Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 23, 2000 / Notices 33399

addressed at the July 3–7, 2000 United

Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

meeting of governmental experts on the

draft Convention on Underwater

Cultural Heritage.

The meeting will be held in the

Department of State located at 2201 C

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520,

Room 1105. Interested members of the

public are invited to attend, up to the

capacity of the room. To expedite entry

into the Department of State, please

provide your name, social security

number, and date of birth to Yvonne

Seward (202) 647-3262, at least one

week prior to the meeting. To enter the

building you must present a photo ID,

such as a drivers license or passport.

Please use the entrance to the

Department of State on C Street.

For further information, please

contact Mr. Robert Blumberg, Office of

Oceans Affairs, telephone (202) 647–

4971.

Dated: May 17, 2000.

Stephen M. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 00–12938 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG 2000–7379]

Collection of Information Under

Review by Office of Management and

Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number

2115–0644

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Coast Guard intends to seek the

approval of OMB for the renewal of one

Information Collection Request (ICR).

The ICR comprises Understanding how

Mariners use Aids to Navigation—A

Systems Analysis Report for the U.S.

Coast Guard Research and Development

Center. Before submitting the ICR to

OMB, the Coast Guard is asking for

comments on the collection described

below.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast

Guard on or before July 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to

the Docket Management System (DMS)

[USCG 2000–7379], U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT), room PL–401,

400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC 20590–0001, or deliver them to room

PL–401, located on the Plaza Level of

the Nassif Building at the same address

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329.

The DMS maintains the public docket

for this request. Comments will become

part of this docket and will be available

for inspection or copying in room PL–

401, located on the Plaza Level of the

Nassif Building at the above address

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

You may also access this docket on the

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

Copies of the complete ICR is

available through this docket on the

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov and also

from Commandant (G–SII–2), U.S. Coast

Guard Headquarters, room 6106 (Attn:

Barbara Davis), 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The

telephone number is 202–267–2326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Davis, Office of Information

Management, 202–267–2326, for

questions on this document; Dorothy

Walker, Chief, Documentary Services

Division, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 202–366–9330, for

questions on the docket.

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to submit written

comments. Persons submitting

comments should include their names

and addresses, identify this document

[USCG 2000–7379], and give the reason

for the comment. Please submit all

comments and attachments in an

unbound format no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. Persons wanting

acknowledgment of receipt of comments

should enclose stamped, self-addressed

postcards or envelopes.

Information Collection Request

1. Title: Understanding how Mariners

use Aids to Navigation—A Systems

Analysis Project for the U.S. Coast

Guard Research and Development

Center.

OMB Control Number: 2115–0644.

Summary: The goal of the National

Aids to Navigation Survey is to

understand how mariners use aids in

order to navigate. Navigational methods

and techniques vary with the type of

vessel, conditions of the waterway, and

the navigator’s experience.

Need: The survey is being done under

the mandates of the National

Performance Review and Executive

order 12802. It will enable program

officers in aids to navigation (AtoN) to

assess navigational risk, implement

appropriate AtoN strategies, and

measure the effectiveness of the

program in reducing the number of

vessel collisions, allisions, and

groundings.

Respondents: Navigators of vessels.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden: The estimated burden is

6,518 hours annually.

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Daniel F. Sheehan,

Director of Information and Technology.

[FR Doc. 00–12876 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA–2000–7316]

Notice of Request for Renewal of an

Information Collection; Medical

Qualifications Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FMCSA solicits

comment on its intent to request the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) to approve the renewal to collect

information for continuation of the

requirements within 49 CFR parts 391

and 398 for (1) A medical examination

form and certificate to be completed by

a licensed medical examiner; (2) the

submission of an application to the

FMCSA for the agency to resolve

conflicts of medical evaluation between

medical examiners; (3) a driver

qualification file for motor carriers to

include the medical certificate; (4) a

driver qualification file for motor

carriers of migrant workers to include a

doctor’s certificate for every driver

employed or used by them; (5) a driver

qualification file to include a limb

disability waiver issued to a driver; and

(6) information collection requirements

for granting exemptions from the vision

requirements in the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Signed, written comments

should refer to the docket number that

appears at the top of this document and

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590–0001. All comments received

will be available for examination at the

above address between 10 a.m. and 5

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p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays. Those desiring

notification of receipt of comments must

include a self-addressed, stamped

envelope or postcard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Sandra Zywokarte, Office of Bus and

Truck Standards & Operations, (202)

366–4001, Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration, DOT, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Medical Qualifications

Requirements.

OMB Number: 2126–0006.

Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 31136

requires the Secretary of Transportation

to prescribe regulations to ensure that

the physical qualifications of

commercial motor vehicle (CMV)

operators are adequate to enable them to

operate CMVs safely. In addition, 49

U.S.C. 31502 authorizes the Secretary to

prescribe requirements for qualifications

of employees of a motor carrier when

needed to promote safety of operation.

Information about an individual’s

physical condition must be collected in

order for the FMCSA and motor carriers

to verify that the individual meets the

physical qualifications for CMV drivers

in 49 CFR 391.41 and for the FMCSA to

determine whether the individual is

physically able to operate a CMV safely.

This information collection is

comprised of the 6 components listed in

the summary.

Respondents: Medical examiners,

medical specialists, physicians, licensed

doctors of medicine or osteopathy,

motor carriers, and CMV drivers.

Estimated Burden Per Record: Eight

minutes for a medical examiner to

complete the medical examination form;

1 minute for the medical examiner to

complete the medical examiner’s

certificate; 1 minute to copy and file the

medical examiner’s certificate; 1 hour to

prepare an application for resolution of

medical conflict; 15 minutes to

complete an application for an initial

waiver of physical defects or

impairments; 2 minutes to complete an

application for a renewal of a waiver of

physical defects or impairments; 1

minute to copy and file limb waiver

applications; 66 minutes to complete an

application for a vision exemption with

required supporting documents; and 1

minute for a doctor of medicine or

osteopathy to complete a doctor’s

certificate for a driver of migrant

workers.

Frequency: Estimated annual

responses are as follows: 2,750,000

medical examinations and medical

certificates; 2 applications for resolution

of conflicts of medical evaluation; 750

applications for waivers of physical

defects and impairments; 200

applications for renewal of waiver of

physical defects and impairments; 840

applications for vision exemption; 100

medical certificates for drivers of

migrant workers.

Total Estimated Annual Burden:

There are an estimated 5,500,000 CMV

drivers, 2,750,000 per year who must

undergo a medical examination.

Approximately 2 cases per year are

submitted to the FMCSA for a hearing

before an Administrative Law Judge to

resolve medical conflicts between

medical examiners. There are

approximately 1,500 limb waivers

outstanding, resulting in 750 renewals.

There are approximately 200 new

applications for limb waivers annually.

There are approximately 840 new

applications for vision exemptions

annually. Since the vision exemption

program is new, the agency has not yet

received any applications for renewal.

The total estimated annual burden for

this information collection is 459,321

hours.

Public Comments Invited

Interested parties are invited to send

comments regarding any aspect of this

information collection, including, but

not limited to: (1) Whether the

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the FMCSA, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the collected

information; and (4) ways to minimize

the collection burden without reducing

the quality of the collected information.

Electronic Availability

An electronic copy of this document

may be downloaded from the Internet,

from the Office of the Federal Register

web site: http://www.nara.gov/fedreg, or

the U.S. Government Printing Office

web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/

nara. Internet users can access all

comments received by the U.S. DOT

Dockets, Room PL–401, by using the

universal resource locator (URL): http:/

/dms.dot.gov. This service is available

24 hours each day, 365 days each year.

Please follow the instructions online for

more information and help.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 315 and 49 CFR 1.73.

Issued on: May 14, 2000.

Julie Anna Cirillo,

Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–12874 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption

Applications; Vision

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of denials.

SUMMARY: The FMCSA is publishing the

names of persons denied exemptions

from the vision standard in 49 CFR

391.41(b)(10) and the reasons for the

denials.

DATES: May 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about the applications

addressed in this notice, Ms. Teresa

Doggett, Office of Bus and Truck

Standards and Operations, MC–PSD,

(202) 366–2990; for information about

legal issues related to this rule, Ms.

Judith Rutledge, Office of the Chief

Counsel, (202) 366–2519, FMCSA, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C.

20590–0001. Office hours are from 7:45

a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

An electronic copy of this document

may be downloaded using a modem and

suitable communications software from

the Government Printing Office’s

Electronic Bulletin Board Service at

(202) 512–1661. Internet users may

reach the Office of the Federal Registers

home page at: http://www.nara.gov/

fedreg and the Government Printing

Office’s database at: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara.

Background

The Secretary of Transportation

(Secretary) has the authority under 49

U.S.C. 31502 and 31136 to establish

standards for physical qualifications

that must be met by commercial motor

vehicle drivers in interstate commerce.

These standards are published in 49

CFR part 391 of the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Regulations.

In October 1999, the Secretary

rescinded the authority previously

delegated to the Federal Highway

Administrator to perform the motor

carrier functions and operations, and to