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I. Background 

ARAC was established on January 22, 

1991, under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) and pursuant to 

title 5 of the United States Code (5 

U.S.C. Ch.10.), as a discretionary 

committee. The purpose of ARAC is to 

provide information, advice, and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Transportation, through the FAA 

Administrator, concerning rulemaking 

activities, such as aircraft operations, 

airman and air agency certification, 

airworthiness standards and 

certification, airports, maintenance, 

noise, and training. 

II. Agenda 

At the meeting, the agenda will cover 

the following topics: 

D Welcome and Introductions 

D Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) Statement 

D Ratification of Minutes 

D Status Updates and Recommendation 

Reports 

• Airman Certification System 

Working Group 

• Transport Airplane and Engine 

(TAE) Subcommittee 

Æ Flight Test Harmonization Working 

Group 

Æ Ice Crystals Icing Working Group 

Æ Engine and Powerplant Interface 

Working Group 

D Any Other Business 

D FAA Update on Regulatory Activities 

D Adjourn 

Detailed agenda information will be 

posted on the FAA Committee website 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section 

at least one week in advance of the 

meeting. 

III. Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public for virtual or in-person 

attendance on a first-come, first-served 

basis, as there is limited space. Please 

confirm your attendance with the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section and 

provide the following information: full 

legal name, country of citizenship, and 

name of your industry association or 

applicable affiliation. Please indicate if 

you plan to observe the meeting in 

person or virtually. The FAA will email 

registrants the meeting access 

information in a timely manner prior to 

the start of the meeting. 

The DOT is committed to providing 

equal access to this meeting for all 

participants. If you need alternative 

formats or services because of a 

disability, such as sign language, 

interpretation, or other ancillary aids, 

please contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice no later than one 

week prior to the meeting. 

The FAA is not accepting oral 

presentations at the meeting due to time 

constraints. Members of the public may 

present written statements to ARAC by 

providing a copy to the Designated 

Federal Officer via the email listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice no later than one 

week before the meeting. Advance 

submissions that become part of the 

committee deliberations will become 

part of the official record of the meeting. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

18, 2024. 

Brandon Roberts, 

Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27267 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0238] 

Parts and Accessories Necessary for 

Safe Operation; Application for an 

Exemption From Coffeyville Resources 

Crude Transportation, 

USDOT#1236378 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration (FMCSA) 

requests public comment on an 

application from Coffeyville Resources 

Crude Transportation, USDOT No. 

1236378, (Coffeyville) for an exemption 

from the requirement that lighting 

devices be steady burning. The 

exemption would allow the company to 

operate commercial motor vehicles 

(CMVs) equipped with a module 

manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. 

(Intellistop) which pulses the rear 

clearance, identification, and brake 

lamps from low-level lighting intensity 

to high-level lighting intensity 4 times 

in 2 seconds when the brakes are 

applied. FMCSA requests public 

comment on the applicant’s request for 

exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2024–0238 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

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, 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–2024–0238) 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 or visit 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 at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

The comments are posted without edit 

and are searchable by the name of the 

submitter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Sutula, Vehicle and Roadside 

Operations Division, Office of Carrier, 

Driver, and Vehicle Safety, FMCSA, at 

(202) 366–9209, or by email at MCPSV@

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 

A. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0238), 


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indicate the specific section of this 

document to which your comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. 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 that FMCSA can contact you if it has 

questions regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ 

FMCSA-2024-0238/document, click on 

this notice, click ‘‘Comment,’’ and type 

your comment into the text box on the 

following screen. 

If you submit your comments by mail 

or hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 8 1⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. 

FMCSA will consider all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

filed in the public docket and will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

B. Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 

public disclosure. If your comments 

responsive to the notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to the 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Please mark each page of your 

submission that constitutes CBI as 

‘‘PROPIN’’ to indicate it contains 

proprietary information. FMCSA will 

treat such marked submissions as 

confidential under the Freedom of 

Information Act, and they will not be 

placed in the public docket of the 

notice. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Brian Dahlin, Chief, 

Regulatory Evaluation Division, Office 

of Policy, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001 or via email at brian.g.dahlin@

dot.gov. At this time, you need not send 

a duplicate hardcopy of your electronic 

CBI submissions to FMCSA 

headquarters. Any comments FMCSA 

receives not specifically designated as 

CBI will be placed in the public docket 

for this notice. 

C. Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as any 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ 

FMCSA-2024-0238/document and 

choose the document to review. To view 

comments, click this notice, then click 

‘‘Browse Comments.’’ If you do not have 

access to the internet, you may view the 

docket online by visiting Docket 

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. 

II. Legal Basis 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315(b) to grant 

exemptions from 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 the applicant’s safety 

analysis. The Agency must 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 achieve 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 Agency must publish its decision 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. Coffeyville’s Request 

Coffeyville seeks an exemption from 

the requirement in 49 CFR 393.25(e) 

that all exterior lamps (both required 

lamps and any additional lamps) be 

steady burning, except for turn signal 

lamps, hazard warning signal lamps, 

school bus warning lamps, amber 

warning lamps or flashing warning 

lamps on tow trucks and CMVs 

transporting oversized loads, and 

warning lamps on emergency and 

service vehicles authorized by State or 

local authorities. 

