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B. Applicability of Exemption 

The exemption is restricted to 

employees of driveaway-towaway 

companies, RV manufacturers, and RV 

dealers transporting empty RVs as a 

driveaway delivery, with the RV’s 

wheels on the surface of the roadway, 

between the manufacturing site and 

dealer location and for movements prior 

to first retail sale. Drivers covered by the 

exemption will not be required to hold 

a CDL when transporting RVs with a 

gross vehicle weight not exceeding 

26,000 pounds, or a combination of RV 

trailer/tow vehicle with the gross weight 

of the towed unit not exceeding 10,000 

pounds and the gross combined weight 

not exceeding 26,000 pounds. The 

exemption does not apply to the 

transportation of an RV as cargo in 

another CMV. 

C. Terms and Conditions 

When operating under this 

exemption, motor carriers and drivers 

are subject to the following terms and 

conditions: 

(1) The drivers and motor carriers 

must comply with all other applicable 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations (49 CFR parts 350–399); 

(2) The drivers must be able to 

provide this exemption document to 

enforcement officials; and 

(3) The drivers must be in possession 

of a valid State driver’s license. 

D. Preemption 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(d), as implemented by 49 CFR 

381.600, during the period this 

exemption is in effect, no State shall 

enforce any law or regulation that 

conflicts with or is inconsistent with 

this exemption with respect to a firm or 

person operating under the exemption. 

E. Notification to FMCSA 

Motor carriers using exempt drivers 

must notify FMCSA within 5 business 

days of any accident (as defined in 49 

CFR 390.5) involving any of its CMVs 

operating under the terms of this 

exemption. The notification must 

include the following information: 

(a) Name of the exemption: ‘‘RVIA’’; 

(b) Name of the operating motor 

carrier; 

(c) Date of the accident; 

(d) City or town, and State, in which 

the accident occurred, or closest to the 

accident scene; 

(e) Driver’s name and license number; 

(f) Vehicle number and State license 

number; 

(g) Number of individuals suffering 

physical injury; 

(h) Number of fatalities; 

(i) The police-reported cause of the 

accident; 

(j) Whether the driver was cited for 

violation of any traffic laws, motor 

carrier safety regulations; and 

(k) The driver’s total driving time and 

total on-duty time period prior to the 

accident. 

Reports filed under this provision 

shall be emailed to MCPSD@DOT.GOV. 

F. Termination 

Based on the safety record of drivers 

operating under the exemption up to 

this point, FMCSA has no basis to 

believe the drivers covered by this 

renewed exemption will experience any 

deterioration of their safety record. The 

exemption will be rescinded, however, 

if: (1) motor carriers and drivers 

operating under the exemption fail to 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of the exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained before it was granted; or 

(3) continuation of the exemption would 

not be consistent with the goals and 

objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315. 

Robin Hutcheson, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19531 Filed 9–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0044] 

Trinity Railway Express and the Silver 

Line’s Joint Request for Approval To 

Conduct Positive Train Control Field 

Testing 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that on August 29, 

2023, Trinity Railway Express (TRE) 

submitted a request together with the 

Silver Line (SLVR) to field test trains on 

TRE’s positive train control (PTC)- 

equipped territory, which is equipped 

with the Interoperable Electronic Train 

Management System (I–ETMS). FRA is 

publishing this notice and inviting 

public comment on TRE and SLVR’s 

joint request to test I–ETMS. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by November 13, 2023. FRA 

may consider comments received after 

that date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying testing or 

implementation of a PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0044. 

For convenience, all active PTC 

documents are hyperlinked on FRA’s 

website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ 

reserch-development/program-areas/ 

train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. On December 23, 

2020, FRA certified TRE’s I–ETMS PTC 

system under 49 CFR 236.1015 and 49 

U.S.C. 20157(h). Pursuant to 49 CFR 

236.1035, a railroad must obtain FRA’s 

approval before field testing an 

uncertified PTC system, or a product of 

an uncertified PTC system, or any 

regression testing of a certified PTC 

system on the general rail system. See 

49 CFR 236.1035(a). The joint test 

request, including a complete 

description of the Concept of Operations 

and specific test procedures that 

document the measures that will be 

taken to ensure safety during testing, are 

available for review online at https://

www.regulations.gov in Docket No. 

FRA–2010–0044. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the test request by 

submitting written comments or data. 

During its review of the test request, 

FRA will consider any comments or 

data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable. FRA, however, may elect 

not to respond to any particular 

comment, and under 49 CFR 236.1035, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny the 

test request at its sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 


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to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19520 Filed 9–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2018–0012] 

TEXRail and the Silver Line’s Joint 

Request for Approval To Conduct 

Positive Train Control Field Testing 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that on August 30, 

2023, TEXRail submitted a request 

together with the Silver Line (SLVR) to 

field test trains on TEXRail’s positive 

train control (PTC)-equipped territory, 

which is equipped with the 

Interoperable Electronic Train 

Management System (I–ETMS). FRA is 

publishing this notice and inviting 

public comment on TEXRail and SLVR’s 

joint request to test I–ETMS. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by November 13, 2023. FRA 

may consider comments received after 

that date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying testing or 

implementation of a PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2018–0012. 

For convenience, all active PTC 

documents are hyperlinked on FRA’s 

website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ 

reserch-development/program-areas/ 

train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. On December 23, 

2020, FRA certified TEXRail’s I–ETMS 

PTC system under 49 CFR 236.1015 and 

49 U.S.C. 20157(h). Pursuant to 49 CFR 

236.1035, a railroad must obtain FRA’s 

approval before field testing an 

uncertified PTC system, or a product of 

an uncertified PTC system, or any 

regression testing of a certified PTC 

system on the general rail system. See 

49 CFR 236.1035(a). The joint test 

request, including a complete 

description of the Concept of Operations 

and specific test procedures that 

document the measures that will be 

taken to ensure safety during testing, are 

available for review online at https://

www.regulations.gov in Docket No. 

FRA–2018–0012. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the test request by 

submitting written comments or data. 

During its review of the test request, 

FRA will consider any comments or 

data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable. FRA, however, may elect 

not to respond to any particular 

comment, and under 49 CFR 236.1035, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny the 

test request at its sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19519 Filed 9–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[DOT–NHTSA–2022–0107] 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the National Emergency 

Medical Services Advisory Council 

(NEMSAC). 

DATES: This meeting will be held inperson and simultaneously transmitted 

via virtual interface. It will be held on 

November 15–16, 2023, from 12 to 5 

p.m. ET. Pre-registration is required to 

attend this meeting. Once registered, a 

link permitting access to the meeting 

will be distributed to registrants by 

email. Details about the physical 

location of the meeting will made 

available to registrants. If you wish to 

speak during the meeting, you must 

submit a written copy of your remarks 

to DOT by November 8, 2023. 

Notifications containing specific 

details for this meeting will be 

published in the Federal Register no 

later than 30 days prior to the meeting 

dates. 

ADDRESSES: General information about 

the Council is available on the NEMSAC 

internet website at www.ems.gov. The 

registration portal and meeting agenda 

will be available on the NEMSAC 

internet website at www.ems.gov at least 

one week in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Clary Mole, EMS Specialist, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation is 


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