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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 199 / Friday, October 14, 2016 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0161]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
Request: Unified Registration System,
FMCSA Registration/Updates.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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. The information
collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Unified
Registration System’’ (78 FR 52608
dated August 23, 2013) required those
entities that are subject to the FMCSA’s
licensing, registration and certification
regulations to use a new application
Form MCSA–1 titled, ‘‘FMCSA
Registration/Update(s).’’
DATES: Please send your comments on
or before November 14, 2016. OMB
must receive your comments by this
date in order to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2016–0161. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395–
6974, or mailed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jeffrey Secrist, Office of Registration and
Safety Information, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385–
2367; Email Address: jeff.secrist@
dot.gov. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Unified Registration System,
FMCSA Registration/Updates.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0051.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers
(including private and exempt for-hire
carriers effective January 14, 2017),
freight forwarders, brokers, cargo tank
(CT) facilities, and intermodal
equipment providers (IEPs) that are
required to initially register for and then
maintain their safety and operating
authority registrations with USDOT.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
78,400 respondents for initial
registration filings; 507,500 respondents
for completing the biennial update;
13,000 respondents for filing name/
address change requests; 1,100
respondents for transfer of operating
authority registration notifications; and
2,030 respondents for reinstatements of
operating authority registration.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.34
hours for initial registration filings; and
10 minutes each for the biennial update,
name/address change request,
notification of transfer of operating
authority registration, and reinstatement
of revoked or inactive registration.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2016
Frequency of Response: This
information collection covers the initial
application to register with FMCSA as a
motor carrier, freight forwarder, broker,
intermodal equipment provider, and
cargo tank facility; as well as subsequent
applications to complete a biennial
update or any other update of the
information recorded on the registration
system, submit a name/address change
request, seek a reinstatement of revoked
or inactive registration, and notify the
Agency of a transfer of operating
authority registration.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
105,000 burden hours for the initial
applications of registration; 84,600
burden hours for completing biennial
updates; 2,200 burden hours for filing
name/address change requests; 180
burden hours for operating authority
registration transfer notifications; and
340 burden hours for reinstatements of
revoked or inactive registration; for a
total estimated annual burden of
192,320 hours.
Background: Section 103 of the ICC
Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA)
enacted 49 U.S.C. 13908, which
required the Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) to propose regulations to
replace four current identification and
registration systems with a single,
online, Federal system—the Unified
Registration System (URS). The Unified
Carrier Registration Act of 2005, subtitle

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C of title IV of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
[Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1714, August
10, 2005] modified the requirements for
a unified registration system by
amending § 13908. In particular,
SAFETEA–LU repealed the Single State
Registration System (SSRS), one of the
four systems identified in § 13908, and
replaced it with the Unified Carrier
Registration Agreement. It also modified
the requirement that fees collected
under the new system cover the costs of
operating and upgrading the registration
by placing limitations on certain fees
that the Agency could charge. Section
4304 of SAFETEA–LU reiterated the
congressional requirement for a single,
Federal online system to replace the
four individual systems identified under
49 U.S.C. 13908. This consolidation
simplifies current Federal registration
processes and makes data on interstate
motor carriers, property brokers, freight
forwarders, and other regulated entities
more accessible.
This information collection supports
the DOT Strategic Goal of Safety. It will
streamline the existing registration
process and ensure that FMCSA can
more efficiently track motor carriers,
freight forwarders, brokers, and other
entities regulated by the Agency.
The information on the on-line Form
MCSA–1 will be used by FMCSA to
identify its regulated entities, to help
prioritize the Agency’s activities, to aid
in assessing the safety outcomes of those
activities and for statistical purposes.
The FMCSA will collect the information
electronically through on-line forms.
The information is currently being
collected through a series of forms,
which may be filed on-line or on paper.
Every interstate motor carrier operating
commercial motor vehicles is required
to register with FMCSA to obtain a
USDOT Number. Most for-hire carriers
are also required to file a separate
application for operating authority
under 49 U.S.C. 13901. Mexico- and
Non-North America-domiciled motor
carriers file a separate registration form.
The information collection will replace
these three collections and create a
single on-line form. This rule will
streamline the collection and eliminate
the need for motor carriers to file the
same information on multiple forms.
On June 10, 2016, FMCSA published
a notice in the Federal Register
requesting public comments on
‘‘Unified Registration System, FMCSA
Registration/Updates’’ Information
Collection Request, OMB Control
Number 2126–0051 (81 FR 37661). No
comments were received.

