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certification process using the previous 

revision level to complete that process. 

After October 14, 2016, manufacturers 

must use the later revision and must 

identify the later revision in the 

Statement of Compliance for initial 

certification of special light-sport 

aircraft unless the FAA publishes a 

specific notification otherwise. The 

following Consensus Standard may not 

be used after October 14, 2016: 

ASTM Designation F2972–12, titled: 

Standard Specification for Light Sport 

Aircraft Manufacturer’s Quality 

Assurance System 

The Consensus Standards 

The FAA finds the following revised 

consensus standards acceptable for 

certification of the specified aircraft 

under the provisions of the Sport Pilot 

and Light-Sport Aircraft rule. The 

following consensus standards become 

effective April 16, 2015 and may be 

used unless the FAA publishes a 

specific notification otherwise: 

ASTM Designation F2241–14, titled: 

Standard Specification for Continued 

Airworthiness System for Powered 

Parachute Aircraft 

ASTM Designation F2244–14, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Performance Requirements for 

Powered Parachute Aircraft 

ASTM Designation F2245–14, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Performance of a Light Sport Airplane 

ASTM Designation F2352–14, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Performance of Light Sport Gyroplane 

Aircraft 

ASTM Designation F2355–14, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Performance Requirements for 

Lighter-Than-Air Light Sport Aircraft 

ASTM Designation F2415–14, titled: 

Standard Practice for Continued 

Airworthiness System for Light Sport 

Gyroplane Aircraft 

ASTM Designation F2564–14, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Performance of a Light Sport Glider 

ASTM Designation F2746–14, titled: 

Standard Specification for Pilot’s 

Operating Handbook (POH) for Light 

Sport Airplane 

ASTM Designation F2840–14, titled: 

Standard Practice for Design and 

Manufacture of Electric Propulsion 

Units for Light Sport Aircraft 

ASTM Designation F2930–14a, titled: 

Standard Guide for Compliance with 

Light Sport Aircraft Standards 

ASTM Designation F2972–14e1, titled: 

Standard Specification for Light Sport 

Aircraft Manufacturer’s Quality 

Assurance System 

Availability 

ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor 

Drive, Post Office Box C700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959 

copyrights these consensus standards. 

Individual reprints of a standard (single 

or multiple copies, or special 

compilations and other related technical 

information) may be obtained by 

contacting ASTM at this address, or at 

(610) 832–9585 (phone), (610) 832–9555 

(fax), through service@astm.org (email), 

or through the ASTM Web site at 

www.astm.org. To inquire about 

standard content and/or membership or 

about ASTM International Offices 

abroad, contact Christine DeJong, Staff 

Manager for Committee F37 on LightSport Aircraft: (610) 832–9736, 

cdejong@astm.org. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 

27, 2015. 

Pat Mullen, 

Acting Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08589 Filed 4–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0275] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: U.S. 

Department of Defense (DOD); 

Application for Renewal of Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has 

received an application from the U.S. 

Department of Defense (DOD) Military 

Surface Deployment and Distribution 

Command (SDDC) for a renewal of its 

exemption from the minimum 30- 

minute rest break provision of the 

Agency’s hours-of-service (HOS) 

regulations for commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) drivers. SDDC currently 

holds an exemption for the period 

October 22, 2013, through October 21, 

2015. The exemption renewal would 

allow these drivers to use 30 minutes or 

more of attendance time to meet the 

HOS rest break requirements, provided 

they do not perform any other work 

during the break. FMCSA requests 

public comment on SDDC’s application 

for renewal of the exemption. 

DATES: If granted, this exemption would 

be effective from October 22, 2015, 

through October 21, 2017. Comments 

must be received on or before May 18, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 

2013–0275 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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 or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

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

p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

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. 

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 FDMS is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

If you want acknowledgment that we 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgment 

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: For 

information concerning this notice 

contact Ms. Pearlie Robinson, Driver 

and Carrier Operations Division; Office 

of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety 

Standards, FMCSA; Telephone: 202– 

366–4325. Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. If 

you have questions on viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, 

contact Docket Services, telephone (202) 

366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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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). 

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)). 

Request for Exemption Renewal 

On December 27, 2011 (76 FR 81133), 

FMCSA published a final rule amending 

its HOS regulations for drivers of 

property-carrying CMVs. The final rule 

adopted several changes to the HOS 

regulations including a new provision 

requiring drivers to take a rest break of 

at least 30 minutes during the work day 

under certain circumstances. 

