# Report on DOT**Significant Rulemakings**
Table of Contents **Federal Aviation Administration** 1. Qualification, Service, and Use of Crewmembers and Aircraft Dispatchers
2. Supercooled Large Droplet Icing Conditions
3. Airport Safety Management Sy stem
4. Photo Requirements for Pilot Certificates
5. Air Ambulance and Commercial Helicopter Operations; Safety Initiatives and Miscellaneous Amendments
6. Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Sy stems (sUAS)
7. Pilot Certification and Qualification Requirements (formerl y First Officer Qualification Requirements) (HR 5900)
8. Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan
9. Requirement for Wildlife Assessments at Certificated Airports
10. Regulation Of Flight Operations Conducted By Alaska Guide Pilots
11. Air Carrier Maintenance Training Program
12. In stalled S ys tems And Equipment for Use by the Flight Crew
13. Safety Management Sy stems for Part 121 Certificate Holders
14. Flight Crewmember Mentoring, Leadership and Professional Development (HR 5900)
15. Slot Management and Transparency for LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport
16. Part 121 Exiting I cing
17. Orbital Debris Mitigation Requirements
18. Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certain Maintenance Provider Employees L ocated Outside of the United States
19. Production and Airworthiness Certification II
20. Prohibition of Tail End Ferry in Part 121 (Reauthorization)

### Federal Highway Administration

21. National Tunnel Inspection Standards
22. Pavement Markings **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** 23. Unified Registration Sy stem
24. Application by

Certain Mexico

- Domiciled Motor Carriers to Operate Beyond U.S. Municipalities and Commercial Zones on the U.S.

- Mexico Border
25. Safety Monitoring S ystem and Compliance Initiative for Mexico

- Domiciled Motor Carriers Operating in the United States
26. Certification of Safety Auditors, Safety Investigators, and Safety Inspectors
27

. Li mitations on the Issuance of Commercial Driver Licenses with a Hazardous Materials Endorsement
28. Qualifications of Drivers; Diabetes Standard
29. Consumer Complaint Information
30. Minimum Training Requirements for Entry L evel Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations
31. Carrier Safety Fitness Determination
32. New Entrant Safety Assurance Process: Implementation of Section 210(b) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999
33. Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
34. Electronic On

- Board Recorders and Hours of Service Supporting Documents
35. Medical Examiner's Certification Integration
36. Le ase and Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers of Passengers
37. In spection, Repair, and Maintenance; Driver

- Vehicle Inspection Report (RRR)

**Fe deral Railroad Administration**  38. Critical Incident Stress Plan; "Critical Incident" Definition
39. Training Standards for Railroad Employees (RRR)
40. Vehicle/Track Interaction Safety Standards; High

- Speed and High Cant Deficiency Operations (RRR)
41. Alcohol and Controlled Substance Testing for Maintenance

- of

- Way Employees

### 42. Risk Reduction Program (RRR)

43. Emergency

Esc ape Breathing Apparatus (RRR)
44. High

- Speed Rail Corridor Development and Capital Investment Grants to Support Intercity Passenger Rail Service
45. High

- Speed Intercity

Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program; Buy America Program Requirements
46. Positive Train Control Systems: De Minimis Exception, Yard Movements, En Route Failures; Miscellaneous Grade Crossing/Signal and Train Control Amendments (RRR)
**Federal Transit Administration** 47. Capital Project Management
48. Bus Testing: Updating Testing Procedures
49. Major Capital Investment Projects (RRR)
50. Environmental Impact and Related Procedures (RRR)
**Maritime Administration**  51. Regulations To Be Followed by All Departments, Agencies and Shippers Having Responsibility

To Provide a Preference for U.S.

- Flag Vessels in the Shipment of Cargoes on Ocean Vessels (RRR) **National Highway Traffic Safe ty Administration**  52. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 111, Rearview Mirrors (RRR)
53. Require Installation of Seat Belts on Motorcoaches, FMVSS No. 208
54. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Badging and Fuel Compartment Labels on Alternative Fuel Usage
55. Tire Fuel Efficiency

Consumer Information

- Part 2
56. Passenger Car and Light Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards MYs 2017 and Be yond (RRR)
57. Mandatory

Event Data Recorder Requirements (RRR)
58. Upgrade of Event Data Recorder Requirements
59. Heav y Vehicle Speed Limiters
60. Sound for Hy

brid and Electric Vehicles
61. Establish Side Impact Performance Requirements for Child Restraint Sy stems
62. Motorcoach Rollover Structural Integrity

### 63. Electronic Stability Co ntrol Systems for Heavy Vehicles
64. FMVSS No. 218 and Enforcement Policy Concerning Novelty Helmets
65. Amend Definition of Motorcycle in 49 CFR 571.3 to Exclude Enclosed 3

- Wheeled Passenger Vehicles
66. Part 571 New FMVSS, L amps and Reflective Devices for Agricultural Equipment **Office of the Secretary** 67. Protection of Sensitive Security Information
68. Prioritization and Allocation Authority Exercised By the Secretary

of Transportation Under the Defense Production Act
69. Use of the Seat

- Strapping Method for Carrying a Wheelchair on an Aircraft
70. Stowage of Wheelchairs, other Mobility Aids and other Assistive Devices
71. Accessibility

of Airports
72. Accessibility

of Carrier Websites and Ticket Kiosks
73. Smoking of Electronic Cigarettes On Commercial Aircraft
74. Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections III
75. Carrier

- Supplied Medical Oxygen, Accessible In
- Flight Entertainment Sy stems, Service Animals, and Accessible Lavatories on Single

- Aisle Aircraft
76. Transportation for In dividuals with Disabilities: Reasonable Modification **Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration** 77. Hazardous Materials: Bulk Loading and Unloading Operations
78. Pipeline Safety : Enforcement of State Excavation Damage Laws
79. Hazardous Materials: Revisions to Requirements for the Transportation of Lithium Batteries
80. Hazardous Materials: Safety Requirements for External Product Piping on Cargo Tanks Transporting Flammable Liquids (Wetlines)
81. Hazardous Materials: Approval and Communication Requirements for the Safe Transportation of Air Bag Inflators, Air Bag Modules, and Seat

- Belt Pretensioners (RRR)
82. Pipe line Safety : Safety of On

- Shore Liquid Hazardous Pipelines
83. Pipeline Safety : Excess Flow Valves In Applications Other Than Single

- Famil y Residences in Gas Distribution Systems

### 84. Pipeline Safety : Gas Transmissi on (RRR)

85. Hazardous Materials: Reverse Logistics (RRR)
86. Hazardous Materials: Incorporation of Certain Special Permits and Competent Authorities into the HMR (RRR)
87. Pipeline Safety : Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Amendments (RRR)
88. Hazardous Materials: Requirements for the Safe Transportation of Bulk Explosives (RRR)
89. Hazardous Materials : Rail Petitions and Recommendations to Improve the Safety of Railroad Tank Car Transportation (RRR) **Research and Innovative Technology Administration** 90. Reporting Ancillary

Airline Passenger Revenues**Federal Aviation Adm inistrati**  **on**
Federal Aviation Administration 1. **Qualification, Service, and Use of Crewm em**  **bers and Aircraft Dispatchers** Red **Popular Title** : Part 121, Subparts N and O **RIN 2120**

**- AJ00**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 01/12/2009;End of Comment Period 05/12/2009; Extension of Comment Period 04/20/2009;End of Extended of Comment Period 08/10/2009. SNPRM: Publication Date 05/20/2011;End of Comment Period 07/19/2011;Extension of Comment Period 06/23/2011;End of Extended of Comment Period 09/19/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the regulations for crewmember and dispatcher training programs in domestic, flag, and supplemental operations. The rulemaking would enhance traditional training pro grams by requiring the use of flight simulation training devices for flight crewmembers and including additional training requirements in areas that are critical to safety. The rulemaking wo uld also reorganize and revise the qualification and training requ irements. The changes are intended to contribute significantly to reducing aviation accidents. **Effects:** Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Final rule : 01/19/2013 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/12/1999 **Docket Num**  **ber:** FAA

- 2008

- 0677 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/03/2013 To OMB 07/05/2013 OMB Clearance 10/04/2013 Publication Date 10/21/2013 **Explanation for any delay:**  N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

2. **Supercooled Large Droplet Icing Conditions** Red **Popular Title** : Supercooled Large Droplet Icing Conditions **RIN 2120**

**- AJ34**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:**  NPRM: Publication Date 6/29/2010; End of Comment Period 08/30/2010; Publication of Extended Comment Period 08/16/2010; End of Extended Comment Period 9/29/2010. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the airworthiness standards applicable to certain transport category airplanes certificated for flight in icing conditions and the icing airworthiness standards applicable to certain aircraft engines. The rulemaking would improve safety by addressing supercooled large drop icing conditions for transport category airplanes most affected by supercooled large drop icing conditions, mixed phase and ice crystal conditions for all transport category airplanes, and supercooled large drop, mixed phase, and ice crystal icing conditions for all turbine engines. Thi s rulemaking is the result of information gathered from a review of icing accidents and incidents. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 11/29/2012 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/04/2008 **Docket Number:** FAA

- 2010

- 0636 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 09/20/2011 11/02/2012 To OMB 10/21/2011 12/03/2012 OMB Clearance 01/20/2012 03/04/2013 Publication Date 02/06/2012 03/21/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Awaiting development of additional data **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

3. **Airport Safety Managem ent System**  Red **Popular Title** : Airport SMS **RIN 2120**

**- AJ38**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 10/07/2010;End of Comment Period 01/05/2011;Extension of Comment Period 12/10/2010; End of Extended of Comment Period 03/07/2011; Extension of Comment Period 03/07/2011; End of Extended of Comment Period 07/05/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require airport operators to institute a safety management system at their airports. This action is necessary to improve safety through conformance with best practices in risk management and promote international harmonization with ICAO s tandards. The rule is intended to facilitate integration of formal risk management processes within the airport ́s day

- to

- day operations. **Effects:** Information Collection Peer Review **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Final rule : 11/05/2012 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 07/22/2008 **Docket Number:** FAA

- 2010

- 0997 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 12/13/2012 To OMB 01/14/2013 OMB Clearance 04/15/2013 Publication Date 04/29/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

4. **Photo Requirements for Pilot Certificates** Red **Popular Title** : Photo Requirements **RIN 2120** 

**- AJ42**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 11/19/2010; End of Comment Period 02/17/2011 **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require digital photos on all pilot certificates. This action is necessary to update regulations about pilo t plastic certificates. The intended effect of this action is to meet all requirements of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. Since the close of the comment period, FAA reauthorization was passed. Sec. 321 of P.L. 112

- 95 imposes additiona l requirements for the issuance of im proved pilot certificates. The FAA is currently evaluating this rulemaking in light of these requirements. **Effects:** Information Collection Privacy **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** NPRM : 06/17/2012 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 09/30/2008 **Docket Number:** FAA

- 2010

- 1127 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Other, higher priorities **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

5. **Air Ambulance and Commercial Helicopter Operations; Safety Initiatives and Miscellaneous**  **Am endments**  Red

**Popular Title** : Helicopter Safety Initiatives and Misc Amendments **RIN 2120**

**- AJ53**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 10/12/2010; End of Comment Period 01/01/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would change equipment and operating requirements for commercial helicopter operations, including many specifically for helicopter air ambulance operations. This rulemaking is necessary to increase crew , passenger, and patient safety. The intended effect is to implement National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation Rulemaking Committee, and internal FAA recommendations. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** 49 U.S.C. 44730(b), as enacted under P.L. 112

- 95, sec. 306(b) (Feb. 14, 2012), requires

issuance of final rule by 6/1/2012 : 06/01/2012 Final rule : 05/10/2012 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/15/2009 **Docket Number:** FAA

- 2010

- 0982 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 01/04/2012 04/03/2012 04/03/2012 To OMB 02/06/2012 09/10/2012 OMB Clearance 05/03/2012 12/10/2012 Publication Date 05/21/2012 12/27/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

6. **Operation and Certification of Sm all Unm**  **anned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)** Red **Popular Title** : Small Unmanned Aircraft **RIN 2120**

**- AJ60**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would enable small unmanned aircraft to safely operate in limited portions of the national airspace system (NAS). This action is necessary because it addresses the novel legal or policy issues about the minimum safety parameters for operating recreational remote control model and toy aircraft in the NAS. The intended effect of this action is to develop requirements and standards to ensure that risks are adequately mitigated, such that safety is maintained for the entire aviation community. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Pub. L. 112

- 95, sec. 332(b) requires issuance of final rule 18 months after integration plan is

submitted to Congress. Integration plan is due Feb. 14, 2013, thus final rule must be issued by 8/14/2014. : 08/14/2014 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 07/28/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 01/24/2011 09/02/2011 08/29/2011 Returned to Mode 12/27/2011 Resent to OST 12/30/2011 12/30/2011 To OMB 02/03/2011 06/18/2012 OMB Clearance 03/07/2011 09/18/2012 Publication Date 03/10/2011 10/02/2012 End of Comment Period 07/14/2011 01/02/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

7. **Pilot Certification and Qualification Requirements (formerly First Officer Qualification**  **Requirements) (HR 5900)** Red

**Popular Title** : Pilot Certification and Qualification Requirements **RIN 2120**

**- AJ67**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 02/08/2010; End of Comment Period 04/09/2010. NPRM: Publication Date 02/29/2012; Comment Period Closed 04/30/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the eligibility and qualification requirements for pilots engaged in part 12 1 air carrier operations. Additionally, it would modify the requirements for an airline transport pilot certificate. These actions are necessary because recent airline accidents and incidents have brought considerable attention to the experience level and training of air carrier flight crews. This rulemaking is a result of requirements in P.L. 111

- 216. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** NPRM : 01/28/2011 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/20/2009 **Docket Num**  **ber:** FAA

- 2010

- 0100 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 12/31/2012 To OMB 01/31/2013 OMB Clearance 05/02/2013 Publication Date 05/17/2013 **Explanation for any delay:**  N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

8. **Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan** Red **Popular Title** : Afghanistan SFAR **RIN 2120**

**- AJ69**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 05/26/2010;End of Comment Period 06/10/2010. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would prohibit flight operations below flight level (FL) 160 within the territory and airspace of Afghanistan by all: U.S. air carri ers; U.S. commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of a U.S. airman certificate, except if the flight is on behalf of a foreign air carrier; and operators of U.S.