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 199 / Friday, October 14, 2016 / Notices
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 collected
information.
Issued under the authority delegated in 49
CFR. 1.87 on: October 11, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016–24934 Filed 10–13–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0007]

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure
Disorders
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of applications for
exemption; request for comments.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces receipt of
applications from 11 individuals for an
exemption from the prohibition in the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSRs) against persons
with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or
any other condition that is likely to
cause a loss of consciousness or any loss
of ability to control a commercial motor
vehicle (CMV) to drive in interstate
commerce. If granted, the exemptions
would enable these individuals who
have had one or more seizures and are
taking anti-seizure medication to
operate CMVs in interstate commerce.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 14, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA–
2016–0007 using any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online 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.

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• Hand Delivery: 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
docket number(s) for this notice. 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 for
further information.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to http://
www.regulations.gov at any time or
Room W12–140 on the ground level of
the West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
FDMS is available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. If you want
acknowledgment that we received your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to http://www.regulations.gov
as described in the system records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Ms.
Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical
Programs Division, (202) 366–4001,
[email protected], FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W64–
224, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you have questions
regarding viewing or submitting
material to the docket, contact Docket
Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

I. Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315,
FMCSA may grant an exemption from
the FMCSRs for a two-year 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
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Agency to renew exemptions at the end
of the two-year period.
The 11 individuals listed in this
notice have requested an exemption
from the epilepsy prohibition in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(8). Accordingly, the Agency
will evaluate the qualifications of each
applicant to determine whether granting
the exemption will achieve the required
level of safety mandated by statute.
The physical qualification standard
for drivers regarding epilepsy found in
49 CFR 391.41(b)(8) states that a person
is physically qualified to drive a CMV
if that person:
Has no established medical history or
clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other
condition which is likely to cause the loss of
consciousness or any loss of ability to control
a CMV.

In addition to the regulations, FMCSA
has published advisory criteria 1 to
assist Medical Examiners in
determining whether drivers with
certain medical conditions are qualified
to operate a CMV in interstate
commerce. [49 CFR part 391,
APPENDIX A TO PART 391—MEDICAL
ADVISORY CRITERIA, section H.
Epilepsy: § 391.41(b)(8), paragraphs 3, 4,
and 5.]
The advisory criteria state the
following:
If an individual has had a sudden
episode of a non-epileptic seizure or
loss of consciousness of unknown cause
that did not require anti-seizure
medication, the decision whether that
person’s condition is likely to cause the
loss of consciousness or loss of ability
to control a CMV should be made on an
individual basis by the Medical
Examiner in consultation with the
treating physician. Prior to considering
certification, it is suggested there be a
six-month waiting period from the time
of the episode. Following the waiting
period, it is suggested that the
individual undergo a complete
neurological examination. If the results
of the examination are negative and
anti-seizure medication is not required,
the driver may be qualified.
In those individual cases where a
driver had a seizure or an episode of
loss of consciousness that resulted from
a known medical condition (e.g., drug
reaction, high temperature, acute
infectious disease, dehydration, or acute
metabolic disturbance), certification
should be deferred until the driver has
recovered fully from that condition, has
1 See http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?
SID=e47b48a9ea42dd67d999246e23d97970&mc=
true&node=pt49.5.391&rgn=div5#ap49.5.391_171.a
and https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR–2015title49-vol5/pdf/CFR-2015-title49-vol5-part391appA.pdf.

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