85282 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices 

The Commissioner of the Social 

Security Administration, Martin 

O’Malley, having reviewed and 

approved this document, is delegating 

the authority to electronically sign this 

document to Faye I. Lipsky, who is a 

Federal Register Liaison for SSA, for 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

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Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24871 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0071] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under Supplementary Information. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

December 24, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0071 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to 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, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Derek Constable, (202) 366–4606, Office 

of Bridges and Structures, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FY24 Competitive Highway 

Bridge Program (CHBP). 

Background: The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 

118–42, section 126, March 9, 2024, 

provides $250 million to be awarded by 

the Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) for a Competitive Highway 

Bridge Program. 

Eligible applicants are States that 

have a population density of less than 

115 individuals per square mile and less 

than 26% of total bridges classified as 

in good condition; or greater than or 

equal to 5.2% of total bridges classified 

in poor condition. States meeting the 

population criteria and that have greater 

than 14% of total bridges classified as 

in poor condition are eligible to receive 

no less than $32,500,000. The funds 

shall be used for highway bridge 

replacement or rehabilitation projects 

on public roads that demonstrate cost 

savings by bundling multiple highway 

bridge projects. Population density is 

calculated based on the latest available 

data from the decennial census 

conducted under section 14(a) of title 

13, United States Code. Percentages of 

bridge counts are based on the National 

Bridge Inventory as of June 2023. 

(Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, 

Pub. L. 118–42, sec. 126, March 9, 

2024.) 

Population density is calculated based 

on the latest available data on March 9, 

2024, the date which the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2024, became law. 

Resident population density is used. 

The percentages are based on number of 

bridges. Funds shall be obligated by 

September 30, 2027. 

Based on these requirements, eligible 

applicants are the State Departments of 

Transportation (State DOTs) of Alaska, 

Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 

Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, 

Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, 

Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, West 

Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 

State DOTs that are eligible to receive 

no less than $32,500,000 include Iowa, 

Maine, South Dakota, and West 

Virginia. 

Awards will be made only to a State 

DOT. Applications by non-State Dot 

entities must be submitted by the State 

DOT in which they are located. 

Each application will require the 

following project narrative: 

• A discussion and supporting 

information that describes the project 

description, location, and project 

parties, 

• a discussion and supporting 

information on proposed project 

funding including the sources and 

availability of funds to supplement a 

grant award and to supplement the 

Federal share, 

• a discussion and supporting 

information on how the project meets 

the CHBP merit criteria, 

• a discussion and supporting 

information on project readiness and 

environmental status to include 

discussion and supporting information 

on technical feasibility, project 

schedule, status of required approvals 

including environmental permits and 

reviews, status of State, metropolitan, 

and local planning document approvals, 

and an assessment of project risks and 

mitigation strategies. 

Each applicant selected for CHBP 

grant funding will be required to 

execute a project agreement which is a 

type of grant agreement for 

administration of funds to a State DOT 

in FHWA’s Fiscal Management System. 

In the agreement, the recipient must 

describe the project that FHWA agreed 

to fund, which is the project that was 

described in the application or a 

reduced-scope version of that project. 

The agreement also includes project 

schedule milestones, a budget, and 

project-related goals. 

Each applicant selected for CHBP 

grant funding (awardee) will be required 

to collect and report project monitoring 

information. This will include 

information on the project’s 

performance using performance 

indicators supplied by FHWA that relate 

to CHBP goals. Performance reporting 

continues for several years after project 

construction is completed. Each 

awardee will submit progress and 

monitoring reports on a quarterly basis 

until completion of the project as 

determined by FHWA. This information 

will be used to monitor awardees’ use 

of Federal funds, ensuring 

accountability and financial 

transparency. 

These requirements will be further 

detailed in the Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. 

This notice seeks comments on the 

proposed information collection, which 

will collect information necessary to 

support the evaluation of applications 

and selection of project awards, the 

funding agreement negotiation stage for 

awards, and project monitoring. 

