15932 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 63 / Tuesday, April 3, 2007 / Notices 

2Enforcement action could also be taken for 

operation of an aircraft into icing conditions that 

exceed the certification limitations of the aircraft. 

provide meteorological information that 

relates to forecast and actual conditions 

that are conducive to in-flight icing. 

Pilots should carefully evaluate all of 

the available meteorological information 

relevant to the proposed flight, 

including applicable surface 

observations, temperatures aloft, 

terminal and area forecasts, AIRMETs, 

SIGMETs, and pilot reports. As new 

technology becomes available, pilots 

should incorporate use of that 

technology into their decision-making 

process. 

The ultimate decision whether, when, 

and where to make the flight rests with 

the pilot. A pilot also must continue to 

reevaluate changing weather conditions. 

If the composite information indicates 

to a reasonable and prudent pilot that he 

or she will encounter visible moisture at 

freezing or near freezing temperatures 

and that ice will adhere to the aircraft 

along the proposed route and altitude of 

flight, then known icing conditions 

likely exist. If the AFM prohibits flight 

in known icing conditions and the pilot 

operates in such conditions, the FAA 

could take enforcement action.2

Pilots should also remain aware that 

14 CFR § 91.13(a) prohibits the 

operation of an aircraft for the purpose 

of air navigation in a careless or reckless 

manner so as to endanger the life or 

property of another. Meteorological 

information that does not evidence 

known icing conditions, or the extent 

thereof, may regardless support a 

finding that a pilot’s operation under 

the circumstances was careless. 

This response constitutes an 

interpretation of the Chief Counsel’s 

Office and was coordinated with the 

FAA’s Flight Standards Service. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 27, 

2007. 

Rebecca MacPherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 07–1620 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–26852] 

Notice of Request To Revise a 

Currently-Approved Information 

Collection: Request for Revocation of 

Authority Granted 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), FMCSA announces its plan to 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) its request to revise a 

currently-approved information 

collection (IC) entitled, ‘‘Request for 

Revocation of Authority Granted,’’

docketed as OMB Control Number 

2126–0018. This information collection 

notifies the FMCSA of a voluntary 

request by a motor carrier, freight 

forwarder, or property broker to amend 

or revoke its registration of authority 

granted. FMCSA will seek OMB’s 

review and approval of this revised IC 

and invites public comment on this 

request. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

requires the publication of this notice. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before June 4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by any of the following 

methods. Please identify your comments 

by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–

2007–26852. 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow instructions for submitting 

comments to the Docket. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Management 

Facility, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Plaza 

level, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the 

Nassif Bulding, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Docket: For access to the Docket 

Management System (DMS) to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any 

time or to the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

DMS is available electronically 24 hours 

each day, 365 days each year. If you 

desire notification of receipt of your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. 

Privacy Act: 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 on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stephanie Haller, Supervisory 

Transportation Specialist, Commercial 

Enforcement Division, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–

0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385–

2362; E-mail Address: 

Stephanie.haller@dot.gov. Office hours 

are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Revocation of 

Authority Granted. 

OMB Approval Number: 2126–0018. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. This IC is being revised due 

to an increase in the number of Form 

OCE–46s filings from 1,000 to 3,250 per 

year. 

Form Number: OCE–46. 

Respondents: Motor carriers, freight 

forwarders and property brokers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,250. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Expiration Date: June 30, 2007. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 813 

hours [3,250 annual Form OCE–46 filers 

× 15 minutes/60 minutes per filing = 

812.5 hours, rounded to 813 hours]. 

Background: Title 49 of the United 

States Code (U.S.C.) authorizes the 

Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) 

to promulgate regulations governing the 

registration of for-hire motor carriers of 

regulated commodities (49 U.S.C. 

13902), surface transportation freight 

forwarders (49 U.S.C. 13903), and 

property brokers (49 U.S.C. 13904). The 

FMCSA carries out this registration 

program under authority delegated by 

the Secretary. Under 49 U.S.C. 13905, 

each registration is effective from the 

date specified and remains in effect for 

such period as the Secretary determines 

appropriate by regulation. Section 

13905(c) of title 49, U.S.C., grants the 

Secretary the authority to amend or 

revoke a registration at the registrant’s 

request. On complaint, or on the 

Secretary’s own initiative, the Secretary 

may also suspend, amend, or revoke any 

part of the registration of a motor 

carrier, broker, or freight forwarder for 

willful failure to comply with the 

regulations, an order of the Secretary, or 

a condition of its registration. 

