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certified MEs, if the TCs choose to do 

so, using electronic communication 

such as fax or email. Consistent with 

OMB’s commitment to minimizing 

respondents’ recordkeeping and 

paperwork burdens, and the increased 

use of secure electronic modes of 

communication, the Agency anticipates 

that approximately 25 percent of the 

forms will be transmitted electronically. 

Qualifications of Drivers; Vision 

Standard 

Under 49 CFR 391.41(b), drivers who 

do not satisfy, with the worse eye, either 

FMCSA’s existing distant visual acuity 

standard with corrective lenses or the 

field of vision standard, or both, in 

§ 391.41(b)(10) are permitted to be 

physically qualified to operate a CMV in 

interstate commerce under specified 

conditions. The alternative vision 

standard adopted in the final rule uses 

a collaborative process for physical 

qualification. Before an individual may 

be medically certified under the 

alternative vision standard, the 

individual must have a vision 

evaluation conducted by an 

ophthalmologist or optometrist. The 

ophthalmologist or optometrist records 

the findings and provides specific 

medical opinions on the Vision 

Evaluation Report, Form MCSA–5871. 

Then, an ME performs an examination, 

considers the information provided on 

the Vision Evaluation Report, Form 

MCSA–5871, and determines whether 

the individual meets the alternative 

vision standard, as well as FMCSA’s 

other physical qualification standards. If 

the ME determines the individual meets 

the physical qualification standards, the 

ME may issue an MEC for up to 12 

months. 

FMCSA allows ophthalmologists and 

optometrists to provide the Vision 

Evaluation Report, Form MCSA–5871, 

to the certified MEs, if they choose to do 

so, using electronic communication 

such as fax or email. Consistent with 

OMB’s commitment to minimizing 

respondents’ recordkeeping and 

paperwork burdens, and the increased 

use of secure electronic modes of 

communication, the Agency anticipates 

that approximately 25 percent of the 

forms will be transmitted electronically. 

Title: Medical Qualification 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0006. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Commercial motor 

vehicle drivers, motor carriers, medical 

examiners, testing centers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,123,976. 

Expiration Date: March 31, 2025. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,243,525 hours. 

This information collection is 

comprised of the following seven 

information collection activities. 

Physical Qualification Standards: 

2,776,978 annual burden hours. 

7,175,796 annual respondents. 

Resolution of Medical Conflict: 

11 annual burden hours. 

3 annual respondents. 

Medical Exemptions: 

293 annual burden hours. 

1,176 annual respondents. 

SPE Certificate Program: 

2,808 annual burden hours. 

2,567 annual respondents. 

National Registry of Certified Medical 

Examiners: 

462,162 annual burden hours. 

934,887 annual respondents. 

Qualification of Drivers; Diabetes 

Standard: 

654 annual burden hours. 

4,906 annual respondents. 

Qualification of Drivers; Vision 

Standard: 

619 annual burden hours. 

4,641 annual respondents. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the performance of 

FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of 

the estimated burden; (3) ways for 

FMCSA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The Agency will 

summarize or include your comments in 

the request for OMB’s clearance of this 

ICR. 

Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 

1.87. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21076 Filed 9–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0143] 

Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF); 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces two 

meetings of the TLTF. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

Wednesday, October 30 and Thursday, 

November 20, 2024, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 

ET. Requests for accommodations for a 

disability must be received by 

Wednesday, October 23 for the first 

meeting and by Wednesday, November 

13 for the second meeting. Requests to 

submit written materials for 

consideration during the meeting must 

be received no later than Wednesday, 

October 23 and Wednesday, November 

13, respectively. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be virtual 

for their entirety. Please register in 

advance of the meeting at 

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/tltf. A copy of the 

agenda for each meeting will be made 

available at www.fmcsa.dot.gov/tltf 1 

week in advance of each meeting. Once 

approved, copies of the meeting minutes 

will be available at the website 

following each meeting. You may visit 

the TLTF website at 

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/tltf for further 

information on the committee and its 

activities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Shannon L. Watson, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, TLTF, FMCSA, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, (202) 360–2925, tltf@dot.gov. 

Any committee-related request should 

be sent to the person listed in this 

section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 23009 of the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL) (Pub. L. 117– 

58) requires the Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration (FMCSA) to 

establish the TLTF, which was set up in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92–463 

(1972). TLTF will examine the terms, 

conditions, and equitability of common 

truck leasing arrangements, particularly 

as they impact owner-operators and 

trucking businesses subject to such 

agreements and submit a report on the 

task force’s identified issues and 

conclusions regarding truck leasing 

arrangements, including recommended 

best practices, to the Secretary, the 

Secretary of Labor, and the appropriate 

committees of Congress. TLTF will work 

in coordination with the United States 

Department of Labor. 