- registered aircraft, except when such operators are foreign air carriers. The FAA finds this action necessary to prevent a potential hazard to persons and aircraft engaged in such flight operations. **Effects:** Foreign **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** NPRM : 06/10/2011 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/08/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 09/07/2010 03/25/2011 03/21/2011 To OMB 09/14/2010 04/26/2011 05/17/2011 Withdrawn from OMB 07/12/2012 OMB Clearance 09/21/2010 03/09/2012 Publication Date 09/30/2010 03/23/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

9. **Requirement for Wildlife Assessments at Certificated Airports** Red **Popular Title** : Wildlife Hazard Assessment (WHA) **RIN 2120**

**- AJ71**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require a Wildlife Hazard Assessment (scientific evaluation of wildlife populations and their attractants) for certificated airports. This rulemaking would also require periodic completion of a wildlife hazard assessment, or continuo us wildlife monitoring as an alternative to the assessment, and clarify requirements for those conducting an assessment. This rulemaking is intended to decrease direct hazards (animals striking aircraft) and indirect hazards (animal burrowing and nesting i n or near aircraft or aircraft operations areas). **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/02/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

10. **Regulation Of Flight Operations Conducted By Alaska Guide Pilots** Red **Popular Title** : Alaska Guide Pilots **RIN 2120**

**- AJ78**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** The rulemaking would establish regulations concerning Alaska guide pilot operations. The rulemaking would implement Congressional legislation and establish additional safety requirements for the conduct of these operations. The intended effect of this rulemaking is to enhance the level of safety for persons and property transported in Alaska guide pilot operations. In addition, the rulemaking would add a general provision applicable to pilots operating under the general operating and flight rule s concerning falsification, reproduction, and alteration of applications, logbooks, reports, or records. **Effects:** Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 05/04/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Other, higher priorities **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

11. **Air Carrier Maintenance Training Program** Red **Popular Title** : Air Carrier Maintenance Training **RIN 2120**

**- AJ79**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require FAA approval of maintenance training programs of air carriers that operate aircraft type certificated for a passenger seating configuration of 10 seats or more (excluding any pilot seat). The intent of this rulemakin g is to reduce the number of accidents and incidents caused by human error, im proper maintenance, inspection, or repair practices. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 09/26/2012 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/28/2008 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:**  Other, higher priorities **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

12. **Installed Systems And Equipment for Use by the Flight Crew** Red **Popular Title** : Installed Systems And Equipment **RIN 2120**

**- AJ83**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 02/03/2011; End of Comment Period 04/04/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend design requirements in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes in an effort to minimize the occurrence of design

- related flightcrew errors. The new design requirements would enable flightcrews to detect and manage their errors w hen the errors occur. This action
wo uld establish uniform airworthiness design standards in the U.S. and Europe. **Effec ts:**  EU **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 07/06/2010 **Docket Number:** FAA

- 2010

- 1175 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 04/13/2012 05/02/2012 To OMB 05/14/2012 06/20/2012 OMB Clearance 08/14/2012 09/20/2012 Publication Date 08/27/2012 10/04/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

13. **Safety Managem ent Systems for Part 121 Certificate Holders**  Red **Popular Title** : SMS for Part 121 **RIN 2120**

**- AJ86**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 11/05/2010; End of Comment Period 02/03/2011; Extended Comment Period 01/31/2011; End of Extended Comment Period 03/07/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require each certificate holder operating under 14 CFR part 121 to develo p and implement a safety management system (SMS) to improve the safety of its aviation related activities. A safety management system is a comprehensive, process

- oriented approach to managing safety throughout an organization. An SMS includes an organizati on
- wide safety policy; formal methods for identifying hazards, controlling, and continually assessing risk and safety performance; and promotion of a safety culture. SMS stresses not only compliance with technical standards but increased emphasis on the ov erall safety performance of the organization. This rulemaking is required under P.L. 111

- 216, sec. 215. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 07/30/2012

NPRM : 10/29/2010 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 08/01/2010 **Docket Number:** FAA

- 2009

- 0671 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 03/16/2012 03/21/2012 04/12/2012 To OMB 04/16/2012 05/21/2012 OMB Clearance 07/16/2012 08/21/2012 Publication Date 07/27/2012 09/04/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

14. **Flight Crewm em**  **ber Mentoring, Leadership and Professional Developm ent (HR 5900)**  Red **Popular Title** : Flight Crewmember Mentoring **RIN 2120**

**- AJ87**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the regulations for air carrier training programs under part 121. The action is necessary to ensure that air carriers establish or modify training programs that address mentoring, leadership, and professional development of fli ght crewmembers in part 121 operations. The amendments are intended to contribute significantly to airline safety by reducing aviation accidents and respond to the mandate in P.L. 111

- 216. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** NPRM : 07/29/2011 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 08/01/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 03/29/2011 03/29/2011 To OMB 04/29/2011 05/16/2011 05/17/2011 OMB Clearance 07/29/2011 04/06/2012 Publication Date 07/29/2011 04/20/2012 End of Comment Period 10/26/2011 07/20/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

15. **Slot Managem ent and Transparency for LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International**  **Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport** Red

**Popular Title** : Slot Management and Transparency **RIN 2120**

**- AJ89**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would replace the current temporary orders limiting scheduled operations at LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport with a
mo re permanent rule to address the issues of congestion and delay at the New York area ́s three major commercial airports, while also promoting fair access and competition. The rulemaking would help ensure that congestion and delays are managed by limiting scheduled and unscheduled operations. The rulemaking woul d also establish a secondary market for U.S. and foreign air carriers to buy, sell, trade, and lease slots amongst each other at each of the three airports. This would allow carriers serving or seeking to serve the Ne w York area airports to exchange slots as their business models and strategic goals require. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/21/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 03/25/2011 06/22/2011 06/22/2011 To OMB 04/25/2011 03/10/2012 OMB Clearance 07/25/2011 06/10/2012 Publication Date 07/29/2011 06/20/2012 End of Comment Period 10/27/2011 09/20/2012 **Explanation for any delay:**  Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

16. **Part 121 Exiting Icing** Red **Popular Title** : Part 121 Exiting Icing **RIN 2120**

**- AJ95**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would establish the standards for w hen flightcrews need to take action to exit icing conditions. If adopted, this rulemaking would apply to aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of less than 60,000 pounds. This rulemaking is base d on recommendations from an Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee working group after reviewing certain accidents and incidents. The intended affect of this action is to avoid similar accidents and incidents in the future. This rulemaking replaces RIN 21 20

- AJ74, for w hich an NPRM had originally been scheduled for 11/02/2011. This rulemaking has expanded the scope of RIN 2120

- AJ74 to include requirements for design approval holders. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 12/22/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Other, higher priorities **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

17. **Orbital Debris Mitigation Requirements** Green **Popular Title** : Orbital Debris **RIN 2120**

**- AK05**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would reduce the likelihood of creating orbital debris from a launch vehicle ́s upper stages discarded on orbit. Specifically, the rulemaking would more closely align the FAA regulations with the U.S. G overnment Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices, as directed by the 2010 National Space Policy. This action is necessary to prevent the near Earth space environment from slowly being littered with debris, which increases the likelihood of collisions either between debris and spacecraft or debris and other debris. The intended effect of this action would preserve the viability of the Low Earth Orbit region, and preserve the future space environment. **Effects:** EIS **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:**  None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/03/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 10/12/2012 To OMB 11/13/2012 OMB Clearance 02/13/2013 Publication Date 02/28/2013 End of Comment Period 05/31/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

18. **Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certain Maintenance Provider Employees Located Outside of**  **the United States** Green

**Popular Title** : Drug & Alcohol Testing for Repair Stations **RIN 2120**

**- AK09**  **Stage:** ANPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking is required by the FAA Modernization and Reauthorization Act of 2012. It would require controlled substance testing of some employees working in repair stations located outside the United States. The intended effect is to increase particip ation by companies outside of the United States in testing of
em ployees who perform safety critical functions and testing standards similar to those used in the repair stations located in the United States. This action is necessary to increase the level of safety of the flying public. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** NPRM : 02/14/2013 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 05/01/2012 **Docket Number: Dates for ANPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/31/2012 10/15/2012 To OMB 08/31/2012 11/15/2012 OMB Clearance 09/11/2012 11/29/2012 Publication Date 09/17/2012 12/13/2012 End of Comment Period 11/16/2012 02/13/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for ANPRM:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

19. **Production and Airworthiness Certification II** Green **Popular Title** : Production and Airworthiness Certification II **RIN 2120**

**- AK20**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would change requirements for certificating aeronautical products and articles. These changes are necessary to address deficiencies in oversight of supplier facilities; allow manufacture of certain airframe components by engine manufacturers; add a requirement that an accountable person be named for certain production approval holders; and add a minor change to marking requirements for certain wood propellers. These changes are intended to address deficiencies in oversight of supplier facilities. This rulemaking has expanded the scope of RIN 2120

- AK04. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  07/10/2012 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/16/2013 To OMB 09/16/2013 OMB Clearance 12/16/2013 Publication Date 01/06/2014 End of Comment Period 04/10/2014 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Aviation Administration

20. **Prohibition of Tail End Ferry in Part 121 (Reauthorization)** Green **Popular Title** : Prohibition of Tail End Ferry in Part 121 **RIN 2120**

**- AK22**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require a flight crewmember who accepts an additional assignment for flying under part 91 from the air carrier or from any other air carrier conducting operations under part 121 or 135 of such title, to apply the period of the additi onal assignment toward any limitation applicable to the flight crewmember relating to duty periods or flight times. This rule is necessary as it will make part 121 flight, duty, and rest limits applicable to tail

- end ferries that follow an all

- cargo flight

. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Initiation date : 08/14/2012 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 07/10/2012 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 07/30/2013 To OMB 08/30/2013 OMB Clearance 11/29/2013 Publication Date 12/19/2013 End of Comment Period 02/18/2014 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  None**Federal Highway Adm** **inistration** Federal Highway Administration 21. **National Tunnel Inspection Standards** Red **Popular Title** : Tunnel Inspection **RIN 2125**

**- AF24**  **Stage:** SNPRM **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 11/18/08; End of Comment Period 2/17/09. NPRM: Publication Date 7/22/2010; End of Comment Period 09/20/2010. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would revise 23 CFR Part 650

-- Bridges, Structures, and Hydraulics, by adding the National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) under Subpart E. We anticipate that the NTIS may be modeled after the existing National Bridge Inspection Standards and may include requirements for, among other things, inspection procedures, the qualifications and training of inspectors, and a National Tunnel Inventory. The FHWA has changed the stage from a final rule to a SNPRM because MAP

- 21 broadened FHWA's authority to include all highway tunnels. In addition, it made a number of changes to the NBIS, upon which this rul emaking is based. In order to conform the two processes and to reassess the cost benefit analysis of this rulemaking, a supplemental NPRM is being pursued. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/30/2008 **Docket Number:** FHWA

- 2008

- 0038 **Dates for SNPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 12/07/2012 To OMB 01/07/2013 OMB Clearance 04/12/2013 Publication Date 04/24/2013 End of Comment Period 06/24/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for SNPRM:**  NoneFederal Highway Administration

