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valves cause mechanical damage to the 

valves, which leads to the destruction of 

the valves’ seal integrity and that the 3 

inch valves, as well as similarlydesigned 1 inch and 2 inch valves 

provided by this manufacturer are not 

approved for use on tank cars. FRA is 

issuing this Railworthiness Directive 

(Directive) to all owners of tank cars 

used to transport hazardous materials 

within the United States to ensure they 

identify and appropriately remove and 

replace these valves with approved 

valves consistent with Federal 

regulations. 

As provided under 5 CFR 1320.13, 

Emergency Processing, DOT is 

requesting emergency processing for 

this new collection of information as 

specified in the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 and its implementing 

regulations. DOT cannot reasonably 

comply with normal clearance 

procedures because the use of normal 

clearance procedures is reasonably 

likely to disrupt the collection of 

information. Further, in light of recent 

tank car accidents/incidents carrying 

crude oil, FRA believes safety is an 

overriding issue. The Directive takes 

effect immediately upon issuance. FRA 

cannot wait the normal 90- to 180-day 

period for routine Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) review and approval. 

Under the Directive, tank car owners 

must take immediate action to identify, 

inspect, and repair the valves. 

Therefore, FRA is requesting OMB 

approval of this collection of 

information upon publication of this 

Notice in the Federal Register. 

Upon OMB approval of its emergency 

clearance request, FRA will follow the 

normal clearance procedures for the 

information collection associated with 

this Railworthiness Directive. 

Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 

CFR 320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that it may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Rebecca Pennington, 

Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06214 Filed 3–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and 

Prohibited Drug Use in Transit 

Operations 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of random drug and 

alcohol testing rates for 2015. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

2015 random testing rates for employers 

subject to the Federal Transit 

Administration’s (FTA) drug and 

alcohol rules. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Iyon 

Rosario, Drug and Alcohol Program 

Manager for the Office of Transit Safety 

and Oversight, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 

202–366–2010 or email: Iyon.Rosario@

dot.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 1, 1995, FTA required large 

transit employers to begin drug and 

alcohol testing employees performing 

safety-sensitive functions and submit 

annual reports by March 15 of each year 

beginning in 1996. The annual report 

includes the number of employees who 

had a verified positive for the use of 

prohibited drugs, and the number of 

employees who tested positive for the 

misuse of alcohol during the reported 

year. Small employers commenced their 

FTA-required testing on January 1, 

1996, and began reporting the same 

information as the large employers 

beginning March 15, 1997. The testing 

rules were updated on August 1, 2001, 

and established a random testing rate for 

prohibited drugs and the misuse of 

alcohol. 

The rules require employers conduct 

random drug tests at a rate equivalent to 

at least 50 percent of their total number 

of safety-sensitive employees for 

prohibited drug use and at least 25 

percent for the misuse of alcohol. 

However, the rules provide the drug 

random testing rate may be lowered to 

25 percent if the ‘‘positive rate’’ for the 

entire transit industry is less than one 

percent for two preceding consecutive 

years. Once lowered, the random rates 

may be raised to 50 percent if the 

positive rate equals or exceeds one 

percent for any one year (‘‘positive rate’’ 

means the number of positive results for 

random drug tests conducted under 49 

CFR 655.45 plus the number of refusals 

of random tests required by 49 CFR 

655.49, divided by the total number of 

random drug tests, plus the number of 

refusals of random tests required by 49 

CFR part 655). 

The alcohol provisions provide the 

random rate may be lowered to 10 

percent if the ‘‘violation rate’’ for the 

entire transit industry is less than 0.5 

percent for two consecutive years. It 

will remain at 25 percent if the 

‘‘violation rate’’ is equal to or greater 

than 0.5 percent but less than one 

percent, and it will be raised to 50 

percent if the ‘‘violation rate’’ is one 

percent or greater for any one year 

(‘‘violation rate’’ means the number of 

covered employees found during 

random tests administered under 49 

CFR 655.45 to have an alcohol 

concentration of 0.04 or greater, plus the 

number of employees who refuse a 

random test required by 49 CFR 655.49, 

divided by the total reported number of 

random alcohol tests plus the total 

number of refusals of random tests 

required by 49 CFR part 655). 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 655.45(b), the 

Acting Administrator’s decision to 

increase or decrease the minimum 

annual percentage rate for random drug 

and alcohol testing is based, in part, on 

the reported positive drug and alcohol 

violation rates for the entire industry. 

