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conditions tax visual capacity and
driver response just as intensely as
interstate driving conditions. The
veteran drivers in this proceeding have
operated CMVs safely under those
conditions for at least 3 years, most for
much longer. Their experience and
driving records lead us to believe that
each applicant is capable of operating in
interstate commerce as safely as he/she
has been performing in intrastate
commerce. Consequently, FMCSA finds
that exempting these applicants from
the vision requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(10) is likely to achieve a level
of safety equal to that existing without
the exemption. For this reason, the
Agency is granting the exemptions for
the 2-year period allowed by 49 U.S.C.
31136(e) and 31315 to the 17 applicants
listed in the notice of March 8, 2017 (82
FR 13045).
We recognize that the vision of an
applicant may change and affect his/her
ability to operate a CMV as safely as in
the past. As a condition of the
exemption, therefore, FMCSA will
impose requirements on the 17
individuals consistent with the
grandfathering provisions applied to
drivers who participated in the
Agency’s vision waiver program.
Those requirements are found at 49
CFR 391.64(b) and include the
following: (1) That each individual be
physically examined every year (a) by
an ophthalmologist or optometrist who
attests that the vision in the better eye
continues to meet the requirement in 49
CFR 391.41(b)(10) and (b) by a medical
examiner who attests that the individual
is otherwise physically qualified under
49 CFR 391.41; (2) that each individual
provide a copy of the ophthalmologist’s
or optometrist’s report to the medical
examiner at the time of the annual
medical examination; and (3) that each
individual provide a copy of the annual
medical certification to the employer for
retention in the driver’s qualification
file, or keep a copy in his/her driver’s
qualification file if he/she is selfemployed. The driver must have a copy
of the certification when driving, for
presentation to a duly authorized
Federal, State, or local enforcement
official.

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V. Discussion of Comments
FMCSA received no comments in this
proceeding.
IV. Conclusion
Based upon its evaluation of the 17
exemption applications, FMCSA
exempts the following drivers from the
vision requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(10):
Chad C. Burnett (IL)

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Lesco R. Chubb (GA)
Stephen M. Currie (TX)
Thomas C. Fitzpatrick (ME)
Robert D. Hattabaugh (AR)
Wade R. Higgins (NC)
Daniel L. Holman (UT)
Don N. Hood (AR)
James S. Hummel (PA)
Robert R. Martin (VA)
James C. Montgomery (TN)
Huber N. Pena Ortega (CO)
Garry W. Perkins (NH)
Charles M. Reese (UT)
Wilbur Robinson, Jr. (NJ)
Thomas R. Test (VA)
Steven L. Tiefenthaler (IA)
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315, each exemption will be valid
for 2 years unless revoked earlier by
FMCSA. The exemption will be revoked
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 and 31315.
If the exemption is still effective at the
end of the 2-year period, the person may
apply to FMCSA for a renewal under
procedures in effect at that time.
Issued on: April 17, 2017.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–9]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request: Cab Technology Integration
Lab (CTIL) Head-up Display Survey
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and comment request.
AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
new Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the information collection and its
expected burden. On November 2, 2016,
FRA published a notice providing a 60day period for public comment on the
ICR.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 24, 2017.
SUMMARY:

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Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington,
DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6292);
or Ms. Kim Toone, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Administration, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington,
DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6132).
(These telephone numbers are not toll
free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
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), and 1320.12. On November
2, 2016, FRA published a 60-day notice
in the Federal Register soliciting
comment on the ICR for which it is now
seeking OMB approval. See 81 FR
76411. FRA received three comments in
response to this notice.
Comments were received from the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and Trainmen (BLET), the SMART
Transportation Division (SMART–TD),
and the Association of American
Railroads (AAR). FRA has contacted all
three organizations to address any
comments and concerns, and will be
working with these organizations to
help facilitate the research study. All
three commenting organizations were
open to participation in the design or
execution of the study.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

BLET’s Summary of Recommendations/
Concerns
• BLET is supportive of FRA’s efforts
to study distraction, and suggests getting
feedback from locomotive engineers as a
method to gauge the degree of
distraction that exists within the
locomotive cab;
• BLET is concerned the FRA study is
limited to the craft of locomotive
engineer; and
• BLET is also concerned the FRA
study is not addressing other sources of
distraction, such as Trip Optimizer or
Leader. BLET encourages FRA to follow
up with a study that captures Trip
Optimizer or Leader experiences in
conjunction with the other potential
distractors.
FRA Responses
• FRA will seek feedback from
multiple locomotive engineers

