### 46299 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 152 / Thursday, August 7, 2014 / Notices

• Terms of Reference—Discussion.

• Date, Place and Time of Next Meeting.

• New Business.

• Adjourn Plenary. Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**  section. Members of the public may present a written statement to the committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2014. Mohannad Dawoud, Management Analyst, NextGen, Business Operations Group, Federal Aviation Administration. [FR Doc. 2014–18632 Filed 8–6–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**
**Second Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 229, 406 MHz Emergency**  **Locator Transmitters (ELTs) Joint With EUROCAE WG–98 Committee** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
**ACTION :**  Second Meeting 406 MHz Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) Joint with EUROCAE WG–98 Committee.

**SUMMARY :**  The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the first meeting of the 406 MHz Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) Joint with EUROCAE WG–98 Committee.
**DATES :**  The meeting will be held September 3–5, 2014. On September 3rd, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., on September 4th and 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. on September 5th. (Europe Summer Time)
**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse, France.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site at http:// www.rtca.org or you may contact Sophie Bousquet, sobousquet@rtca.org, 202– 330–0663.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby given for a meeting of Special Committee 224. The agenda will include the following: September 3, 2014

• Welcome/Introductions/

Administrative Remarks

• Agenda overview and approval

• Minutes Washington meeting review

and approval

• Briefing of ICAO and COSPAS–

SARSAT activities

• WG 1 to 4 status and week’s plan

• Other Industry coordination and

presentations (if any)

• WG meetings (rest of the day) September 4, 2014

• WG 1 to 4 meetings September 5, 2014

• WGs’ reports

• Action item review

• Future meeting plans and dates

• Industry coordination and

presentations (if any)

• Other business

• Adjourn

Please inform Philippe Plantin De Hugues and Stuart Taylor (pph@beafr.org; stuart@hrsmith.biz) of your intention to attend the meeting no later than August 1st, 2014.

Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**  section. Members of the public may present a written statement to the committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 28, 2014. Mohannad Dawoud, Management Analyst, NextGen, Business Operations Group, Federal Aviation Administration. [FR Doc. 2014–18630 Filed 8–6–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**
**Second Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 230, Airborne Weather**  **Detection Systems Committee**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

**ACTION :**  Second Meeting Airborne Weather Detection Systems Committee.

**SUMMARY :**  The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the second meeting of the Airborne Weather Detection Systems Committee.

**DATES :**  The meeting will be held September 9–10, 2014 from 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. and September 11th, 2014 from 9:00 a.m.–3:00 a.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site at http:// www.rtca.org.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby given for a meeting of Special Committee 224. The agenda will include the following: September 9th

• Welcome/Introductions/

Administrative Remarks

• Agenda Overview

• Meeting #1 Minutes approval

• Review of General Requirements

sections

• Lunch

• Review of PWS sections

• Review of Turbulence sections September 10th

• Review of Turbulence sections cont.

• Review of Test Procedures sections

• Lunch

• Review of Test Procedures sections

cont.

• Review of Operational and Installed

sections September 11th

• DO–213 discussion

• Review of Atmospheric Threat

sections

• Lunch

• Action Item Review

• Other Actions

• Date and Place of Next Meetings

• Adjourn

Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**  section. Members of the public may present a written statement to the committee at any time.


### 46300 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 152 / Thursday, August 7, 2014 / Notices

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2014. Mohannad Dawoud, Management Analyst, NextGen, Business Operations Group, Federal Aviation Administration. [FR Doc. 2014–18636 Filed 8–6–14; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**
**Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** 
**[Docket No. FMCSA–2000–7006; FMCSA– 2000–7165; FMCSA–2002–12294; FMCSA–**  **2004–17195; FMCSA–2006–24783; FMCSA– 2010–0082; FMCSA–2010–0114; FMCSA–**  **2011–0324; FMCSA–2012–0160]**
**Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
**ACTION :**  Notice of renewal of exemptions; request for comments.

**SUMMARY :**  FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 29 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise safety. The Agency has concluded that granting these exemption renewals will provide a level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.

**DATES :**  This decision is effective September 21, 2014. Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments bearing the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) numbers: Docket No. [Docket No. FMCSA–2000–7006; FMCSA–2000–7165; FMCSA–2002– 12294; FMCSA–2004–17195; FMCSA– 2006–24783; FMCSA–2010–0082; FMCSA–2010–0114; FMCSA–2011– 0324; FMCSA–2012–0160], using 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, 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., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Instructions: Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket number for this notice. Note that DOT posts all comments received without change to http:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information included in a comment. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments, go to http:// www.regulations.gov at any time or Room W12–140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 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 acknowledgment that we received yourcomments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or postcard or print the acknowledgement page that appears after submitting comments on-line.

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or of the person 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 (FDMS) published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical Programs Division, 202–366–4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W64– 224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Background

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA may renew an exemption from the vision requirements in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), which applies to drivers of CMVs in interstate commerce, 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.’’ The procedures for requesting an exemption (including renewals) are set out in 49 CFR part 381. Exemption Decision

This notice addresses 29 individuals who have requested renewal of their exemptions in accordance with FMCSA procedures. FMCSA has evaluated these 29 applications for renewal on their merits and decided to extend each exemption for a renewable two-year period. They are: Derric D. Burrell (AL) Jack D. Clodfelter (NC) Tommy J. Cross, Jr. (TN) Daniel K. Davis, III (MA) Richard L. Derick (NH) Joseph A. Dunlap (OH) Shawn B. Gaston (PA) James F. Gereau (WI) Esteban G. Gonzalez (TX) Reginald I. Hall (TX) James O. Hancock (IN) Sherman W. Hawk, Jr. (MD) George R. House (MO) Robert C. Jeffres (WY) Alfred C. Jewell, Jr. (WY) John C. Lewis (SC) Lewis V. McNeice (TX) Elijah Mitchell (TX) Larry D. Moss (CA) Kevin J. O’Donnell (IL) Gregory M. Preves (GA) Daniel Salinas (OR) Lee R. Sidwell (OH) Ronald H. Sieg (MO) David L. Slack (TX) David M. Smith (IL) Lee F. Taylor (NJ) Jeffrey D. Wilson (CO) Richard A. Yeager (GA)

The exemptions are extended subject to the following conditions: (1) That each individual has a physical examination every year (a) by an ophthalmologist or optometrist who attests that the vision in the better eye continues to meet the requirements 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 provides 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 and retains a copy of the certification on his/her person while driving for presentation to a duly authorized Federal, State, or local enforcement official. Each exemption will be valid for two years unless rescinded earlier by FMCSA. The exemption will be rescinded if: (1) The person fails to comply with the terms