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letterhead used for the invitation letter. 

The second respondent incentive will 

be included with the travel logs. This $5 

cash incentive is expected to serve as a 

‘‘good faith’’ incentive to encourage 

completion of the retrieval survey. 

Travel Log Letter. A household letter 

will be included in the travel log packet. 

The letter will further familiarize the 

participants with the travel recording 

stage, identify the households’ travel 

date and provide details about when 

and how to complete the retrieval 

survey. The letter will also remind 

participants about the final $20 

household incentive. Like the invitation 

letter, the travel log letter will be 

branded. 

Travel Logs. A personalized travel log 

will be provided for each household 

member (ages 5 and older). The logs are 

intended to be a memory jogger to guide 

accurate data collection and aid in the 

reporting of each place visited on the 

travel day. 

Exemplar Log. Participants will be 

provided with an exemplar log with the 

instructions for recording the details 

about the places visited on the travel 

day. 

All web and computer assisted 

telephone interview (CATI) instruments 

will be reviewed for Section 508 

compliance using the rules specified in 

sections 1194.22—‘Web-based intranet 

and internet information and 

applications’ and 1194.23— 

‘Telecommunications products.’ All 

materials will be available in both 

English and Spanish language forms. 

Spanish translations will be developed 

using industry standards and will apply 

reverse-translation protocols. 

Estimated Burden Hours For 

Information Collection 

Frequency: This collection will be 

conducted every 5–7 years. 

Respondents. A stratified random 

sample of 26,000 households across the 

50 states and the District of Columbia 

will be included in the survey. 

Household will include an average of 

2.5 members for a total of 65,000 

individual respondents to the main 

survey. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response. It will take approximately 5 

minutes per household member to 

complete the recruitment data form, and 

20 minutes to complete the retrieval 

survey. This results in a total of 25 

minutes per household member. 

Total Annual Burden Hours. It is 

estimated that a total of 65,000 persons 

will be included in the survey. This 

would result in approximately 27,083 

hours of support for this data collection 

effort. 

Public Comments Invited 

You are asked to comment on any 

aspect of this information collection, 

including: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the USDOT’s performance, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the data acquisition 

methods; (3) the accuracy of the 

USDOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (4) the 

types of data being acquired; (5) ways to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(6) ways that the burden could be 

minimized 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. 

Dated: February 13, 2015. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer, Federal 

Highway Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03462 Filed 2–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No FMCSA–2014–0177] 

Crash Weighting Research Findings 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; Extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA extends the comment 

period for its January 23, 2015, notice. 

This notice shares information on the 

‘‘Crash Weighting Analysis’’ which 

informs decision-making about the 

feasibility of using a motor carrier’s role 

in crashes as an indicator of future crash 

risk. The January notice advised the 

public of the availability of the study 

report for review and comment, and 

requested feedback on what steps the 

Agency should take regarding crash and 

Police Accident Report (PAR) data 

quality. The Agency extends the 

deadline for comment from February 23 

to March 25, 2015. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before [March 25, 2015]. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number FMCSA– 

2014–0177 using any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), 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: Same as 

mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The telephone 

number is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ heading under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dee Williams, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

Telephone 202–366–1812 or by email: 

dee.williams@dot.gov. FMCSA office 

hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. If you have questions on 

viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, contact Docket Operations at 

telephone 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2014- 0177), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which each 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 the Agency can 

contact you if it has questions regarding 

your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and click on 

the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ box, which 

will then become highlighted in blue. In 

the ‘‘Document Type’’ drop down menu, 

select ‘‘Rules,’’ insert ‘‘FMCSA–2014– 

0177’’ in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click 

‘‘Search.’’ When the new screen 

appears, click on ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

in the ‘‘Actions’’ column. If you submit 

your comments by mail or hand 

delivery, submit them in an unbound 


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format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. If you submit comments by mail 

and would like to know that they 

reached the facility, please enclose a 

stamped, self-addressed postcard or 

envelope. 