FMCSA did not specify when drivers 

must take the break, but the rule 

requires that they wait no longer than 8 

hours after the last off-duty period of 30 

minutes or more to take it if they want 

to drive a CMV. Drivers who already 

take shorter breaks during the work day 

could comply with the rule by 

extending one of those breaks to 30 

minutes. The new requirement took 

effect on July 1, 2013. 

The SDDC manages the motor carrier 

industry contracts for the DOD. Certain 

motor carriers under contract to the 

SDDC provide protective services while 

transporting weapons, munitions, and 

sensitive/classified cargo. 

SDDC’s initial exemption application 

for relief from the HOS rest break 

requirement was submitted in 2013; a 

copy of the application is in the docket 

identified at the beginning of this 

notice. That 2013 application describes 

fully the nature of the operations of 

SDDC’s contracted drivers. The 

exemption was granted on October 28, 

2013 (78 FR 64265). 

SDDC requests a renewal of its limited 

exemption from the HOS regulation 

pertaining to rest breaks [49 CFR 

395.3(a)(3)(ii)] to allow SDDCcontracted drivers providing dual 

driver-protective services to be treated 

the same as drivers transporting 

explosives. As provided in § 395.1(q), 

operators of CMVs carrying Division 1.1, 

1.2, or 1.3 explosives subject to the 

requirement for a minimum 30-minute 

rest break in § 395.3(a)(3)(ii) may use 30 

minutes or more of ‘‘attendance time’’ to 

meet the requirement for a rest break. 

SDDC believes that shipments moved 

under the requested exemption would 

achieve a level of safety and security 

that is at least equivalent to what would 

be obtained by following the normal 

break requirements in § 395.3(a)(3)(ii). 

Method To Ensure an Equivalent or 

Greater Level of Safety 

SDDC states that it requires 

continuous attendance and surveillance 

of such shipments until they reach their 

final destination. SDDC states that it has 

instituted several technical and 

administrative controls to ensure the 

efficient transportation of cargo 

requiring protective services, controls 

that would remain in effect under the 

requested exemption. They include the 

following: 

• Conducting review of carrier 

compliance requirements and 

procedures for moving hazardous cargo. 

• Evaluating carrier authority to 

operate on United States roadways. 

• Evaluating carrier compliance with 

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration’s Compliance Safety 

Accountability program Safety 

Measurement System standards. 

• Providing over-the-road vehicle 

surveillance. 

• Inspecting carrier facilities and 

corporate headquarters for compliance 

with DOD and DOT standards. 

Further details regarding SDDC’s 

safety controls can be found in its 

application for exemption. The 

application can be accessed in the 

docket identified at the beginning of this 

notice. SDDC asserts that granting the 

exemption would allow driver teams to 

manage their enroute rest periods 

efficiently and also perform mandated 

shipment security surveillance, 

resulting in both safe driving 

performance and greater security of 

cargo during long-distance trips. 

SDDC anticipates no safety impacts 

from this exemption and believes that 

its contract employee drivers should be 

allowed to follow the requirements in 

§ 395.1(q) when transporting shipments 

of sensitive DOD cargo. SDDC believes 

that shipments made under the 

requested exemption would achieve a 

level of safety and security that is at 

least equivalent to that which would be 

obtained by following the normal break 

requirement in § 395.3(a)(3)(ii). 

SDDC indicated that approximately 

1,942 power units and 3,000 drivers 

would be covered by the exemption. 

The proposed exemption would be 

effective for 2 years, the maximum 

period allowed by § 381.300. SDDC 

reported two crashes in 2014 in which 

drivers were cited. Neither crash was 

connected to fatigue that was related to 

the 30 minute break. 

Terms of the Exemption 

1. Drivers authorized by SDDC to 

utilize the exemption, if granted, must 

have a copy of the exemption document 

in their possession while operating 

under the terms of the exemption. The 

exemption document must be presented 

to law enforcement officials upon 

request. 

2. All motor carriers operating under 

this exemption must have a 

‘‘Satisfactory’’ safety rating with 

FMCSA, or be ‘‘unrated;’’ motor carriers 

with ‘‘Conditional’’ or ‘‘Unsatisfactory’’ 

FMCSA safety ratings are prohibited 

from using this exemption. 

3. Motor carriers operating under this 

exemption must have Safety 

Measurement System (SMS) scores that 

are all below FMCSA’s intervention 

thresholds, as displayed at http://

ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/sms/. 