Coffeyville asserts that using the 

Intellistop module, which pulses the 

rear clearance, identification, and brake 

lamps from low-level lighting intensity 

to high-level lighting intensity 4 times 

in 2 seconds when the brakes are 

applied rather than providing steady 

burning lamps during the first 2 

seconds, would enhance rear signal 

systems. Coffeyville submits that 

pulsing the rear brake lamps of a CMV 

may significantly increase visibility and 

reduce the frequency of rear-end 

crashes, and thus would maintain a 

level of safety that is equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level that the CMV 

would achieve without the requested 

exemption. 

On October 7, 2022, FMCSA denied 

Intellistop’s application for an industrywide exemption to allow all motor 

carriers to operate CMVs equipped with 

Intellistop’s module. (87 FR 61133.) 

FMCSA noted that the decision did not 

preclude individual motor carriers from 

seeking an exemption from 49 CFR 

393.25(e) to purchase, install, and use 

Intellistop’s device subject to terms and 

conditions to allow sufficient 

monitoring of the use of the device. 

Therefore, consistent with the October 

7, 2022, decision, the Agency seeks 

public comment on Coffeyville’s carrierspecific exemption application. 

A copy of Coffeyville’s application is 

included in the docket referenced at the 

beginning of this notice. 

IV. Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

Coffeyville’s application for a five-year 

exemption from 49 CFR 393.25(e) to 

allow the company to operate CMVs 

equipped with Intellistop’s module 

which pulses the rear clearance, 

identification and brake lamps from 

low-level lighting intensity to high-level 

lighting intensity 4 times in 2 seconds 

when the brakes are applied. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the comment 

closing date 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 may 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 


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persons should continue to examine the 

public docket for new material. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27269 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0091] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Approval of a New 

Information Collection Request: 

Quantitative Data on Commercial 

Motor Vehicle Drivers Safety Belt 

Usage 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (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 

review and approval. This notice 

announces that FMCSA intends to use 

quantitative data collection techniques 

through a self-administered online 

survey to understand commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) drivers’ perceptions and 

behaviors regarding safety belt usage 

and road safety. Four comments were 

received from the public in response to 

the 60-day Federal Register notice. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before December 23, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of publication 

of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Ronk, Marketing Specialist, Office 

of Outreach and Education, DOT, 

FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001; (202) 366–1072; 

Brian.Ronk@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Online Survey on Safety Belt 

Usage of Commercial Motor Vehicle 

Drivers. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX. 

Type of Request: New ICR. 

Respondents: Commercial motor 

vehicle drivers residing in the United 

States. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,060. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Expiration Date: This is a new ICR. 

Frequency of Response: Other—The 

survey will be conducted over a threeto-four-week period. 

ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN

Category of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Participation 

time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

Pre-testing survey instrument ...................................................................................................... 10 10 1.66 

Piloting the survey ....................................................................................................................... 50 10 8.33 

Self-administered survey ............................................................................................................. 1,000 10 166.66 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... 1,060 10 176.65 

Background 

Existing data on the usage of safety 

belts and perceptions related to road 

safety do not capture the diversity of 

different types of CMV drivers in a postcoronavirus disease 2019 pandemic 

landscape. Understanding safety belt 

usage and perceptions of road safety 

among CMV drivers will assist FMCSA 

in gauging emerging trends among this 

cohort and will inform future messaging 

and communication efforts targeting 

CMV drivers. 

Eligible participants are self-identified 

CMV drivers residing in the United 

States with internet access. The 

collection is an online voluntary survey, 

with a low burden for respondents and 

a low cost for the Federal Government. 

The collection is non-controversial and 

does not raise issues of concern to other 

Federal agencies. The results are not 

intended to be disseminated to the 

public, and the information gathered 

will not be used for the purpose of 

substantially informing influential 

policy decisions. The 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 

future. Personally identifiable 

information (PII) is not being collected. 

There are no gifts or payment incentives 

(e.g., money or reimbursement of 

expenses, a token of appreciation) being 

provided to participants. 

The following public comments were 

received in response to the 60-day 

Federal Register notice, which was 

published on June 13, 2024 (89 FR 

50402): 

FMCSA received four public 

comments in response to the 60-day 

notice regarding the proposed survey on 

safety belt usage by commercial motor 

vehicle drivers. Three comments 

provided personal perspectives on 

safety belt use and broader reflections 

on safety belt mandates. One comment 

questioned the need and cost of the 

survey and whether a Federal law on 

safety belt usage is intended because of 

the survey’s proposed data collection. 

In reply to this comment, the data 

collected in the proposed survey will 

help FMCSA identify attitudes and 

behaviors related to safety belt usage 

among commercial motor vehicle 

drivers. The data gained from this 

undertaking will inform targeted 

communication strategies directed at 

commercial motor vehicle drivers 

related to safety belt use compliance. 

FMCSA develops and enforces 

regulations to ensure safety on the 

nation’s highways but does not have the 

authority to create Federal laws. The 

proposed study’s overall cost is less 

than thirty-six thousand dollars. 

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. 


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