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throughout the course of the study,
including but not limited to: The design
of the study; execution of the study; and
the analysis of the results;
• FRA will consider conducting a
follow-on study related to cab
distraction and its impact on crewinteraction; and
• FRA acknowledges this study will
not address any potentially distracting
effects from Trip Optimizer or Leader.
FRA has conducted prior studies of Trip
Optimizer and continues to investigate
Trip Optimizer and Leader systems’
safety-related issues as they are brought
to FRA’s attention.
SMART TD’s Summary of
Recommendations/Concerns
• SMART–TD is concerned the HeadUp Display (HUD) will be another
electronic device that takes crew
members’ eyes off the tracks; and
• SMART–TD recommends the
following alternative ways to deal with
in-cab distractions: Issuing train crew
size rules; limiting access by others to
radio channels trains use; limiting use
of defect detectors; investigating
distractive effects of Leader and Trip
Optimizer; and increasing
implementation of positive train control
(PTC).

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FRA Responses
• FRA will consider initiating future
studies into other potential in-cab
issues. In the meantime, FRA is
reviewing SMART–TD’s concerns and is
working with the railroads to review
their locomotive engineer certification
programs to ensure the programs
include training on Leader and Trip
Optimizer systems or other new
technology, if utilized. Each railroad’s
certification program must address how
the railroad responds to changes such as
the introduction of new technology,
new operating rule books, or significant
changes in operations—including
alteration of the territory over which
engineers are authorized to operate.
FRA has done, and will do further,
onboard observation inspections
regarding Leader and Trip Optimizer
interaction.
AAR’s Summary of Recommendations/
Concerns
• AAR recommends their member
railroads be included as active
participants in the design and execution
of the study.
FRA Response
• FRA communicated with AAR after
receiving its written response to the 60day Federal Register notice. FRA
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member railroads and believes such
participation will contribute to the
validity of the study results. FRA is
currently working with AAR to arrange
participation throughout the study to
address any concerns and answer any
questions.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve the proposed collection 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 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 summary below describes the ICR
and its expected burden. FRA is
submitting the new request for clearance
by OMB as the PRA requires.
Title: Cab Technology Integration Lab
(CTIL) Head-up Display Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2130—New.
Abstract: FRA is proposing a study
which will focus on locomotive
engineers. Distraction is a common
problem in locomotive cabs and
preliminary research suggests the
dispatch radio may have significant
effects on train crew workload and
performance. There are generally two
categories of dispatcher-engineer
communications. Some require
immediate action and should be
provided in the usual manner (over the
radio). However, others do not require
immediate action and could be provided
as a written message.
FRA seeks to understand how the
dispatch radio could potentially lead to
human-performance degradation for a
locomotive engineer, and if a HUD
would be an alternative and superior
technology to communicating
information usually conveyed over the
dispatch radio.
HUDs have been incorporated and
researched extensively in aviation and
motor vehicle applications because of
their relative advantage over head-down
displays (HDD). Research in the CTIL,
FRA’s locomotive simulator at Volpe,
The National Transportation Systems
Center in Cambridge, MA, has shown
that in-cab displays, such as moving
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down time (Young, et al., 2015).
Additionally, research done in the field
in naturalistic studies using passenger
vehicles has also shown that looking
inside a vehicle for interface control
features increases the risk of an
accident/incident (Liang, Lee, &
Yekhsatyan, 2012). Thus, a HUD has
real advantages over a HDD. FRA
believes investigating alternative
technologies that increase forward-track
viewing time is worth pursuing.
To test the hypothesis that display
communications on a HUD can reduce
workload and distractions while
increasing the time locomotive
engineers keep their eyes on the forward
track, an experiment will be run in the
CTIL with four different conditions:
HUD presence (present or absent) will
be crossed with radio communications
(present or absent). Forty locomotive
engineers will participate in the
simulator study and survey data
collection. The Massachusetts Institute
of Technology will develop and install
the HUD.
FRA will use a subjective measure of
workload, such as the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Task Load Index (NASA–TLX), in this
study and provide it to the locomotive
engineers after the simulator
experiment. In addition, locomotive
engineers will rate the usability of the
system with a usability scale. Analysis
of the simulator data, workload data,
and usability survey data will allow
FRA to assess whether a HUD has a
relative advantage over a HDD in rail,
and if it could mitigate any radiodistraction related performance
declines.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Affected Public: Railroad Workers.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.168.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
40.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 260
hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
the information collection to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Comments
may also be sent via email to OMB at
the following address: oira_
[email protected].
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for DOT to properly perform its
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of DOT’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
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utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection 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.
Sarah L. Inderbitzin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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Table of Contents

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[Docket No. FTA–2016–0030]

Transit Asset Management: Final
Guidebooks
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of final
guidebooks.
AGENCY:

