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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 120 / Friday, June 23, 2023 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20,
2023.
Sandra L. Ray,
Aviation Safety Inspector, AFS–260.
[FR Doc. 2023–13419 Filed 6–22–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0055]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Training
Certification for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (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 ICR, titled
‘‘Training Certification for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,’’
will continue to be used to register
providers of entry-level driver training
and to provide State Drivers’ Licensing
Agencies with information on
individuals who have completed the
required training. If approved, this
renewal will allow FMCSA to continue
to collect information on registered
training providers and entry-level driver
training certification information until
2026.

SUMMARY:

Comments on this notice must be
received on or before July 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
DATES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joshua Jones, Commercial Driver’s
License Division, DOT, FMCSA, West
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001; 202–366–7332; Joshua.jones@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Training Certification for EntryLevel Commercial Motor Vehicle
Operators.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0028.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently-approved ICR.
Respondents: Training providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,774.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.55
hours.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2023.
Frequency of Response: All training
providers must initially register to be
listed on the Training Provider Registry
(TPR). Additionally, once registered, all
training providers must update their
information at least biennially in order
to remain listed on the TPR. They are
also required to provide an update if
any key information (company name,
address, phone number, types of
training offered, etc.) changes prior to
their biennial update. After an
individual driver-trainee completes
training administered by a training
provider listed on the Training Provider
Registry (TPR), that training provider
must submit training certification
information regarding the driver-trainee
to the TPR.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
80,299 hours.
Background
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety
regulations require minimum training
standards for entry-level drivers, and
include two separate information
collection actions: (1) Training
providers must electronically submit
registration information to FMCSA’s
TPR to ensure that they meet the
training provider eligibility
requirements and may therefore be
listed on the TPR; and (2) after an
individual driver-trainee completes
training administered by a training
provider listed on the TPR, that training
provider must electronically submit
training certification information
regarding the driver-trainee to the TPR.
(49 CFR part 380, subpart G.) These
requirements were implemented
February 7, 2022. The information
collection estimates included in this
renewal action are based on training
certification data obtained from the TPR
over the past year.
FMCSA received three comments
during the 60-day notice comment
period. The commenters, the
Commission on Proprietary Schools and
College Registration (CPSCR), the
National Association of State
Administrators and Supervisors of
Private Schools (NASASPS),
Commercial Vehicle Training
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Association of Publicly Funded Truck
Driving Schools (NAPFTDS). CPSCR
stated that ‘‘FMCSA should collect more
information from TPR registrants to
ensure that training providers meet state
licensure requirements to validly train
in the state’’ and provided three
supporting arguments. NASASPS stated
‘‘that FMCSA [. . .] move past a
provider registration process that relies
wholly on self-certification and require
TDTIs to provide documentation of state
authorization to operate’’ and provided
six supporting recommendations. The
CVTA and NAPFTDS submitted a joint
comment recommending FMCSA collect
‘‘a copy of state licensure
documentation, an identifier for that
documentation in the form of a license
number, or other documentation that
would allow FMCSA to ensure
compliance with the state licensure
requirement’’ and ‘‘a copy of curriculum
documentation (e.g., lesson plans) that
would allow FMCSA to ensure
compliance with training provider
curriculum requirements.’’
In response, FMCSA notes that the
comments, while pertaining to the
information collection, would both
require that FMCSA revise the
regulations regarding training provider
requirements. As these rules have only
been in effect for less than two years, no
revisions are scheduled at the present
time. The Agency notes that when
training providers initially register for
listing on the TPR, they must certify,
under penalty of perjury, that they
comply with all applicable regulatory
requirements, including the requirement
that they be licensed, certified,
registered, or authorized to provide
training in accordance with the
applicable laws and regulations of any
State where in-person training is
conducted (49 CFR 380.703(5)(i)).
Further, in accordance with 49 CFR
380.719(a)(4), to remain eligible for
continued listing on the TPR, training
providers must maintain documentation
of State licensure, registration, or
certification verifying that the provider
is authorized to provide training in that
State, if applicable. If FMCSA or its
authorized representative conducts an
audit or investigation of a training
provider, the training provider’s
compliance with applicable State
requirements would be evaluated.
Training providers determined to be
non-compliance with State
requirements could be subject to a
notice of prosed removal from the TPR
or emergency removal, depending on
the circumstances. The Agency believes
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address training providers’ compliance
with applicable State requirements.
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
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 of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2023–13365 Filed 6–22–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2022–0163]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Approval of a New
Information Collection Request:
Human Factors Considerations in
Commercial Motor Vehicle Automated
Driving Systems and Advanced Driver
Assistance Systems
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (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. This notice invites
comments on a proposed information
collection titled Human Factors
Considerations in Commercial Motor
Vehicle Automated Driving Systems and
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. It
is a driving simulator study with a
series of questionnaires that will
evaluate how commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) drivers engage in CMVs
equipped with SAE International Level
2 (L2) advanced driver assistance
systems (ADAS) and Level 3 (L3)
automated driving systems (ADS).
Approximately 100 CMV drivers will
participate in the study. The study will
examine the effect of non-driving
secondary task engagement, transfer of
control, and training on driver behavior

