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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Blaine, CRB Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email 

at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

Monday, July 30, 2018, the Judges 

published in the Federal Register for 

comment modified proposed regulations 

to require affected cable operators to pay 

a Sports Surcharge royalty. In FR Doc. 

2018–16175 appearing on page 36509 

the following correction is made: 

In the ADDRESSES section the docket 

number by which commenters were to 

identify their comments and objections 

is changed from ‘‘17–CRB–0001–BER 

(2019–2023)’’ to read ‘‘15–CRB–0010– 

CA–S’’. The Judges hereby correct that 

docket number and reopen the comment 

period for fourteen days to give any 

interested parties who were unable to 

file comments because of the incorrect 

docket number a chance to submit 

comments. 

Dated: August 30, 2018. 

David R. Strickler, 

Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19217 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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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: Notice 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. On August 23, 2018, FMCSA 

published 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 at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation in 

Washington, DC. The listening session 

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 

September 14, 2018, in Washington, DC, 

at the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. The 

listening session will begin at 1 p.m. 

(EDT) and end at 3 p.m., or earlier, if all 

participants wishing to express their 

views have done so. 

ADDRESSES: The September 14, 2018, 

meeting will be held at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

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 

special accommodations for the HOS 

listening session, such as sign language 

interpretation, contact Ms. Shannon L. 

Watson, Senior Advisor to the Associate 

Administrator for Policy, (202) 385– 

2395 or at shannon.watson@dot.gov, by 

Wednesday, September 5, 2018, to allow 

us to arrange for such services. There is 

no guarantee that interpreter services 

requested on short notice can be 

provided. For information concerning 

the HOS rules, contact Mr. Tom Yager, 

Chief, Driver and Carrier Operations 

Division, (202) 366–4325, mcpsd@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

A. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

ANPRM (Docket No. FMCSA–2018– 

0248), indicate the specific section of 

this document to which each section 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. You 

may submit your comments and 

material online or by fax, mail, or hand 

delivery, but please use only one of 

these means. FMCSA recommends that 

you include your name and a mailing 

address, an email address, or a phone 

number in the body of your document 

so that FMCSA can contact you if there 

are questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, put the 

docket number, FMCSA–2018–0248, in 

the keyword box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

When the new screen appears, click on 

the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type 

your comment into the text box on the 

following screen. Choose whether you 

are submitting your comment as an 

individual or on behalf of a third party 

and then submit. 

If you submit your comments by mail 

or hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. If you submit 

comments by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. 

FMCSA will consider all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period for the ANPRM. Late 

comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

Confidential Business Information 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) is commercial or financial 

information that is customarily not 

made available to the public by the 

submitter. Under the Freedom of 

Information Act, CBI is eligible for 

protection from public disclosure. If you 

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to the ANPRM and this listening 

session, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Accordingly, please mark each 

page of your submission as 

‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘CBI.’’ Submissions 

designated as CBI and meeting the 

definition noted above will not be 

placed in the public docket for the 

ANPRM and this listening session. 

Submissions containing CBI should be 

sent to Mr. Brian Dahlin, Chief, 

Regulatory Analysis Division, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590 or brian.dahlin@dot.gov. Any 

commentary that FMCSA receives 

which is not specifically designated as 

CBI will be placed in the public docket 

for this rulemaking. 

FMCSA will consider all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period for the ANPRM. 

B. Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as any 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Insert the 

docket number, FMCSA–2018–0248, in 

the keyword box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

Next, click the ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ 

button and choose the document to 

review. If you do not have access to the 

internet, you may view the docket 

online by visiting the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the DOT West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

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

except Federal holidays. 

C. Privacy Act 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its rulemaking process. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, including any personal information 

the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

II. Background 

On August 23, 2018 (83 FR 42631), 

FMCSA published an ANPRM 

concerning potential changes to its 

hours-of-service rules. The ANPRM 

indicated the Agency is considering 

changes in four areas of the HOS rules: 

The short-haul HOS limit [49 CFR 

395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A)]; the HOS exception 

for adverse driving conditions 

[§ 395.1(b)(1)]; the 30-minute rest break 

provision [§ 395.3(a)(3)(ii)]; and the 

split-sleeper berth rule to allow drivers 

to split their required time in the sleeper 

berth [§ 395.1(g)(1)(i)(A) and (ii)(A)]. In 

addition, the Agency requested public 

comment on petitions for rulemaking 

from the Owner-Operator Independent 

Drivers Association (OOIDA) and 

TruckerNation.org (TruckerNation). The 

ANPRM provides an opportunity for 

additional discussion of each of these 

topics. The listening session will 

provide interested persons to share their 

views on these topics with 

representatives of the Agency. The 

Agency encourages ELD vendors to 

participate to address potential 

implementation issues should changes 

to the HOS rules be made. 

III. Meeting Participation 

The listening session is open to the 

public. Speakers’ remarks will be 

limited to 2 minutes each. The public 

may submit material to the FMCSA staff 

at the session for inclusion in the public 

docket, FMCSA–2018–0248. The 

session will be webcast in its entirety, 

providing the opportunity for remote 

participation via the internet. For 

information on participating in the live 

webcast, please go to 

www.fmcsa.dot.gov. 

IV. Questions for Discussion During the 

Listening Session 

In preparing their comments, meeting 

participants should consider the 

questions posed in the ANPRM about 

the current HOS requirements. Answers 

to these questions should be based upon 

the experience of the participants and 

any data or information they can share 

with FMCSA. 

Issued on: August 30, 2018. 

Raymond P. Martinez, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19255 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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