TLTF operates in accordance with 

FACA under the terms of the TLTF 

charter, filed February 11, 2022, and 

amended April 28, 2023, and renewed 

February 9, 2024. 


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1 In this 30-day notice, FRA has made a correction 

to the title of the information collection document. 

In the published 60-day notice, 89 FR 56474, the 

title is shown as Inspection Brake Safety Standards 

for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and 

equipment (Power Brakes). FRA has corrected the 

title in this 30-day notice to reflect the currently 

Continued 

II. Agendas 

October 30, 2024, Meeting 

• TLTF will begin consideration of 

Task 24–5: Drafting a Committee Report 

on the Equitability of Truck Leasing 

Agreements and Their Terms and 

Identifying Best Practices to Assist CMV 

Drivers in Assessing Leasing Agreement 

Impacts Before Entering Into Them; 

• A presentation on the History of 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations 

and Safety in the United States, Starting 

from Single Owner-Operators; 

• An update from the Public Court 

Data Collection Subcommittee on its 

findings from examining existing case 

law on truck leasing agreements; and 

• A public comment period that will 

allow drivers and lessees of CMVs to 

share their personal experiences with 

leases and present any supporting 

information they would like to share to 

assist TLTF in making 

recommendations on such agreements. 

November 20, 2024, Meeting 

• TLTF will continue its deliberations 

on Task 24–5: Drafting a Committee 

Report on the Equitability of Truck 

Leasing Agreements and Their Terms 

and Identifying Best Practices to Assist 

CMV Drivers in Assessing Leasing 

Agreement Impacts Before Entering Into 

Them; 

• An update from the Public Court 

Data Collection Subcommittee on its 

findings from examining existing case 

law on truck leasing agreements.; and 

• A public comment period that will 

allow drivers and lessees of CMVs to 

share their personal experiences with 

leases and present any supporting 

information they would like to share to 

assist TLTF in making 

recommendations on such agreements. 

III. Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public via virtual platform. Advance 

registration via the website 

(www.fmcsa.dot.gov/tltf) is required by 

Wednesday, October 23 for the first 

meeting and Wednesday, November 13, 

2024, for the second meeting. 

DOT is committed to providing equal 

access to this meeting for all 

participants. If you need alternative 

formats or services due to a disability, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other ancillary aids, please contact the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

Wednesday, October 23 for the October 

30 meeting and Wednesday, November 

13, 2024, for the November 20 meeting. 

Oral comments from the public will 

be heard during the designated 

comment period at the discretion of the 

TLTF chair and Designated Federal 

Officer. To accommodate as many 

speakers as possible, the time for each 

commenter will be limited to 2 minutes. 

Speakers may submit a written copy of 

their remarks for inclusion in the 

meeting records and for circulation to 

TLTF members. All prepared remarks 

submitted on time will be accepted and 

considered as part of the record. Any 

member of the public may present a 

written statement to the committee at 

any time. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21106 Filed 9–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2024–0012] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, this notice 

announces that FRA is forwarding the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

summarized below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the information collection and its 

expected burden. On July 9, 2024, FRA 

published a notice providing a 60-day 

period for public comment on the ICR. 

FRA received no comments in response 

to the notice. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

17, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice through 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find the particular ICR by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Arlette Mussington, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at email: 

arlette.mussington@dot.gov or 

telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. 

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, at email: 

joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: 

(757) 897–9908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 

through 1320.12. On July 9, 2024, FRA 

published a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register soliciting public comment on 

the ICR for which it is now seeking 

OMB approval. See 89 FR 56474. FRA 

has received no comments related to the 

proposed collection of information. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve this proposed collection of 

information, it must provide 30 days’ 

notice for public comment. Federal law 

requires OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30-day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. The 30-day notice 

informs the regulated community of its 

opportunity to file relevant comments 

and affords the agency adequate time to 

consider public comments before it 

renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 

29, 1995. Therefore, each respondent 

should submit their comment to OMB 

within 30 days of publication to best 

ensure having their full effect. 

Comments are invited on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of 

the burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of information collection 

activities on the public, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 

Title: Brake System Safety Standards 

for Freight and Other Non-Passenger 

Trains and Equipment. 1


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