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annual reports regarding all brokering 

activity that was transacted, and 

registered manufacturers and exporter 

must maintain records of defense trade 

activities for five years. 

Methodology: These forms/ 

information collections may be sent to 

the Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls via the following methods: 

mail or personal delivery. 

Dated: May 14, 2012. 

Robert S. Kovac, 

Managing Director of Defense Trade Controls, 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11981 Filed 5–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–17] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before June 6, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2012–0455 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenna Sinclair, ANM–113, (425) 227– 

1556, Federal Aviation Administration, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356, or Frances Shaver, ARM– 

207, (202–267–4059), Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 14, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

PETITION FOR EXEMPTION 

Docket No.: FAA–2012–0455 

Petitioner: The Boeing Company 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 25.855(b), 25.855(h)(2), 25.857(e)(2), 

and 25.857(e)(3) 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner requests relief from the design 

and performance requirements 

regarding fire protection systems for the 

lower lobe cargo compartments on the 

Boeing Model 747–400 large cargo 

freighters. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11987 Filed 5–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–16] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before June 6, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by docket number FAA– 

2012–0290 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments digitally. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Forseth, ANM–113, (425) 227– 

2796, Federal Aviation Administration, 

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1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356, or Frances Shaver, (202) 

267–4059, Office of Rulemaking (ARM– 

207), Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 14, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2012–0290. 

Petitioner: Halliburton Energy 

Services. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 25.807. 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner requests relief from the 

requirement to have a standard-sized, 

Type III overwing exit on Gulfstream 

Model GV–SP, G500, and G550 

airplanes. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11986 Filed 5–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0129] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension of a Currently 

Approved Collection; Training 

Certification for Entry-Level 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), 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 its 

review and approval, and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA has developed 

an improved estimate of the number of 

annual responses to this information 

collection. The result is an increase in 

the Agency’s estimate of the total annual 

burden hours of this collection. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before July 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2012–0129 using one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 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., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

see the Public Participation heading 

below. 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. 

• Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

• Privacy Act: Anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) complete 

Privacy Act Statement for the Federal 

Docket Management System published 

in the Federal Register on January 17, 

2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit 

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/ 

pdfE8–794.pdf. 

• Public Participation: The Federal 

eRulemaking Portal is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. You 

can obtain electronic submission and 

retrieval help and guidelines under the 

‘‘help’’ section of the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you 

want us to notify you that we received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard, or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

included in the docket and will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Telephone: 202–366–4325. Email: 

MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety 

Act of 1986 (CMVSA) (49 U.S.C. 31301 

et seq.) established the commercial 

driver’s license (CDL) program and 

directed the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), FMCSA’s 

predecessor agency, to establish 

minimum qualifications for issuance of 

a CDL. After public notice and an 

opportunity for comment, the FHWA 

established standards for the knowledge 

and skills which a CDL applicant must 

satisfy. 

In 1985, the FHWA published ‘‘Model 

Curriculum for Training Tractor-Trailer 

Drivers.’’ The FHWA did not mandate 

driver training at that time. It believed 

the cost of developing a comprehensive 

driver-training program was too high in 

terms of agency resources. This was 

especially so, FHWA believed, in light 

of its reasonable expectation that the 

level of safety of entry level drivers 

would soon be elevated because (1) the 

deadline for States to adopt the new 

mandatory CDL-licensing standards for 

driver knowledge and skills was still in 

the future, and (2) many truck driving 

schools had updated their curricula in 

light of the new model curriculum 

(‘‘Truck Safety: Information on Driver 

Training,’’ Report of the U.S. General 

Accounting Office, GAO/RCED–89–163, 

August 1989, pages 4 and 5). 

In 1991, the Intermodal Surface 

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 

(ISTEA) (Pub. L. 102–240, December 18, 

1991) directed the FHWA to 

‘‘commence a rulemaking proceeding on 

the need to require training of all entrylevel drivers of commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs)’’ (Section 4007(a)(2)). 

On June 21, 1993, the FHWA issued an 

advance notice of proposed rulemaking 

entitled, ‘‘Commercial Motor Vehicles: 

Training for All Entry Level Drivers’’ (58 

FR 33874). The Agency also began a 

study of the effectiveness of the driver 

training currently being received by 

entry-level CMV drivers. The results of 

the study were published in 1997 under 

the title ‘‘Adequacy of Commercial 

Motor Vehicle Driver Training.’’ The 

study is available under FMCSA Docket 

1997–2199 at the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal (www.regulations.gov) described 

above. The study found that three 

segments of the trucking industry were 

not receiving adequate entry-level 

training: heavy truck, motor coach, and 

school bus. 

On August 15, 2003, FMCSA 

published a notice of proposed 

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