22. **Pavem ent Markings**  Red **Popular Title** : Pavement Markings **RIN 2125**

**- AF34**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 4/22/2010; End of Comment Period 8/20/2010. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, incorporated by reference in 23 CFR part 655, subpart F, to include standards, guidance , options, and supporting information relating to maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity for pavement markings on all roads open to public travel. We originally scheduled publication of a final rule for 12/30/2011. A supplemental NPRM had been sch eduled for 05/14/2012. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 12/07/2009 **Docket Number:** FHWA

- 2009

- 0139 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  None**Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 23. **Unified Registration System** Red **Popular Title** : URS **RIN 2126**

**- AA22**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 08/26/96; End of Comment Period 10/26/96. NPRM: Publication Date 05/19/05; End of Comment Period 08/17/05. SNPRM: Publication Date 10/26/11; End of Comment Period 12/27/11. **Abstract:** This rule would establish a ne w Unified Registr ation System (URS) to replace four legacy systems in support of FMCSA ́s safety and commercial oversight responsibilities. It would require all entities subject to FMCSA jurisdiction to comply with a new URS registration and biennial update requirement, dis close the cumulative registration information collected by URS and provides a cross

- reference to all regulatory requirements necessary to obtain permanent registration. It implements statutory provisions in the ICC Termination Act and SAFTEA

- LU. URS would serve as a clearinghouse and depository of information on, and identification of, brokers, freight forwarders, and others required to register with the Department of Transportation. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule (SAFETEA

- LU) : 08/10/2006

Final Rule (ICC Act) : 01/01/1998 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/01/1996 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 1997

- 2349 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/15/2012 09/28/2012 09/05/2012 To OMB 09/19/2012 11/02/2012 OMB Clearance 12/20/2012 02/04/2013 Publication Date 12/31/2012 02/13/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

24. **Application by Certain Mexico**

**- Dom** **iciled Motor Carriers to Operate Beyond U.S. Municipalities and Commercial Z** **ones on the U.S.**

**- Mexico**  **Border** Red

**Popular Title** : Mexico

- Domiciled Motor Carriers **RIN 2126**

**- AA34**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** IFR: Publication Date 03/19/2002; End of Comment Period 04/18/2002. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would change FMCSA regulations to govern applications by Mexican carriers to operate beyond municipalities and commercial zones at the United State

- Mexico border. It would also revise the application form, OP

- 1MX, to be filed by these Mexi can motor carriers. The revised form would require additional information about the applicant ́s business and operating practices to allow the FMCSA to determine if the applicant can meet the safety standards established for operating in interstate commerce in the United States. Carriers that had previously submitted an application would have to submit the updated form. These changes are needed to implement part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). On January 16, 2003, the Ninth Circuit Court remanded this rule, along with two other NAFT A

- related rules, to the agency, requiring a full environmental impact statement and an analysis required by the Clean Air Act. On June 7, 2004, the Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit and remanded the case, holding that FMCSA is not required to prepare the environmental documents as ruled by the Ninth Circuit. FMCSA originally planned to publish a final rule by November 20, 2003. FMCSA will determine the next steps to be taken after the pilot program on the long haul trucking provisions of NAFTA is completed. **Effects:** Information Collection NAFTA **Prom pting action:**  International Agreement **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/07/2001 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 98

- 3298 **Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

25. **Safety Monitoring System and Compliance Initiative for Mexico** 

**- Dom** **iciled Motor Carriers Operating in the United States**  Red

**Popular Title**  : Safety Monitoring **RIN 2126**

**- AA35**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** IFR: Publication Date 03/19/2002; End of Comment Period 04/18/2002. **Abstract:** This rule would implement a safety monitoring system and compliance initiative designed to evaluate the continuing safety fitness of all Mexico

- domiciled carriers within 18 months after receiving a provisional Certificate of Registration or provisional authority to operate in the United States. It also would establish suspension and revocation procedures for provisional Certificates of Registration and operating authority, and incorporate criteria to be used by FMCSA in evaluating whether Mexico

- domiciled carriers exercise basic safety management controls. The interim rule included requirements that were not proposed in the NPRM but which are necessary to comply with the FY

- 2002 DOT Appropriations Act. On January 16, 2003, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded this rule, along with two other NAFTA

- related rules, to the agency, requiring a full environmental impact statement and an analysis required by the Clean Air Act. On June 7, 2004, the Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit and remanded the case , holding that FMCSA is not required to prepare the environmental documents. FMCSA originally planned to publish a final rule by November 28, 2003. FMCSA will determine the next steps to be taken after the pilot program on the long haul trucking provisions of NAFTA is completed. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act Federalism Information Collection NAFTA **Prom pting action:**  International Agreement **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/07/2001 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 1998

- 3299 **Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

26. **Certification of Safety Auditors, Safety Investigators, and Safety Inspectors** Red **Popular Title** : Safety Auditors Certification **RIN 2126**

**- AA64**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** IFR: Date of Publication 03/19/02; Effective Date 06/17/02; End of Comment Period 05/20/02, IFR: Notice Extending Compliance Date 06/17/02; End of Extended C/P 07/17/02. IFR: Notice of Statutory Complianc e Date 12/23/03, Reinstated IFR 1/01/04. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require that any safety inspection, safety audit, or compliance revie w be conducted by a certified inspector, auditor, or investigator. It is required by section 211 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act. Based on comments to the Interim Final Rule (IFR), the agency will issue a NPRM that addresses issues not clarified in the IFR. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** NPRM : 12/09/2000 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  12/09/1999 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 2001

- 11060 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Other, higher priorities **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

27. **Limitations on the Issuance of Commercial Driver Licenses with a Hazardous Materials Endorse**  **ment** Red

**Popular Title** : USA PATRIOT Act Rule **RIN 2126**

**- AA70**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** IFR: Publication Date 04/29/2005. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would prohibit States from issuing, rene wing, transferring or upgrading a commercial driver ́s license (CDL) with a hazardous materials endorsement, unless the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has first conducted a background ch eck on the applicant and determined the applicant does not pose a security risk warranting denial of the hazardous materials endorsement. FMCSA and TSA simultaneously published interim final rules. FMCSA has published another IFR corresponding to TSA ́s ext ension of compliance date. Since this rulemaking conforms to TSA ́s rulemaking, the rulemaking is dependent upon TSA action. This action is considered significant because of substantial public and congressional interest, and national security. **Effects:** NAFTA **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/26/2001 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 2001

- 11117 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

28. **Qualifications of Drivers; Diabetes Standard** Red **Popular Title** : Diabetes Standard **RIN 2126**

**- AA95**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 03/17/2006; End of Comment Period 06/15/2006. **Abstract:** This rulemaking action would amend FMCSA ́s medical qualification standards to allow drivers with insulin

- treated diabetes mellitus to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce, without seeking an exemption from the FMCSRs. This action is re quired by Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA

- LU). **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Initiate change : 11/10/2005 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 08/10/2005 **Docket Num**  **ber:** FMCSA

- 2005

- 23151 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 07/19/2010 04/22/2013 To OMB 08/20/2010 05/27/2013 OMB Clearance 11/19/2010 08/27/2013 Publication Date 11/30/2010 09/05/2013 End of Comment Period 01/30/2011 11/05/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Lack of staffing Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

29. **Consumer Co mplaint Information**  Red **Popular Title** : Consumer Complaint Information **RIN 2126**

**- AB01**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 02/20/2008, End of Comment Period 4/21/2008. **Abstract:** The rulemaking would require each motor carrier of household goods to submit a quarterly report of specific identified information regarding complaints that each receives from shippers and consumers to the Agency. This rule responds to Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA

- LU). A final rule was scheduled for 01/07/11. **Effects:** Information Collection Privacy **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Report in place : 08/10/2006 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  08/10/2005 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 2008

- 0029 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date **Explanation for any delay:**  Lack of resources Lack of staffing **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

30. **Minim um** **Training Requirements for Entry Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations** Black **Popular Title** : Entry Level Driver Training **RIN 2126**

**- AB06**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 12/26/2007; End of Extended Comment Period 5/23/2008. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require behind

- the

- wheel and classroom training for persons who must hold a commercial driver ́s license to operate commercial motor vehicles. This action is in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circui t ́s December 2005 decision remanding the May 21, 2004, Final Rule, "Minimum Training Requirements for Entry

- Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators" to the Agency for further consideration. The rulemaking will consider the effectiveness of CMV driver trai ning in reducing crashes, the appropriate types and levels of training that should be mandated, and related costs. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major Federalism **Prom pting action:**  Court Action **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  04/19/2006 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 2007

- 27748 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

31. **Carrier Safety Fitness Determination** Red **Popular Title** : Carrier Safety Fitness Determination **RIN 2126**

**- AB11**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would revise 49 CFR Part 385, Safety Fitness Procedures, in accordance with the Agency ́s Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) initiative. CSA is an operational model FMCSA im plemented that is designed to help the Agency carry out its compliance and enforcement programs more efficiently and effectively. Currently, the safety fitness rating of a motor carrier is determined based on the results of a very labor intensive compliance revie w conducte d at the carrier ́s place of business. Aside from roadside inspections and new entrant audits, the compliance review is the Agency ́s primary intervention. Under CSA, FMCSA would propose to implement a broader array of progressive interventions, some of whic h allow FMCSA to make contact with more carriers. Through this rulemaking FMCSA wo uld establish safety fitness determinations based on safety data from crashes, inspections, investigations, and violation history rather than just the standard compliance review. This will enable the Agency to assess the safety performance of a greater segment of the motor carrier industry with the goal of further reducing large truck and bus crashes and fatalities. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major **Prom pting**  **action:** Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 06/21/2007 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 2004

- 18898 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 11/12/2007 10/02/2009 09/25/2009 Withdrawn from OST 03/22/2010 03/22/2010 Resubmitted to OST 10/22/2012 To OMB 12/15/2007 11/22/2012 OMB Clearance 03/15/2008 02/21/2013 Publication Date 03/29/2008 03/05/2013 End of Comment Period 06/29/2008 05/03/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary Awaiting development of additional data Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

32. **New Entrant Safety Assurance Process: Imple mentation of Section 210(b) of the Motor Carrier**  **Safety Im provement Act of 1999**  Red

**Popular Title** : MCSIA 210(b) New Entrant Knowledge Test **RIN 2126**

**- AB17**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 08/25/2009; End of Comment Period 10/26/2009. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would consider methods for ensuring a new applicant carrier is knowledgeable about the applicable safety requirements before being granted New Entrant authority. The agency is considering whether to implement a proficiency examination as part of its revised New Entrant Safety Assurance Process as well as other alternatives. This rulemaking responds to issues raised in a petition from Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety regarding new entrant applicant knowledge. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Court Action **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/26/2009 **Docket Number:** FMCSA

- 2001

- 11061 **Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

33. **Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse** Red **Popular Title** : CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse **RIN 2126**

**- AB18**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would create a central database for verified positive controlled substances and alcohol test results for commercial driver ́s license (CDL) holders and refusals by such drivers to submit to testing. This rulem aking would require employers of CDL holders and service agents to report positive test results and refusals to test into the Clearinghouse. Prospective employers, acting on an application for a CDL driver position with the applicant ́s written consent to a ccess the Clearinghouse, would query the Clearinghouse to determine if any specific information about the driver applicant is in the Clearinghouse before allowing the applicant to be hired and to drive CMVs. This rulemaking is intended to increase highway safety by ensuring CDL holders, who have tested positive or have refused to submit to testing, have completed the U.S. DOT ́s return

- to

- duty

process before driving CMVs in interstate or intrastate commerce. It is also intended to ensure that employers are meeting their drug and alcohol testing responsibilities. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major Information Collection Privacy **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  03/01/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 02/01/2010 06/04/2012 06/07/2012 To OMB 03/01/2010 10/15/2012 OMB Clearance 05/31/2010 01/15/2013 Publication Date 06/18/2010 01/22/2013 End of Comment Period 09/30/2010 03/25/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

34. **Electronic On**

**- Board Recorders and Hours of Service Supporting Documents**  Green **Popular Title** : EOBR and HOS supporting documents **RIN 2126**

**- AB20**  **Stage:** SNPRM **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 02/01/11; End of Comment Period 04/04/2011, NPRM: Extension of Comment Period 04/13/2011; End of Extended Comment Period 05/23/11; Notice of Intent 02/13/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking will consider revisions to RIN 2126

- AA89 (El ectronic On

- Board Recorders for Hours of Service Drivers) to expand the number of motor carriers required to install and operate Electronic On

Board Recorders (EOBRs). FMCSA has consolidated this follow

- up to the EOBR rule with the Hours Of Service Of Driv ers: Supporting Documents rulemaking for development of a single NPRM in RIN 2126

