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valid for 2 years unless revoked earlier
by FMCSA.

Nathan Dermer (AK)
Bradley Fullmer (UT)
Cole Funk (PA)
Joseph Hammond (OR)
Anthony Kornuszko (PA)
Michael Modica (FL)
David Pamperin (WI)
Dominick Sempervive (NJ)

Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024–19507 Filed 8–29–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The drivers were included in docket
number FMCSA–2015–0320, FMCSA–
2017–0252, FMCSA–2017–0253, or
FMCSA–2022–0044. Their exemptions
are applicable as of September 16, 2024
and will expire on September 16, 2026.
V. Conditions and Requirements
The exemptions are extended subject
to the following conditions: (1) each
driver must remain seizure-free and
maintain a stable treatment during the
2-year exemption period; (2) each driver
must submit annual reports from their
treating physicians attesting to the
stability of treatment and that the driver
has remained seizure-free; (3) each
driver must undergo an annual medical
examination by a certified ME, as
defined by § 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 selfemployed. 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rescinded if: (1) the person fails to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(b).
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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.
VII. Conclusion
Based on its evaluation of the eight
exemption applications, FMCSA renews
the exemptions of the aforementioned
drivers from the epilepsy and seizure
disorders prohibition in § 391.41(b)(8).
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315(b), each exemption will be

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National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2023–0065]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Request for Comment;
Crash Injury Research and
Engineering Network Data Collection
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
an information collection.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. This
document describes an information
collection request for which NHTSA
intends to seek a new OMB approval for
NHTSA’s Crash Injury Research and
Engineering Network (CIREN)
investigation-based crash data study. A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
the following information collection
was published. Two comments were
received, and burden estimates were
adjusted based on the input.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or
use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Rodney
Rudd, Office of Vehicle Safety Research,
Human Injury Research Division (NSR–
220), West Building, W46–324, 1200
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New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590, (202) 366–5932.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal
agency must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) before it collects certain
information from the public and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request will be
submitted OMB.
Title: Crash Injury Research and
Engineering Network (CIREN) Data
Collection.
OMB Control Number: New.
Form Number: NHTSA Form 1770,
NHTSA Form 1771, NHTSA Form 1772,
NHTSA Form 1773, NHTSA Form 1774,
NHTSA Form 1775, NHTSA Form 1776,
NHTSA Form 1777, NHTSA Form 1778,
NHTSA Form 1779, NHTSA Form 1780,
NHTSA Form 1781, NHTSA Form 1782,
NHTSA Form 1783, NHTSA Form 1784,
NHTSA Form 1785, NHTSA Form 1786,
NHTSA Form 1787, NHTSA Form 1788,
NHTSA Form 1789, NHTSA Form 1790,
NHTSA Form 1791, NHTSA Form 1792,
NHTSA Form 1793, NHTSA Form 1794,
NHTSA Form 1795, NHTSA Form 1796.
Type of Request: Request for approval
of a new information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information:
NHTSA proposes to collect
information from the public as part of a
study to improve NHTSA’s
understanding of injury causation in
motor vehicle crashes. NHTSA is
authorized, under 49 U.S.C. 30182 and
23 U.S.C. 403 to collect data on motor
vehicle traffic crashes to aid in the
identification of issues and the
development, implementation, and
evaluation of motor vehicle and
highway safety countermeasures. For
decades, NHTSA has been investigating
crashes and collecting crash data
through its investigation-based data
collection systems. The Crash Injury
Research and Engineering Network
(CIREN) is a multidisciplinary, injuryfocused crash data collection program
using trauma centers under contract to
NHTSA’s Office of Vehicle Safety
Research. NHTSA also investigates
crashes through the Crash Investigation
Sampling System (CISS), Special Crash
Investigation (SCI), and specific issuebased Special Study data collection
studies. Although each of these systems

