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—Role of the human element; 

—Noise from commercial shipping and 

its adverse impacts on marine life; 

—Work program of the Committee and 

subsidiary bodies; 

—Application of the Committees’ 

Guidelines; 

—Election of the Chairman and ViceChairman for 2014. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, Ms. Regina 

Bergner not later than Monday, April 

29, 2013, 10 days prior to the meeting. 

Contact should be made by email at 

Regina.R.Bergner@uscg.mil; by phone at 

(202) 372–1431; or in writing to Ms. 

Regina Bergner, Commandant (CG– 

OES–3), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 

2100 2nd Street SW., STOP 7126, 

Washington, DC 20593–7126. Requests 

made after April 29, 2013, might not be 

able to be accommodated. Please note 

that due to security considerations, two 

valid government-issued photo 

identifications must be presented to 

gain entrance to the Headquarters 

building. The Headquarters building is 

accessible by taxi and privately owned 

conveyance (public transportation is not 

generally available). Public parking is 

available in the vicinity of the 

Headquarters building. Additional 

information regarding this and other 

IMO SHC public meetings may be found 

at: www.uscg.mil/imo. Electronic copies 

of documents associated with the 65th 

Session of MEPC will be available at the 

public meeting or by request prior to the 

meeting. U.S. citizens may request 

copies of MEPC documents prior to the 

meeting by contacting Ms. Regina 

Bergner using the information provided 

above. 

Dated: February 14, 2013. 

Brian W. Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05073 Filed 3–4–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee; Public 

Teleconference 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of two teleconferences of 

the Systems Working Group of the 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). 

DATES: The teleconferences will take 

place on Thursday, March 21, 2013, and 

Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Both 

teleconferences will begin at 1:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time and will last 

approximately one hour. The 

presentation and call-in number will be 

posted at least one week in advance at 

http://www.ast.faa.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Eckert (AST–3), Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation (AST), 800 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–8655; Email paul.eckert@faa.gov. 

Complete information regarding 

COMSTAC is available on the FAA Web 

site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/ 

advisory_committee/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of these two teleconferences is 

to assist the FAA in its development of 

guidelines for the safety of occupants of 

commercial suborbital and orbital 

spacecraft. In a Federal Register notice 

dated July 30, 2012, the FAA announced 

its desire to engage with COMSTAC on 

a periodic basis, approximately once per 

month, on specific topics. Six 

teleconferences have been held to date. 

The two teleconferences announced 

today are the last two planned until the 

FAA issues draft guidelines. The topics 

for the two teleconferences are as 

follows: 

(1) Medical Best Practices for Crew 

and Space Flight Participants. We 

would like to explore industry views on 

medical best practices for occupant 

safety, to include ensuring that safety 

critical operations personnel and 

spaceflight participants are physically 

capable of performing safety critical 

tasks. We would like to discuss the 

following questions from a guidance 

perspective: 

a. What is the appropriate level of 

medical screening for safety critical 

operations personnel? 

b. What is the appropriate level of 

medical screening for spaceflight 

participants? 

c. Should there be medical criteria for 

ending a flight early due to crew or 

spaceflight participant illness or 

medical emergency? 

d. What type of medical kit should be 

recommended? 

e. What type of flight crew medical 

training should be recommended? 

f. How do the answers to these 

questions depend on whether a flight is 

sub-orbital or orbital? 

(2) Communications and 

Commanding Best Practices for 

Minimum Level of Safety. To date, 

communications (voice, telemetry and 

command) have been an important 

element in every human spaceflight 

mission and the FAA would like to 

explore industry best practices in this 

area. We will discuss the following 

questions from a guidance perspective: 

a. Should vehicle-to-ground 

communications be considered a critical 

function? 

b. What would be the appropriate 

coverage for the different phases of 

flight (prelaunch, ascent, orbit, entry, 

post-landing and aborts)? 

c. Should ground voice, telemetry, or 

commanding be allowed to serve as a 

part of a hazard control? 

d. When would intra-vehicle voice 

communication be recommended? 

e. Should a minimum threshold be set 

for intelligibility level? What would it 

be? 

f. When would ground monitoring of 

telemetry and ground control be 

recommended? 

g. What should be included in the 

telemetry, and how often should it 

update? 

h. Should encryption be required for 

critical commands? 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written statements for 

the COMSTAC working group members 

to consider under the advisory process. 

