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5Public Law 115–323, 132 Stat. 4443, Dec. 17, 

2018. 

6See 84 FR 46556 (September 4, 2019). 

7 Id. 

Associated States Act,’’ 5 and DHS 

issued a corresponding amendment to 

its regulation. These changes permitted 

REAL ID compliant States to issue fullterm REAL ID licenses and ID cards to 

citizens of the FAS. When issuing this 

regulatory amendment, DHS also 

modified the identification documents 

that citizens of the FAS may present 

when applying for a REAL ID driver’s 

license or ID card from a compliant 

State.6 Under its authority in 6 CFR 

37.11(c)(1)(x), DHS permits complying 

States to accept ‘‘a valid unexpired 

passport issued by the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, 

or the Federated States of Micronesia 

with an approved Form I–94 . . . 

documenting the applicant’s most 

recent admission to the United States 

under the Compact of Free Association 

between the United States and the 

nation that issued the passport.’’ DHS 

believes its allowance of these 

documents is ‘‘consistent with the 

intent of Congress.’’ 7

Applicant’s Request 

Oregon’s application for exemption 

was described in detail in a Federal 

Register notice on June 11, 2024, (89 FR 

49265) and will not be repeated here as 

the facts have not changed. 

IV. Public Comments 

In response to the notice of Oregon’s 

application, there were five comments 

submitted to the docket. Four 

individuals commented in opposition to 

the exemption, and the Hawaii 

Department of Transportation (HDOT) 

commented in support of the 

exemption. 

Curt Smith, an individual opposing 

the exemption, said: ‘‘The exemption 

take[s] away from US citizens who want 

a CDL. [I]f the applicants are not US 

citizens, they should not get the same 

CDL as the driver that is a US citizen. 

A Nondomiciled CDL is just fine for 

someone that is not permanently 

domiciled in the continental United 

States.’’ The other comments in 

opposition expressed similar views. 

HDOT submitted comments in 

support of the exemption and wrote, 

‘‘HDOT agrees with Oregon and suggests 

that a valid, unexpired passport issued 

to a citizen of FAS, accompanied by an 

I–94 . . . form, is sufficient to prove 

that an individual has entered the 

United States lawfully.’’ 

V. FMCSA Safety Analysis and 

Decision 

FMCSA has evaluated Oregon’s 

application for exemption and the 

public comments and based on its 

analysis, decided to grant an exemption 

to Oregon from 49 CFR 383.71 for 

citizens of the FAS. The Agency 

believes that granting an exemption 

allowing Oregon to issue CDLs or CLPs 

to citizens of the FAS in accordance 

with all other State procedures in 49 

CFR 383.73(a) and (b) will achieve a 

level of safety that is equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level of safety that 

would be achieved without the 

exemption (49 CFR 381.305(a)). The 

exemption allows Oregon to accept a 

valid, unexpired passport issued by a 

FAS and an Arrival/Departure Record, 

meaning an I–94 or I–94A form, to prove 

that the individual has entered the 

United States lawfully, and issue 

standard CLPs and CDLs to these 

individuals. 

In making this determination, FMCSA 

notes that DHS allows States to issue 

full-term REAL ID licenses and ID cards 

to citizens of FAS. DHS provides 

requirements for citizens of FAS to 

present proof of lawful permanent 

residency such that these individuals 

may receive REAL ID credentials, and 

the exemption pertains only to proof of 

lawful permanent residency. 

VI. Exemption Decision 

A. Applicability of Exemption 

FMCSA grants an exemption from the 

CDL ‘‘List of Acceptable Proofs of 

Citizenship or Lawful Permanent 

Residency’’ requirements in Table 1 to 

49 CFR 383.71 for citizens of the FAS 

residing in Oregon for a period of five 

years subject to the terms and 

conditions of this decision. Oregon may 

issue CLPs and CDLs under this 

exemption in accordance with State 

procedures in 49 CFR 383.73(a) and (b) 

only to a citizen of a FAS who presents 

a valid, unexpired passport issued by a 

FAS and an Arrival/Departure Record, 

meaning an I–94 or I–94A form, to prove 

that the individual has entered the 

United States lawfully. 

B. Terms and Conditions 

Oregon must comply with all other 

applicable Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations (49 CFR part 350–399). 

C. Preemption 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(d), as implemented by 49 CFR 

381.600, during the period this 

exemption is in effect, no State shall 

enforce any law or regulation applicable 

to interstate commerce that conflicts 

with or is inconsistent with this 

exemption with respect to a firm or 

person operating under the exemption. 

D. Notification to FMCSA 

Oregon must provide to FMCSA, 

upon request, a list of all drivers issued 

CLPs or CDLs under this exemption. 

E. Termination 

FMCSA does not believe that Oregon 

will experience any deterioration of its 

safety record. The Agency will, 

however, rescind the exemption if: (1) 

Oregon fails to comply with the terms 

and conditions of the exemption; (2) the 

exemption results in a lower level of 

safety than was maintained before it was 

granted; or (3) continuation of the 

exemption would not be consistent with 

the goals and objective of 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315(b). 

Vincent G. White, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA 2024–0010] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve a request for 

an extension without change to an 

existing information collection: Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before November 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Website: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at https://

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should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to internet users, 

without change, to https://

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may 

visit https://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Erika Mazza at 202–366–7418 or 

erika.mazza@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) the necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Number: 2132–0572. 

Background 

The information collection activity 

will garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences, and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative, 

and actionable communications 

between the Federal Transit 

Administration and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered is used only 

internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered is not used for 

the purpose of substantially informing 

influential policy decisions; and 

• Information gathered yields 

qualitative information; the collections 

are not designed or expected to yield 

statistically reliable results or used as 

though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: the 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential 

nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

Current Action: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 

10,000. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 7,582 hours. 

Frequency: Once per request. 

Kusum Dhyani, 

Director, Office of Management Planning. 

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