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II. SSA submitted the information 

collection below to OMB for clearance. 

Your comments regarding the 

information collection would be most 

useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 

days from the date of this publication. 

To be sure we consider your comments, 

we must receive them no later than May 

4, 2015. Individuals can obtain copies of 

the OMB clearance package by writing 

to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

Waiver of Right to Appear—Disability 

Hearing—20 CFR 404.913–404.914, 

404.916(b)(5), 416.1413–416.1414, 

416.1416(b)(5)—0960–0534. Claimants 

for Social Security disability payments 

or their representatives can use Form 

SSA–773–U4 to officially waive their 

right to appear at a disability hearing. 

The disability hearing officer uses the 

signed form as a basis for not holding 

a hearing, and for preparing a written 

decision on the claimant’s request for 

disability payments based solely on the 

evidence of record. The respondents are 

claimants for disability payments under 

Title II and Title XVI of the Act, or their 

representatives, who wish to waive their 

right to appear at a disability hearing. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total 

estimated 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–773–U4 ................................................................................................... 200 1 3 10 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Faye I. Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07514 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0224] 

Parts and Accessories Necessary for 

Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal 

for Greyhound Lines, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of exemption; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA renews Greyhound 

Lines, Inc.’s (Greyhound) exemption 

which allows the placement of video 

event recorders at the top of the 

windshields on its buses, and within the 

swept area of the windshield wipers. 

Greyhound may continue to use the 

video event recorders to increase safety 

through identification and remediation 

of risky driving behaviors such as 

distracted driving and drowsiness; 

enhanced monitoring of passenger 

behavior; and enhanced collision review 

and analysis. The Agency has 

concluded that granting this exemption 

renewal will maintain a level of safety 

that is equivalent to or greater than the 

level of safety achieved without the 

exemption. However, the Agency 

requests comments and information on 

the exemption, especially from anyone 

who believes this standard will not be 

maintained. 

DATES: This decision is effective April 2, 

2015. Comments must be received on or 

before May 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) number FMCSA–2008– 

0224 by 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, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, DOT Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

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

except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number for this notice. 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 for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or to Room W12– 

140, DOT Building, New Jersey Avenue 

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

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) is 

available 24 hours each day, 365 days 

each year. If you want 

acknowledgement that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Luke Loy, Vehicle and Roadside 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, MC– 

PSV, (202) 366–4325; Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions 

from certain parts of the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations. 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 any safety analyses that have 

been conducted. The Agency must also 

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). 


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The decision of the Agency must be 

published in the Federal Register (49 

CFR 381.315(b)) with the reasons for 

denying or granting the application and, 

if granted, the name of the person or 

class of persons receiving the 

exemption, and the regulatory provision 

from which the exemption is granted. 

The notice must also specify the 

effective period and explain the terms 

and conditions of the exemption. The 

exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 

381.300(b)). 

Basis for Renewing Exemption 

On March 19, 2008, Greyhound 

applied for an exemption from 49 CFR 

393.60(e)(1) to allow it to install video 

event recorders on some or all of its bus 

fleet. On March 19, 2009, FMCSA 

published a notice of final disposition 

granting the exemption (74 FR 11807). 

On March 22, 2011, FMCSA published 

a notice of final disposition renewing 

this exemption until March 20, 2013 (76 

FR 16034). On March 22, 2013, FMCSA 

published a notice of final disposition 

renewing this exemption until March 

20, 2015 (78 FR 17749). The renewal 

outlined in this Notice extends the 

exemption through March 20, 2017. 

FMCSA is not aware of any evidence 

showing that the installation of video 

event recorders on Greyhound’s buses, 

in accordance with the conditions of the 

original and subsequent exemptions, 

has resulted in any degradation in 

safety. FMCSA continues to believe that 

the potential safety gains from the use 

of video event recorders to improve 

driver behavior will enhance the overall 

level of safety to the motoring public. 