Statements may concern the issues and 

agenda items mentioned above or 

additional issues that may be relevant 

for the U.S. commercial space 

transportation industry. Interested 

parties wishing to submit written 

statements should contact Paul Eckert, 

Designated Federal Officer (the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section), in writing (mail or 

email) by March 14, 2013 for the March 

21 teleconference, and April 9, 2013 for 

the April 16 teleconference. This way 

the information can be made available 

to COMSTAC members for their review 

and consideration before each 

teleconference. Written statements 

should be supplied in the following 

formats: one hard copy with original 

signature or one electronic copy via 

email. 

Individuals who plan to participate 

and need special assistance should 

inform the person listed in the FOR


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FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

in advance of the meeting. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 27, 

2013. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05066 Filed 3–4–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA 2013–0058] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Driver 

Qualification Files 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval, and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA provides an 

updated estimate of the number of CMV 

drivers who are required to provide 

information under the driver 

qualification (DQ) file regulations, and 

of the overall information collection 

burden imposed by those regulations. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before May 6, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA 

2013–0058 using one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 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., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

see the Public Participation heading 

below. Note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

• Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to 

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

• Privacy Act: Anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) complete 

Privacy Act Statement for the Federal 

Docket Management System published 

in the Federal Register on December 29, 

2010 (75 FR 82133). 

• Public Participation: The Federal 

eRulemaking Portal is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. You 

can obtain electronic submission and 

retrieval help and guidelines under the 

‘‘help’’ section of the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you 

want us to notify you that we received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard, or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

included in the docket and will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Telephone: 202–366–4325. Email: 

MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 

[Pub. L. 98–554, Title II, 98 Stat. 2834 

(October 30, 1984)] requires the 

Secretary of Transportation to issue 

regulations pertaining to commercial 

motor vehicle (CMV) safety. These 

regulations are also issued under the 

authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 504, 

31133, 31136, 31502 and 49 CFR 1.87. 

Motor carriers must ensure that the 

drivers they place in interstate 

commerce are qualified to operate their 

assigned CMV. Motor carriers must 

obtain and maintain specified 

information concerning the 

qualifications of the driver to operate a 

CMV. The information on each CMV 

driver is maintained in a driver 

qualification (DQ) file. In some 

instances, such as during the job 

application process, the motor carrier 

must obtain the required information 

from the CMV driver. Other sections of 

the DQ file regulations require the motor 

carrier to contact the driver’s State of 

licensure for a copy of that driver’s 

official driving record. In other cases, 

such as the background safety 

investigation of the driver, the motor 

carrier, with the driver’s consent, must 

contact previous employers of the driver 

to obtain the required information. The 

information in a driver’s DQ file is not 

forwarded to the FMCSA. However, the 

DQ file must be made available to State 

and Federal safety investigators on 

demand. 

Title: Driver Qualification Files. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0004. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents: Interstate motor carriers 

and drivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

42,567,200. 

Estimated Time per Response: An 

average of 28 minutes. 

Expiration Date: May 31, 2013. 

Frequency of Response: Most of the 

responses occur on an infrequent basis, 

such as when a motor carrier hires a 

CMV driver, or when a motor carrier 

conducts the required annual review of 

the driver’s DQ file. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,236,866 hours [4,908,333 hours for 

driver hiring + 237,333 hours for annual 

review of driver qualifications + 91,200 

hours for driver review and rebuttal of 

safety performance history = 5,236,866]. 

FMCSA arrives at this estimate by 

summing the estimated times required 

for each of 10 regulatory requirements 

related to the DQ file. 

Definitions 

(1) ‘‘Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations’’ (FMCSRs) are parts 350– 

399 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. (2) ‘‘Commercial Motor 

Vehicle’’ (CMV) is ‘‘a self-propelled or 

towed vehicle used on the highways in 

interstate commerce to transport 

passengers or property, if the vehicle— 

(A) has a gross vehicle weight rating 

or gross combination weight rating, or 

gross vehicle weight or gross 

combination weight, of at least 10,001 

pounds, whichever is greater; 

(B) Is designed or used to transport 

more than 8 passengers (including the 

driver) for compensation; 


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