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obtaining an exemption from the 

hearing requirement. The 16 drivers in 

this notice remain in good standing with 

the Agency. In addition, for commercial 

driver’s license (CDL) holders, the 

Commercial Driver’s License 

Information System and the Motor 

Carrier Management Information System 

are searched for crash and violation 

data. For non-CDL holders, the Agency 

reviews the driving records from the 

State Driver’s Licensing Agency. These 

factors provide an adequate basis for 

predicting each driver’s ability to 

continue to safely operate a CMV in 

interstate commerce. Therefore, FMCSA 

concludes that extending the exemption 

for each of these drivers for a period of 

2 years is likely to achieve a level of 

safety equal to that existing without the 

exemption. 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) 

and 31315(b), the following groups of 

drivers received renewed exemptions in 

the month of October and are discussed 

below. As of October 1, 2023, and in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b), the following five individuals 

have satisfied the renewal conditions for 

obtaining an exemption from the 

hearing requirement in the FMCSRs for 

interstate CMV drivers: 

Azulita-Jane Camacho (CA) 

Robert Culp (FL) 

Charles Davis (AL) 

Christopher Fisher (WA) 

John Price (TX) 

The drivers were included in docket 

number FMCSA–2018–0139. Their 

exemptions are applicable as of October 

1, 2023 and will expire on October 1, 

2025. 

As of October 8, 2023, and in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b), the following five individuals 

have satisfied the renewal conditions for 

obtaining an exemption from the 

hearing requirement in the FMCSRs for 

interstate CMV drivers: 

Judith Badore (VT) 

Dareous Glover (IL) 

Delroy Hunt (FL) 

John Norman (IL) 

Kyle Voss (WI) 

The drivers were included in docket 

number FMCSA–2021–0015. Their 

exemptions are applicable as of October 

8, 2023 and will expire on October 8, 

2025. 

As of October 10, 2023, and in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b), the following two individuals 

have satisfied the renewal conditions for 

obtaining an exemption from the 

hearing requirement in the FMCSRs for 

interstate CMV drivers: 

Kurt Bernabei (IL); and Steven Robelia 

(TN). 

The drivers were included in docket 

number FMCSA–2019–0109. Their 

exemptions are applicable as of October 

10, 2023 and will expire on October 10, 

2025. 

As of October 22, 2023, and in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b), the following four individuals 

have satisfied the renewal conditions for 

obtaining an exemption from the 

hearing requirement in the FMCSRs for 

interstate CMV drivers: 

Richard Carter (MD) 

Clinton Homon (IL) 

Pete Kujawa (WI) 

Jonathan Muhm (KY) 

The drivers were included in docket 

numbers FMCSA–2014–0387, FMCSA– 

2018–0138, and FMCSA–2021–0014. 

Their exemptions are applicable as of 

October 22, 2023 and will expire on 

October 22, 2025. 

V. Conditions and Requirements 

The exemptions are extended subject 

to the following conditions: (1) each 

driver must report any crashes or 

accidents as defined in § 390.5T; and (2) 

report all citations and convictions for 

disqualifying offenses under 49 CFR 

parts 383 and 391 to FMCSA; and (3) 

each driver prohibited from operating a 

motorcoach or bus with passengers in 

interstate commerce. The driver must 

also have a copy of the exemption when 

driving, for presentation to a duly 

authorized Federal, State, or local 

enforcement official. In addition, the 

exemption does not exempt the 

individual from meeting the applicable 

CDL testing requirements. Each 

exemption will be valid for 2 years 

unless rescinded earlier by FMCSA. The 

exemption will be rescinded if: (1) the 

person fails 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(b). 

VI. Preemption 

During the period the exemption is in 

effect, no State shall enforce any law or 

regulation that conflicts with this 

exemption with respect to a person 

operating under the exemption. 

VII. Conclusion 

Based upon its evaluation of the 16 

exemption applications, FMCSA renews 

the exemptions of the aforementioned 

drivers from the hearing requirement in 

§ 391.41(b)(11). In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315(b), each 

exemption will be valid for 2 years 

unless revoked earlier by FMCSA. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Agency Information Collection: 

Activity Under OMB Review; Electric 

Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey 

(eVIUS) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice 

announces the intention of the Bureau 

of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of a new 

information collection related to the 

nation’s battery electric vehicles (BEVs) 

and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles 

(PHEVs)—collectively referred to 

electric vehicles (EVs). The information 

collected will be used to produce 

national statistics on the characteristics 

and uses of EVs as well as the charging 

patterns and preferences related to EVs. 