- AB20. In addressing Hours of Service Supporting Documents requirements in this new rulemaking, FMCSA will consider reducing or eliminating current paperwork burdens associate d with supporting documents in favor of expanded EOBR use. In addition it will propose technical standards for an EOBR, address driver harassment issues, and provide clarification and request further comments on several issues. On January 15, 2010, the Ame rican Trucking Associations (ATA) filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Cir. No. 10

- 1009). ATA petitioned the court to direct FMCSA to issue an NPRM on supporting documents in conformance with the requirements set forth in section 113 of the HMTAA within 60 days after the issuance of the writ and a final rule no later than 6 months after the issuance of the NPRM. The court granted the petition for w rit of mandamus on Septembe r 30, 2010, ordering FMCSA to issue an NPRM on the supporting document regulations by December 30, 2010. At the request of the agency, the DC Circuit extended the deadline to January 31, 2011. On April 5, 2010, FMCSA issued a related final rule (RIN 2126

- AA89) that required the use of EOBRs by motor carriers with significant hours

- of

service violations (75 FR 17208). A petition for judicial review w as filed with the Seventh Circuit. On August 26, 2011, the Court vacated the final rule, which removed the tec hnical specifications relied on in this rulemaking. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major Unfunded Mandate Regulatory Flexibility Act Information Collection Privacy **Prom pting action:**  Court Action **Legal Deadline:** NPRM : 01/31/2011 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  08/26/1994 **Docket Number: Dates for SNPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 09/28/2012 11/01/2012 To OMB 11/02/2012 12/06/2012 OMB Clearance 02/04/2013 03/08/2013 Publication Date 02/14/2013 03/20/2013 End of Comment Period 04/18/2013 05/22/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for SNPRM:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

35. **Medical Exam iner's**  **Certification Integration** Yellow **Popular Title** : Medical Examiner's Certification Integration **RIN 2126**

**- AB40**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would build upon the National Registry (2126

- AA97) and Medical Certification (2126

- AA10) final rules. This rulemaking would (1) provide for the medical examiner to transmit data from the medical examiner ́s certificate through FMCSA to the State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) for Commercial Driver ́s License (CDL) holders and (2) require increased frequency of medical examiner reporting of medical examiner ́s certificate data to the National Registry database. This should streamline the pro cess for SDLAs to verify the physical qualifications of CDL holders. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  04/20/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 04/17/2012 11/23/2012 To OMB 05/22/2012 12/28/2012 OMB Clearance 08/22/2012 04/01/2013 Publication Date 08/31/2012 04/10/2013 End of Comment Period 10/31/2012 06/10/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

36. **Lease and Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers of Passengers** Yellow **Popular Title** : Bus Leasing **RIN 2126**

**- AB44**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** The rulemaking would propose to adopt regulations governing the lease and interchange of passenger vehicles to: (1) identify the motor carrier operating a bus or motorcoach and responsible for compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; (2) ensure that a lessor surrenders control of the vehicle for the full term of the lease or temporary exchange of vehicles and drivers; and (3) prohibit motor carriers subject to an out

- of

- service order from leasing their vehicles to other carriers. This action is necessary to ensure that unsafe passenger carriers cannot evade FMCSA oversight and enforcement by operating under the authority of another carrier that exercises no actual control over those operations. This action will ensure that FMCSA, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and our State partners are able to identify motor carriers transporting passengers in interstate commerce and correctly assign responsibility for regulatory violations during inspections, investigations, complianc e reviews, and crash studies. **Effects:** Major Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 09/28/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/04/2012 11/01/2012 To OMB 07/09/2012 12/06/2012 OMB Clearance 10/09/2012 03/08/2013 Publication Date 10/20/2012 03/19/2013 End of Comment Period 12/20/2012 05/20/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

37. **Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance; Driver**

**- Vehicle Inspection Report (RRR)**  Green **Popular Title** : DVIR (RRR) **RIN 2126**

**- AB46**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would rescind the requirement that commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers operating in interstate commerce submit, and motor carriers retain, driver

- vehicle inspection reports when the driver has neither found nor been made aware of any ve hicle defects or deficiencies. Specifically, this rulemaking would remove a significant information collection burden without adversely impacting safety. This rulemaking responds in part to the President’s January 2012 Regulatory Review and Reform initiati ve. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major Regulatory Flexibility Act **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/10/2012 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 01/07/2013 To OMB 02/08/2013 OMB Clearance 05/10/2013 Publication Date 05/21/2013 End of Comment Period 07/23/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register**  **Citation for NPRM:** None**Federal Railroad Administration**
Federal Railroad Administration 38. **Critical Incident Stress Plan; "Critical Incident" Definition** Red **Popular Title** : Critical Incident Stress Plan **RIN 2130**

**- AC00**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would seek to define the term "critical incident." This rulemaking wo uld also seek to define program elements appropriate for the rail environment for certain railroad ́s critical incident response programs, s o that appropriate action is taken when a railroad employee is involved in or directly witnesses a critical incident. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 11/14/2008 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2008

- 0131 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 12/28/2011 10/15/2012 To OMB 02/09/2012 11/13/2012 OMB Clearance 05/09/2012 02/11/2013 Publication Date 05/18/2012 02/15/2013 End of Comment Period 07/17/2012 04/16/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

39. **Training Standards for Railroad Employees (RRR)** Red **Popular Title** : Training Standards for RR Employees **RIN 2130**

**- AC06**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 02/07/2012; Comment Period End 04/09/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would (1) establish minimum training standards for each class or craft of safety

related employee and equivalent railroad contractor and subcontractor employee that require railroads, contractors, and subcontractors to qualify or otherwise document the proficiency of such employees in each such class and craft regarding their knowledge and ability to comply with Federal railroad safety laws and regulations and railroad rules and procedures intended to implement those laws and regulations, e tc.; (2) require submission of railroads ́, contractors ́, and subcontractors ́ training and qualification programs for FRA approval; and (3) establish a minimum training curriculum and ongoing training criteria, testing, and skills evaluation measures for tr ack and equipment inspectors employed by railroads and railroad contractor and subcontractors. It is anticipated that crane operator provisions contained in this rulemaking will further the objectives of EO 13563. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 10/16/2009 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/16/2008 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2009

- 0033 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 11/01/2012 To OMB 11/30/2012 OMB Clearance 02/28/2013 Publication Date 03/08/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

40. **Vehicle/Track Interaction Safety Standards; High** 

**- Speed and High Cant Deficiency Operations**  **(RRR)** Red

**Popular Title** : Vehicle/Track Interaction, High Speed, High Cant **RIN 2130**

**- AC09**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 5/10/2010; End of Comment Period 7/9/2010. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the Track Safety Standards and Passenger Equipment Safety Standards for high

- speed train operations and train operations at high cant deficiencies to promote the safe interaction of rail vehicles with the track over which they operate. It would revise both the safety limits for these operations and the process to qualify them. It accounts for a range of vehicle types that are currently used and may like ly

be used on future high

- speed or high cant deficiency rail operations, and would provide safety assurance for train operations in all classes of track. It is based on the results of simulation studies designed to identify track geometry irregularities as sociated with unsafe wheel forces and acceleration, thorough reviews of vehicle qualification and revenue service test data, and consideration of international practices. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 06/19/2008 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2009

- 0036 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 02/25/2011 01/31/2012 02/15/2012 To OMB 04/01/2011 05/18/2012 05/24/2012 OMB Clearance 06/30/2011 08/20/2012 Publication Date 07/12/2011 08/31/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

41. **Alcohol and Controlled Substance Testing for Maintenance**

**- of** 

**- Way Em** **ployees** Red **Popular Title** : Controlled Substance Testing/Maintenance Employees **RIN 2130**

**- AC10**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would revise the Federal Railroad Administration ́s (FRA) alcohol and drug regulations to cover all employees of railroads, railroad contractors, and subcontractors who perform maintenance

- of

- way activities. F RA?s alcohol and drug regulations (49 CFR Part 219) contain certain prohibitions on the use and possession of alcohol and drugs. The regulations also contain requirements for post

accident toxicological (PAT) testing, random testing, reasonable cause testi ng, reasonable suspicion testing, co

worker and voluntary referral policies, pre

- em ployment drug testing, and reporting. Currently, the regulations only apply to covered employees (defined as employees assigned to perform covered service subject to the Hours of Service Act, 49 CFR Ch. 211). In response to a statutory mandate, the proposed rulemaking would expand coverage of part 219 to employees who perform maintenance

- of

- way (MOW) activities. This rulemaking would also make other miscellaneous updates to 1 4 CFR Part 219. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 10/16/2010 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/16/2008 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2009

- 0039 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 09/08/2009 04/18/2012 04/06/2012 To OMB 10/07/2009 11/23/2012 OMB Clearance 01/05/2010 02/21/2013 Publication Date 01/13/2010 02/28/2013 End of Comment Period 03/15/2010 04/29/2013 **Explanation for any delay:**  Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

42. **Risk Reduction Program (RRR)**  Red **Popular Title** : Risk Reduction Program **RIN 2130**

**- AC11**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 12/08/2010; End of Comment Period 02/07/2011 **Abstract:** This rulemaking would consider appropriate contents for Risk Reduction Programs and how they should be implemented and reviewed by FRA. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 10/16/2012 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/16/2008 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2009

- 0038 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/15/2011 08/17/2012 08/31/2012 To OMB 07/21/2011 09/17/2012 OMB Clearance 10/19/2011 12/17/2012 Publication Date 10/27/2011 12/24/2012 End of Comment Period 12/27/2011 02/22/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary Awaiting development of additional data **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

43. **Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus (RRR)** Red **Popular Title** : Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus **RIN 2130** 

**- AC14**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 10/05/2010, End of Comment Period 12/06/2010. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would prescribe regulations that require railroads to provide specified emergency escape breathing apparatus for all crew mem bers in locomotive cabs on freight trains carrying poison

inhalation

- hazard hazardous material and provide training in its use. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 04/16/2010 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  10/16/2008 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2009

- 0044 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/29/2011 03/06/2013 To OMB 08/04/2011 04/03/2013 OMB Clearance 11/02/2011 07/02/2013 Publication Date 11/09/2011 07/08/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

44. **High**

**- Speed Rail Corridor Developm**  **ent and Capital Investment Grants to Support Intercity**  **Passenger Rail Service** Red

**Popular Title** : High

- Speed Rail Corridor Development **RIN 2130**

**- AC17**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would prescribe procedures and schedules for the awarding of grants to eligible applicants under this title to assist in financing the capital costs of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment necessary to provide or improve intercity pas senger rail transportation. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule

- High Speed Development : 10/16/2009

Final Rule

- Capital Investment Grants : 10/16/2010 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/16/2008 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2009

- 0106 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 05/10/2010 12/07/2012 To OMB 06/07/2010 01/07/2013 OMB Clearance 09/07/2010 04/08/2013 Publication Date 09/16/2010 04/15/2013 End of Comment Period 11/16/2010 06/14/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary Lack of resources **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

45. **High**

**- Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program**  **; Buy Am erica Program** **Requirements** Red **Popular Title** : Buy America Program Requirements **RIN 2130**

**- AC23**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would establish regulations for FRA ́s Buy America requirements as part of the High

- Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program. The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) (Division B of Pub. L. 110

- 432) authorized the appropriation of funds to establish several new passenger rail grant programs, including capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service (§301), high

- speed corridor development (§501), and congestion grants (§302). FRA has consol idated these and other closely related programs into the HSIPR program, as detailed in FRA ́s HSIPR Interim Guidance (74 Fed. Reg. 29900 (June 23, 2009)) and FY 2010 Interim Guidance (75 Fed. Reg. 38344 and 38365 (July 1, 2010)). Spending authorized under P RIIA is subject to the Buy America provision of 49 U.S.C. § 24405(a). This rulemaking would provide standards to govern FRA ́s application of the Buy America provision of 49 U.S.C. § 24405(a) to all PRIIA

- authorized spending as part of the HSIPR program. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 09/14/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 02/21/2012 02/15/2012 To OMB 03/20/2012 12/13/2012 OMB Clearance 06/18/2012 03/13/2013 Publication Date 06/25/2012 03/24/2013 End of Comment Period 08/24/2012 05/24/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneFederal Railroad Administration

46. **Positive Train Control Systems: De Minim is Exception, Yard Movem**  **ents, En Route Failures; Miscellaneous Grade Crossing/Signal and Train Control Am**  **endm ents (RRR)**  Red

**Popular Title** : PTC Amendments Grade Crossing & Signal (RRR) **RIN 2130**

**- AC32**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would revise Positive Train Control regulations by defining the de minimis exception and en route failures, proposing exceptions relating to yard movements that may not be considered on the main line system, and amending regulations governing grade crossing and signal and train control systems. The rulemaking is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Association of American Railroads. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 06/01/2011 **Docket Number:** FRA

