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You must include the DS form 

number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting documents, to 

Michelle Hale, ECA/P/V, SA–5, C2 

Floor, Department of State, Washington, 

DC 20522–0582, who may be reached on 

202–632–6312 or at HaleMJ2@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our 

functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

To meet OMB and Congressional 

reporting requirements, this request for 

a new information collection clearance 

will allow ECA/P/V as part of their 

larger Sports and Culture Evaluation to 

conduct a survey of exchange 

participants who participated in IVLP 

programs that focused on arts and 

culture. Collecting this data will help 

ECA/P/V assess and measure the 

program’s effectiveness and impact, as 

well as provide valuable feedback on 

the program from the participants’ 

perspective. The respondents will be 

exchange program participants that 

came on IVLP programs that focused on 

cultural themes between the years of 

2000 and 2009. 

Methodology 

Evaluation data will be entirely 

collected through an electronic survey 

conducted via Zoomerang, an on-line 

surveying tool. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Julianne Paunescu, 

Acting Director of the Office of Policy and 

Evaluation, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6691 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0224] 

Parts and Accessories Necessary for 

Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal 

for Greyhound Lines, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of exemption; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

renewal of the exemption for 

Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound) 

regarding the placement of video event 

recorders at the top of the windshields 

on its buses. Greyhound will continue 

to use the video event recorders to 

increase safety through (1) identification 

and remediation of risky driving 

behaviors such as distracted driving and 

drowsiness; (2) enhanced monitoring of 

passenger behavior; and (3) enhanced 

collision review and analysis. The 

Agency believes that granting this 

exemption renewal will maintain a level 

of safety that is equivalent to, or greater 

than, the level of safety achieved 

without the exemption. However, the 

Agency requests comments on this 

issue, particularly from parties who 

believe the Greyhound exemption 

would not meet that standard. 

DATES: This decision is effective March 

21, 2011. Comments must be received 

on or before April 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) number FMCSA–2008– 

0224 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number for this notice. For detailed 

instructions on submitting comments 

and additional information on the 

exemption process, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading below. 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 for further 

information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to Room W12– 

140, DOT Building, New Jersey Avenue, 

SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) is 

available 24 hours each day, 365 days 

each year. If you want 

acknowledgement that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

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 complete Privacy Act 

Statement for the FDMS published in 

the Federal Register published on 

January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316) or you 

may visit http://edocket/access.gpo.gov/ 

2008/pdf/E8-785.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Luke W. Loy, Vehicle and Roadside 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, MC– 

PSV, (202) 366–0676, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b)(1), FMCSA may renew an 

exemption from the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations 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 exemption.’’ Greyhound has 

requested a two-year extension for its 

exemption from 49 CFR 393.60(e). The 

procedures for requesting an exemption 

(including renewals) are set out in 49 

CFR part 381. 

Exemption Decision 

This notice addresses Greyhound’s 

requested renewal of an exemption in 

accordance with FMCSA procedures. 

FMCSA has evaluated the application 

for renewal on its merit and determined 

to extend the exemption for a two-year 

period. The exemption is extended 


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subject to the requirements that video 

event recorders installed in Greyhound 

vehicles must be mounted not more 

than 50 mm (2 inches) below the upper 

edge of the area swept by the 

windshield wipers, and located outside 

the driver’s sight lines to the road and 

highway signs and signals. The 

exemption will be valid for two years 

unless rescinded earlier by FMCSA. The 

exemption will be rescinded if: (1) 

Greyhound fails to comply with the 

terms and conditions of the exemption; 

(2) commenters demonstrate 

persuasively, or the Agency learns, that 

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)(1). 

Basis for Renewing Exemption 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(1), an 

exemption may be granted for no longer 

than two years from its approval date 

and may be renewed upon application 

for additional two-year periods. On 

March 19, 2008, Greyhound applied for 

an exemption from 49 CFR 393.60(e)(1) 

to allow it to install video event 

recorders on some or all of its bus 

fleet—which totals approximately 1,650 

buses. FMCSA published a notice of the 

application, and requested public 

comments, in the Federal Register on 

August 11, 2008 (73 FR 46704). On 

March 19, 2009, FMCSA published a 

notice of final disposition in the Federal 

Register granting the exemption (74 FR 

11807). 

FMCSA is not aware of any evidence 

showing that the installation of video 

event recorders on Greyhound’s buses, 

in accordance with the conditions of the 

original exemption, has resulted in any 

degradation in safety. The Agency 

believes that extending the exemption 

for a period of two years will likely 

achieve a level of safety that is 

equivalent to, or greater than, the level 

of safety achieved without the 

exemption because: (1) The video event 

recorders will not obstruct drivers’ 

views of the roadway, highway signs 

and surrounding traffic due to the fact 

that the panoramic windshields 

installed on Greyhound’s buses 

encompass a large percentage of the 

front of buses and extend well above the 

driver’s sight lines; (2) larger windshield 

wipers installed on Greyhound’s buses 

increase the swept area well beyond that 

which is recommended by the Society 

of Automotive Engineers guidelines for 

commercial vehicles; and (3) placement 

of video event recorders just below the 

larger swept area of the wipers will be 

well outside of the driver’s useable sight 

lines. 

Request for Comments 

FMCSA requests comments on the 

decision to renew Greyhound’s 

exemption by April 21, 2011. The 

Agency will also review comments 

received at any time indicating that 

Greyhound’s safety record has been 

adversely affected by the use of video 

event recorders. 

Interested parties or organizations 

possessing information showing that 

Greyhound is not currently achieving 

the statutory level of safety should 

immediately notify FMCSA. The 

Agency will evaluate any adverse 

evidence submitted and, if safety is 

being compromised or if continuation of 

the exemption would not be consistent 

with the goals and objectives of 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315(b)(1), 

FMCSA will take immediate steps to 

revoke the Greyhound’s exemption. 

Issued on: March 16, 2011. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6710 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2011–0022] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits public 

comments on continuation of the 

requirements for the collection of 

information on safety standards. Before 

a Federal agency can collect certain 

information from the public, it must 

receive approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Under 

procedures established by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before seeking OMB approval, Federal 

agencies must solicit public comment 

on proposed collections of information, 

including extensions and reinstatement 

of previously approved collections. 

This document describes a collection 

of information with respect to the 

phase-in of the upgraded requirements 

of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard No. 214, ‘‘Side impact 

protection,’’ for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 23, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by the DOT Docket ID 

Number above) by 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; 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit your 

comments, you should mention the 

docket number of this document. You 

may call the Docket at (202) 366–9324. 

Please identify the proposed collection 

of information for which a comment is 

provided, by referencing its OMB 

clearance number. It is requested, but 

not required, that two copies of the 

comment be provided. 

Note that all comments received will 

be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 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 complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19477–78). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Mr. Chris 

Wiacek, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, NHTSA, Room W43– 

419, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Wiacek’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–4801 

and fax number is (202) 366–7002. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before a proposed collection of 

information is submitted to OMB for 


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