FTA has placed in the docket
and on its Web site guidance in the form
of two guidebooks to assist grantees in
complying with FTA’s Transit Asset
Management program. The purpose of
the guidebooks is to inform the transit
community of calculation
methodologies for state of good repair
(SGR) performance measures for
infrastructure and facilities.
DATES: Reporting the performance
measures discussed in these guidebooks
will be optional in NTD report year
2017 with full implementation required
in report year 2018.
ADDRESSES: For access to DOT Docket
Number FTA–2016–0030 to read
background documents and comments
received, go to www.regulations.gov at
any time or to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
program matters, contact John Giorgis,
FTA Office of Budget and Policy, at
(202) 366–5430, or [email protected].
For legal matters, contact Bruce Walker,
FTA Attorney-Advisor, Office of Chief
Counsel, at (202) 366–9109 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Availability of Final Guidebooks
This notice provides a summary of the
final changes to the ‘‘TAM
Infrastructure Performance Measure
Reporting Guidebook: Performance
Restriction (Slow Zone) Calculation’’
and the ‘‘TAM Facility Performance
Measure Reporting Guidebook:
Condition Assessment Calculation.’’
FTA requested comments on both
proposed guidebooks in a Federal
Register notice published July 26, 2016
(81 FR 48974). The guidebooks are
available on the following FTA Web
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I. Background
II. Summary of Comments and FTA
Responses
A. Facility Condition Assessment
Guidebook
B. Guideway Performance Restriction
Calculation Guidebook

I. Background
The guidebooks discussed in this
notice incorporate changes to FTA’s
programs due to the Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–
21); the publication of the final rule for
FTA’s National Transit Asset
Management (TAM) System and
amendments to the National Transit
Database (NTD) regulations; and
changes in terminology used in the 2012
Asset Management Guide.
FTA issued its final rule for the
National Transit Asset Management
(TAM) System and the final notice for
the National Transit Database Asset
Inventory Module in the Federal
Register on July 26, 2016 (81 FR 48971).
The final rule includes four (4) state of
good repair (SGR) performance
measures for capital assets: (1)
Equipment: (non-revenue) service
vehicles. The performance measure for
non-revenue, support-service and
maintenance vehicles equipment is the
percentage of those vehicles that have
met or exceeded their useful life
benchmark (ULB); (2) Rolling stock. The
performance measure for rolling stock is
the percentage of revenue vehicles
within a particular asset class that have
either met or exceeded their ULB; (3)
Infrastructure: rail fixed-guideway,
track, signals, and systems. The
performance measure for rail fixedguideway, track, signals, and systems is
the percentage of track segments with
performance restrictions; and (4)
Facilities. The performance measure for
facilities is the percentage of facilities
within an asset class, rated below
condition three (3) on the Transit
Economic Requirements Model (TERM)
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The final rule includes performance
measures for infrastructure and facilities
categories; however, it was silent with
regard to calculation methodologies. To
that end, FTA proposed guidebooks that
provided both standard terminology and
calculation options for transit providers
to conform to the proposed SGR
performance measures for infrastructure
and facilities. The proposed guidebooks
specifically describe how to measure
and report the infrastructure and facility
performance measures to the NTD and
were published in the Federal Register
for public comment on July 26, 2016.
This notice responds to comments
received and announces the availability
of the revised final guidebooks: The
‘‘TAM Infrastructure Performance
Measure Reporting Guidebook:
Performance Restriction (Slow Zone)
Calculation’’ and the ‘‘TAM Facility
Performance Measure Reporting
Guidebook: Condition Assessment
Calculation.’’
The final guidebooks are not included
in this notice; instead, electronic
versions are available on FTA’s Web
site, at www.transit.dot.gov/TAM, and
are also available on the docket, at
www.regulations.gov. Paper copies of
the proposed guidebooks may be
obtained by contacting FTA’s
Administrative Services Help Desk at
(202) 366–4865.
II. Summary of Comments and FTA
Responses
FTA proposed guidebooks are
intended to aid compliance with the
Transit Asset Management Subpart D
Performance Management requirements
of 49 CFR part 625 1 and the National
Transit Database (NTD) Asset Inventory
reporting requirements of 49 CFR part
630. Thirteen commenters responded to
the request for public comment. Based
on comments received, FTA has
clarified and revised sections of both
guidebooks to provide better flow and
clarity.
The comments and FTA responses are
organized as follows (1) facility
condition assessments, and (2)
guideway performance restriction
calculations.
A. Facility Condition Assessments
Comments: Many commenters
requested clarification regarding terms
and definitions used and the procedures
proposed in the guidebook. A number of
the commenters indicated issues
regarding Chapter 3.0 Condition
Assessment Procedures of the
1 See Federal Register, notice of availability at
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-07-26/pdf/
2016-17076.pdf.

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