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Jose Gutierrez 

Jose Gutierrez, 39, holds a class C 

driver’s license in Maryland. 

Francisco Kelly 

Francisco Kelly, 46, holds a class D 

driver’s license in Virginia. 

Joseph Latino 

Joseph Latino, 24, holds a class E 

driver’s license in Louisiana. 

Brian Levinson 

Brian Levinson, 56, holds a class E 

driver’s license in Florida. 

Dre Lowes 

Dre Lowes, 26, holds a class C driver’s 

license in Maryland. 

Vonseth Ngethsum 

Vonseth Ngethsum, 32, holds a class 

A commercial driver’s license (CDL) in 

Florida. 

Henry Peralta 

Henry Peralta, 31, holds a class C 

driver’s license in Texas. 

Naren Ramnauth 

Naren Ramnauth, 47, holds a class C 

driver’s license in California. 

Karl Sabate 

Karl Sabate, 36, holds a class CM1 

driver’s license in California. 

Terrell Sumers 

Terrell Sumers, 36, holds a class E 

driver’s license in Louisiana. 

Mark Thronson 

Mark Thronson, 34, holds a class C 

driver’s license in California. 

Rodrigues Tilley 

Rodrigues Tilley, 35, holds a class D 

driver’s license in Alabama. 

Gerald Wright 

Gerald Wright, 54, holds a class DA 

CDL in Kentucky. 

IV. Request for Comments

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)

and 31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons 

on the exemption petitions described in 

this notice. We will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

under the DATES section of the notice. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04336 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0244] 

Hours of Service; Arbert Ibraimi; 

Application for Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has 

received an application from Arbert 

Ibraimi to be exempt from the 

requirement that drivers of commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs) use an electronic 

logging device (ELD) to record their 

hours of service (HOS). The applicant 

requests to use paper logs instead of an 

ELD for 12 months and asserts that 

because he is a new business operating 

as an owner-operator he cannot afford 

an ELD. FMCSA requests public 

comment on the applicant’s request for 

exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2023–0244 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal:

www.regulations.gov. See the Public 

Participation and Request for Comments 

section below for further information. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations, 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, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251.

Each submission must include the

Agency name and the docket number 

(FMCSA–2023–0244) for this notice. 

Note that DOT posts all comments 

received without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to www.regulations.gov at 

any time on the ground level of the West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

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

p.m., ET, Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays. To be sure

someone is there to help you, please call 

(202) 366–9317 or (202) 366–9826

before visiting Dockets Operations.

Privacy Act: In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 31315(b), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

exemption process. DOT posts these 

comments, 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 under 

the ‘‘Department Wide System of 

Records Notices’’ link at https://

www.transportation.gov/individuals/ 

privacy/privacy-act-system-recordsnotices. The comments are posted 

without edit and are searchable by the 

name of the submitter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Bernadette Walker, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division; Office of Carrier, 

Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards, 

FMCSA; (202) 385–2415; 

Bernadette.walker@dot.gov. If you have 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, contact Dockets 

Operations at (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for

Comments

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2021–0244), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for suggestions or 

recommendations. 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 the Agency 

can contact you if it has questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

www.regulations.gov and put the docket 

number ‘‘FMCSA–2023–0244’’ in the 

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

sort the results by ‘‘Posted (NewerOlder),’’ choose the first notice listed, 

click the ‘‘Comment’’ 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 


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copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit comments by mail and would 

like to know that they reached the 

facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. FMCSA 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

II. Legal Basis 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315(b) to grant 

exemptions from certain Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). 

FMCSA must publish a notice of each 

exemption request in the Federal 

Register (49 CFR 381.315(a)). The 

Agency must provide the public an 

opportunity to inspect the information 

relevant to the application, including 

any safety analyses that have been 

conducted. The Agency must also 

provide an opportunity for public 

comment on the request. 

The Agency reviews safety analyses 

and public comments submitted and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely maintain a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)). 

The decision of the Agency must be 

published in the Federal Register (49 

CFR 381.315(b)). If granted, the notice 

will identify the regulatory provision 

from which the applicant will be 

exempt, the effective period, and all 

terms and conditions of the exemption 

(49 CFR 381.315(c)(1)). If the exemption 

is denied, the notice will explain the 

reason for the denial (49 CFR 

381.315(c)(2)). The exemption may be 

renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)). 