FMCSA will consider all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period and may change this 

analysis based on your comments. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and click on 

the ‘‘Read Comments’’ box in the upper 

right hand side of the screen. Then, in 

the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, insert ‘‘FMCSA– 

2014–0177’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, 

click ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ in the 

‘‘Actions’’ column. Finally, in the 

‘‘Title’’ column, click on the document 

you would like to review. If you do not 

have access to the Internet, you may 

view the docket online by visiting the 

Docket Management Facility in Room 

W12–140 on the ground floor of the 

DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act 

In accordance with U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its rulemaking process. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, including any personal information 

the commenter provides, to http://

www.regulations.gov as described in the 

system of records notice (DOT/ALL–14 

FDMS), can be reviewed at http://

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Background 

FMCSA is extending the comment 

period to March 25, 2015 because 

interested parties have requested more 

time. This study assesses (1) whether 

PARs provide sufficient, consistent, and 

reliable information to support crash 

weighting determinations; (2) whether a 

crash weighting determination process 

would offer an even stronger predictor 

of crash risk than overall crash 

involvement and how crash weighting 

would be implemented in the Agency’s 

Safety Measurement System (SMS); and 

(3) how FMCSA might manage a process 

for making crash weighting 

determinations, including the 

acceptance of public input. This notice 

extends the public comment period in 

response to stakeholder requests. 

Issued on: February 12, 2015. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03471 Filed 2–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0310] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA confirms its decision 

to exempt 66 individuals from its rule 

prohibiting persons with insulin-treated 

diabetes mellitus (ITDM) from operating 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in 

interstate commerce. The exemptions 

enable these individuals to operate 

CMVs in interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions were effective 

on January 15, 2015. The exemptions 

expire on January 15, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles A. Horan, III, Director, Carrier, 

Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards, 

(202) 366–4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov, 

FMCSA, Room W64–224, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and/or Room 

W12–140 on the ground level of the 

West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. 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 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

II. Background 

On December 15, 2014, FMCSA 

published a notice of receipt of Federal 

diabetes exemption applications from 

66 individuals and requested comments 

from the public (79 FR 74159). The 

public comment period closed on 

January 14, 2015, and no comments 

were received. 

FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility 

of the 66 applicants and determined that 

granting the exemptions to these 

individuals would achieve a level of 

safety equivalent to or greater than the 

level that would be achieved by 

complying with the current regulation 

49 CFR 391.41(b)(3). 

Diabetes Mellitus and Driving 

Experience of the Applicants 

The Agency established the current 

requirement for diabetes in 1970 

because several risk studies indicated 

that drivers with diabetes had a higher 

rate of crash involvement than the 

general population. The diabetes rule 

provides that a person is physically 

qualified to drive a commercial motor 

vehicle if that person has no established 

medical history or clinical diagnosis of 

diabetes mellitus currently requiring 

insulin for control (49 CFR 

391.41(b)(3)). 

FMCSA established its diabetes 

exemption program, based on the 

Agency’s July 2000 study entitled ‘‘A 

Report to Congress on the Feasibility of 

a Program to Qualify Individuals with 

Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus to 

Operate in Interstate Commerce as 

Directed by the Transportation Act for 

the 21st Century.’’ The report concluded 

that a safe and practicable protocol to 

allow some drivers with ITDM to 

operate CMVs is feasible. The 

September 3, 2003 (68 FR 52441), 

Federal Register notice in conjunction 

with the November 8, 2005 (70 FR 

67777), Federal Register notice provides 

the current protocol for allowing such 

drivers to operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce. 

These 66 applicants have had ITDM 

over a range of one to 41 years. These 

applicants report no severe 

hypoglycemic reactions resulting in loss 

of consciousness or seizure, requiring 

the assistance of another person, or 

resulting in impaired cognitive function 

that occurred without warning 

symptoms, in the past 12 months and no 

recurrent (2 or more) severe 

hypoglycemic episodes in the past 5 

years. In each case, an endocrinologist 

verified that the driver has 

demonstrated a willingness to properly 

monitor and manage his/her diabetes 

mellitus, received education related to 


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