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General and Administrative Provisions, 

and Regulation .04 under COMAR 

26.11.08, Control of Incinerators 

contained in SIP Revision 16–04. As 

described previously, the amendments 

to COMAR 26.11.01.10, Continuous 

Opacity Monitoring Requirements, are 

as follows: (1) Add a new section 6 to 

COMAR 26.11.01.10A, Applicability 

and Exceptions; (2) amend section 3 

under COMAR 26.11.01.10B, General 

Requirements for COMs; (3) add new 

sections 5 and 6 under COMAR 

26.11.01.10B; and (4) remove COMAR 

26.11.01.10F, which has been repealed 

by the State. The amendment to 

COMAR 26.11.08, Control of 

Incinerators, consists of an addition of 

a new section D to Regulation .04, 

Visible Emissions. EPA has made, and 

will continue to make, these materials 

generally available through http://

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region III Office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 

FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory 

action because SIP approvals are 

exempted under Executive Order 12866. 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this proposed rule, 

proposing to approve Maryland SIP 

Revision 16–04, COMs requirements for 

MWCs and Cement Plants, does not 

have tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the state, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Cecil Rodrigues, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

45 CFR Part 5b 

RIN 0991–AC10 

Privacy Act; Implementation 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (the 

Act), the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS or Department) is 

proposing to exempt a new system of 

records, System No. 09–90–1701, HHS 

Insider Threat Program Records, from 

certain requirements of the Act. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by September 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The public should address 

written comments on this notice by 

email to hhsinth@hhs.gov or by mail to 

the HHS Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (OSSI), 200 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General questions about the NPRM may 

be submitted to the Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for National Security by email 

to hhsinth@hhs.gov, by telephone to 

(202) 690–5756, or by mail to the HHS 

Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (OSSI), 200 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on the Insider Threat 

Program and New System of Records 

09–90–1701 

Each federal agency is mandated by 

Presidential Executive Order 13587, 

issued October 7, 2011, to establish an 

insider threat detection and prevention 

program to ensure the security of 

classified networks and the responsible 

sharing and safeguarding of classified 

information consistent with appropriate 

protections for privacy and civil 

liberties. The order states in section 2.1: 

The heads of agencies that operate or 

access classified computer networks 

shall have responsibility for 

appropriately sharing and safeguarding 

classified information on computer 

networks. As part of this responsibility, 

they shall implement an insider threat 

detection and prevention program 

consistent with guidance and standards 

developed by the Insider Threat Task 

Force established in section 6 of this 

order. 

A threat need not be directed at 

classified information to threaten 

classified networks. Consequently, 

insider threats include any of the 

following: Attempted or actual 

espionage, subversion, sabotage, 

terrorism, or extremist activities 

directed against the Department and its 

personnel, facilities, information 

resources, and activities; unauthorized 

use of or intrusion into automated 

information systems; unauthorized 

disclosure of classified, controlled 

unclassified, sensitive, or proprietary 

information to technology; indicators of 

potential insider threats or other 

incidents that may indicate activities of 

an insider threat; and other threats to 

the Department, such as indicators of 

potential for workplace violence or 

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The office that will administer the 

Department’s Insider Threat Program, 

the Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (OSSI), serves as the 

Department’s Federal Intelligence 

Coordinating Office (FICO), which is 

responsible for coordinating the sharing 

and safeguarding of classified national 

security information between HHS and 

its operating divisions and with the 

Office of the Director of National 

Intelligence (ODNI) and its component 

agencies within the Intelligence 

Community. Within OSSI, the 

Directorate of Operations 

(Counterintelligence) will oversee the 

Insider Threat Program; its 

responsibilities include identifying, 

countering, mitigating, and deterring 

exploitation of HHS personnel, 

information, assets, and other equities 

by foreign intelligence and security 

services and agents, terrorists, and 

transnational criminal organizations 

working under the direction of a foreign 

entity. HHS counterintelligence efforts 

include (1) counterintelligence inquiries 

and preliminary investigations, (2) 

national security incident 

investigations, (3) counterintelligence 

analysis, (4) insider threats detection 

and mitigation efforts, (5) 

counterintelligence and insider threat 

awareness, and (6) technical threat 

detection and mitigation. 