Respondents: Any eligible State DOT 

can submit as many as three 

applications. A limit of three 

applications will be specified in the 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices 85283 

1These criteria may be found in APPENDIX A TO 

PART 391—MEDICAL ADVISORY CRITERIA, 

section H. Epilepsy: § 391.41(b)(8), paragraphs 3, 4, 

and 5, which is available on the internet at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2015-title49-vol5/pdf/ 

CFR-2015-title49-vol5-part391-appA.pdf. 

Notice of Funding Opportunity. There 

are 18 eligible States. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 100 hours per respondent per 

application. In addition, each awarded 

project is estimated to require 60 hours 

for negotiating and signing the funding 

agreement and project monitoring 

reporting including performance 

indicator and financial monitoring. 

FHWA is estimates that project 

monitoring will occur for four years. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: It is 

estimated that the respondents will 

complete approximately 27 applications 

for an estimated total of 2,700 burden 

hours. In addition, it is estimated that 

there will be 18 awarded projects for an 

estimated total of 1,080 additional 

burden hours. 

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 FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on October 22, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24845 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0025] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure 

Disorders 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt 12 individuals from 

the requirement in the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) 

that interstate commercial motor vehicle 

(CMV) drivers have ‘‘no established 

medical history or clinical diagnosis of 

epilepsy or any other condition which 

is likely to cause loss of consciousness 

or any loss of ability to control a CMV.’’ 

The exemptions enable these 

individuals who have had one or more 

seizures and are taking anti-seizure 

medication to operate CMVs in 

interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions were applicable 

on October 21, 2024. The exemptions 

expire on October 21, 2026. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, FMCSA, DOT, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

If you have questions regarding viewing 

or submitting material to the docket, 

contact Dockets Operations, (202) 366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

A. Viewing Comments 

To view comments go to 

www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket 

number, (FMCSA–2024–0025) in the 

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

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

and click ‘‘Browse Comments.’’ If you 

do not have access to the internet, you 

may view the docket online by visiting 

Dockets Operations on the ground floor 

of the DOT West Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, 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. 

B. Privacy Act 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b)(6), DOT solicits comments 

from the public on the exemption 

requests. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov. As described in 

the system of records notice DOT/ALL 

14 (Federal Docket Management 

System), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/ 

individuals/privacy/privacy-act-systemrecords-notices, the comments are 

searchable by the name of the submitter. 

II. Background 

On September 16, 2024, FMCSA 

published a notice announcing receipt 

of applications from 12 individuals 

requesting an exemption from the 

epilepsy and seizure disorders 

prohibition in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(8) and 

requested comments from the public (89 

FR 75634). The public comment period 

ended on October 16, 2024, and no 

comments were received. 

FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility 

of these applicants and determined that 

granting exemptions to these 

individuals would likely achieve a level 

of safety that is equivalent to, or greater 

than, the level that would be achieved 

by complying with § 391.41(b)(8). 

The physical qualification standard 

for drivers regarding epilepsy found in 

§ 391.41(b)(8) states that a person is 

physically qualified to drive a CMV if 

that person has no established medical 

history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy 

or any other condition which is likely 

to cause the loss of consciousness or any 

loss of ability to control a CMV. 

In addition to the regulations, FMCSA 

has published advisory criteria 1 to 

assist medical examiners (MEs) in 

determining whether drivers with 

certain medical conditions are qualified 

to operate a CMV in interstate 

commerce. 

III. Discussion of Comments 

FMCSA received no comments in this 

proceeding. 

IV. Basis for Exemption Determination 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b), FMCSA may grant an 

exemption from the FMCSRs for no 

longer than a 5-year period if it finds 

such exemption would likely achieve a 

level of safety that is equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level that would be 

achieved absent such exemption. The 

statutes allow the Agency to renew 

exemptions at the end of the 5-year 

period. However, FMCSA grants 

medical exemptions from the FMCSRs 

for a 2-year period to align with the 

maximum duration of a driver’s medical 

certification. 

The Agency’s decision regarding these 

exemption applications is based on the 

2007 recommendations of the Agency’s 

Medical Expert Panel. The Agency 

conducted an individualized assessment 

of each applicant’s medical information, 

including the root cause of the 

respective seizure(s) and medical 

information about the applicant’s 

seizure history, the length of time that 

has elapsed since the individual’s last 


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