- 2011

- 0061 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 12/30/2011 03/30/2012 03/30/2012 To OMB 02/07/2012 04/27/2012 05/14/2012 OMB Clearance 05/07/2012 09/14/2012 Publication Date 05/14/2012 09/28/2012 End of Comment Period 07/13/2012 11/28/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Awaiting development of additional data **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  None**Federal Transit Administration**
Federal Transit Administration 47. **Capital Project Managem ent**  Red **Popular Title** : Capital Project Management **RIN 2132**

**- AA92**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 09/10/2009; End of C/P 11/09/2009; Extension of C/P 11/10/2009; End of Extended C/P 01/08/2010. NPRM: Publication Date 9/13/2011; End of C/P: 11/14/2011; Extension of Comment Period: 11/01/2011; End of Extended C/P: 12/02/2011. **Ab stract:**  This rulemaking would transform the FTA ́s Project Management Oversight rule at 49 CFR part 633 into a Capital Project Management rule governing all major capital projects funded under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53. The rulemaking would consider the appropri ate scope of such a rule; the definition of " major capital project"; the management capacity and capability of project sponsors; the requirements for Project Management Plans; the use of risk assessments in project development; and the role and responsibil ities of FTA oversight contractors. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 08/10/2005 **Docket Number:** FTA

- 2009

- 0030 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Transit Administration

48. **Bus Testing: Updating Testing Procedures** Red **Popular Title** : Bus Testing: Updating Testing Procedures **RIN 2132**

**- AB01**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 03/14/2011; End of Comment Period 05/13/2011; Extension of Comment Period 05/19/2011; End of Extended Comment Period 06/15/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend FTA ́s bus testing procedures to more accurately reflect passenge r loads by updating the average passenger weight to incorporate recent statistical data. This action would affect those transit bus manufacturers who may need to upgrade vehicle components or modify vehicle configurations to better accommodate heavier weight loads. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/28/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneFederal Transit Administration

49. **Major Capital Investm ent Projects (RRR)**  Red **Popular Title** : New Starts (RRR) **RIN 2132**

**- AB02**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 6/3/2010; End of Comment Period 8/2/2010. NPRM: Publication Date 01/25/2012; End of Comment Period 03/26/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would create a new regulatory framework for FTA ́s evaluation and rating of projects seeking funding under the discretionary New Starts and Small Starts programs authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5309. Specifically, this rulemaking would simplify the measures for assessing the mobility improvements and cost

- effectiveness of projects; would place greater emphasis on the environmental benefits of projects and the effects of projects on local economic development; would clarify the criteria for assessing the local financial commitment of project sponsors; would streamline the evaluation process for projects that remain within a certain envelope of cost and scope during the project development process; and would provide a very quick evaluation process for certain types of projects seeking funding under the Small Starts program. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule by : 04/07/2006 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/08/2010 **Docket Number:** FTA

- 2010

- 0009 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/15/2012 05/16/2012 To OMB 07/17/2012 06/12/2012 07/30/2012 OMB Clearance 10/17/2012 09/10/2012 Publication Date 10/31/2012 10/01/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneFederal Transit Administration

50. **Environmental Impact and Related Procedures (RRR)** Green **Popular Title** : Environmental Impact (RRR) **RIN 2132**

**- AB03**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Date of Publication 03/15/2012; End of Comment Period: 05/14/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking proposes to establish a number of categorical exclusions (CE) from the requirement that an environmental a ssessment or an environmental impact statement be prepared under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for FTA

- funded actions. The CEs were developed after an extensive effort, and are consistent with Council on Environmental Quality guidance, Executive Order 13571 on ?Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service,? and the Presidential Memorandum on ?Speeding Infrastructure Development through More Efficient and Effective Permitting and Environmental Revie w. ? Th ey were developed to identify activities that FTA believes do not have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed CEs covers some of the same actions as existing CEs, but would provide a tool that
wo uld expedite the delivery of transit projects without compromising environmental quality. The rulemaking
wo uld also make targeted revisions to the joint FTA/FHWA NEPA regulation that would only apply to FTA and would serve to support FTA ́s focus on streamlining its environmental process. **Effects:** N one **Prom pting action:**  Presidential Direction **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 09/15/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/24/2012 08/27/2012 To OMB 09/21/2012 OMB Clearance 11/29/2012 Publication Date 12/12/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  None**Maritim e Administration** 
Maritime Administration

51. **Regulations To Be Followed by All Departments, Agencies and Shippers Having Responsibility To Provide a Preference for U.S.** 

**- Flag Vessels in the Shipment of Cargoes on Ocean Vessels**  **(RRR)** Red

**Popular Title** : Cargo Preference (RRR) **RIN 2133**

**- AB74**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 01/28/99; End of Comment Period 03/29/99; Withdrawn 02/14/05 **Abstract:** This rulemaking would revise and clarify the Cargo Preference rules that have not been revised substantially since 1971. Revisio ns would include an updated purpose and definitions section along with the
removal of obsolete provisions. This rulemaking also would establish a new Part 383 to implement the Cargo Preference regulations. This rulemaking would cover P.L. 110

- 417, Section 3511, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2009 changes to the cargo preference rules. The rulemaking also would include compromise, assessment, mitigation, settlement, and collection of civil penalties. Originally the agency had two separate rulemakings in process under RIN 2133

- AB74 and 2133

- AB75. RIN 2133

- AB74 would have revised existing regulations and RIN 2133

- AB75 would have established a new part 383: Guidance and Civil Penalties and implement P.L. 110

- 417, Section 3511, National Defense Authoriz ation Act for FY 2009. MARAD has decided it would be more efficient to merge both efforts under one; RIN 2133

- AB75 has been merged with this action. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act Information Collection Foreign **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 06/21/2008 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  None**National Highway Traffic Safety Adm inistration**  National Highway Traffic Safety Admi nistration 52. **Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 111, Rearview Mirrors (RRR)** Red **Popular Title** : Rearview Visibility **RIN 2127**

**- AK43**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 03/04/09; End of Comment Period 05/04/09. NPRM: Publication Date 12/07/2010; End of Comment Period 02/07/2011. NPRM Re

- opened Comment Period: Publication Date 03/02/2011; End of Re

- opened Comment Period 04/18/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend Federal Motor Vehicle Standard No. 111; Rearview Mirrors, to reflect requirements contained in the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007. The Act requires that NHTSA expand the required field of view to enable th e driver of a motor vehicle to detect areas behind the
mo tor vehicle to reduce death and injury resulting from backing incidents, particularly incidents involving small children and disabled persons. According to the Act, such a standard may be met by the provision of additional mirrors, sensors, cameras, or other technology to expand the driver ́s field of view. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** FR per Letter to Congress : 12/31/2011

FR per 2nd Letter to Congress : 02/29/2012 FR per 3nd Letter to Congress : 12/31/2012 Initiate rulemaking : 02/28/2009 Final Rule : 02/28/2011 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/28/2008 **Docket Number:** NHTSA

- 2009

- 0041 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/10/2011 10/03/2011 10/03/2011 To OMB 09/24/2011 11/03/2011 11/14/2011 OMB Clearance 12/23/2011 12/23/2012 Publication Date 12/31/2011 12/31/2012 **Explanation for any delay:**  Additional research and data analysis necessary. **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

53. **Require Installation of Seat Belts on Motorcoaches, FMVSS No. 208** Red **Popular Title** : Seat Belts on Motorcoaches **RIN 2127**

**- AK56**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 08/18/2010; End Of Comment Period 10/1/2010. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require the installation of lap/shoulder belts in newly

- manufactured
mo torcoaches. Specifically, this rulemaking would establish a new definition for motorcoaches in 49 CFR Part 571.3. It would also amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection, to require the installation of lap/shoulder belts at all driver and passenger seating positions. It would also require the installation of lap/shoulder belts at driver seating positions of large school buses in FMVSS No. 208. This rulemaking responds, in part, to recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board for im proving bus safety and to a newly enacted statutory mandate in MAP

- 21 to require seat belts in certain buses. **Effects:** Economic ally Significant Major EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 07/05/2013 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 08/12/2009 **Docket Number:** NHTSA

- 2010

- 0112 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 09/14/2011 05/14/2012 05/09/2012 To OMB 10/26/2011 06/26/2012 OMB Clearance 01/25/2012 09/25/2012 Publication Date 01/30/2012 09/28/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

54. **Alternative Fuel Vehicle Badging and Fuel Compartment Labels on Alternative Fuel Usage** Red **Popular Title** : * Alternative Fuel Usage Labeling & Badging **RIN 2127**

**- AK75**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would respond to requirements of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), Title 1, Subtitle A, Section 105, as it amends 49 USC § 32908, to implement Consumer Information and Consumer Education programs related to fuel economy, GHG, other emissions, and alternative fuels. EISA directs the Secretary of Transportation to label vehicles with a permanent and prominent display that an automobile is capable of operating on alternative fuels, and to include in the owner ́s manual fo r vehicles capable of operating on alternative fuels information that describes that capability and the benefits of using alternative fuels, including the renewable nature and environmental benefits of using alternative fuels. Additionally, EISA requires a label to be attached to the fuel compartment of vehicles capable of operating on alternative fuels, with the form of alternative fuel stated on the label. EISA, signed into Law on December 19, 2007, requires that the Secretary issue a final rule not later than 42 months after the date of the enactment. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final rule : 06/19/2011 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 12/19/2007 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 07/19/2010 08/18/2012 08/20/2012 To OMB 08/26/2010 09/25/2012 OMB Clearance 11/25/2010 11/28/2012 Publication Date 11/30/2010 12/03/2012 End of Comment Period 01/31/2011 02/04/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

55. **Tire Fuel Efficiency Consumer Information**

**- Part 2**  Green **Popular Title** : * Tire Fuel Efficiency Part 2 **RIN 2127**

**- AK76**  **Stage:** SNPRM **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 06/22/2009; Comment Period End 08/21/2009. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would respond to requirements of the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 to establish a national tire fuel efficiency consumer information program for replacement tires designed for use on motor vehicles. On March 30, 2010, NHTSA published a final rule specifying the test procedures to be used to rate the performance of replacement passenger car tires for this new program (75 FR 15893). This rulemaking would address how this information would be made available to consumers. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 12/19/2007 **Docket Number:** NHTSA

- 2011

- 0099 **Dates for SNPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 04/03/2012 11/01/2012 To OMB 05/14/2012 12/11/2012 OMB Clearance 08/13/2012 03/10/2013 Publication Date 08/15/2012 03/15/2013 End of Comment Period 10/15/2012 05/15/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for SNPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

56. **Passenger Car and Light Truck Corporate Average Fuel Econom y Standards MYs 2017 and**  **Beyond (RRR)** Red

**Popular Title** : CAFE 2017 and Beyond **RIN 2127**

**- AK79**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** Notice of Intent: 10/13/2010. Supplemental Notice of Intent: Publication Date 12/08/2010. Supplemental Notice of Intent: Signed by DOT Secretary and EPA Administrator 7/29/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking established Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light trucks and passenger cars for model years 2017 through 2021 and set augural standards for model year 2022 through 2025 vehicles. This rulemaking responds to requirements of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The statute requires that CAFE standards be prescribed separately for passenger automobiles and non

-passenger automobiles to achieve a combined fleet fuel economy of at least 35 mpg by model year 2020. For model years 2021 and beyond, the statute requires that the average fuel economy required to be attained by each fleet of passenger and non

-passenger automobiles be the maximum feasible for each model year. The law requires the standards be set at least 18 months prior to the start of the model year. On May 21, 2010, President Obama issued a memorandum directing NHTSA and EPA to conduct a joint rulemaking (NHTSA regulating fuel economy and EPA regulating greenhouse gas
emissions), and to issue a Notice of Intent to I ssue a Proposed Rule (NOI) by September 30, 2010. NHTSA completed this objective, subsequently issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in November, 2011, and a Final Rule on August 28, 2012. The estimated total incremental cost for this program is $ 154B (2010 dollars), incremental benefits $630B (3% discount rate) and $503B (7% discount rate), and incremental net benefits $476B (3% discount rate) and $356B (7% discount rate). **Effects:** Economically Significant Major EIS EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 04/01/2015 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 05/27/2010 **Docket Number:** NHTSA

- 2010

- 0131 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 07/13/2012 07/18/2012 To OMB 07/13/2012 07/18/2012 OMB Clearance 08/12/2012 08/27/2012 Publication Date 08/15/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Admi nistration

57. **Mandatory Event Data Recorder Require ments (RRR)**  Yellow **Popular Title** : * Mandatory EDR Requirements **RIN 2127**