Period of the Exemption 

The requested exemption from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 395.3(a)(3)(ii) 

would be effective from 12:01 a.m., 

October 22, 2015, through 11:59 p.m., 

October 21, 2017. 

Extent of the Exemption 

The exemption would be restricted to 

SDDC’s contract driver-employees 

transporting security-sensitive 

materials. This exemption would be 

limited to the provisions of 49 CFR 

395.3(a)(3)(ii) to allow contract driveremployees transporting securitysensitive materials to be treated the 

same as drivers transporting explosives, 

as provided in § 395.1(q). These drivers 

would be required to comply with all 

other applicable provisions of the 

FMCSRs. 

Preemption 

During the periods this exemption 

would be in effect, no State shall 

enforce any law or regulation that 


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conflicts with or is inconsistent with 

this exemption with respect to a firm or 

person operating under the exemption. 

Notification to FMCSA 

The SDDC would be required to notify 

FMCSA within 5 business days of any 

accident (as defined in 49 CFR 390.5), 

involving any of the motor carrier’s 

CMVs operating under the terms of this 

exemption. The notification must 

include the following information: 

a. Date of the accident, 

b. City or town, and State, in which 

the accident occurred, or closest to the 

accident scene, 

c. Driver’s name and driver’s license 

number and State of issuance 

d. Vehicle number and State license 

plate number, 

e. Number of individuals suffering 

physical injury, 

f. Number of fatalities, 

g. The police-reported cause of the 

accident, 

h. Whether the driver was cited for 

violation of any traffic laws or motor 

carrier safety regulations, and 

i. The driver’s total driving time and 

total on-duty time period prior to the 

accident. 

Reports filed under this provision 

would be emailed to MCPSD@

DOT.GOV. 

Termination 

The FMCSA does not believe the 

drivers covered by this exemption, if 

granted, will experience any 

deterioration of their safety record. 

However, should this occur, FMCSA 

will take all steps necessary to protect 

the public interest, including revocation 

or restriction of the exemption. The 

FMCSA will immediately revoke or 

restrict the exemption for failure to 

comply with its terms and conditions. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) 

and 31315(b)(4), FMCSA requests public 

comment on the SDDC’s application for 

an exemption from certain provisions of 

the HOS rules in 49 CFR part 395. The 

Agency will consider all comments 

received by close of business on May 18, 

2015. Comments will be available for 

examination in the docket at the 

location listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. The Agency will 

consider to the extent practicable 

comments received in the public docket 

after the closing date of the comment 

period. 

Issued on: April 10, 2015. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08724 Filed 4–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0398; FMCSA– 

2011–0024; FMCSA–2011–0057; FMCSA– 

2013–0022] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to renew the exemptions from 

the vision requirement in the Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 13 

individuals. FMCSA has statutory 

authority to exempt individuals from 

the vision requirement if the 

exemptions granted will not 

compromise safety. The Agency has 

concluded that granting these 

exemption renewals will provide a level 

of safety that is equivalent to or greater 

than the level of safety maintained 

without the exemptions for these 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers. 

DATES: This decision is effective May 

19, 2015. Comments must be received 

on or before May 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) numbers: Docket No. 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0398; 

FMCSA–2011–0024; FMCSA–2011– 

0057; FMCSA–2013–0022], 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 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: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

docket number for this notice. Note that 

DOT posts all comments received 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

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 

Federal Docket Management System 

(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 

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: 

Charles A. Horan, III, Director, Carrier, 

Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards, 

202–366–4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov, 

FMCSA, Department of Transportation, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room 

W64–224, 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. Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, 

FMCSA may renew an exemption from 

the vision requirements in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(10), which applies to drivers 

of CMVs in interstate commerce, for a 

two-year period if it finds ‘‘such 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety that is equivalent to or greater 

than the level that would be achieved 

absent such exemption.’’ The 

procedures for requesting an exemption 

(including renewals) are set out in 49 

CFR part 381. 

II. Exemption Decision 

This notice addresses 13 individuals 

who have requested renewal of their 

exemptions in accordance with FMCSA 

procedures. FMCSA has evaluated these 

13 applications for renewal on their 

merits and decided to extend each 

exemption for a renewable two-year 

period. They are: 

Luis A. Bejarano (AZ), Richard T. 

Berendt (OH), James O. Cook (GA), 

Alfred D. Hewitt (IL), Wesley J. 

Jenkins (NV), Mark A. Kleinow (IA), 

Kevin R. Lambert (NC), James P. 

Lanigan (OH), Nusret Odzakovic (FL), 


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