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document. Comments may be filed 

using the Commission’s Electronic 

Comment Filing System (ECFS). 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. If more than one 

docket or rulemaking number appears in 

the caption of this proceeding, filers 

must submit two additional copies for 

each additional docket or rulemaking 

number. 

33. Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th Street SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours 

are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand 

deliveries must be held together with 

rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes and boxes must be disposed 

of before entering the building. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 

East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, 

MD 20743. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

34. People with Disabilities: To 

request materials in accessible formats 

for people with disabilities (braille, 

large print, electronic files, audio 

format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov 

or call the Consumer & Governmental 

Affairs Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 

202–418–0432 (tty). 

35. Availability of Documents. 

Comments, reply comments, and ex 

parte submissions will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., CY– 

A257, Washington, DC 20554. These 

documents will also be available via 

ECFS. Documents will be available 

electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, 

and/or Adobe Acrobat. 

36. For Additional Information: 

Contact Raelynn Remy of the Policy 

Division, Media Bureau, at 

raelynn.remy@fcc.gov or (202) 418– 

2936. 

V. Ordering Clauses 

37. It is Ordered that, pursuant to the 

authority found in sections 4, 303, 614, 

and 615 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 

534, and 535, this Fifth FNPRM is 

adopted. 

38. It is further ordered that the 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau, Reference Information Center, 

shall send a copy of this Fifth FNPRM, 

including the Initial Regulatory 

Flexibility Act Analysis, to the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 350 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0470] 

State Inspection Programs for 

Passenger-Carrying Vehicles; 

Listening Session 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public listening 

session. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it will 

hold a public listening session on April 

14, 2015, to solicit information 

concerning section 32710 of the Moving 

Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 

Act (MAP–21). This provision requires 

FMCSA to complete a rulemaking 

proceeding to consider requiring States 

to establish a program for annual 

inspections of commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) designed or used to 

transport passengers. Additionally, 

under MAP–21, FMCSA must assess the 

risks associated with improperly 

maintained or inspected CMVs designed 

or used to transport passengers; the 

effectiveness of existing Federal 

standards for the inspection of such 

vehicles in mitigating the risks 

associated with improperly maintained 

vehicles and ensuring the safe and 

proper operation condition of such 

vehicles; and the costs and benefits of 

a mandatory inspection program. Any 

data regarding this topic would be 

appreciated. The session will be held at 

the Commercial Vehicle Safety 

Alliance’s (CVSA) workshop in 

Jacksonville, Florida. All comments will 

be transcribed and placed in the docket 

referenced above for FMCSA’s 

consideration. The entire proceeding 

will be webcast. 

DATES: The listening session will be 

held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, from 

3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Local Time. 

ADDRESSES: The listening session will 

be held at the Hyatt Regency 

Jacksonville Riverfront, 225 East 

Coastline Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32202, 

in the Clearwater Ballroom. In addition 

to attending the session in person, the 

Agency offers several ways to provide 

comments, as enumerated below. 

Internet Address for Live Webcast. 

FMCSA will post specific information 

on how to participate via the Internet on 

the FMCSA Web site at 

www.fmcsa.dot.gov in advance of the 

listening sessions. 

You may submit comments identified 

by Docket Number FMCSA–2014–0470 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

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 or Courier: 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: 202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number 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. To avoid duplication, 

please use only one of these four 

methods. See the ‘‘Public Participation 

and Request for Comments’’ portion of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

• Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to www.regulations.gov at 

any time or visit 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., ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The online Federal document 

management system is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. If 

you would like acknowledgment that 

the Agency received your comments, 

please include a self-addressed, 

stamped envelope or postcard or print 


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the acknowledgment page that appears 

after submitting comments on-line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon L. Watson, Senior Policy 

Advisor, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001 or by telephone at 202–366–2551. 

If you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, 

contact Docket Services, telephone (202) 

366–9826. 

If you need sign language 

interpretation or any other accessibility 

accommodations, please contact Ms. 