The records that OSSI compiles to 

administer the HHS Insider Threat 

Program, which will be covered by 

System No. 09–90–1701, may be from 

any source, including from any HHS 

component, office, program, record or 

source, another government agency, or a 

member of the public; and may include 

records pertaining to information 

security, personnel security, or systems 

security. This system of records 

includes investigatory material 

compiled for law enforcement purposes 

and information classified in the 

interest of national security. 

Note that System No. 09–90–1701 will 

not cover investigatory material that 

OSSI compiles solely for the purpose of 

determining suitability, eligibility, or 

qualification for federal civilian 

employment, military service, federal 

contracts, or access to classified 

information, because such records are 

covered by other HHS systems of 

records; specifically: 09–90–0002 

‘‘Investigatory Material Compiled for 

Security and Suitability Purposes 

System’’ with respect to HHS Office of 

Inspector General determinations, and 

09–90–0020 ‘‘Suitability for 

Employment Records’’ as to all other 

HHS determinations. 

The new system of records will 

consist of records compiled and used by 

the Department’s Office of Security and 

Strategic Information (OSSI), within the 

Immediate Office of the Secretary (IOS), 

to administer the Department’s Insider 

Threat Program, including law 

enforcement investigatory material and 

classified intelligence information. Such 

records are eligible to be exempted from 

certain requirements of the Privacy Act 

under subsections (k)(1) and (k)(2) of the 

Act. The exemptions proposed for those 

records are necessary and appropriate to 

protect the integrity of insider threat 

investigations and records and prevent 

disclosure of information that would 

reveal investigation subjects, 

investigative and security techniques, 

national security information, security 

sensitive information, personal privacy 

information, and identities of 

confidential sources and law 

enforcement personnel involved in 

investigations. Elsewhere in today’s 

Federal Register HHS has published a 

System of Records Notice (SORN) for 

System No. 09–90–1701 for public 

notice and comment which describes 

the new system of records in more 

detail. 

The Privacy Act requirements from 

which HHS is proposing to exempt 

eligible records in System No. 09–90– 

1701 are those contained in subsections 

(c)(3), (d)(1)–(4), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), 

and (I), and (f) of the Privacy Act, which 

require the agency to provide an 

accounting of disclosures; provide 

notification, access, and amendment 

rights, rules, and procedures; maintain 

only relevant and necessary 

information; and identify categories of 

record sources. If the HHS Insider 

Threat Program obtains law enforcement 

investigatory material from another 

Privacy Act system of records that has 

been exempted from Privacy Act 

requirements based on subsection (j)(2) 

of the Act, that material will be exempt 

in System No. 09–90–1701 to the same 

extent it is exempt in the source system, 

so may be exempt from any of these 

subsections of the Act: (c)(3)–(4); (d)(1)– 

(4); (e)(1)–(3), (e)(4)(G)–(I), (e)(5), (e)(8), 

(e)(12); (f); (g); and (h). 

II. Proposed Exemptions and Affected 

Records 

The Insider Threat Program system of 

records includes investigatory material 

compiled for law enforcement purposes 

and information classified in the 

interest of national security. While OSSI 

does not perform criminal law 

enforcement activity as its principal 

function, OSSI may compile in System 

No. 09–90–1701 material obtained from 

other agencies or components which 

perform as their principal function 

activities pertaining to the enforcement 

of criminal laws, and which have 

exempted their records from certain 

Privacy Act requirements, based on 5 

U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). All other investigatory 

material compiled for law enforcement 

purposes is eligible to be exempted from 

certain Privacy Act requirements based 

on 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). Information 

classified in the interest of national 

security is eligible to be exempted from 

certain Privacy Act requirements, based 

on 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1). Accordingly, the 

Department is establishing these 

exemptions for System No. 09–90–1701: 