**- AK86**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would establish a new Federal motor vehicle safety standard to mandate the installation of Event Data Recorders (EDR) in light vehicles. The standard would incorporate the current 49 CFR Part 563, which established the current reporting re quirement of voluntarily installed EDRs in light vehicles. Part 563 presently requires vehicle manufacturers who are voluntarily installing EDRs to be in compliance with the regulation by September 1, 2012. This rulemaking would not affect the 2012 compliance date for voluntarily

- installed EDRs. Furthermore, this rulemaking would not modify any of the Part 563 data elements, data capture and format requirements, data retrieval specifications, or data survivability and crash test requirements. Moreover, this rulemaking to mandate EDRs across the entire light vehicle fleet could contribute to advancements in vehicle designs, and advanced restraint and other safety countermeasures. The estimated total incremental costs associated with this rulemaking would be $ 24.4 million (2009 dollars), w hich is measured from a baseline of 91.6 percent EDR installation to 100 percent installation, assuming the sale of 15.5 million light vehicles per year. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/22/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/15/2011 09/20/2011 09/13/2011 To OMB 07/26/2011 01/03/2012 02/01/2012 OMB Clearance 10/25/2011 09/22/2012 Publication Date 10/31/2011 09/28/2012 End of Comment Period 12/31/2011 11/28/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

58. **Upgrade of Event Data Recorder Require ments**  Red **Popular Title** : Light Vehicle Upgrade of EDR Requirements **RIN 2127**

**- AK87**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would expand the utility of the amount and type of data Event Data Recorders (EDRs) capture in light vehicles in the event of a crash. The rulemaking would consider requiring some of the optional data elements specified in 49 CFR Part 563. Part 563 established the current reporting requirement of voluntarily installed EDRs in light vehicles. In addition, this rulemaking would make revisions to the optional data elements to account for the latest advances in vehicle safety. Part 563 presentl y requires vehicle manufacturers who are voluntarily installing EDRs to be in compliance with the regulation by September 1, 2012. In a separate rulemaking (2127

- AK86 Mandatory Part 563 Event Data Recorder Requirements), the agency would propose requiring that all light vehicles comply with the requirements specified in current 49 CFR 563. This rulemaking would seek additional information from the public and expand upon that initiative. Moreover, this rulemaking would contribute to advancements in vehicle d esigns, advanced restraints and other safety countermeasures. The costs are expected to be minimal since some vehicle manufacturers presently capture additional data beyond Part 563 in their EDRs. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:**  None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/22/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Lack of resources **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

59. **Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters** Red **Popular Title** : Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters **RIN 2127**

**- AK92**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would respond to petitions from ATA and Roadsafe America to require the installation of speed limiting devices on heavy trucks. In response to the petitions, NHTSA requested public comment on the subject and received thousands of comments supporting the petitioner’s request. Based on the available safety data and the ancillary benefit of reduced fuel consumption, this rulemaking would consider a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard that would require the installation of speed limiting devices on heavy trucks. We believe this rule would have minimal cost, as all heavy trucks already have these devices installed, although some vehicles do not have the limit set. This rule would decrease the estimated 1,115 fatal crashes annually involving vehicles with a GVWR of over 11,793.4 kg (26,000 lbs) on roads with posted speed limits of 55 mph or above. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/18/2011 **Docket Num**  **ber: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/11/2011 08/11/2012 To OMB 09/24/2011 09/24/2012 OMB Clearance 12/23/2011 12/23/2012 Publication Date 12/31/2011 12/30/2012 End of Comment Period 03/02/2012 02/28/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

60. **Sound for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles** Green **Popular Title** : Quieter Vehicles Sound Alert **RIN 2127**

**- AK93**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would respond to The Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010, w hich directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Initiate rulemaking : 07/05/2012

Final Rule : 01/03/2014 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/18/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for**  **NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 02/14/2012 03/07/2012 To OMB 03/27/2012 05/08/2012 OMB Clearance 06/27/2012 10/28/2012 Publication Date 07/05/2012 10/31/2012 End of Comment Period 09/05/2012 12/31/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

61. **Establish Side Impact Perform ance Requirements for Child Restraint Syste**  **ms** Green **Popular Title** : Side Impact Test Procedure for CRS **RIN 2127**

**- AK95**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would include side impact performance requirements, a side impact test procedure, and the use of a ne w side impact dummy in FMVSS No. 213, Child Restraint Systems, to evaluate the performance of child restraint systems in side impacts. It is estimated that the costs and benefits of this rulemaking will be minimal. This rulemaking would be responsive to requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP

- 21) Act. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 07/05/2014 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/18/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 07/20/2012 10/06/2012 To OMB 08/24/2012 11/11/2012 OMB Clearance 11/23/2012 02/10/2013 Publication Date 11/30/2012 02/15/2013 End of Comment Period 01/30/2013 04/15/3013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

62. **Motorcoach Rollover Structural Integrity** Red **Popular Title** : Motorcoach Rollover Structural Integrity **RIN 2127**

**- AK96**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would promulgate a new FMVSS for rollover structural integrity requirements for
mo torcoaches. In August 2007, NHTSA published a motorcoach safety plan identifying four specific priority items: seat belts on motorcoaches, rollover structura l integrity, emergency evacuation, and fire safety. The DOT published a comprehensive motorcoach safety action plan in November 2009 that reiterated NHTSA ́s
mo torcoach safety priorities. This rulemaking also addresses 6 recommendations issued by the NTSB o n mo torcoach roof strength and structural integrity and is responsive to requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP

- 21) Act. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Publish Final Rule : 07/05/2014 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/18/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/12/2011 10/28/2011 11/10/2011 Returned to Mode 05/11/2012 To OMB 09/23/2011 08/16/2012 OMB Clearance 12/23/2011 11/15/2012 Publication Date 12/30/2011 11/30/2012 End of Comment Period 03/02/2012 01/30/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

63. **Electronic Stability Control Systems for Heavy Vehicles** Red **Popular Title** : Truck Tractor Electronic Stability Control **RIN 2127**

**- AK97**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** NPRM 05/23/12; End of C/P: 08/21/12 **Abstract:** This rulemaking would promulgate a new Federal standard that would require stability control systems on truck tractors and motorcoaches that address both rollover and loss of control crashes, after an extensi ve research program to evaluate the available technologies, an evaluation of the costs and benefits, and a review of manufacturer ́s product plans. Rollover and loss of control crashes involving heavy vehicles is a serious safety issue that is responsible f or 304 fatalities and 2,738 injuries annually. They are also a major cause of traffic tie

- ups, resulting in millions of dollars of lost productivity and excess energy consumption each year. Suppliers and truck and motorcoach manufacturers have developed st ability control technology for heavy vehicles to mitigate these types of crashes. Our preliminary estimate produces an effectiveness range of thirty

seven to fifty

- six percent against single

- vehicle tractor

- trailer rollover crashes and three to fourteen pe rcent against loss of control crashes that result from skidding on the road surface. With these effectiveness estimates, annually, we estimate 29

- 66 lives would be saved, 517

- 979 MAIS 1

- 5 injuries would be reduced, and 810

- 1,693 crashes that involved property damage only would be eliminated. Additionally, it would save $10

- $26 million in property damage and travel delays. Based on the technology unit costs and affected vehicles, we estimate technology costs would be $55 to 107 million, annually. How ever, the costs savings from reducing travel delay and property damage would produce net benefits of $128

- $372 million. This rulemaking is responsive to requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP

- 21) Act. **Effects:** Economic ally Significant Major Federalism **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 07/05/2014 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/18/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

64. **FMVSS No. 218 and Enforcem ent Policy Concerning Novelty Helm**  **ets** Red **Popular Title** : Novelty Helmets Enforcement **RIN 2127**

**- AL01**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would reduce the sale and use of novelty motorcycle helmets. The rulemaking
wo uld set forth an interpretation that clarifies that novelty helmets are within the reach of 49 USC 30102(a)(7),
mo tor vehicle equipment. In addition, this rulemaking would propose preliminary screening requirements that could be used by laboratories, law enforcement, or Customs and Border Protection to identify helmets that are not designed to comply with FMVSS No. 218. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting**  **action:** None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/21/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 10/12/2011 10/09/2012 To OMB 11/23/2011 11/21/2012 OMB Clearance 02/22/2012 02/20/2013 Publication Date 02/29/2012 02/28/2013 End of Comment Period 04/30/2012 03/30/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

65. **Am end Definition of Motorcycle in 49 CFR 571.3 to Exclude Enclosed 3** 

**- Wheeled Passenger**  **Vehicles** Green

**Popular Title** : Amend Definition of Motorcycle **RIN 2127**

**- AL15**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would change the regulatory definition of motorcycle to exclude three

- wheeled vehicles that are configured like passenger cars. Under the existing regulatory definition of motorcycle in Part 571.3, three

- wheeled motor vehicles are classifi ed as motorcycles. This is appropriate for motorcycles with sidecars, trikes, and other three

- wheeled vehicles that are based on a motorcycle

- like configuration. However, other three

- wheeled vehicles have passenger

- car characteristics such as fully enclose d cabins, hinged doors with roll

- up windows, steering wheels, and side

-by

- side seating. Because these car

- like vehicles ride on three wheels instead of four, they are not required to meet federal safety standards for passenger cars (although they are subje ct to motorcycle safety standards.) Various car

- like three

- wheeled vehicle models have been imported into the U.S. and have been available for sale to the public. NHTSA believes consumers who purchase these vehicles are likely to assume that these vehicles have the same safety features and crash protection as passenger cars certified to federal safety standards. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/10/2012 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 10/04/2012 11/14/2012 To OMB 11/22/2012 12/20/2012 OMB Clearance 02/21/2013 03/20/2013 Publication Date 02/26/2013 03/31/2013 End of Comment Period 04/27/2013 05/30/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NoneNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

66. **Part 571 New FMVSS, Lamps and Reflective Devices for Agricultural Equipment**  Green **Popular Title** : Agricultural Equipment Conspicuity **RIN 2127**

**- AL28**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would revise FMVSS No. 108 in order to meet the requirements of the Congressional directive provided through the MAP

- 21 Act, Subtitle F, Section 31601, Rulemaking on Visibility of Agricultural Equipment. This is a statutory mandate. The co sts and benefits have not yet been determined. The purpose of this rule would be to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road. Agricultural equipment has the meaning given the term  ́agricultural field equipment ́ in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Standard 390.4:  ́Agricultural tractors, self

-propelled machines, implements, and combinations thereof designed primarily for agricultural field operations. ́ The rule would establish minimum lighting and marking standards for applicable agricultural equipment according to the directive in MAP

- 21

. According to Sec. 31505 of the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Improvement Act of 2012, if the Secretary determines that any deadline for issuing a final rule under this act cannot be met, a new deadline may be established and a letter must be submitted to Congress explaining why the deadline cannot be met. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final Rule : 07/06/2014 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 07/06/2012 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 02/20/2013 To OMB 03/26/2013 OMB Clearance 06/25/2013 Publication Date 06/30/2013 End of Comment Period 08/30/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  None**Office of the Secretary** Office of the Secretary 67. **Protection of Sensitive Security Inform**  **ation** Red **Popular Title** : SSI

- TSA **RIN 2105**

**- AD59**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** Interim Final Rule: Publication Date 05/18/2004; End of Comment Period 07/19/2004. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would finalize a May 2004 interim final rule and respond to any comments received on that action. This is a joint rulemaking between DOT and the Transportation Security Administration. A final rule was originally scheduled for 10/31/06. **E ffects:**  None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 09/02/2002 **Docket Number:** TSA

- 2003

- 15569 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneOffice of the Secretary

68. **Prioritization and Allocation Authority Exercised By the Secretary of Transportation Under**  **the Defense Production Act** Red

**Popular Title** : Defense Production Act (DPA) **RIN 2105**

**- AD83**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 02/15/2011; End of Comment Period 03/17/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would clarify the prioritization and allocation authorities exercised by the Secretary of Transportation under the Defense Production Act (DPA). The DPA is the President ́s primary authority to ensure timely availability of private sector resources for national defense. In addition to military and energy activities, the definition of "national defense" includes emergency preparedness activities conducted pursuant to Title VI of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and the protection and restoration of critical infrastructure. Under Title I of the DPA, the President has the authority to require the acceptance and prioritization of contracts and orders

-- and to allocate materials, services, and facilities

-- in support of the national defense. Under Section 201 of Executive Order 12919, the President has delegated these prioritization and allocation authorities to the Secretary of Tran sportation for all forms of civil transportation. In the 2009 DPA reauthorization legislation, Congress mandated that each Federal agency with delegated authority under Title I of the DPA develop final rules that establish standards and procedures for impl ementing its delegated authority in emergency and nonemergency conditions. Additionally, Congress mandated that, to the extent practicable, the rules be consistent and unified. DOT is part of an interagency working group, along with the other delegated age ncies, that is developing consistent unified rules. **Effects:** Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** Final rule : 06/27/2010 **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/07/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 09/15/2011 09/22/2011 08/18/2011 To OMB 10/17/2011 11/17/2011 11/17/2011 OMB Clearance 01/17/2012 07/27/2012 08/03/2012 Publication Date 01/31/2012 08/08/2012 10/01/2012 End of Comment Period 10/31/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  77 FR 59793Office of the Secretary

