioritize the
agency’s activities, aid in assessing the
safety outcomes of those activities, and
for statistical purposes. This ICR is
being revised due to a Final Rule titled,
‘‘Unified Registration System,’’ (78 FR
52608) dated August 23, 2013 which
will require regulated entities to file for
registration via a new online Form
MCSA–1 and eliminate the Forms MCS–
150B and MCS–150C contained in the
ICR. The Form MCS–150 will be
retained for use by the small number of
Mexico-domiciled motor carriers that

SUMMARY:

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seek authority to operate beyond the
United States municipalities on the
United States-Mexico border and their
commercial zones because they are not
included within the scope of the
Unified Registration Final Rule.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before October 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2015–0268 using 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 Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, 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 http://
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 complete 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/pdfE8794.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

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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration and
Safety Information, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–385–2367; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Title 49, United States
Code Section 504(b)(2) provides the
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary)
with authority to require carriers,
lessors, associations, or classes of these
entities to file annual, periodic, and
special reports containing answers to
questions asked by the Secretary. The
Secretary may also prescribe the form of
records required to be prepared or
compiled and the time period during
which records must be preserved (See
section 504(b) (1) and (d)). The FMCSA
will use this data to administer its safety
programs by establishing a database of
entities that are subject to its
regulations. This database necessitates
that these entities notify the FMCSA of
their existence. For example, under 49
CFR 390.19(a), FMCSA requires all
motor carriers beginning operations to
file a Form MCS–150 entitled, Motor
Carrier Identification Report. This report
is filed by all motor carriers conducting
operations in interstate or international
commerce before beginning operations.
It asks the respondent to provide the
name of the business entity that owns
and controls the motor carrier operation,
address and telephone of principal
place of business, assigned
identification number(s), type of
operation, types of cargo usually
transported, number of vehicles owned,
term leased and trip leased, driver
information, and certification statement
signed by an individual authorized to
sign documents on behalf of the
business entity.
The Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act for fiscal year 2002, Public Law
107–87, 115 Stat. 833, dated December
18, 2001 (see Attachment B), directed
the agency to issue an interim final rule
(IFR) to ensure that new entrant motor
carriers are knowledgeable about the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSRs) and standards.

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On May 13, 2002, the agency published
an IFR entitled, ‘‘New Entrant Safety
Assurance Process’’ (67 FR 31978).
On August, 23, 2013, the agency
published a Final Rule titled, ‘‘Unified
Registration System,’’ (URS) which
requires interstate motor carriers, freight
forwarders, brokers, intermodal
equipment providers, hazardous
materials safety permit applicants, and
cargo tank facilities to file for
registration via a new online Form
MCSA–1. The Form MCSA–1 will
replace the existing Forms MCS–150B
and MCS–150C in this ICR. However,
the Form MCS–150 will be retained for
the small number of Mexico-domiciled
carriers that seek authority to operate
beyond the United States municipalities
on the United States-Mexico border and
their commercial zones because they are
not included within the scope of the
URS Final Rule. This revised ICR
captures the burden on the Mexicodomiciled carriers that will continue to
use Form MCS–150 after
implementation of the URS Final Rule
effective October, 23 2015.
Title: Motor Carrier Identification
Report.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0013.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Mexico domiciled
motor carriers and commercial motor
vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15,291.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes for new filings and 7.5 minutes
for biennial updates and changes to
complete the Form MCS–150.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2015.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and biennially.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 386
hours [(396 new filings × 20 minutes ÷
60 minutes) + (2,030 biennial updates
and changes × 7.5 minutes ÷ 60
minutes)].
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 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 information
collected. The Agency will summarize
or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this ICR.

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Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: August 14, 2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0124; FMCSA–
2011–0140]

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of
exemptions; request for comments.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces its
decision to renew the exemptions from
the vision requirement in the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 9
individuals. FMCSA has statutory
authority to exempt individuals from
the vision requirement if the
exemptions granted will not
compromise safety. The Agency has
concluded that granting these
exemption renewals will provide a level
of safety that is equivalent to or greater
than the level of safety maintained
without the exemptions for these
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
drivers.

SUMMARY:

This decision is effective
September 7, 2015. Comments must be
received on or before September 21,
2015.

DATES:

You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) numbers: Docket No.
[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0124;
FMCSA–2011–0140], using any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• 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.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the

ADDRESSES:

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