• Law enforcement investigatory 

material that is from another system of 

records in which such material was 

exempted from access and other 

requirements of the Privacy Act (the 

Act), based on 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), will 

be exempt in System No. 09–901701 on 

the same basis (5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2)) and 

from the same requirements as in the 

source system, which may include any 

of these requirements of the Act: (c)(3)– 

(4); (d)(1)–(4); (e)(1)–(3), (e)(4)(G)–(I), 

(e)(5), (e)(8), (e)(12); (f); (g); and (h); 

• All other law enforcement 

investigatory material in System No. 09– 

90–1701 will be exempt, based on 5 

U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), from the requirements 

in subsections (c)(3), (d)(1)–(4), (e)(1), 

and (e)(4)(G)–(I), and (f) of the Act, 

However, if any individual is denied a 

right, privilege, or benefit to which the 

individual would otherwise be entitled 

by Federal law or for which the 

individual would otherwise be eligible, 

access will be granted, except to the 

extent that the disclosure would reveal 

the identity of a source who furnished 

information to the Government under an 

express promise of confidentiality; and 

• Information that is classified in the 

interest of national security will be 

exempt, based on 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), 

from the requirements in subsections 

(c)(3), (d)(1)–(4), (e)(1), and (e)(4)(G)–(I), 

and (f) of the Act. 

III. Exemption Rationales 

These exemptions apply only to the 

extent that information in this system is 

subject to exemption pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a(k). Where HHS determines 

compliance would not appear to 

interfere with or adversely affect the 

purpose of this system to detect, deter, 

or mitigate insider threats, the 

applicable exemption may be waived by 

HHS in its sole discretion. Exemptions 

from the particular subsections are 

necessary and appropriate, and justified 

for the following reasons: 

• 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) (the requirement 

to provide accountings of disclosures) 

and 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1)–(4) 

(requirements addressing notification, 

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collectively referred to herein as access 

requirements). Providing individual 

record subjects with accountings of 

disclosures and with notification, 

access, and amendment rights with 

respect to Insider Threat Program 

records could reveal the existence of an 

investigation, investigative interest, 

investigative techniques, details about 

an investigation, security-sensitive 

information such as information about 

security measures and security 

vulnerabilities, information that must 

remain non-public to protect national 

security or personal privacy-identities of 

law enforcement personnel, or other 

sensitive or classified information. 

Revealing such information to record 

subjects would thwart or impede 

pending and future law enforcement 

investigations and efforts to protect 

national security, and would violate 

personal privacy. Revealing the 

information would enable record 

subjects or other persons to evade 

detection and apprehension by security 

and law enforcement personnel; 

destroy, conceal, or tamper with 

evidence or fabricate testimony; or 

harass, intimidate, harm, coerce, or 

retaliate against witnesses, 

complainants, investigators, security 

personnel, law enforcement personnel, 

or their family members, their 

employees, or other individuals. With 

respect to investigatory material 

compiled for law enforcement purposes, 

the exemption pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2) from access requirements in 

subsection (d) of the Act is statutorily 

limited. If any individual is denied a 

right, privilege, or benefit to which the 

individual would otherwise be entitled 

by Federal law or for which the 

individual would otherwise be eligible, 

access will be granted, except to the 

extent that the disclosure would reveal 

the identity of a source who furnished 

information to the Government under an 

express promise of confidentiality. 

• 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1) (the requirement 

to maintain only relevant and necessary 

information authorized by statute or 

Executive Order). It will not always be 

possible to determine at the time 

information is received or compiled in 

this system of records whether the 

information is or will be relevant and 

necessary to a law enforcement 

investigation or to protecting national 

security. For example, a tip or lead that 

does not appear relevant or necessary to 

uncovering an insider threat by itself or 

at the time the tip or lead is received 

may prove to be relevant and necessary 

when combined with other information 

that reveals a pattern or that comes to 

light later. 

