35538 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 124 / Thursday, June 28, 2007 / Notices 

6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–5370; E-mail: MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 4007(b) of the Motor Carrier 

Act of 1991 (Title IV of the Intermodal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. 102–240, 105 Stat. 

1914, 2152; 49 U.S.C. 31307) requires 

the Secretary of Transportation to 

establish Federal minimum training 

requirements for drivers of LCVs. The 

responsibility for implementing the 

statutory requirement was subsequently 

delegated to FMCSA (49 CFR 1.73). The 

FMCSA, in a final rule entitled, 

‘‘Minimum Training Requirements for 

Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV) 

Operators and LCV Driver-Instructor 

Requirements’’ adopted implementing 

regulations for the minimum training 

requirements for the operators of LCVs 

(see 69 FR 16722; March 30, 2004). 

The 2004 final rule created an 

information collection burden 

concerning the certification of new, 

current and non-grandfathered LCV 

drivers; grandfathering those current 

LCV drivers who are eligible for 

certification; and the certification of 

LCV driver-instructors. The 

implementing regulations define an LCV 

as any combination of a truck-tractor 

and two or more semi-trailers or trailers, 

which operate on the National System 

of Interstate and Defense Highways (as 

defined in 23 CFR 470.107) with a GVW 

greater than 80,000 pounds. The 

purpose of this rule is to enhance the 

safety of LCV operations on our nation’s 

highways. 

Drivers are required to present a 

training certification form to prospective 

employers to prove they are certified to 

drive LCVs. Motor carriers must not 

allow drivers to operate LCVs without 

ensuring the drivers have been properly 

trained in accordance with the 

requirements under 49 CFR part 380. 

The training certification form provides 

this assurance. Motor carriers must 

maintain a copy of the LCV training 

certification form in the driver 

qualification file, required by 49 CFR 

391.51. Motor carriers responsible for 

the operation of LCVs must be able to 

show Federal or State enforcement 

officials that drivers responsible for 

operating such LCVs are certified to do 

so, based on the training certificate 

located in their DQ files. 

Title: Training Certification for 

Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0026. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Drivers who have 

completed the required LCV training 

and driver instructors responsible for 

conducting the required LCV training. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,200 drivers who complete the required 

LCV training each year; 6 driver 

instructors who complete LCV training 

must document their qualifications to 

train new LCV drivers. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes for LCV drivers; 30 minutes for 

LCV instructors. 

Expiration Date: June 30, 2007. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 203 

hours. The FMCSA estimates that 10 

minutes would be needed for newly 

certified LCV drivers to fulfill the 

information collection requirement, 

resulting in an annual information 

collection burden of 200 hours [1,200 

LCV drivers × 10 minutes/60 minutes = 

200 hours]. The estimated annual 

burden associated with instructor 

certification would be 3 burden hours 

[(2 classroom instructors × 10 minutes = 

20 minutes) + (4 skills instructors × 15 

minutes = 60 minutes) + (6 new 

instructors × 15 minute administrative 

burden per instructor certification = 90 

minutes) = 170 minutes/60 minutes = 3 

burden hours]. 

Definitions: The information 

collection requirement for the LCV 

training regulations under 49 CFR part 

380 are applicable only to drivers of 

LCVs, as defined in 49 CFR 380.105. 

Section 380.105 defines LCV as any 

combination of a truck-tractor and two 

or more semi-trailers or trailers, which 

operate on the National System of 

Interstate and Defense Highways 

(defined in 23 CFR 470.107) with a gross 

vehicle weight greater than 80,000 

pounds. 

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’s performance; 

(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. The agency 

will summarize or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued on: June 21, 2007. 

D. Marlene Thomas, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–12551 Filed 6–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

TIME AND DATE: July 23, 2007, 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m., and July 24, 2007, 8 a.m. to 12 

p.m., Central Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place at 

the offices of the Property Casualty 

Insurers Association of America, 2600 S. 

River Road, Room 400, Des Plaines, IL 

60018. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: June 25, 2007. 

Robert W. Miller, 

Acting Associate Administrator, for 

Enforcement and Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 07–3197 Filed 6–26–07; 3:24 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–28090] 

Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers; 

American Pyrotechnics Association 

(APA) Application for an Exemption 

From the 14-Hour Rule During 

Independence Day Celebrations 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Grant of application for 

exemption. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration (FMCSA) grants 

the American Pyrotechnics 

Association’s (APA) application for an 

exemption from the prohibition against 

driving a commercial motor vehicle 

(CMV) after the 14th hour of coming on 

duty. The exemption is applicable for a 

period beginning 7 days prior to, and 2 

days immediately following 

Independence Day in 2007 and 2008. 

Fireworks personnel who operate CMVs 

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