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in CMVs equipped with ADAS and
ADS.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before July 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theresa Hallquist, Office of Research
and Registration, DOT, FMCSA, West
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001; 202–366–1064; theresa.hallquist@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Human Factors in CMVs
Equipped with ADS and ADAS.
OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX.
Type of Request: New ICR.
Respondents: Commercial motor
vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Time per Response: 4
hours.
Expiration Date: This is a new ICR.
Frequency of Response: Two
responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 476
hours.
Background
Higher levels of ADAS and lower
levels of ADS present an environment
that is ripe for overreliance. An L2
vehicle offers longitudinal and lateral
support to the driver; however, the
driver is still responsible for driving at
all times. An L2 vehicle is an example
of higher levels of ADAS. At this level,
engaging in non-driving secondary tasks
can be highly detrimental to driving
performance as the driver may not
recognize and respond to hazards timely
or appropriately. In an L3 vehicle, the
role of distraction is blurred. L3 is the
lowest level considered to be ADS. The
driver takes on a more supervisory role
and is in full control of the vehicle in
a limited number of situations. When an
L3 vehicle alerts the driver that a
takeover is required, the driver needs to
have situational awareness to resume
full control of the vehicle. Engagement
in non-driving secondary tasks may
prevent the driver from maintaining
situational awareness of the driving
environment.
A recently completed study by
FMCSA on research involving ADSs in
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to ADS-equipped CMVs. To date, most
commercial ADSs on U.S. roadways are
in passenger vehicles, and CMV ADSs
have only recently begun being
implemented in real-world operations.
Therefore, FMCSA needs more data on
ADS-equipped CMVs to understand
driver behavior and policy implications.
The purpose for obtaining data in this
study is to evaluate driver readiness to
assume control in SAE L2 ADAS and L3
ADS-equipped CMVs and develop and
test a CMV driver distraction training
program designed to improve driver
readiness. Specifically, there are three
primary objectives for the data
collection:
(1) determine the effect of distraction
on CMV drivers of L2 vehicles;
(2) determine the effect of transfer of
control on CMV drivers in L3 vehicles;
and
(3) develop and evaluate a training
program that is designed to decrease the
levels of distraction that were identified
in CMV drivers in L2 vehicles and
designed to improve the problems with
the transfer of control that were
identified in L3 vehicles.
Answers to these research questions
will provide insight into the human
factors associated with semi-automated
CMVs. Moreover, these findings will
inform training materials to educate
drivers on distraction and the
functionality of ADAS and ADS as well
as policy pertaining to the implications
of ADASs and ADSs in CMVs.
The study includes data collection
from a series of questionnaires and a
driving simulator-focused experiment.
The collected survey data will support
the simulator experiment data. The
survey data will be used in two ways:
in the assessment of driving
performance data as covariates in the
model (to control for certain
demographic variables, such as age,
gender, and experience) and to answer
a research question on the relationship
between driver characteristics and
driver readiness and performance. Data
on driver readiness and performance
will be collected from the simulator
experiment. Eligible drivers will hold a
valid commercial driver’s license,
currently drive a CMV, be 21 years of
age or older, and pass the motion
sickness history screening
questionnaire.
Data will be collected over two study
sessions. The first study session will
collect data on the effects of non-driving
secondary tasks and readiness to resume
control of an L2- or L3-equipped CMV.
The second study session will assess the
effectiveness of driver training to
improve safety while operating an L2 or
L3 CMV. Questionnaire data will be

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