Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 2, 2014 / Notices 37839 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST—2014–0011] 

National Freight Advisory Committee: 

Notice of Public Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) announces a 

public meeting of its National Freight 

Advisory Committee (NFAC) to discuss 

the freight provisions in the various 

surface transportation reauthorization 

proposals, including the GROW 

AMERICA Act and the MAP–21 

Reauthorization Act. Meetings are open 

to the public and there will be an 

opportunity for public comment on each 

day. 

DATES: Dates and Times: The meeting 

will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 

from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time and Wednesday, July 16, 

2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time. 

Location: On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 

the meeting will be held in the Dirksen 

Senate Office Building, Room G–11 

from 9:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and the 

Rayburn House Office Building, Room 

2167 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. On 

Wednesday, July 16, 2014, the meeting 

will be held at the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Drake, Designated Federal Officer at 

(202) 366–1999 or freight@dot.gov or 

visit the NFAC Web site at 

www.dot.gov/nfac. 

Additional Information 

Background: The NFAC was 

established to provides advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

matters related to freight transportation 

in the United States, including (1) 

implementation of the freight 

transportation requirements of the 

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 

Century Act (MAP–21; Pub. L. 112– 

141); (2) establishment of the National 

Freight Network; (3) development of the 

Plan; (4) development of strategies to 

help States implement State Freight 

Advisory Committees and State Freight 

Plans; (5) development of measures of 

conditions and performance in freight 

transportation; (6) development of 

freight transportation investment, data, 

and planning tools; and (7) legislative 

recommendations. The NFAC operates 

as a discretionary committee under the 

authority of the DOT, established in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 

See DOT’s NFAC Web site for additional 

information about the committee’s 

activities at www.dot.gov/nfac. 

Agenda: The two day agenda will 

include: 

(1) Welcome and opening remarks; 

(2) Congressional remarks; 

(3) Overview of freight provisions in 

surface transportation reauthorization 

proposals; 

(4) Discussion on freight 

reauthorization proposals; 

(5) Public comment will occur at the 

end of each day. 

The meeting agenda will be posted on 

the NFAC Web site at www.dot.gov/nfac 

in advance of the meeting. 

Public Participation: This meeting 

will be open to the public. Members of 

the public who wish to attend in person 

are asked to RSVP to freight@dot.gov 

with your name and affiliation no later 

than July 7, 2014, in order to facilitate 

entry and guarantee seating. 

Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities: The public meeting is 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Individuals requiring 

accommodations, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, are 

asked to notify John Drake, at (202) 366– 

1999 or freight@dot.gov five (5) business 

days before the meeting. 

Written comments: Persons who wish 

to submit written comments for 

consideration by the Committee must 

email freight@dot.gov or send them to 

John Drake, Designated Federal Officer, 

National Freight Advisory Committee, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W82–320, 

Washington, DC 20590 by July 7, 2014 

to provide sufficient time for review. All 

other comments may be received at any 

time before or after the meeting. 

Dated: June 26, 2014. 

John Drake, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15461 Filed 7–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. is FAA–2014–0422] 

Notice of Decision; Gallatin County, 

MT, Request for Waiver 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Decision. 

SUMMARY: This document notifies the 

public that the Federal Aviation 

Administration has granted a waiver to 

Gallatin County, MT pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 40125(d). The waiver enables 

Gallatin County to contract for a public 

aircraft operation to conduct search and 

rescue operations without complying 

with the 90-day lease minimum 

required under 49 U.S.C. 

40102(a)(41)(D). 

ADDRESSES: You may review public 

docket for the waiver request and the 

grant (Docket No. FAA–2014–0422) at 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. You may also review the 

public docket on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

This document is being published to 

inform interested parties of the agency’s 

decision to grant the request for waiver 

authority from the 90-day exclusive use 

provision of 49 U.S.C 40102(a)(41)(D) 

when operating or contracting for search 

and rescue as public aircraft operations. 

Questions regarding this grant may be 

directed to the General Aviation and 

Commercial Division (AFS–800) of the 

Flight Standards Service at (202) 385– 

9600. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 25, 

2014. 

Brenda D. Courtney, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15555 Filed 7–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0032] 

Commercial Driver’s License 

Standards: Application for Exemption; 

Daimler Trucks North America 

(Daimler) 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that 

Daimler Trucks North America 

(Daimler) has requested an exemption 

for one commercial motor vehicle 

(CMV) driver from the Federal 

requirement to hold a commercial 

driver’s license (CDL). Daimler requests 

the exemption for Dr. Wolfgang 

Bernhard, head of the Daimler Trucks 

and Bus Division, who will test drive 

CMVs for Daimler within the United 

States. Dr. Bernhard holds a valid 

German CDL and wants to test drive 

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