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at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10) and that the 

vision impairment is stable. In addition, 

a review of each record of safety while 

driving with the respective vision 

deficiencies over the past two years 

indicates each applicant continues to 

meet the vision exemption standards. 

These factors provide an adequate basis 

for predicting each driver’s ability to 

continue to drive safely in interstate 

commerce. Therefore, FMCSA 

concludes that extending the exemption 

for each renewal applicant for a period 

of two years is likely to achieve a level 

of safety equal to that existing without 

the exemption. 

Request for Comments 

FMCSA will review comments 

received at any time concerning a 

particular driver’s safety record and 

determine if the continuation of the 

exemption is consistent with the 

requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315. However, FMCSA requests that 

interested parties with specific data 

concerning the safety records of these 

drivers submit comments by September 

9, 2011. 

FMCSA believes that the 

requirements for a renewal of an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315 can be satisfied by initially 

granting the renewal and then 

requesting and evaluating, if needed, 

subsequent comments submitted by 

interested parties. As indicated above, 

the Agency previously published 

notices of final disposition announcing 

its decision to exempt these 17 

individuals from the vision requirement 

in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final 

decision to grant an exemption to each 

of these individuals was made on the 

merits of each case and made only after 

careful consideration of the comments 

received to its notices of applications. 

The notices of applications stated in 

detail the qualifications, experience, 

and medical condition of each applicant 

for an exemption from the vision 

requirements. That information is 

available by consulting the above cited 

Federal Register publications. 

Interested parties or organizations 

possessing information that would 

otherwise show that any, or all, of these 

drivers are 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, FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

exemption of a driver. 

Issued on: August 5, 2011. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20298 Filed 8–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2011–0112] 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Electronic Stability Control; 

Technical Report on the Effectiveness 

of Electronic Stability Control Systems 

for Cars and LTVs 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for comments on 

technical report. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

NHTSA’s publication of a Technical 

Report on its existing Safety Standard 

126, Electronic Stability Control 

Systems. The report’s title is: Crash 

Prevention Effectiveness in LightVehicle Electronic Stability Control: An 

Update of the 2007 NHTSA Evaluation. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than December 8, 2011 

ADDRESSES: Report: The technical report 

is available on the Internet for viewing 

in PDF format at http://wwwnrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811486.pdf. 

You may obtain a copy of the report free 

of charge by sending a self-addressed 

mailing label to Robert Sivinski (NVS– 

431), National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room W53–438, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

Comments: You may submit 

comments [identified by Docket Number 

NHTSA–2011–0112] by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• 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: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

You may call Docket Management at 

202–366–9826. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments, see the 

Procedural Matters section of this 

document. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Sivinski, Statistician, Evaluation 

Division, NVS–431, National Center for 

Statistics and Analysis, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

Room W53–438, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–3860. E-mail: 

robert.sivinski@dot.gov. 

For information about NHTSA’s 

evaluations of the effectiveness of 

existing regulations and programs: You 

may see a list of published evaluation 

reports at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ 

cats/listpublications.aspx?Id=226&

ShowBy=Category and if you click on 

any report you will be able to view it in 

PDF format. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Statistical 

analyses based on data for calendar 

years 1997 to 2009 from the Fatality 

Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and 

the General Estimates System (GES) of 

the National Automotive Sampling 

System (NASS) estimate the long-term 

effectiveness of electronic stability 

control (ESC) for passenger cars and 

LTVs (light trucks and vans). Safety 

Standard 126 establishes standards for 

electronic stability control systems 

manufactured for use in light vehicles. 

This report is an update of a previous 

NHTSA analysis of ESC effectiveness 

(72 FR 41582) published in 2007. 

The principal findings are that ESC 

was associated with a six percent 

decrease in the likelihood that a vehicle 

would be involved in any police 

reported crash and an 18 percent 

reduction in the probability that a 

vehicle would be involved in a fatal 

crash. For passenger cars, the reductions 

are 5 percent and 23 percent, 

respectively; for LTVs, 7 percent and 20 

percent. Each of these reductions is 

statistically significant except for the 5 

percent overall effect in cars. 

Procedural Matters: 

How can I influence NHTSA’s thinking 

on this subject? 

NHTSA welcomes public review of 

the technical report. NHTSA will 

submit to the Docket a response to the 

comments and, if appropriate, will 

supplement or revise the report. 

How do I prepare and submit 

comments? 

Your comments must be written and 

in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, please include the Docket 


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number of this document (NHTSA– 

2010–0116) in your comments. 

Your primary comments must not be 

more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 

553.21). However, you may attach 

additional documents to your primary 

comments. There is no limit on the 

length of the attachments. 

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) or you may visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Please send two paper copies of your 

comments to Docket Management, fax 

them, or use the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal. The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Management Facility, M–30, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The fax number 

is 1–202–493–2251. To use the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

We also request, but do not require 

you to send a copy to Bob Sivinski, 

Statistician, Evaluation Division, NVS– 

431, National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room W53–440, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590 (or e-mail them to 

robert.sivinski@dot.gov). He can check if 

your comments have been received at 

the Docket and he can expedite their 

review by NHTSA. 

How can I be sure that my comments 

were received? 

If you wish Docket Management to 

notify you upon its receipt of your 

comments, enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. 

How do I submit confidential business 

information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, send 

three copies of your complete 

submission, including the information 

you claim to be confidential business 

information, to the Chief Counsel, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Include a cover letter supplying the 

information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR part 512). 

In addition, send two copies from 

which you have deleted the claimed 

confidential business information to 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Management Facility, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, or submit them 

via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Will the agency consider late 

comments? 

In our response, we will consider all 

comments that Docket Management 

receives before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above under DATES. To the extent 

possible, we will also consider 

comments that Docket Management 

receives after that date. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically check the Docket for new 

material. 

How can I read the comments 

submitted by other people? 

You may read the materials placed in 

the docket for this document (e.g., the 

comments submitted in response to this 

document by other interested persons) 

at any time by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

You may also read the materials at the 

Docket Management Facility by going to 

the street address given above under 

ADDRESSES. The Docket Management 

Facility is open between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; 

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 

501.8. 

James F. Simons, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Analysis and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20234 Filed 8–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2011–0114] 

Spyker Automobielen B.V.; Receipt of 

Application for Temporary Exemption 

from FMVSS No. 126 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

a temporary exemption from Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

No. 126, Electronic Stability Control 

Systems. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures in 49 CFR Part 555, Spyker 

Automobielen B.V. (Spyker) has applied 

for a temporary exemption for its C line 

of vehicles from the requirements of 

FMVSS No. 126, the standard for 

electronic stability control systems. The 

basis of the application is that 

compliance would cause substantial 

economic hardship to a manufacturer 

that has tried in good faith to comply 

with the standard. 

NHTSA is publishing this notice of 

receipt of the application in accordance 

with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

30113(b)(2), and has made no judgment 

on the merits of the application. 

DATES: You should submit your 

comments not later than August 25, 

2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Healy, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, NCC–112, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 4th 

Floor, Room W41–212, Washington, DC 

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–2992; Fax: 

(202) 366–3820. 

Comments: We invite you to submit 

comments on the application described 

above. You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number at the 

heading of this notice by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the electronic docket site by clicking 

on ‘‘Help and Information’’ or ‘‘Help/ 

Info.’’ 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC, 

between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 


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