A summary report of survey findings 

will also be published by BTS on the 

BTS web page: www.bts.gov. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 2, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jina 

Mahmoudi, VIUS/eVIUS Program 

Manager, (800) 853–1351, eVIUS@

dot.gov, BTS, OST–R, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE, Room E34–471, Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. 

to 5:30 p.m., E.T., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Electric Vehicle Inventory and 

Use Survey (eVIUS) 

Type of Request: Approval for a new 

information collection 

Affected Public: Registered owners of 

battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 

plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) 

Background 

As the pace of electric vehicles’ 

adoption and use increases on the 

nation’s roadways, the US Department 

of Transportation (US DOT)’s Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics (BTS) is 

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level Electric Vehicle Inventory and Use 

Survey (eVIUS). The eVIUS will be 

conducted to gain an in-depth 

understanding of the characteristics, 

usage, and charging patterns of electric 

vehicles (EVs) as well as the 

demographics and charging preferences 

of EV owners. The data collected 

through eVIUS will inform policy and 

planning decisions on future 

transportation systems and 

infrastructure investments. 

The survey will be administered to 

owners of a nationally representative 

sample of battery electric vehicles 

(BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric 

vehicles (PHEVs). The survey scope will 

be inclusive of passenger cars and lightduty vehicles (up to 10,000 pounds). 

As there is no existing national-level 

data source for EV use and charging 

patterns, the eVIUS will provide 

valuable data and information that can 

assist transportation professionals and 

other stakeholders at the federal, state, 

and local levels to decipher the 

characteristics and usage of the EVs 

being driven on US roadways, as well as 

the charging preferences and needs of 

EV owners. The national-level data will 

inform policy and planning decisions 

related to EV charging infrastructure in 

the US, thereby leading to increased 

mobility, safety, air quality, and equity 

on the nation’s roadways. 

Data Confidentiality Provisions 

This will be a voluntary data 

collection. A summary report of 

aggregate findings will be published on 

the BTS web page at www.bts.gov, and 

no individual and company’s 

information or names will be included 

in the published reports. The Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, its employees 

and agents, will use the information 

provided by respondents for statistical 

purposes only and will hold 

individuals’ information in confidence 

to the full extent permitted by law. In 

accordance with the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (Title 5 of Pub. 

L. 107–347) and the Foundations for 

Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 

2018 (Title 3 of Pub. L. 115–435) along 

with other applicable Federal laws, no 

responses will not be disclosed in an 

identifiable form without the 

respondent’s informed consent. Per the 

Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act 

of 2016, Federal information systems are 

protected from malicious activities 

through cybersecurity screening of 

transmitted data. 

Frequency: One time 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The burden per respondent is 

estimated to be an average of 16 minutes 

(0.27 hours). This estimation is based on 

pre-test surveys conducted (with an 

average respondent burden of 15 

minutes) plus an additional minute to 

account for log in time. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

Based on an estimated average burden 

of 0.27 hours per respondent and a 30% 

response rate, the total annual burden is 

estimated to be in the range of 4,050 

hours (for a minimum number of 50,000 

respondents) and 12,150 hours (for a 

maximum number of 150,000 

respondents). 

Response to Comments: A 60-day 

notice requesting public comment was 

issued in the Federal Register on March 

9, 2023 (88 FR 14667, page 14667– 

14668, published 03/09/2023). Three 

comments were received by BTS in 

response to the 60-day public notice. 

The BTS’ responses to those comments 

are provided below: 

BTS’ Response to Comment 1 (from 

The Association for the Work Truck 

Industry (NTEA): 

For this initial round of eVIUS, BTS 

would like to focus on light-duty 

electric vehicles (EVs). The reasons for 

this decision are: 

• According to the International 

Energy Agency, the light-duty EV is 

becoming a fast-growing mode of 

transportation as EV sales are increasing 

substantially, and the electric vehicle 

(BEVs and PHEVs) sales in the United 

States increased 55% in 2022 reaching 

a sales share of 8%. Since the light-duty 

EVs (e.g., passenger cars) comprise the 

majority of EV population, to aid 

determination of charging infrastructure 

gaps and inform policy decisions, it is 

essential to collect timely data on use 

and charging patterns of EVs as 

currently there is no existing source of 

such data and national statistics; 

• Vehicles using the other suggested 

alternative fuels (i.e., hydrogen fuel cell, 

propane, natural gas and other possible 

future methods of propulsion) are 

operated differently from EVs. 