III. Applicant’s Request 

Arbert Ibraimi requests a one-year 

exemption from the ELD requirements 

in 49 CFR 395.8(a)(1(i). Under section 

395.8(a)(1)(i) most drivers that operate 

CMVs in interstate commerce are 

required to use an ELD to record their 

HOS. The applicant asserts that he is 

running a new business operating a 

single CMV as an owner-operator and 

has limited funds to support the 

purchase of an ELD. The applicant 

states that he would use the funds saved 

from not implementing an ELD in the 

single CMV to monitor the safety of 

operations and to incorporate safety 

management controls into his operation. 

A copy of Arbert Ibraimi’s application 

for exemption is available for review in 

the docket for this notice. 

IV. Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

Arbert Ibraimi’s application for an 

exemption from the ELD requirement 

under 49 CFR 395.8(a). All comments 

received before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated at 

the beginning of this notice will be 

considered and will be available for 

examination in the docket at the 

location listed under the Addresses 

section of this notice. Comments 

received after the comment closing date 

will be filed in the public docket and 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. In addition to late 

comments, FMCSA will also continue to 

file, in the public docket, relevant 

information that becomes available after 

the comment closing date. Interested 

persons should continue to examine the 

public docket for new material. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04307 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Solicitation of Applications for the 

Award of One Tanker Security Program 

Operating Agreement 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of application period for 

the Tanker Security Program (TSP). 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) requests applications from 

eligible candidates for one TSP 

operating agreement. The Tanker 

Security Program is comprised of a fleet 

of active, commercially viable, militarily 

useful, and privately owned product 

tank vessels. The fleet provides for 

national defense and other security 

requirements and maintains a United 

States presence in international 

commercial shipping. This solicitation 

for applications provides, among other 

things, application criteria and a 

deadline for submitting applications for 

the enrollment of one vessel into the 

TSP. 

DATES: Applications for enrollment 

must be received no later than April 30, 

2024. Applications should be submitted 

to the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section below. 

ADDRESSES: Applications may be 

submitted electronically to 

sealiftsupport@dot.gov or in hard copy 

to the Tanker Security Program, 

Maritime Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Application forms are available 

upon request or may be downloaded 

from MARAD’s website at 

www.maritime.dot.gov under National 

Security/Strategic Sealift/Tanker 

Security Program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Hatcher, Director, Office of Sealift 

Support, Maritime Administration, 

Telephone (202) 366–0688. For legal 

questions, call Joseph Click, Office of 

Chief Counsel, Division of Maritime 

Programs, Maritime Administration, 

(202) 366–5882. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

53402(a) of Title 46, United States Code, 

requires that the Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary), in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Defense (SecDef), establish a fleet of 

active, commercially viable, militarily 

useful, privately-owned product tank 

vessels to meet national defense and 

other security requirements. The TSP 

provides a stipend to tanker operators of 

U.S.-flagged vessels that meet certain 

qualifications. Payments to participating 

operators are limited to $6 million per 

ship, per fiscal year and are subject to 

annual appropriations. Participating 

operators are required to make their 

commercial transportation resources 

available upon request of the SecDef 

during times of war or national 

emergency. 

Application Criteria 

Section 53403(b)(2)(A) of Title 46, 

United States Code, and MARAD’s 

implementing regulation at 46 CFR 

294.9, direct the Secretary in 

consultation with the SecDef to consider 

applicant vessel qualifications and give 

priority to applications based on the 

following criteria: 

(1) Vessel capabilities, as established 

by SecDef; 

(2) Applicant’s record of vessel 

ownership and operation of tanker 

vessels; and 

(3) Applicant’s citizenship, with 

preference for Section 50501 Citizens. 

Vessel Requirements 

Acceptable vessels for a TSP 

Operating Agreement must meet the 

requirements of 46 U.S.C. 53402(b) and 

46 CFR 294.9. The Commander, 

USTRANSCOM, has provided vessel 

suitability standards for eligible TSP 

vessels for use during the application 

selection process. The following 

suitability standards, consistent with 

the requirements of 46 U.S.C. 

53402(b)(5), will apply to vessel 

applications: 

• Medium Range (MR) tankers 

between 30,000–60,000 deadweight 

tons, with fuel cargo capacity of 230,000 

barrels or greater; 


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