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has remained seizure-free; (3) each
driver must undergo an annual medical
examination by a certified Medical
Examiner, as defined by 49 CFR 390.5;
and (4) each driver must provide a copy
of the annual medical certification to
the employer for retention in the
driver’s qualification file, or keep a copy
of his/her driver’s qualification file if
he/she is self-employed. The driver
must also have a copy of the exemption
when driving, for presentation to a duly
authorized Federal, State, or local
enforcement official. The exemption
will be rescinded if: (1) The person fails
to comply with the terms and
conditions of the exemption; (2) the
exemption has resulted in a lower level
of safety than was maintained before it
was granted; or (3) continuation of the
exemption would not be consistent with
the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C.
31136(e) and 31315.
V. Preemption
During the period the exemption is in
effect, no State shall enforce any law or
regulation that conflicts with this
exemption with respect to a person
operating under the exemption.
VI. Conclusion
Based upon its evaluation of the four
exemption applications, FMCSA renews
the exemptions of the aforementioned
drivers from the Epilepsy and Seizure
Disorders requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(8). In accordance with 49
U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, each
exemption will be valid for two years
unless revoked earlier by FMCSA.
Issued on: October 7, 2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0334]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of an Approved
Information Collection: Training
Certification for Drivers of Longer
Combination Vehicles
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
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Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval and invites public comment.
FMCSA requests approval to renew the
ICR titled ‘‘Training Certification for
Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles
(LCVs).’’ This ICR relates to Agency
requirements for drivers to be certified
to operate LCVs, and that motor carriers
must satisfy before permitting their
drivers to operate LCVs. Motor carriers,
upon inquiry by authorized Federal,
State or local officials, must produce an
LCV driver-training certificate for each
of their LCV drivers.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before December 13, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System Number FMCSA–
2016–0334 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 see the Public
Participation heading below. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to 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

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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.
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; email tom.yager@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: An LCV is any
combination of a truck-tractor and two
or more semi-trailers or trailers that
operates on the National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways
(according to 23 CFR 470.107) and has
a gross vehicle weight greater than
80,000 pounds. To enhance the safety of
LCV operations on our nation’s
highways, Section 4007(b) of the Motor
Carrier Act of 1991 directed the
Secretary of Transportation to establish
Federal minimum training requirements
for drivers of LCVs [Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(ISTEA), Pub. L. 102–240, 105 Stat.
1914, 2152]. The Secretary of
Transportation delegated responsibility
for establishing these requirements to
FMCSA (49 CFR 1.87), and on March
30, 2004, after appropriate notice and
solicitation of public comment, FMCSA
established the current training
requirements for operators of LCVs (69
FR 16722). The regulations bar motor
carriers from permitting their drivers to
operate an LCV if they have not been
properly trained in accordance with the
requirements of 49 CFR 380.113. Drivers
receive an LCV Driver-Training
Certificate upon successful completion
of these training requirements. Motor
carriers employing an LCV driver must
verify the driver’s qualifications to
operate an LCV, and must maintain a
copy of the LCV Driver-Training
Certificate and present it to authorized
Federal, State or local officials upon
request.
Title: Training Certification for
Drivers of LCVs.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0026.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
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Respondents: Drivers who complete
LCV training each year, current LCV
drivers who submit their LCV DriverTraining Certificate to prospective
employers, and employers (motor
carriers) receiving and maintaining
copies of the LCV Driver-Training
certificates of their drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
59,684 consisting of 2,360 newlycertified LCV drivers plus 28,662
currently-certified LCV drivers plus
28,662 motor carriers employing LCV
drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes for preparation of LCV DriverTraining Certificates for drivers who
successfully complete the LCV training,
and 10 minutes for activities associated
with the LCV Driver-Training Certificate
during the hiring process.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2017.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,565 hours. The total number of drivers
who will be subjected to these
requirements each year is 31,022,
consisting of 2,360 newly-certified LCV
drivers, and 28,662 currently-certified
LCV drivers obtaining new employment.
The total annual information collection
burden is approximately 5,565 hours,
consisting of 394 hours for preparation
of LCV Driver-Training Certificates
[2,360 drivers successfully completing
LCV driver training × 10 minutes ÷ 60
minutes/hour] and 5,171 hours for
requirements related to the hiring of
LCV drivers [31,022 LCV drivers
obtaining new employment × 10
minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour].
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 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 under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: October 7, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket Nos. FMCSA–2008–0362 and
FMCSA–2006–26367]

Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee (MCSAC) and Medical
Review Board (MRB) Meetings: Public
Meetings
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Announcement of advisory
committee public meetings.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces a joint
meeting of its Motor Carrier Safety
Advisory Committee (MCSAC) and
Medical Review Board (MRB) on
Monday, October 24, 2016. Together,
the MCSAC and MRB will receive an
update on the Driver Health and
Wellness Initiative, a non-regulatory
public-private partnership of
stakeholders to improve drivers’ health,
and a preview of its Web page. The MRB
will report on its revised
recommendations on obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) based on its evaluation of
the comments from the joint Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(ANPRM) that the Agency issued with
the Federal Railroad Administration.
Additionally, the MCSAC will discuss
how the implementation of these
recommendations may impact current
and future populations of drivers. On
October 25, the MCSAC will meet
separately to complete its review of the
Agency’s regulatory guidance and the
MRB will meet to discuss how to
incorporate recently issued warnings
from the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) on narcotics and
benzodiazepines. The meetings are open
to the public for their entirety.
DATES: The joint meeting will be held on
Monday, October 24, 2016, from 9:15
a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time (E.T.). On
Tuesday, October 25, the MCSAC and
MRB will meet separately. Copies of all
task statements and an agenda for the
entire meeting will be made available in
advance of the meeting at http://
mrb.fmcsa.dot.gov and http://
mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov.
SUMMARY:

The meetings will take
place at the National Association of
Homebuilders (NAHB), 1201 Fifteenth
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Shannon L. Watson, Senior Policy
Advisor, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
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Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366–5221, [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 Eran
Segev at (617) 494–3174, eran.segev@
dot.gov, by Wednesday, October 19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background
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 Moving Ahead for Progress in the
21st Century Act (MAP–21, Pub. L. 112–
141) reauthorized the MCSAC through
September 30, 2013, at which time its
statutory authority expired,
necessitating the establishment of
MCSAC as a discretionary committee
under FACA. Secretary Foxx established
that effective September 30, 2013,
through September 30, 2015. 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).
The MCSAC began considering Task
16–1, Review of Regulatory Guidance, at
its June 2016 meeting to provide
recommendations to the Agency
concerning implementation of section
5203 of the FAST Act to: (1) Prioritize
regulatory guidance that should be
incorporated into the safety regulations
to promote clear, consistent, and
enforceable rules; (2) identify regulatory
guidance that appears to be inconsistent
with the intent of the safety regulations
or makes enforcement of key safety
requirements difficult; and (3) identify
guidance that should remain in place.
Additionally, the MCSAC and MRB
began considering Joint Task 15–3, on
Driver Health and Wellness, at its joint
meeting in September 2015. The task is
to provide recommendations to the
Agency on the structure, content, and
methods for determining the
effectiveness of a public-private
partnership to promote commercial
motor vehicle (CMV) driver wellness.
To reach that goal, the MCSAC and
MRB chairmen appointed a joint
subcommittee that included members of
both advisory committees and
stakeholders.

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