Consequently, expansion of the scope of 

the eVIUS to include these vehicles 

would require adding many questions to 

the survey questionnaire to measure the 

characteristics and use of such vehicles. 

This will greatly increase the 

complexity and length of the survey 

questionnaire and add to the respondent 

burden; 

• Further, adding other alternatively 

fueled vehicles in the eVIUS survey 

would require inclusion of an adequate 

number of such vehicles in the sample 

frame, which will increase the sample 

size and potentially reduce the overall 

survey estimation precision, and add to 

the time and budget required for data 

collection. As alternatively fueled 

vehicles comprise a small proportion of 

the entire vehicle population in the 

U.S., producing robust statistics will be 

a challenge due to a small population 

size, which leads to an inadequate 

sample size. 

The eVIUS sample frame is the states’ 

vehicle registration data; therefore, any 

EVs registered in the states have a 

chance to be sampled and included in 

the sample frame—i.e., governmentowned fleets (federal, state, local) will 

not be actively excluded. The eVIUS 

survey questionnaire includes multiplechoice questions that ask respondents 

about the ownership type and usage 

purpose of the vehicle—allowing them 

to select options that indicate if the 

vehicle is a government-owned vehicle 

(state or local) and if the vehicle is used 

for a government business purpose. 

Since increasing the eVIUS scope to 

include alternatively fueled vehicles 

would result in the data collection 

operation schedule and the respondent 

burden considerations becoming less 

flexible, it is not a feasible option for 

this first round of eVIUS as BTS intends 

to produce timely data (within one 

year). 

BTS is considering a future data 

collection specific to the other 

alternatively fueled vehicles, depending 

on availability of funds. 

BTS’ Response to Comment 2 (from 

Alliance for Automotive Innovation): 

A multiple-choice format has been 

used for the eVIUS as suggested. 

The survey includes questions related 

to vehicle background and type of use, 

home base, miles traveled, long-distance 

travel, general charging behavior and 

needs, as well as demographics— 

capturing information for most of the 

proposed targeted questions. 

BTS’ Response to Comment 3 (from 

The National Automobile Dealers 

Association (NADA)): 

The eVIUS sample frame has been 

expanded to include owners of plug-in 

hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) as 

suggested. For this initial round of 

eVIUS, BTS will focus on light-duty EVs 

due to reasons previously outlined 

(please see ‘‘BTS’ Response to Comment 

1’’ above). BTS is considering future 

data collections focusing on vehicles 

above 10,000 pounds, depending on 

availability of funds. 

A multiple-choice format has been 

used for the eVIUS as suggested. 

A draft survey was not provided in 

the sixty-day notice (88 FR 14667). The 

survey questionnaire was developed 

and finalized in collaboration with 

subject matter experts and stakeholders. 

In addition, subject matter experts from 

various agencies/organizations, 

including academia, have provided BTS 


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with suggestions for survey questions. 

These suggestions were carefully 

considered, and where appropriate, 

incorporated into the survey 

questionnaire. 

To test question understanding and 

clarity of instructions, a pre-test of the 

draft survey was also conducted with 

participation of five EV owners. 

Following completion of the survey, one 

hour long cognitive interviews were 

conducted with each of the pre-testers 

to collect information on their survey 

experience and other feedback for 

improving the survey. Overall, the pretesters reported that the survey was 

clear, and they did not have any major 

issues with understanding the survey 

questions/instructions. 

Public Comments Invited: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including, but not limited to: 

(1) the necessity and utility of the 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, clarity and content of the 

collected information; and (4) ways to 

minimize the collection burden without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. 

Send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725– 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on 3rd of 

October, 2023. 

Cha-Chi Fan, 

Director, Office of Data Development and 

Standards, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Research and Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the name 

of one or more persons that have been 

placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons List 

(SDN List) based on OFAC’s 

determination that one or more 

applicable legal criteria were satisfied. 

All property and interests in property 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction of this 

person are blocked, and U.S. persons are 

generally prohibited from engaging in 

transactions with them. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for applicable date(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Bradley Smith, Director, tel.: 

202–622–2490; Associate Director for 

Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; 

or the Assistant Director for 

Compliance, tel.: 202–622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (https://ofac.treasury.gov). 

Notice of OFAC Actions 

On September 28, 2023, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following individuals 

and entities are blocked under the 

relevant sanctions authority listed 

below. 

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