The information used for this 

determination is drawn from the drug 

and alcohol Management Information 

System (MIS) reports required by 49 

CFR part 655. In determining the 

reliability of the data, the Acting 

Administrator considers the quality and 

completeness of the reported data, or 

may obtain additional information or 

reports from employers, and make 

appropriate modifications in calculating 

the industry’s verified positive results 

and violation rates. 

The Acting Administrator has 

determined that the random drug testing 

rate will remain at 25 percent for 2015 

due to a ‘‘positive rate’’ lower than 1.0 

percent for random drug test data for the 

two preceding calendar years. The 

random drug rates for the two preceding 

years are 0.74 percent for 2013 and 0.87 

percent for 2014. 

The Acting Administrator also has 

determined that the random alcohol 

testing rate for 2015 will remain at 10 

percent because the random alcohol 

violation rate was again lower than 0.5 

percent for the two preceding 

consecutive years due. The random 

alcohol rates for the two preceding years 

are 0.12 percent for 2013 and 0.14 

percent for 2014. 

Detailed reports on the FTA drug and 

alcohol testing data collected from 

transit employers may be obtained from 

the FTA, Office of Transit Safety and 

Oversight, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–2010 

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or at http://transit-safety.fta.dot.gov/

publications/Default.aspx 

Issued in Washington, DC, pursuant to 

authority under 49 CFR 1.91. 

Therese McMillan, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06225 Filed 3–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Request To Release Airport 

Property 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on 

Request to Release Airport Property at 

the Ottumwa Regional Airport (OTM), 

Ottumwa, Iowa. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the release of 

land, Lot #7, 14550 Terminal Ave., at 

the Ottumwa Regional Airport, 

Ottumwa, Iowa, under the provisions of 

49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to: Tom Francis, 

Airport Manager, C/O Ottumwa 

Regional Airport 14802 Terminal St. 

Ottumwa, IA 50501, 641–683–0619. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–2644, 

lynn.martin@faa.gov. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed, by appointment, in person 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release approximately 2.80 acres of 

airport property,14550 Terminal Ave., 

Lot #7, at the Ottumwa Regional Airport 

(OTM) under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 

47107(h)(2). On March 4, 2015, the 

Airport Manager at the Ottumwa 

Regional Airport requested from the 

FAA that approximately 2.80 acres of 

property, Lot #7, be released for sale to 

Friends of NAS Ottumwa for use as a 

museum for the Ottumwa Naval Air 

Station history. On March 12, 2015, the 

FAA determined that the request to 

release property at the Ottumwa 

Regional Airport (OTM) submitted by 

the Sponsor meets the procedural 

requirements of the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the release of the 

property does not and will not impact 

future aviation needs at the airport. The 

FAA may approve the request, in whole 

or in part, no sooner than thirty days 

after the publication of this Notice. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

Ottumwa Regional Airport (OTM) is 

proposing the release of one parcel, Lot 

#7, containing 2.80 acres, more or less. 

The release of land is necessary to 

comply with Federal Aviation 

Administration Grant Assurances that 

do not allow federally acquired airport 

property to be used for non-aviation 

purposes. The sale of the subject 

property will result in the land at the 

Ottumwa Regional Airport (OTM) being 

changed from aeronautical to nonaeronautical use and release the lands 

from the conditions of the Airport 

Improvement Program Grant Agreement 

Grant Assurances. In accordance with 

49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the 

airport will receive fair market value for 

the property, which will be 

subsequently reinvested in another 

eligible airport improvement project for 

general aviation facilities at the 

Ottumwa Regional Airport. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 

addition, any person may, upon 

appointment and request, inspect the 

application, notice and other documents 

determined by the FAA to be related to 

the application in person at the 

Ottumwa Regional Airport. 

Issued in Kansas City, MO on March 12, 

2015. 

Jim Johnson, 

Division Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06259 Filed 3–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0303] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemptions, request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 21 individuals for 

exemption from the vision requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations. They are unable to meet 

the vision requirement in one eye for 

various reasons. The exemptions will 

enable these individuals to operate 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in 

interstate commerce without meeting 

the prescribed vision requirement in 

one eye. If granted, the exemptions 

would enable these individuals to 

qualify as drivers of commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 17, 2015. All comments 

will be investigated by FMCSA. The 

exemptions will be issued the day after 

the comment period closes. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA– 

2014–0303 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

docket numbers for this notice. Note 

that all comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time 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. The 

FDMS is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. If you want 

acknowledgment that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

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