The exemption is renewed subject to 

the requirements that video event 

recorders installed in Greyhound’s 

buses be mounted not more than 50 mm 

(2 inches) below the upper edge of the 

area swept by the windshield wipers, 

and located outside the driver’s sight 

lines to the road and highway signs and 

signals. The exemption will be valid for 

two years unless rescinded earlier by 

FMCSA. The exemption will be 

rescinded if: (1) Greyhound fails to 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of the exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained before it was granted; or 

(3) continuation of the exemption would 

not be consistent with the goals and 

objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315. 

The Agency believes that extending 

the exemption for another two years 

will likely achieve a level of safety that 

is equivalent to, or greater than, the 

level of safety achieved without the 

exemption because (1) the video event 

recorders will not obstruct drivers’ 

views of the roadway, highway signs 

and surrounding traffic due to the fact 

that the panoramic windshields 

installed on Greyhound’s buses 

encompass a large percentage of the 

front of buses and extend well above the 

driver’s sight lines; (2) larger windshield 

wipers installed on Greyhound’s buses 

increase the swept area well beyond that 

which is recommended by SAE 

International’s guidelines for 

commercial vehicles; and (3) placement 

of video event recorders just below the 

larger swept area of the wipers will be 

well outside of the driver’s useable sight 

lines. In addition, the Agency believes 

that the use of video event recorders by 

fleets to deter unsafe driving behavior is 

likely to improve the overall level of 

safety to the motoring public. 

Preemption 

During the period the exemption is in 

effect, no State shall enforce any law or 

regulation that conflicts with this 

exemption with respect to a person 

operating under the exemption. 

Request for Comments 

FMCSA requests comments from 

parties with data concerning the safety 

record of buses operated by Greyhound 

and equipped with video event 

recorders by May 4, 2015. 

The Agency will evaluate any adverse 

evidence submitted and, if safety is 

being compromised or if continuation of 

the exemption would not be consistent 

with the goals and objectives of 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

Greyhound exemption. 

Issued on: March 26, 2015. 

T. F. Scott Darling, III, 

Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07636 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0317] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: National 

Ready Mixed Concrete Association; 

Application for Exemption; Final 

Disposition 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition; grant 

of application for exemption. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to grant the National Ready 

Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) a 

limited exemption from the minimum 

30-minute rest break provision of the 

Agency’s hours-of-service (HOS) 

regulations for commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) drivers. Under the terms 

and conditions of this exemption, 

drivers operating ready-mixed concrete 

trucks may use 30 minutes or more of 

on-duty ‘‘waiting time’’ to satisfy the 

requirement for the 30 minute rest 

break, provided they do not perform any 

other work during the break. The 

exemption giving these drivers the same 

regulatory flexibility that 49 CFR 

395.1(q) provides for drivers 

transporting explosives. The FMCSA 

has determined that granting these 

drivers an exemption from the 30- 

minute rest break requirement is likely 

to achieve a level of safety equivalent to 

or greater than the level of safety that 

would be obtained in the absence of the 

exemption. 

DATES: The exemption is effective from 

12:01 a.m., April 2, 2015 through 11:59 

p.m., April 3, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and 

Carrier Operations Division; Office of 

Carrier, Driver, and Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Telephone: 202 366–4325. 

Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions 

from certain parts of the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations. 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 any safety analyses that have 

been conducted. The Agency must also 

provide an opportunity for public 

comment on the request. 

The Agency reviews the safety 

analyses and public comments, 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). 

The decision of the Agency must be 

published in the Federal Register (49 

CFR 381.315(b)) with the reasons for 

denying or granting the application and, 

if granted, the specific person or class of 

persons receiving the exemption, and 

the regulatory provision from which the 

exemption is granted. The notice must 

also specify the effective period of the 

exemption (up to 2 years), and explain 

the terms and conditions of the 

exemption. The exemption may be 

renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)). 


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