• 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) and (H) (the 

requirements to describe procedures by 

which subjects may be notified of 

whether the system of records contains 

records about them and seek access or 

amendment of a record). These 

requirements concern individual access 

to records, and the records are exempt 

under (c) and (d), as described above. To 

the extent that (e)(4)(G) and (H) are 

interpreted to require more detailed 

procedures regarding record 

notification, access, or amendment than 

have been published in the Federal 

Register, exemption from those 

provisions is necessary for the same 

rationale as applies to (c) and (d). 

• 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I) (the 

requirement to describe the categories of 

record sources). To the extent that this 

subsection is interpreted to require a 

more detailed description regarding the 

record sources in this system than has 

been published in the Federal Register, 

exemption from this provision is 

necessary to protect the sources of law 

enforcement and intelligence 

information and to protect the privacy 

and safety of witnesses and informants 

and others who provide information to 

HHS. Further, greater specificity of 

sources of properly classified records 

could compromise national security. 

Moreover, because records used in the 

Insider Threat Program could come from 

any source, it is not possible to know 

every category in advance in order to 

list them all in the SORN. Some record 

source categories may not be 

appropriate to make public in the SORN 

if, for example, revealing them could 

enable record subjects or other 

individuals to discover investigative 

techniques and devise ways to bypass 

them to evade detection and 

apprehension. 

• 5 U.S.C. 552a(f) (the requirement to 

promulgate rules to implement 

provisions of the Privacy Act). To the 

extent that this subsection is interpreted 

to require agency rules addressing the 

above exempted requirements, 

exemption from this provision is also 

necessary to protect the sources of law 

enforcement and intelligence 

information and to protect the privacy 

and safety of witnesses and informants 

and others who provide information to 

HHS. Greater specificity in rulemaking 

regarding properly classified records 

could compromise national security. 

IV. Analysis of Impacts 

The agency has reviewed this rule 

under Executive Orders 12866 and 

13563, which direct agencies to assess 

costs and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to maximize the net benefits. 

The agency believes that this rule is not 

a significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866, and therefore 

does not constitute an Executive Order 

13771 regulatory action, because it will 

not (1) have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more or 

adversely affect in a material way the 

economy, a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local or tribal governments or 

communities; (2) create a serious 

inconsistency or otherwise interfere 

with an action taken or planned by 

another agency; (3) materially alter the 

budgetary impact of entitlements, 

grants, user fees or loan programs, or the 

rights and obligations of recipients 

thereof; or (4) raise novel legal or policy 

issues arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

set forth in Executive Order 12866. 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act 

requires agencies to analyze regulatory 

options that would minimize any 

significant impact of a rule on small 

entities. Because the rule imposes no 

duties or obligations on small entities, 

the Department certifies that the rule 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

Section 202(a) of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires 

that agencies prepare a written 

statement, which includes an 

assessment of anticipated costs and 

benefits, before proposing ‘‘any rule that 

includes any Federal mandate that may 

result in the expenditure by State, local, 

and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 

or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 

or more (adjusted annually for inflation) 

in any one year.’’ The current threshold 

after adjustment for inflation is $144 

million, using the most current (2015) 

Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross 

Domestic Product. The Department does 

not expect that this final rule would 

result in any one-year expenditure that 

would meet or exceed this amount. 

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 5b 

Privacy. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Department’s Privacy Act 

Regulations, part 5b of 45 CFR Subtitle 

A, are proposed to be amended as 

follows: 

PART 5b—PRIVACY ACT 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 5b 

continues to read as follows: 

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■ 2. Section 5b.11 is amended by adding 

paragraph (b)(2)(viii)(A) to read as 

follows: 

§ 5b.11 Exempt systems. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(viii) * * * 

(A) HHS Insider Threat Program 

Records, 09–90–1701. 

Dated: June 29, 2018. 

