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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 21, 

2012. 

Rebecca Pennington, 

Chief Financial Officer, Federal Railroad 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20989 Filed 8–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Intelligent Transportation Systems 

Program Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Meeting 

AGENCY: ITS Joint Program Office, 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Intelligent Transportation 

Systems (ITS) Program Advisory 

Committee (ITS PAC) will hold a 

meeting by teleconference on September 

11, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

(EDT). 

The ITS PAC, established under 

Section 5305 of Public Law 109–59, 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users, August 10, 2005, and re-chartered 

on January 23, 2012, was created to 

advise the Secretary of Transportation 

on all matters relating to the study, 

development, and implementation of 

intelligent transportation systems. 

Through its sponsor, the ITS Joint 

Program Office, the ITS PAC makes 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding ITS Program needs, objectives, 

plans, approaches, content, and 

progress. 

The following is a summary of the 

web conference tentative agenda: (1) 

Committee high level plan of action; 

and (2) Requirements for ITS Joint 

Program Office and external subject 

matter experts. 

Participation in the teleconference is 

open to the public, but limited 

conference lines will be available on a 

first-come, first-served basis. Members 

of the public who wish to participate 

must notify Mr. Stephen Glasscock, the 

Committee Designated Federal Official, 

at (202) 366–9126 no later than 

September 5, 2012, at which time the 

teleconference phone number will be 

provided. Members of the public may 

present oral statements during the 

teleconference with Mr. Glasscock’s 

approval. Persons wishing to present 

oral statements or obtain information 

should contact Mr. Glasscock. 

Questions about the agenda or written 

comments may be submitted by U.S. 

Mail to: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration, ITS Joint 

Program Office, Attention: Stephen 

Glasscock, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

HOIT, Washington, DC 20590 or faxed 

to (202) 493–2027. The ITS Joint 

Program Office requests that written 

comments be submitted prior to the 

teleconference. 

Notice of this teleconference is 

provided in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and the 

General Services Administration 

regulations (41 CFR part 102–3) 

covering management of Federal 

advisory committees. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on the 21st day 

of August 2012. 

John Augustine, 

Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20988 Filed 8–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0163] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt 23 individuals from 

its rule prohibiting persons with 

insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) 

from operating commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. 

The exemptions will enable these 

individuals to operate CMVs in 

interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

August 27, 2012. The exemptions expire 

on August 27, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Room 

W64–224, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and/or Room 

W12–140 on the ground level of the 

West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of DOT’s dockets by 

the name of the individual submitting 

the comment (or of the person signing 

the comment, if submitted on behalf of 

an association, business, labor union, or 

other entity). You may review DOT’s 

Privacy Act Statement for the Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you 

may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2008/pdf/E8–785.pdf. 

Background 

On July 11, 2012, FMCSA published 

a notice of receipt of Federal diabetes 

exemption applications from 23 

individuals and requested comments 

from the public (77 FR 40941). The 

public comment period closed on 

August 10, 2012, and no comments were 

received. 

FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility 

of the 23 applicants and determined that 

granting the exemptions to these 

individuals would achieve a level of 

safety equivalent to or greater than the 

level that would be achieved by 

complying with the current regulation 

49 CFR 391.41(b)(3). 

Diabetes Mellitus and Driving 

Experience of the Applicants 

The Agency established the current 

requirement for diabetes in 1970 

because several risk studies indicated 

that drivers with diabetes had a higher 

rate of crash involvement than the 

general population. The diabetes rule 

provides that ‘‘A person is physically 

qualified to drive a commercial motor 

vehicle if that person has no established 

medical history or clinical diagnosis of 

diabetes mellitus currently requiring 

insulin for control’’ (49 CFR 

391.41(b)(3)). 

FMCSA established its diabetes 

exemption program, based on the 

Agency’s July 2000 study entitled ‘‘A 


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