Form OCE–46 is used by 

transportation entities to voluntarily 

apply for revocation of their registration 

authority in whole or in part. FMCSA 


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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 63 / Tuesday, April 3, 2007 / Notices 15933 

1Although 49 CFR 393.23 indicates that these 

drivers could obtain a Nonresident CDL, very few 

States are currently issuing Nonresident CDLs due 

to security concerns. 

uses the form to seek information 

concerning the registrant’s docket 

number, name and address, and the 

reasons for the revocation request. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

revised information collection request, 

including: (1) The necessity and 

usefulness of the information collection 

for the FMCSA to meet its goal in 

reducing truck crashes; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burdens; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways to minimize the collection 

burden without reducing the quality of 

the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13902, 13903, 13904 

and 13905; and 49 CFR 1.73. 

Issued on: March 28, 2007. 

Rose A. McMurray, 

Chief Safety Officer, Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–6140 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2003–14652] 

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) 

Standards; Isuzu Motors America, 

Inc.’s Exemption Application 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA previously 

announced its decision to renew Isuzu 

Motors America, Inc.’s (Isuzu) 

exemption for 19 of its drivers to enable 

them to test-drive commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in the United States 

without a commercial driver’s license 

(CDL) issued by one of the States. 

Following the renewal one comment to 

the public docket was received. The 

Agency has considered the comment 

and continues to believe the knowledge 

and skills testing and training program 

that drivers must undergo to obtain a 

Japanese CDL ensures that each of these 

19 drivers will achieve a level of safety 

that is equivalent to, or greater than, the 

level of safety achieved without the 

exemption. The Agency therefore 

declines to rescind or change the terms 

of the exemption. 

DATES: This exemption is effective from 

June 21, 2006 through June 20, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, MC–

PSD, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Telephone: 202–366–4009. E-mail: 

MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e), 

FMCSA may grant or renew an 

exemption from the CDL requirements 

in 49 CFR 383.23 for a maximum twoyear 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’’ (49 CFR 381.305 (a)). 

FMCSA evaluated Isuzu’s application 

on its merits and decided to grant the 

renewal of the exemption for 19 of 

Isuzu’s engineers and technicians for a 

two-year period, effective June 21, 2006 

as previously announced in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 35726, June 21, 2006). 

Isuzu Application for Renewal of 

Exemption 

Isuzu applied for renewal of an 

exemption from the 49 CFR 383.23 

requirement that the operator of a CMV 

obtain a CDL. This section sets forth the 

standards that States must employ in 

issuing CDLs to drivers operating in 

commerce. In the United States, an 

individual must be a resident of a State 

in order to qualify for a CDL; 1 the Isuzu 

drivers for whom this exemption was 

sought are all residents of Japan. A copy 

of the Isuzu request for exemption from 

section 383.23 is in the docket 

identified at the beginning of this 

notice. 

Japanese Drivers 

The exemption granted in 2006 

enables 19 drivers to test-drive in the 

United States Isuzu CMVs that are 

assembled, sold or primarily used in the 

U.S. 

Collectively, these drivers form a team 

of mechanics, vehicle test engineers, 

technicians and other employees. 

Comments 

The Agency received one comment in 

response to its request for public 

comments on this renewal (71 FR 

35726, June 21, 2006). The commenter 

objected to the renewal based on the 

Japanese drivers’ potential lack of 

familiarity with United States highway 

and traffic conditions, and the operation 

of vehicles with steering wheels on the 

left side. 

FMCSA Response 

FMCSA does not agree with the 

objection. This is a renewal of a 2-year 

exemption. These drivers operated in 

the U.S. during the original exemption 

period, and Isuzu reported in its 

application for renewal that none of 

them received any traffic citations or 

was involved in any accidents from the 

time of the original exemption on 

October 16, 2003, through the date of its 

application for renewal. 

FMCSA Decision 

The FMCSA decision to grant the 

request to renew the exemption from 

section 383.23 was based on the merits 

of the application for exemption and the 

rigorous knowledge and skills testing of 

Japanese drivers concerning the safe 

operation of CMVs. All available 

evidence indicates that the 19 drivers 

covered by the exemption continue to 

operate as safely as they would have by 

complying with U.S. CDL regulations. 

Unless these drivers fail to maintain 

the conditions specified in the June 21, 

2006, decision, the exemption will 

remain in effect through June 20, 2008. 

Issued on: March 28, 2007. 

Rose A. McMurray, 

Chief Safety Officer, Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–6141 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. ITA–2007–27772] 

Notice of Request for the Extension of 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration invites public comments 

about our intention to request the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval to renew the following 

information collection: Pre-Award and 

Post-Delivery Review Requirements. 

The information to be collected for 

this program is necessary to certify that 

pre-award and post-delivery reviews 

will be conducted when using FTA 

funds to purchase revenue service 

vehicles. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before June 4, 2007. 


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