Michael Schmoyer, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for National 

Security. 

Dated: August 13, 2018. 

Alex M. Azar II, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 4151–17–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 64 

[CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 03–123; DA 18– 

818] 

Petitions for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Petitions for reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau seeks 

comment on two Petitions for 

Reconsideration (Petitions). 

DATES: Oppositions to the Petitions 

must be filed on or before September 7, 

2018. Replies to oppositions must be 

filed on or before September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Scott, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, at: (202) 

418–1264; email: Michael.Scott@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document, DA 18–818, released August 

6, 2018. The full text of the Petitions is 

available for viewing and copying at the 

FCC Reference Information Center, 445 

12th Street SW, Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. It also may be 

accessed online via the Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System at: 

https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10727293

1103590/Sprint%20Petition%20for%20

Reconsideration%20

REDACTED%20VERSION%20

filed%20072718.pdf and https://

ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/107091809005003/ 

Sprint%20Petition%20re%20ASR

%20filed%20070918.pdf. The 

Commission will not send a 

Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

submission to Congress or the 

Government Accountability Office 

pursuant to the CRA, 5 U.S.C. because 

no rules are being adopted by the 

Commission. 

Subject: IP CTS Modernization 

Reform, Report and Order and 

Declaratory Ruling, FCC 18–79, 

published at 83 FR 30082, June 27, 

2018, in CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 03– 

123. This document is being published 

pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429(e). See also 47 

CFR 1.4(b)(1) and 1.429(f), (g). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 2. 

Petitions for Reconsideration have 

been filed in the Commission’s 

Rulemaking proceeding by Scott R. 

Freiermuth, on behalf of Sprint 

Corporation. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Eliot Greenwald, 

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18248 Filed 8–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 395 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0248] 

RIN 2126–AC19 

Hours of Service 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notification of public listening 

session. 

SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces that it 

will hold a public listening session 

concerning potential changes to its 

hours-of-service (HOS) rules for truck 

drivers. This will be the first in a series 

of listening sessions on this topic. On 

August 21, 2018, FMCSA issued an 

Advance Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public 

comment on four specific aspects of the 

HOS rules for which the Agency is 

considering changes: The short-haul 

HOS limit; the HOS exception for 

adverse driving conditions; the 30- 

minute rest break provision; and the 

split-sleeper berth rule to allow drivers 

to split their required time in the sleeper 

berth. In addition, the Agency requested 

public comment on petitions for 

rulemaking from the Owner-Operator 

Independent Drivers Association 

(OOIDA) and TruckerNation.org 

(TruckerNation). The Agency 

encourages vendors of electronic logging 

devices (ELDs) to participate to address 

potential implementation issues should 

changes to the HOS rules be made. The 

listening session will be held in Dallas, 

Texas, and will be webcast for the 

benefit of those not able to attend in 

person. The listening session will allow 

interested persons to present comments, 

views, and relevant research on topics 

mentioned above. All comments will be 

transcribed and placed in the 

rulemaking docket for the FMCSA’s 

consideration. 

DATES: The listening session will be 

August 24, 2018, in Dallas, TX., at the 

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention 

Center, 650 S Griffin St, Dallas, TX 

75202. The session will begin at 3 p.m. 

local time and end at 5 p.m., or earlier, 

if all participants wishing to express 

their views have done so. Subsequent 

documents will be published to 

announce dates, times, and locations of 

the other sessions. 

ADDRESSES: The August 24, 2018, 

meeting will be held at the Kay Bailey 

Hutchison Convention Center, 650 S 

Griffin St, Dallas, TX 75202. 

You may submit comments identified 

by Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0248 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Submissions Containing 

Confidential Business Information (CBI): 

Mr. Brian Dahlin, Chief, Regulatory 

Analysis Division, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

instructions on submitting comments, 

including collection of information 

comments for the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, OMB. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the listening session, 

contact Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior 

Advisor to the Associate Administrator 

for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 


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