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satisfy different purposes and collect
data in different manners, they all
utilize similar core data elements,
procedures, information technology,
and protocols for data collection.
NHTSA is seeking a new,
independent approval of an information
collection request for the CIREN
program separate from NHTSA’s other
investigation-based crash data collection
systems. The method of case subject
identification and selection is unique
for CIREN. CIREN collects a purposive
sample of injured traffic crash victims
from a small number of sites to
extensively examine and document
injury causation in motor vehicle
crashes. The CIREN program enrolls
case subjects (crash victims) who have
been admitted to contracted level-one
trauma centers for treatment of injuries
sustained in a crash. CIREN requires
case subjects admitted to the contracted
trauma centers to consent to participate
in the study, which facilitates detailed
review and analysis of medical and
engineering data by multidisciplinary
teams to evaluate injury causation. The
focus of the CIREN program has
historically been on seriously injured
occupants of recent model-year motor
vehicles, though the program intends to
expand to include pedestrians,
pedalcyclists, and micromobility (nonmotorist) users who have been injured
in crashes.
Study personnel at each contracted
CIREN site review trauma registry data
to identify potential case subjects based
on the study’s inclusion criteria. Study
teams obtain informed consent from
eligible patients according to
institutional policies and consent
documents. Eligible patients who do not
provide consent to participate in the
study are dropped from consideration
and no data are collected. Participation
in CIREN does not affect the case
subject’s medical treatment.
Observations from the CIREN program
inform NHTSA research priorities and
the data support improvements in motor
vehicle safety. CIREN provides nonprivate data to the public through an
online case viewer, database files, and
reports.
After an eligible patient provides
consent, study personnel retrieve the
case subject’s medical information and
commence the crash investigation.
Study personnel retrieve the medical
information directly from the hospital’s
electronic medical record (EMR) system
including case subject anthropometry,
past medical history, radiological
imaging and reports, operative
procedure reports, and injury diagnoses.
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from first responders. Study personnel
also conduct an interview with the case
subject (or a surrogate in cases where
the case subject is unable to
communicate) to develop an
understanding about the crash
circumstances. Study personnel may
capture photographs of integumentary
injuries (e.g., lacerations, hematomas,
abrasions) if the case subject agrees to
have such photos taken. A trained crash
investigator locates, visits, measures,
and photographs the crash scene and
the case subject’s vehicle (or the striking
vehicle for non-motorist case subjects).
They also obtain the police crash report.
These data are used to characterize the
performance of vehicle safety systems
and biomechanical responses of injured
individuals in motor vehicle crashes.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: NHTSA investigates realworld crashes and collects detailed
crash and medical data in the CIREN
program to identify human and vehicle
factors related to injury causation in
support of NHTSA research.
Biomechanical engineers and medical
doctors collaboratively review case
evidence to establish injury causation
scenarios. These detailed factors and
scenarios inform research priorities.
They may also guide the development
and evaluation of effective safety
countermeasures such as testing tools
and criteria. The data collected also act
as a sentinel, providing NHTSA with
advanced notice of emerging crash
injury problems, and are used to
generate research hypotheses. These
efforts give motor vehicle researchers an
opportunity to specify areas in which
improvements may be possible, design
countermeasure programs, and evaluate
the effects of existing and proposed
safety measures. The resulting
deidentified database provides NHTSA
and the public with access to crash data
which contains extensive medical
detail, including medical imaging,
which is a unique resource among
available crash data systems. There is no
other source for the biomechanicsfocused data which is critical to support
crash injury mitigation and prevention
research.
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on December 8, 2023 (88 FR
85725). Two individuals submitted
comments in response to the notice,
which are summarized below.1

The commenters, individuals who
both had experience as former project
coordinators for CIREN centers,
described patient interaction times, for
both obtaining consent and conducting
the interview, shorter than the estimates
included in the 60-day notice. In the 60day notice, NHTSA estimated that it
would approximately 30 minutes for the
consent form and one hour for each
interview. One of the commenters stated
that time for obtaining consent took
between five and ten minutes. The other
commenter stated that the consent
process involved five to ten minutes for
describing the program, leaving the
consent form with the patient, and
returning to discuss the program further
and answer any questions, adding an
additional ten to fifteen minutes. Since
the second commenter estimated that
the total estimated time for consent
could take up to 25 minutes, not
including any time the patient read the
consent form on their own, NHTSA has
decided not to change its burden
estimates for the consent form.
Both commenters also commented
about the total to conduct interviews
with patients. The first commented that
the interviews normally take
approximately ten to twenty minutes,
with photographs taking about three
minutes. The first commenter also
stated that the longest interview took 30
minutes. The second commenter stated
that interviews took approximately five
to ten minutes, with photographs taking
five to twenty minutes. The highest of
the estimates provided by the
commenters suggest that, at most,
interviews take up to 35 minutes. This
is less than the one-hour estimate
NHTSA provided in its 60-day notice.
After considering these comments,
NHTSA has opted to retain its more
conservative one-hour estimate for
patient interviews to account for
variability on interview lengths and to
ensure that its estimate is not too low.
The second commenter noted that
obtaining police reports could require
several weeks of waiting and could
involve CIREN contractor personnel
checking in police report databases
repeatedly by CIREN contractor
personnel. NHTSA appreciates this
comment and notes that the burden on
CIREN contractor personnel is not
counted in total burden hours as it is
not a burden on a respondent.
The second commenter also noted
that the process to obtain vehicle
location information and inspection
approval involves contact with the case
subject’s vehicle insurance provider.