69. **Use of the Seat**

**- Strapping Method for Carrying a Wheelchair on an Aircraft**  Red **Popular Title**  : Seat

- Strapping **RIN 2105**

**- AD87**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 06/03/2011; End of Comment Period 08/02/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would address whether carriers should be allowed to utilize the seat

- strapping method to stow

a passenger ́s wheelchair in the aircraft cabin. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/30/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 11/09/2011 04/02/2012 02/23/2012 Returned to Mode 04/09/2012 03/12/2012 Resubmitted to OST 05/10/2012 06/07/2012 To OMB 12/21/2011 07/06/2012 07/26/2012 OMB Clearance 03/20/2012 10/05/2012 Publication Date 04/03/2012 10/15/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register**  **Citation for Final Rule:** NoneOffice of the Secretary

70. **Stowage of Wheelchairs, other Mobility Aids and other Assistive Devices** Red **Popular Title** : Stowage and Assistive Devices **RIN 2105**

**- AD90**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382) by including Subpart I (14 CFR 382.121

- 382.133) in the list of subparts with which a U.S. carrier must comply with respect to passengers traveling under its code on flights operated by a fo reign carrier between two foreign points. This rulemaking would also
amend Part 382 to eliminate the labeling requirements for FAA approved portable oxygen concentrators and specify that ventilators, respirators and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines must be allowed for use in the passenger cabin as long as they comply with applicable safety, security, and hazardous materials rules. In addition, this rule would amend the provision in Part 382 that allow s carriers to require a passenger who wishes to use an FAA

- approved portable oxygen concentrator in the aircraft cabin to provide a medical certificate dated within 10 days of the passenger ́s initial flight. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/02/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for Undeterm** **ined: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date End of Comment Period **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NoneOffice of the Secretary

71. **Accessibility of Airports** Red **Popular Title** : Accessibility of Airports **RIN 2105**

**- AD91**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 09/29/2011; End of Comment Period 11/28/2011. **Abstract:** The rulemaking would include new provisions related to service animal relief areas and closed captioning of televisions and audio

- visual displays f or airports that mirror the new requirements applicable to airlines set forth in the amended 14 CFR Part 382. It would also reorganize the provision in 49 CFR Part 27 regarding lifts used to transfer disabled passengers to and from the tarmac. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/03/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 07/23/2012 01/07/2013 To OMB 08/20/2012 02/04/2013 OMB Clearance 11/19/2012 05/04/2013 Publication Date 12/04/2012 05/14/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneOffice of the Secretary

72. **Accessibility of Carrier Websites and Ticket Kiosks** Red **Popular Title** : ACAA **RIN 2105**

**- AD96**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 06/08/2010; Comment Period 08/09/2010. SNPRM: Publication Date 09/26/2011; End of Comment Period 11/25/2011; Extension of Comment Period 11/21/2011; End of Extended Comment Period 01/09/2012. **Abstract:** This is the first of two supp lemental notices of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to follow

- up on air travel accessibility issues discussed in the preamble of the 2008 final Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) rule but deferred for final decision to a later rulemaking. (The second SNPRM is RIN 2 105

- AE12.) This rulemaking action would consider: (1) whether carriers should be required to make Web sites they operate and on which their agents sell airport transportation on their behalf accessible to people with disabilities; and (2) whether automated kiosks operated by carriers at U.S. airports should be required to be accessible. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 09/15/2009 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 05/07/2012 08/20/2012 08/23/2012 To OMB 06/08/2012 09/27/2012 OMB Clearance 09/07/2012 12/26/2012 Publication Date 09/14/2012 01/08/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneOffice of the Secretary

73. **Sm oking of Electronic Cigarettes On Commercial Aircraft**  Red **Popular Title** : E

- Cigarette **RIN 2105**

**- AE06**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 09/15/2011; End of Comment Period 11/14/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the general regulatory language in 14 CFR Part 252 to explicitly ban the smoking of electronic cigarettes on air carrier and foreign air carrier fl ights in scheduled intrastate, interstate, and foreign air transportation. **Effects:** Foreign **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 11/04/2010 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 04/10/2012 12/07/2012 To OMB 05/08/2012 01/11/2013 OMB Clearance 08/06/2012 04/08/2013 Publication Date 08/20/2012 04/22/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NoneOffice of the Secretary

74. **Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections III** Red **Popular Title** : Airline Psgr. Protections III **RIN 2105**

**- AE11**  **Stage:** SNPRM **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 12/08/2008; Comment Period End 02/06/2009. NPRM Extension of Comment Period: Publication date 02/06/2009; Extension of Comment Period End 03/09/2009. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would address the following issues: (1) whether the Dep artment should require a marketing carrier to provide assistance to its code

- share partner when a flight operated by the code

- share partner experiences a lengthy tarmac delay; (2) whether the Department should enhance disclosure requirements on code

- share operations, including requiring on

- time performance data, reporting of certain data code

- share operations, and codifying the statutory amendment of 49 U.S.C. 41712(c) regarding website schedule disclosure of code

- share operations; (3) whether the Department should expand the on

- time performance "reporting carrier" pool to include smaller carriers; (4) w hether the Department should require travel agents to adopt minimum customer service standards in relation to the sale of air transportation; (5) whether the Department should require ticket agents to disclose the carriers whose tickets they sell or do not sell and information regarding any incentive payments they receive in connection with the sale of air transportation; (6) w hether the Department should require ticket agents to disclose any preferential display of individual fares or carriers in the ticket agent ́s internet displays; (7) whether the Department should require additional or special disclosures regarding certain substantial fees, e.g., oversize o r overweight baggage fees; (8) whether the Department should prohibit post

-purchase price increase for all services and products not purchased with the ticket or whether it is sufficient to prohibit post

-purchase prices increases for baggage charges that traditionally have been included in the ticket price; and (9) w hether the Department should require that ancillary fees be displayed through all sale channels. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/18/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for SNPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/30/2011 10/01/2012 To OMB 09/30/2011 10/22/2012 OMB Clearance 12/30/2011 01/21/2013 Publication Date 01/06/2012 01/29/2013 End of Comment Period 03/06/2012 03/30/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Awaiting development of additional data **Federal Register Citation for SNPRM:**  NoneOffice of the Secretary

75. **Carrier**

**- Supplied Medical Oxygen, Accessible In** 

**- Flight Entertainment Syste**  **ms, Service Animals, and Accessible Lavatories on Single** 

**- Aisle Aircraft**  Red

**Popular Title** : ACAA SNPRM 2 **RIN 2105**

**- AE12**  **Stage:** SNPRM **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 06/08/2010; Comment Period End 08/09/2010. **Abstract:** This is the second of two supplemental notices of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to follow

- up on air travel accessibility issues discussed in the preamble of the 2008 final Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) rule but deferred for final decision to a later rulemaking. (The first SNPRM is RIN 2105

- AD96.) This rulemaking action
wo uld consider (1) w

hether there are safety

- related reasons for excluding service animals other than dogs that may be specific to foreign carriers; (2) w hether carriers should be required to supply in

- flight medical oxygen for a fee to passengers who require it to access air transportation; (3) whether providing accessible in

- flight entertainment to passengers with di sabilities is technically and economically feasible; (4) whether certain changes should be made to provisions allowing carriers to require medical documentation and 48 hours advance notice from users of emotional support and psychiatric service animals; an d (5) whether carriers should be required to report to the Department annually the number of requests for wheelchair assistance they receive. The rulemaking would also seek public comment on the feasibility of requiring accessible lavatories on certain sin gle

- aisle aircraft, expanding the applicability of certain required seating accommodations, and clarifications of certain requirements pertaining to the carriage of service animals. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/25/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for SNPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/27/2011 12/12/2012 To OMB 07/30/2011 01/15/2013 OMB Clearance 10/25/2011 04/15/2013 Publication Date 10/31/2011 04/24/2013 End of Comment Period 12/31/2011 06/23/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary Awaiting development of additional data Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis **Federal Register Citation for SNPRM:**  NoneOffice of the Secretary

76. **Transportation for Individuals with Disabilities: Reasonable Modification** Red **Popular Title**  : ADA: Reasonable Accommodation **RIN 2105**

**- AE15**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** None. **Abstract:** This action continues a rulemaking initiated under RIN 2105

- AD54. It would add to the Department ́s ADA regulations a requirement, parallel to that in other DOT and Department of Justice ADA rules, that regulated entities reasonably modify policies and pra ctices where necessary to ensure nondiscriminatory transportation services for individuals with disabilities, except where doing so would fundamentally alter the service. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 02/06/2006 **Docket Number: Dates for Final Rule:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 04/15/2012 09/17/2012 To OMB 05/15/2012 10/17/2012 OMB Clearance 08/15/0201 01/17/2013 Publication Date 08/31/2012 01/28/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  None**Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Adm inistration**  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
77. **Hazardous Materials: Bulk Loading and Unloading Operations** Red **Popular Title** : Loading/Unloading **RIN 2137**

**- AE37**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 03/11/2011; End of Comment Period 05/10/2011. End of extended Comment Period 06/09/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to require each person (i.e., carrier or facility) wh o engages in cargo tank loading or unloading operations to perform a risk assessment of the loading and unloading operation and develop and implement safe operating procedures based upon the results of the risk assessment. These amendments would include th e operational procedures requirements to address several aspects of loading and unloading, including provisions for facilities to develop maintenance testing programs for transfer equipment (i.e., hose maintenance programs) used to load or unload cargo tank
mo tor vehicles (CTMVs). In addition, this rulemaking would require each employee who engages in cargo tank loading or unloading operations to receive training and be evaluated on the employee ́s qualifications to perform loading or unloading functions. This rulemaking is intended to reduce the risk associated with the loading and unloading of cargo tank motor vehicles that contain hazardous materials. **Effects:** Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/28/2008 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2007

- 28119 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 12/26/2011 04/06/2012 05/02/2012 Returned to Mode 06/06/2012 Resubmitted to OST 08/23/2012 To OMB 02/02/2012 09/17/2012 OMB Clearance 05/02/2012 12/17/2012 Publication Date 05/11/2012 12/26/2012 **Explanation for any delay:**  Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

78. **Pipeline Safety: Enforcem ent of State Excavation Dam**  **age Laws** Red **Popular Title** : Pipeline Safety: Excavation Damage Laws **RIN 2137**

**- AE43**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM 4/02/2012; End of C/P 07/09/2012; End of C/P 06/01/2012; Extension of C/P 05/30/2012; End of Extended C/P 07/09/2012 **Abstract:** The PIPES Act provides PHMSA with the authority to enforce excavation damage laws in those states that have inadequate enforcement. This rulemaking would consider standards for excavators and operators to follow

when conducting excavation in a vicinity of a pipeline and the administrative procedures to be used for enforcement proceedings. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  Statute **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 03/30/2009 **Docket Number:** PHMSA 2009

- 0192 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 03/25/2013 To OMB 04/25/2013 OMB Clearance 07/25/2013 Publication Date 08/05/2013 End of Comment Period 10/04/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

79. **Hazardous Materials: Revisions to Requirements for the Transportation of Lithium Batteries** Red **Popular Title** : Transportation of Lithium Batteries **RIN 2137**

**- AE44**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 1/11/2010; End of C/P 3/12/2010. C/P reopened: 04/11/2012, C/P closed 05/11/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to comprehensively address the safe transportation of lithium cells and batteries. The intent of the rulemaking is to strengthen the current regulatory framework by imposing more effective sa feguards, including design testing to address risks related to internal short circuits, and enhanced packaging, hazard communication, and operational measures for various ty pes and sizes of lithium batteries in specific transportation contexts. The rulemaking would respond to several recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board. **Effects:** Regulatory Flexibility Act **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  03/26/2009 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2009

- 0095 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 08/29/2012 08/22/2012 09/18/2012 To OMB 09/19/2012 09/19/2012 OMB Clearance 12/18/2012 12/18/2012 Publication Date 12/28/2012 12/28/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

80. **Hazardous Materials: Safety Requirements for External Product Piping on Cargo Tanks**  **Transporting Flammable Liquids (Wetlines)** Red

