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information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: December 9, 2020. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collections Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2020–0117] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Approval of Reinstated 

Renewal for Information Request: 

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) 

Skills Testing Delays Annual Survey 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 its 

renewal. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

January 13, 2021. OMB must receive 

your comments by this date in order to 

act quickly on the ICR. 

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: Dan 

Britton, Office of Analysis, Research, 

and Technology/Research Division, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 

6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Telephone: 202–366–9980; 

Email Address: dan.britton@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) 

Skills Testing Delays Annual Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0065. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a 

renewal that was discontinued at the 

Agency’s request. 

Respondents: State CDL Coordinators 

(one from each of the 50 States, and one 

from Washington, DC) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 51 

Estimated Time per Response: 2.3 

hours (137.5 minutes). 

Expiration Date: To be determined. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

annual burden is estimated to be no 

more than 2.3 hours (137.5 minutes) per 

respondent, which equates to 116.9 

hours over the universe of 51 

respondents. This estimate contains a 

maximum of 2 hours to gather 

information from State information 

systems, and an estimated maximum of 

17.5 minutes to respond to the survey. 

While States that already track and 

report similar information may need 

much less than 2 hours to gather 

information, discussions with subject 

matter experts led to an agreement that 

2 hours was a reasonable maximum 

time limit to use to estimate the 

maximum annual burden expected. 

The estimated time for survey 

completion was calculated using Versta 

Research’s methodology for calculating 

an estimate of survey length, where each 

question is given a number of points 

based on the estimated burden required 

to respond to the question (for example, 

simple multiple choice questions are 1 

point, whereas short answer questions 

are 3 points per expected short phrase). 

The total number of points for all 

questions is then divided by eight (the 

number of simple questions a user can 

respond to online in 1 minute) to 

determine the estimate required length 

for finishing the survey. 

Background 

Section 5506 of the Fixing America’s 

Surface Transportation Act (‘‘FAST 

Act’’). requires FMCSA to produce a 

study on CDL skills test delays on an 

annual basis. The requirements of the 

study are to submit an annual report 

describing: 

‘‘(A) the average wait time from the 

date an applicant requests to take a 

skills test to the date the applicant has 

the opportunity to complete such test; 

(B) the average wait time from the 

date an applicant, upon failure of a 

skills test, requests a retest to the date 

the applicant has the opportunity to 

complete such retest; 

(C) the actual number of qualified 

commercial driver’s license examiners 

available to test applicants; and 

(D) the number of testing sites 

available through the State department 

of motor vehicles and whether this 

number has increased or decreased from 

the previous year.’’ 

The annual report is also required to 

describe ‘‘specific steps the 

Administrator is taking to address skills 

testing delays in States that have 

average skills test or retest wait times of 

more than 7 days.’’ 

If this information collection does not 

occur, FMCSA will not be able to 

continue to conduct the study on CDL 

skills test delays. This data collection 

aims to continue to create longitudinal 

data where currently there is none. If 

the information collection occurs on a 

less-than-annual basis, FMCSA will not 

be able to make observations on yearly 

trends or analyze differences between 

States. 

For the initial 2017 survey FMCSA 

met with several stakeholders, including 

the American Association of Motor 

Vehicle Administrators, the Commercial 

Vehicle Training Association, and State 

Driver Licensing Agencies to ensure the 

information being collected was not 

already collected elsewhere and was not 

available to FMCSA. FMCSA conducted 

extensive background research to ensure 

the study was not duplicative. A 

previous study, done by the 

Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) in 2015, asked for similar 

information but did not produce 

specific enough data to be used in this 

study. 

The survey will continue to be sent 

out via email, with the option for online 

completion using SurveyMonkey® or 

Qualtrics. Each State can continue to 

respond via email or the online survey 

tool depending on which method is 

more convenient for the respondent. 

The welcome letter will continue to 

indicate that FMCSA prefers responses 

via the online survey tool. 

The information collected will 

continue to be published annually in a 

report to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation of the 

Senate and the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

House of Representatives. 

Prior Publication 

FMCSA published a notice in the 

Federal Register (85 FR 35496) with a 

60-day public comment period to 


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announce this proposed information 

collection on June 10, 2020. The agency 

received four total comments, three 

unique comments and one duplicated 

comment, in response to this notice. 

The three comments received in 

response to the 60-day notice were from 

the following persons and organizations: 

1. National School Transportation 

Association (NSTA) 

2. Texas Trucking Association (TXTA) 

3. Commercial Vehicle Training 

Association (CVTA) 

The comment from NSTA was posted 

twice, but was the same comment. 