Watson by close of business on 

Wednesday, April 8, 2015, to allow us 

to arrange for such services. FMCSA 

cannot guarantee that interpreter 

services requested on short notice will 

be provided. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2014–0470), 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 there are questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, put the 

docket number, FMCSA–2014–0470, in 

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

When the new screen appears, click on 

the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type 

your comment into the text box on the 

following screen. Choose whether you 

are submitting your comment as an 

individual or on behalf of a third party 

and then submit. If you submit your 

comments by mail or hand delivery, 

submit them in an unbound 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, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. 

We will consider all comments and 

material received during the comment 

period and may draft a request for 

further comment to support 

consideration of further regulatory 

action. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as any 

documents mentioned in this preamble 

as being available in the docket, go to 

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

docket number, FMCSA–2014–0470, in 

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

Next, click the ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ 

button and choose the document 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 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. 

I. Background 

On July 6, 2012, the President signed 

MAP–21 into law. The new law 

included certain requirements 

concerning State inspection programs 

for passenger-carrying vehicles (e.g., 

motorcoaches). Specifically, section 

32710 requires the Secretary of 

Transportation to complete a 

rulemaking proceeding to consider 

requiring States to establish a program 

for annual inspections of CMVs 

designed or used to transport 

passengers. FMCSA must also include 

an assessment of the following: (1) The 

risks associated with improperly 

maintained or inspected CMVs designed 

or used to transport passengers; (2) the 

effectiveness of existing Federal 

standards for the inspection of such 

vehicles in (a) mitigating the risks 

associated with improperly maintained 

vehicles; and (b) ensuring the safe and 

proper operation condition of such 

vehicles; and (3) the costs and benefits 

of a mandatory inspection program. Any 

data with regard to the topic would be 

appreciated. 

To help inform consideration of the 

MAP–21 requirements, the Agency 

believes it would be helpful to conduct 

a public listening session to provide all 

interested parties the opportunity to 

share their views on the subject. The 

April 14 meeting is the third in a series 

of sessions. The previous listening 

sessions were announced on December 

22, 2014 (79 FR 76295) and conducted 

on January 13 and January 18, 2015. The 

Agency requests information on the 

following questions: 

• Does your State or the States in 

which you domicile buses conduct 

mandatory bus inspections? Are these 

inspections conducted annually and by 

State employees or 3rd party inspectors? 

If conducted by 3rd party inspectors, 

what oversight is or should be required? 

What is the cost of these inspections? 

• If your State imposes mandatory 

inspection of buses, how do you assess 

the effectiveness of such inspections? 

For example, have you measured the 

occurrence of bus-involved crashes, 

injuries and/or fatalities before and after 

the imposition of a mandatory 

inspection requirement? 

• Which vehicle defects are most 

prevalent at these inspections? What 

conclusions do you draw from the 

results of these inspections? 

• Where should these inspections be 

performed? At a ‘‘brick and mortar’’ 

facility or at the carrier’s place of 

business? If at the carrier’s place of 

business, what accommodations must 

be made to ensure appropriate access 

(e.g. pits, lifts, etc.) to conduct full 

inspections of motorcoaches and other 

large vehicles? What should the fees be 

for the various types of inspections? 

• How much does it cost to establish 

and run inspection programs on an 

annual basis? Would self-inspection or 

3rd party inspections be an option to a 

State inspection? How would the costs 

differ? Do you envision other more 

preferable options? 

• Should States allow fleets to selfinspect? How many fleets use their own 

mechanics, as opposed to 3rd party 

inspectors, to conduct bus inspections? 

• Has your State or organization 

collected data related to crashes, 

injuries and/or fatalities attributable to 

improperly maintained or inspected 

buses? If so, what conclusions have you 

drawn from that data? 

II. Meeting Participation and 

Information FMCSA Seeks From the 

Public 

The listening session is open to the 

public. Speakers should try to limit 

their remarks to 3–5 minutes. No 

preregistration is required. Attendees 

may submit material to the FMCSA staff 

at the session for inclusion in the pubic 

docket referenced at the beginning of 

this notice. 

FMCSA will docket the transcripts of 

the webcast and a separate transcription 

of the listening session will be prepared 

by an official court reporter. 

Issued on: March 24, 2015. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

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