**Popular Title** : Wetlines **RIN 2137**

**- AE53**  **Stage:** Undetermined **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 01/27/2011; End of Comment Period 03/28/2011. NPRM: Extension of Comment Period 03/17/2011; End of Extended Comment Period 04/27/2011. **Abstract:** The rulemaking would amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to prohibit flammable l iquids from being transported in unprotected product piping on existing and newly manufactured DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles. The status of this rule is now undetermined as a statutorily mandated GAO report must be completed before any furthe r action is taken. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 09/01/2009 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2009

- 0303 **Dates for Undeterm ined:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New Projected**  **Date Actual** 

**Date**

To OST To OMB OMB Clearance Publication Date **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Undetermined:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

81. **Hazardous Materials: Approval and Communication Requirements for the Safe**  **Transportation of Air Bag Inflators, Air Bag Modules, and Seat**

**- Belt Pretensioners (RRR)**  Green

**Popular Title** : Air Bags and Pretensioners (RRR) **RIN 2137**

**- AE62**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 03/26/2012; End of C/P 05/25/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations applicable to air bag inflators, air bag modules, and seat

-belt pretensioners. The changes would incorporate into the regulations the provisions of certain special permits with proven safety records. In addition, the rule would revise the current approval and documentation requirements for a material appropriately classified as a UN3268 air bag inflator, air bag
mo dule, or s eat

-belt pretensioner. This rulemaking was recently upgraded to significant. **Effects:** EU NAFTA Foreign **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/01/2010 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2010

- 0201 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 01/29/2013 To OMB 02/26/2013 OMB Clearance 05/27/2013 Publication Date 06/06/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

82. **Pipeline Safety: Safety of On**

**- Shore Liquid Hazardous Pipelines**  Red **Popular Title** : Liquid Hazardous Pipelines **RIN 2137**

**- AE66**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** ANPRM: Publication Date 10/18/2010; End of Comment Period 01/18/2011; Extension of Comment Period 01/04/2011; End of Extended Comment Period 02/18/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would address effective procedures that hazardous li quid operators can use to im prove the protection of High Consequence Areas (HCA) and other vulnerable areas along their hazardous liquid onshore pipelines. PHMSA is considering whether changes are needed to the regulations covering hazardous liquid onshore pipelines, whether other areas should be included as HCAs for integrity management (IM) protections, what the repair timeframes should be for areas outside the HCAs that are assessed as part of the IM program, whether leak detection standards are necessary, valve spacing requirements are needed on new construction or existing pipelines, and PHMSA should extend regulation to certain pipelines currently exempt from regulation. The agency would also address the public safety and environmental aspects any new requirements, as well as the cost implications and regulatory burden. **Effects:** Economically Significant Major Regulatory Flexibility Act **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 08/13/2010 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2010

- 0229 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 11/18/2011 05/22/2012 06/13/2012 Returned to Mode 06/28/2012 Resubmitted to OST 07/16/2012 09/17/2012 To OMB 12/16/2011 08/16/2012 OMB Clearance 03/19/2012 11/16/2012 Publication Date 03/30/2012 11/25/2012 End of Comment Period 05/30/2012 01/25/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

83. **Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow Valves In Applications Other Than Single**

**- Fam**  **ily Residences in Gas Distribution Syste**  **ms** Red

**Popular Title** : Excess Flow Valves **RIN 2137**

**- AE71**  **Stage:** ANPRM **Previous Stage:** ANPRM 11/25/2011; CP ended 2/18/12; CP extended to 3/19/2012 **Abstract:** This rulemaking would require excess flow valves (EFVs) be installed in all new and renewed gas service lines, for structures other than single family dwellings , when the operating conditions are compatible with readily available valves. These changes would be in response to NTSB and PHMSA investigations of current EFV installation practices. The intended effect of the rule is to increase the level of safety for structures other than single family dwellings currently subject to Federal pipeline safety regulation. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  None **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/01/2010 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2011

- 0009 **Dates for ANPRM:** 

**Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 06/02/2011 07/29/2011 To OMB 06/30/2011 09/16/2011 09/26/2011 OMB Clearance 07/14/2011 11/04/2011 11/02/2011 Publication Date 07/25/2011 11/17/2011 11/25/2011 End of Comment Period 10/25/2011 01/19/2012 02/18/2012 Extension of Comment Period 02/02/2012 End of Extended Comment Period 03/19/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for ANPRM:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

84. **Pipeline Safety: Gas Transmission (RRR)** Red **Popular Title** : Gas Transmission (RRR) **RIN 2137**

**- AE72**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** ANPRM 8/25/2011; End of C/P 12/02/2011; End of Extended C/P 1/20/2012 **Abstract:** In this rulemaking PHMSA will be revisiting the requirements in the Pipeline Safety Regulations addressing integrity management principles for Gas Transmission pipelines. In particular, PHMSA will be reviewing the definition of an HCA ( including the conc ept of a potential impact radius), the repair criteria for both HCA and non

- HCA areas, requiring the use of automatic and remote controlled shut off valves, valve spacing, and whether applying the integrity management program requirements to additional are as would mitigate the need for class location requirements. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 01/04/2011 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2011

- 0023 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 03/25/2013 To OMB 04/25/2013 OMB Clearance 07/25/2013 Publication Date 08/05/2013 End of Comment Period 10/04/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

85. **Hazardous Materials: Reverse Logistics (RRR)** Green **Popular Title** : Reverse Logistics (RRR) **RIN 2137**

**- AE81**  **Stage:** ANPRM **Previous Stage:** ANPRM 07/05/2012, End of C/P: 10/03/2012. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would address changes to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) that are applicable to reverse logistics. The issue of reverse logistics involves the transportation of hazardous materials that have been damaged or returned from the retailer to a return center. Specifically, the rulemaking would establish a regulatory definition of  ́reverse logistics ́ and outline the responsibilities of those that offer hazardous materials returned by r etail customers. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/08/2011 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2011

- 0143 **Dates for ANPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 04/10/2012 04/10/2012 03/27/2012 To OMB 05/11/2012 05/10/2012 05/14/2012 OMB Clearance 06/15/2012 06/07/2012 06/21/2012 Publication Date 06/29/2012 06/29/2012 07/05/2012 End of Comment Period 08/29/2012 08/29/2012 10/03/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for ANPRM:**  77 FR 39662Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

86. **Hazardous Materials: Incorporation of Certain Special Perm its and Competent Authorities**  **into the HMR (RRR)** Green

**Popular Title** : Special Permits and Competent Authorities (RRR) **RIN 2137**

**- AE82**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to incorporate provisions contained in certain widely used or longstanding special permits and competent authorities that have established safety records. Incorporating such provisions into the HMR is intended to provide wider access to the regulatory flexibility offered in the special permits and competent authorities The adoption of the provisions
wo uld eliminate the need for numerous application and renewal requests. The special permi ts proposed to be added to the regulations here would allow the transportation of  ́Self

- heating ́ solid, organic n.o.s. (spent bleaching earth) in sift

-proof bulk packaging; would allow the use of regulated medical waste shipping names and markings that dif

fer from those prescribed in the HMR; would allow for the transportation of Class 9 solid coal pitch compounds in non

- specification open top or closed

- top sift

-proof metal cans or fiber drums; and
wo uld allow

for the transportation of self

- inflating life

- s aving appliances that contain non

- specification steel cylinders when being transported between a vessel and an authorized facility for servicing. This rulemaking action would facilitate commerce activity and reduce paperwork burdens while maintaining an ap propriate level of safety. Incorporation of these provisions would reduce the compliance burden and cost on both industry and government. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:**  04/18/2011 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2011

- 0158 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 05/24/2012 09/19/2012 To OMB 06/21/2012 10/16/2012 OMB Clearance 09/19/2012 01/15/2013 Publication Date 09/28/2012 01/24/2013 End of Comment Period 11/28/2012 03/25/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

87. **Pipeline Safety: Periodic Updates of Regulatory References to Technical Standards and Miscellaneous Am**  **endm ents (RRR)**  Black

**Popular Title** : Updates of References to Technical Standards (RRR) **RIN 2137**

**- AE85**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the pipeline safety regulations to incorporate by reference all or parts of new, updated, or reaffirmed editions of voluntary consensus standards. The use of voluntary consensus standards allows pipeline operators to use the mo st current industry technologies, materials, and management practices available in today ́s market. It also would make non

- substantive edits and clarify regulatory language in certain provisions. These amendments to the pipeline safety regulations would not require pipeline operators to undertake any significant new pipeline safety initiatives. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 12/06/2011 **Docket Number: Dates for NPRM:**  **Milestone Originally** 

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 03/01/2013 To OMB 03/29/2013 OMB Clearance 06/28/2013 Publication Date 07/09/2013 End of Comment Period 09/09/2013 **Explanation for any delay:**  N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

88. **Hazardous Materials: Requirem ents for the Safe Transportation of Bulk Explosives (RRR)**  Green **Popular Title** : Safe Transportation of Bulk Explosives (RRR) **RIN 2137**

**- AE86**  **Stage:** NPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** This rulemaking would amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) by establishing standards for the safe transportation of bulk explosives. This rulemaking would be responsive to two petitions for rulemaking submitted by industry representatives, requesting this action. Developing requirements for the HMR would provide wider access to the regulatory flexibility currently only offered by special permit and competent authorities. The HMR would authorize the transportation of certain explosives, ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate emulsions, and other specific hazardous materials in bulk packagings, which are not otherwise authorized under the HMR. These hazardous materials are used in blasting operations on specialized vehicles, multi

-purpose bulk trucks ( MBTs). MBTs are used as mobile work platforms to create blends of explosives that are unique for each blast site. This rulemaking was recently upgraded to significant. **Effects:** None **Prom pting action:**  2011 Retrospective Regulatory Review **Legal Deadline:**  None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 11/21/2011 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2011

- 0345 **Dates for NPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 02/28/2013 To OMB 03/28/2013 OMB Clearance 06/26/2013 Publication Date 07/05/2013 End of Comment Period 09/05/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for NPRM:**  NonePipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

89. **Hazardous Materials: Rail Petitions and Recommendations to Improve the Safety of Railroad**  **Tank Car Transportation (RRR)** Green

**Popular Title** : Rail Petitions (RRR) **RIN 2137**

**- AE91**  **Stage:** ANPRM **Previous Stage:** None **Abstract:** PHMSA is considering amendments that would enhance safety and revise and clarify the HMR applicable to the transportation of hazardous materials by rail. This action responds to petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community and NTSB recommendations that are associated with the petitions. Specifically, these amendments would identify elements of non

- conformity that do not require a movement approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); correct an unsafe condition associated with p ressure relief valves (PRV) on rail cars transporting carbon dioxide, refrigerated liquid; revise outdated regulations applicable to the repair and maintenance of DOT Specification 110, DOT Specification 106, and ICC 27 tank car tanks (ton tanks); except r uptured discs from removal if the inspection itself damages, changes, or alters the intended operation of the device; and enhance the standards for DOT Specification 111 tank cars used to transport Packing Group I and II hazardous materials. **Effects:** No ne **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 04/13/2012 **Docket Number:** PHMSA

- 2012

- 0082 **Dates for ANPRM: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 09/10/2012 08/10/2012 To OMB 10/10/2012 OMB Clearance 10/24/2012 Publication Date 10/31/2012 End of Comment Period 12/31/2012 **Explanation for any delay:** N/A **Federal Register Citation for ANPRM:**  None**Research and Innovative Technology Adm inistration**  Research and Innovative Technology Administration 90. **Reporting Ancillary Airline Passenger Revenues** Red **Popular Title** : Reporting Ancillary Airline Passenger Revenues **RIN 2139**

**- AA13**  **Stage:** Final Rule **Previous Stage:** NPRM: Publication Date 07/15/2011; End of Comment Period 09/13/2011. **Abstract:** This rulemaking would collect more detailed revenue information regarding airline imposed fees from those air carriers meeting the definitio n of "large certificated air carriers." Many air carriers have adopted fees for such services as checked baggage, carry

- on baggage, meals, on

-board entertainment, internet connections, pillows, blankets, early boarding, canceling or changing reservations, unaccompanied minors, pet transportation, etc. The rulemaking would also change the way the Department computes mishandled baggage rates from mishandled baggage reports per domestic enplanement to mishandled bags per checked bags. **Effects:** Information Collection **Prom pting action:**  Secretarial/Head of Operating Administration Decision **Legal Deadline:** None **Rulemaking Project Initiated:** 10/01/2010 **Docket Number:** RITA 2011

- 0001 **Dates for Final Rule: Milestone**  **Originally**

**Scheduled Date**  **New**

**Projected Date**  **Actual**

**Date**

To OST 03/21/2012 01/02/2013 To OMB 04/25/2012 01/31/2013 OMB Clearance 07/25/2012 05/01/2013 Publication Date 07/31/2012 05/08/2013 **Explanation for any delay:** Additional coordination necessary **Federal Register Citation for Final Rule:**  None