NSTA was supportive of the 

information collection request and felt 

that it was necessary and important 

information to collect, not only due to 

FAST Act requirements but also in light 

of the ongoing COVID–19 situation, 

which has impacted SDLAs and their 

operating statuses, as well as many 

other aspects of the transportation 

sector. NSTA made several 

recommendations regarding issuances of 

CDLs for school bus drivers and 

inspections for school bus drivers that 

are outside the scope of this information 

collection request. These comments 

have been passed on to the appropriate 

parties in FMCSA, but did not result in 

any changes to the proposed 

information collection contained in this 

request. 

Similarly, TXTA made several 

comments regarding the actual licensing 

procedures and policies within Texas, 

which are outside the scope of this 

information collection. These comments 

have been passed on to the appropriate 

parties in FMCSA, but did not result in 

any changes to the proposed 

information collection contained in this 

request. 

CVTA was supportive of the 

information collection request itself but 

made several suggestions for 

improvement. First, CVTA suggested 

that FMCSA require States to respond to 

the survey. Furthermore, CVTA felt that 

FMCSA’s analysis of the collected data 

was lacking and expressed concern with 

the definition of delays and wait times 

used by FMCSA in the original analysis. 

CVTA noted in their comment that they 

felt this was a failure of FMCSA to meet 

the requirements of the FAST Act 

statute. FMCSA does not have the 

authority to compel States to respond to 

the survey and re-asserts that responses 

to the survey must be voluntary. The 

prior survey received at least partial 

responses from the majority of States. 

FMCSA successfully delivered the 2017 

report to Congress, which the Agency 

understood to fulfill the intent behind 

Section 5506 of the FAST Act. FMCSA 

did not make any changes to the 

proposed information collection as a 

result of this comment, which largely 

focused on the reporting out of results 

from the information collection as 

opposed to the collection of information 

itself. 

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 FMCSA to perform its 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for the 

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 delegated 

in 49 CFR 1.87. 

Tom Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Final Agency Actions on 

Proposed Railroad Project in 

California, on Behalf of the California 

High-Speed Rail Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FRA, on behalf of the 

Authority, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by the 

Authority that are final. By this notice, 

the FRA is advising the public of the 

time limit to file a claim seeking judicial 

review of the actions. The actions relate 

to a proposed railroad project, the 

California High-Speed Rail Project 

Merced to Fresno Project Section: 

Central Valley Wye in Merced, Madera, 

Fresno, and Stanislaus Counties, 

California. The Merced to Fresno Project 

Section: Central Valley Wye provides an 

approximately 51-mile portion of the 

larger 800-mile California High-Speed 

Rail (HSR) system planned throughout 

California. These actions grant 

approvals for project implementation 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) and other laws, 

regulations, and executive orders. 

DATES: A claim seeking judicial review 

of the agency actions on the railroad 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before January 14, 2022. 

If Federal law authorizes judicial review 

of a claim that provides a time period 

of less than two years for filing such 

claim, then that shorter time period 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For the Authority: Dan McKell, NEPA 

Assignment Manager, Environmental 

Services, California High-Speed Rail 

Authority, (telephone: 916–324–1541; 

email: dan.mckell@hsr.ca.gov). 

For FRA: Stephanie Perez-Arrieta, 

Lead Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Federal Railroad 

Administration, (telephone: 202–493– 

0388; email: s.perez-arrieta@dot.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: bEffective 

July 23, 2019, FRA assigned, and the 

State of California acting through the 

Authority assumed, its responsibilities 

for environmental review, consultation, 

and other actions required by applicable 

Federal environmental laws for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Authority has taken final agency actions 

subject to 49 U.S.C. 24201(a)(4) and 23 

U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing approvals for 

the following railroad project in 

California: California High-Speed Rail 

Project Merced to Fresno Project 

Section: Central Valley Wye. 

The purpose of the California HSR 

System is to provide a reliable highspeed electric-powered train system that 

links the major metropolitan areas of 

California, delivering predictable and 

consistent travel times. A further 

objective is to provide an interface with 

commercial airports, mass transit, and 

the highway network and to relieve 

capacity constraints of the existing 

transportation system as increases in 

intercity travel demand in California 

occur, in a manner sensitive to and 

protective of California’s unique natural 

resources. 

The FRA and the Authority published 

the Merced to Fresno Section Final 

Project Environmental Impact Report/ 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/ 

EIS) in April 2012. The FRA issued a 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

Merced to Fresno Project Section on 

September 18, 2012. The FRA’s 2012 

ROD deferred identification of a 

selected alternative for the Central 

Valley Wye. The Authority published 

the Merced to Fresno Section: Central 

Valley Wye Final Supplemental EIR/EIS 

(Final Supplemental EIR/EIS) on August 

7, 2020. The Final Supplemental EIR/ 

EIS was prepared as a supplement to the 

2012 EIR/EIS for the Merced to Fresno 

Project Section. The Authority approved 

a Supplemental ROD for the Central 

Valley Wye portion of the Merced to 

Fresno Project Section on September 16, 

2020. The Supplemental ROD is a 


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