1 The comments are available at https://
www.regulations.gov/comment/NHTSA-2023-0065-

0002 and https://www.regulations.gov/comment/
NHTSA-2023-0065-0003.

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This was not considered in the original
60-day notice. For most CIREN cases,
the case subject’s vehicle has sustained
sufficient damage to be deemed a total
loss by the insurer and it becomes
necessary to obtain approval from the
insurer to conduct the vehicle
inspection. This process requires
contacting the claims adjuster to obtain
permission as well as confirm the
disposition of the vehicle (i.e., salvage
facility). The commenter stated that the
amount of time spent getting insurance
approval could be between 30 minutes
to four hours collectively. While this
estimate was provided from the
perspective of the time the CIREN
contractor personnel spent obtaining
such information and approval, NHTSA
does believe it to be a good indication
of the time spent by the insurance
provider as well. Accordingly, and
based on this estimate, NHTSA
estimates that insurance providers
spend approximately two hours
providing information and approval to
inspect the case subject’s vehicle. This
burden estimate is included in the
discussion of burden hours below. In
response to this comment regarding
insurer involvement, NHTSA is also
updating the burden associated with
tow facilities providing information. In
the 60-day notice, NHTSA estimated
that it would take the tow facility was
five minutes of time to direct the
investigator to the subject vehicle. Since
part of the insurance approval process
involves the insurance adjuster
contacting the salvage facility in
possession of the case subject’s vehicle,
NHTSA has increased the burden for the
tow facilities by ten minutes to account
for the interaction regarding inspection
approval from the insurance provider.
Affected Public: The information
collections affect people involved in
select motor vehicle crashes admitted to
contracted trauma centers for treatment;
law enforcement jurisdictions that
provide access to and a copy of crash
reports from the investigated crashes;
EMS providers responding to
investigated crashes; insurance
companies responsible for case subject
vehicles; and tow or salvage facilities
possessing case subject vehicles.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,394.
Study personnel screen trauma
records for potentially eligible case
subjects, and then approach potential
case subjects to gain consent. It is
estimated that 362 potential case
subjects are approached for consent
each year. Of those, an average of 258
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interview process. For each of the 258
consented case subjects, study
personnel contact the police, EMS
agencies, insurance companies, and a
tow facility for report documentation
and to coordinate the vehicle
inspection. The combination of patients
(362) and associated contacts (4 × 258)
yields 1,394 total respondents each year,
on average.
The 60-day notice indicated 1,136
respondents, which was increased to
1,394 in this notice due to the inclusion
of insurance company involvement for
each consented case subject (258). This
increase was in response to a submitted
comment noting the necessity to
communicate with the insurance claim
representative to receive permission to
inspect the involved case vehicle.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: One.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,059.
The CIREN program consists of six (6)
information collections. The first
information collection covers the
consent process for individuals
involved in crashes who are deemed
potentially eligible for the study at
contracted trauma centers. Based on
historical data, approximately 362
potential case subjects are approached
for study consent each year. The
consent process generally requires thirty
(30) minutes of the respondent’s time
during their acute hospital admission,
which includes explanation of the study
risks and benefits and review of consent
language. This burden would apply for
every patient approached for consent,
regardless of their decision to
participate in the study. The estimated
total annual burden hours for seeking
study consent from eligible case subjects
is 181 hours (362 respondents × 0.5
hours).
The second information collection is
from individuals who agree to
participate in the study. After providing
consent, CIREN contractor personnel
conduct an interview that requires
approximately one hour of the
respondent’s time during their acute
hospital admission. The CIREN program
has historically conducted interviews of
approximately 258 case subjects per
year. Therefore, the estimated total
annual burden for case subject
interviews is 258 hours (258
respondents × 1.0 hour).
The third and fourth information
collections for CIREN is obtaining first
responder reports to complete the cases.
The reports are obtained from police
and EMS agencies, and reports are only
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consented to participate in the study.
NHTSA estimates each query to police
agencies takes three (3) minutes (0.05
hours) and each query to EMS agencies
takes six (6) minutes (0.1 hours).
Therefore, the total estimated annual
burden for crash reports is 13 hours (258
requests × 0.05 hours) and EMS reports
is 26 hours (258 requests × 0.1 hours).
The fifth information collection for
CIREN is gaining permission from the
case vehicle’s insurance company to
inspect the vehicle. Most cases involve
contacting the insurance claims
representative to determine the location
of the vehicle and obtain the necessary
approval to perform the inspection. The
insurance claims representative must
then notify the salvage facility operator
that the CIREN investigator has been
approved to perform the inspection.
NHTSA estimates this process takes an
average of two (2) hours per case vehicle
for which approval is sought. Therefore,
the total estimated annual burden for
insurance companies is 516 hours (258
requests × 2.0 hours). This step has been
added based on comments received
from the 60-day notice.
The sixth information collection for
CIREN is associated with towing and
salvage facility requests for access to
case vehicles. Typically, a towing or
salvage facility operator will provide the
crash investigator permission to enter
the facility to inspect the case-involved
vehicle as well as provide guidance
regarding the location of the vehicle.
This process is estimated to take
approximately five (5) minutes (0.08
hours) of staff time. The communication
between the insurance claim
representative and salvage facility
operator is estimated to take
approximately ten (10) minutes (0.17
hours) of staff time. CIREN averages 258
visits to towing and salvage facilities
each year since most CIREN cases
involve inspection of one case vehicle.
The total annual burden for towing and
salvage facilities is 64.5 hours (258
requests × 0.25 hours). This step was
modified based on comments received
from the 60-day notice.
Accordingly, NHTSA estimates that
the total burden associated with the
CIREN program is 1,059 hours (52 + 387
+ 39 + 516 + 64.5). This represents an
increase of 560 hours from what was in
published in the 60-day notice, with the
difference being associated with the
inclusion of insurance company
involvement. Table 1 includes a
summary of the annual estimated
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TABLE 1—ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents

Information collection
Potential case subject consent ............................................
Case subject interview .........................................................
Police report requests ..........................................................
EMS report requests ............................................................
Insurance company ..............................................................
Access to towing/salvage facility .........................................

362
258
258
258
258
258

Total ..............................................................................

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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$0.
There are no capital, start-up, or
annual operation and maintenance costs
involved in this collection of
information. The respondents would not
incur any reporting costs from the
information collection beyond the
opportunity or labor costs associated
with the burden hours. The respondents
also would not incur any recordkeeping
burden or recordkeeping costs from the
information collection.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29A.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Office of Vehicle
Safety Research.
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Number of
responses (per
respondent)

Burden per
response

Burden per
respondent

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

30 minutes ...
1.0 hours ......
3 minutes .....
6 minutes .....
2.0 hours ......
15 minutes ...

30 minutes ...
1.0 hours ......
3 minutes .....
6 minutes .....
2.0 hours ......
15 minutes ...

181 hours.
258 hours.
13 hours.
26 hours.
516 hours.
64.5 hours.

........................

......................

......................

1,059 hours.

362
258
258
258
258
258

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Customer
Identification Program Regulatory
Requirements for Certain Financial
Institutions
Departmental Offices, U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of the
Treasury will submit the following
information collection requests to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
public is invited to submit comments on
these requests.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before September 30, 2024 to be
assured of consideration.
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 particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submissions may be
obtained from Spencer W. Clark by
emailing [email protected], calling
(202) 927–5331, or viewing the entire
information collection request at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUMMARY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
(FinCEN)
Title: Customer Identification
Program Regulatory Requirements for
Certain Financial Institutions.
OMB Control Numbers: 1506–0022,
1506–0026, 1506–0033, 1506–0034.

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Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Description: The legislative
framework generally referred to as the
Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) consists of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended by
the Uniting and Strengthening America
by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT
Act) and other legislation, including the
Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020
(AML Act). The BSA is codified at 12
U.S.C. 1829b, 1951–1960 and 31 U.S.C.
5311–5314, 5316–5336, including notes
thereto, with implementing regulations
at 31 CFR chapter X.
The BSA authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury (Secretary) to, inter alia,
require financial institutions to keep
records and file reports that are
determined to have a high degree of
usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory
matters, risk assessments or
proceedings, or in the conduct of
intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities to protect against terrorism,
and to implement anti-money
laundering/countering the financing of
terrorism (AML/CFT) programs and
compliance procedures. The authority
of the Secretary to administer the BSA
has been delegated to the Director of
FinCEN.
Title 31 U.S.C. 5318(l) requires the
Secretary to issue regulations
prescribing minimum standards for
customer identification programs (CIPs)
for financial institutions. Regulations
implementing section 5318(l) are as
follows: (i) banks (31 CFR 1020.220); (ii)
brokers-dealers (31 CFR 1023.220); (iii)
mutual funds (31 CFR 1024.220); and
(iv) futures commission merchants and
introducing brokers in commodities (31
CFR 1026.220). Under the CIP
regulations, the minimum requirements
include: (1) implementation of a written
customer identification program
appropriate for the financial
institution’s size and type of business;
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