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Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on applicant’s representative, 

Roger A. Serpe, General Counsel, 

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, 

55 W. Monroe Street Suite 1600, 

Chicago, IL 60603. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ 

Decided: March 27, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07560 Filed 3–31–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

First Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 234, Portable Electronic 

Devices (PEDs) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 234, Portable Electronic 

Devices (PEDs). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the first meeting 

of the RTCA Special Committee 234, 

Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs). 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

6th to 7th, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: RTCA Inc., 1150 18th Street 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 

200036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at http://www.rtca.org. Additional 

contact information: RTCA contact is 

Karan Hofmann, khofmann@rtca.org, 

(202) 330–0680. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 234. The agenda will include 

the following: 

Wednesday May 6th 

• Welcome 

• Administrative Remarks 

• Introductions 

• Agenda Review 

• RTCA Overview Presentation 

• SC–234 Scope and Terms of Reference 

review 

• WG–99 Progress Presentation 

• Presentation on PED ARC Outcome 

• SC–234/WG–99 Structure and 

Organization of Work 

• Proposed Schedule 

• RTCA workspace presentation 

• Other Business 

• Date and Place of Next Meeting 

• Adjourn 

Thursday, May 7th 

• Continuation of Plenary or Working 

Group Session 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 27, 

2015. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Program 

Oversight and Administration, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07511 Filed 3–31–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0216] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure 

Disorders 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to grant requests from 6 

individuals for exemptions from the 

regulatory requirement that interstate 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers have ‘‘no established medical 

history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy 

or any other condition which is likely 

to cause loss of consciousness or any 

loss of ability to control a CMV.’’ The 

regulation and the associated advisory 

criteria published in the Code of Federal 

Regulations as the ‘‘Instructions for 

Performing and Recording Physical 

Examinations’’ have resulted in 

numerous drivers being prohibited from 

operating CMVs in interstate commerce 

based on the fact that they have had one 

or more seizures and are taking antiseizure medication, rather than an 

individual analysis of their 

circumstances by a qualified medical 

examiner. The Agency concluded that 

granting exemptions for these CMV 

drivers will provide a level of safety that 

is equivalent to or greater than the level 

of safety maintained without the 

exemptions. FMCSA grants exemptions 

that will allow these 6 individuals to 

operate CMVs in interstate commerce 

for a 2-year period. The exemptions 

preempt State laws and regulations and 

may be renewed. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

April 1, 2015. The exemptions expire on 

April 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles A. Horan, III, Director, Office of 

Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety, (202) 

366–4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov, 

FMCSA, Department of Transportation, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room 

W64–224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and/or Room 

W12–140 on the ground level of the 

West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

B. Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b), FMCSA may grant an 

exemption from the safety regulations 

for a 2-year period if it finds ‘‘such 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety that is equivalent to or greater 

than the level that would be achieved 

absent such exemption.’’ The statute 

also allows the Agency to renew 

exemptions at the end of the 2-year 

period. 

FMCSA grants 6 individuals an 

exemption from the regulatory 

requirement in§ 391.41(b)(8), to allow 

these individuals who take anti-seizure 

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