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dysrhythmias by monitoring on his 

implantable defibrillator and no 

syncope, near syncope, or shocks. His 

cardiologist’s letter states that he is at a 

relatively low risk for recurrent episodes 

as he has been revascularized.’’ If 

granted an exemption, Mr. Politz would 

like to resume driving a truck in 

interstate commerce. 

Mark Register 

Mr. Register is a 46-year-old Class B 

CDL holder in North Carolina. An 

October 2014 affidavit from his 

cardiologist reports that his ICD ‘‘was 

implanted in 2010 for a documented 

ventricular arrhythmia. Mr. Register’s 

ventricular arrhythmia was determined 

to be a Right Ventricular Outflow Tract 

ventricular tachycardia which was 

treated by ablation in May 2011. His 

cardiologist is 99.5% confident that the 

source of Mr. Register’s original cardiac 

arrhythmia has been corrected and 

removed. Mr. Register has been 

clinically stable since that time and has 

experienced no malignant ventricular 

arrhythmias. His defibrillator is 

medically checked every three months 

to ensure proper function and is 

‘‘nothing more than a back-up or ‘‘safety 

net.’’ His cardiologist’s professional 

medical opinion is that Mr. Register ‘‘is 

completely and physically capable of 

operating a commercial motor vehicle’’ 

and ‘‘poses no risk in operating a 

commercial motor vehicle.’’ His 

cardiologist cites three recent scholarly 

articles from the Journal of American 

College of Cardiology and the European 

Society of Cardiology, which conclude 

that ‘‘patients with defibrillators are 

able to operate motor vehicles just as 

safely if not more so than the general 

population.’’ 

Charles Rhodes 

Mr. Rhodes is a 59-year-old from 

Arizona. Mr. Rhodes provided medical 

reports from 2013–2014 from his 

cardiologists indicating his ICD was 

implanted in February 2013. An October 

22, 2014, medical history from his 

cardiologist reports that he follows up 

regularly in the pacemaker clinic every 

3 months. 

Mark Steiner 

Mr. Steiner is a 65-year-old from 

Ohio. A January 29, 2015, letter from his 

cardiologist states that his ICD was 

implanted in 2012 for primary 

prevention. An ICD interrogation 

conducted on January 29, 2015, showed 

no report of any dysrhythmias or 

requirement for anti-tachycardia pacing 

or defibrillation. His cardiologist states 

Mr. Steiner has had no chest, neck, jaw 

or arm discomfort, pedal edema, near 

syncope, syncope, or ICD discharge. If 

granted an exemption, Mr. Steiner 

would like to resume driving a truck in 

interstate commerce. 

Stephen Watts 

Mr. Watts is a 52-year-old Class A 

CDL holder in Kansas. A December 2014 

letter from his cardiologist reports that 

his ICD was implanted in 2013. 

According to a January 2015 letter from 

his cardiologists, ‘‘from a clinical 

standpoint he is doing quite well. He 

has not had any shortness of breath, 

PND or orthopnea. Review of his 

pacemaker/defibrillator shows that he 

has not had any significant 

dysrhythmias.’’ A November 2014 letter 

from his employer states that he has 

‘‘driven over 1 million accident free 

miles.’’ If granted an exemption, Mr. 

Watts would like to resume driving a 

truck in interstate commerce. 

John Allen Weltz 

Mr. Weltz is a 51-year-old Class A 

CDL holder in Nebraska. A February 2, 

2015, letter from his cardiologist reports 

that Mr. Weltz received an ICD on 

February 28, 2014, and from Mr. Weltz’s 

records, his cardiologist does not think 

he has been shocked. A September 2014 

letter from his cardiologist states, ‘‘He 

has had no ventricular arrhythmias 

since his ICD was implanted and he is 

quite stable.’’ Mr. Weltz reports that for 

the past 10 years he has been keeping 

in close contact with all of his doctors, 

keeping all of his medical appointments 

and taking all medication as prescribed. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31315 

and 31136(e), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

the exemption applications described in 

this notice. We will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

earlier in the notice. 

Issued on: April 14, 2015. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09068 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on December 19, 

2014 (79 FR 75859). No comments were 

received. 

This document describes a collection 

of information on nine Federal motor 

vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) and 

one regulation, for which NHTSA 

intends to seek OMB approval. The 

information collection pertains to 

requirements that specify certain safety 

precautions regarding items of motor 

vehicle equipment must appear in the 

vehicle owner’s manual. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 21, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou 

Molino, the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking (NVS–112), (202) 366–1740, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, W43–311, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: Consolidated Vehicle Owner’s 

Manual Requirements for Motor 

Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment. 

OMB Number: 2127–0541. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: In order to ensure that 

manufacturers are complying with the 

FMVSS and regulations, NHTSA 

requires a number of information 

collections in FMVSS Nos. 108, 110, 

138, 202a, 205, 208, 210, 213, and 226 

and Part 575 Sections 103 and 105. 

FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective 

devices, and associated equipment.’’ 

This standard requires that certain 

lamps and reflective devices with 

certain performance levels be installed 

on motor vehicles to assure that the 

roadway is properly illuminated, that 

vehicles can be readily seen, and the 

signals can be transmitted to other 

drivers sharing the road, during day, 

night and inclement weather. Since the 

specific manner in which headlamp aim 

is to be performed is not regulated (only 

the performance of the device is), 

aiming devices manufactured or 

installed by different vehicle and 

headlamp manufacturers may work in 

significantly different ways. As a 

consequence, to assure that headlamps 

can be correctly aimed, instructions for 


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proper use must be part of the vehicle 

as a label, or optionally, in the vehicle 

owner’s manual. 

FMVSS No. 110, ‘‘Tire selection and 

rims.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for tire selection to 

prevent tire overloading. The vehicle’s 

normal load and maximum load on the 

tire shall not be greater than applicable 

specified limits. The standard requires a 

permanently affixed vehicle placard 

specifying vehicle capacity weight, 

designated seating capacity, 

manufacturer recommended cold tire 

inflation pressure, and manufacturer’s 

recommended tire size. The standard 

further specifies rim construction 

requirements, load limits of nonpneumatic spare tires, and labeling 

requirements for non-pneumatic spare 

tires, including a required placard. 

Owner’s manual information is required 

for ‘‘Use of Spare Tire.’’ FMVSS No. 110 

requires additional owner’s manual 

information on the revised vehicle 

placard and tire information label, on 

revised tire labeling, and on tire safety 

and load limits and terminology. 

FMVSS No. 138, ‘‘Tire pressure 

monitoring systems.’’ This standard 

specifies requirements for a tire pressure 

monitoring system to warn the driver of 

an under-inflated tire condition. Its 

purpose is to reduce the likelihood of a 

vehicle crash resulting from tire failure 

due to operation in an under-inflated 

condition. The standard requires the 

Owner’s Manual to include specific 

information on the low pressure 

warning telltale and the malfunction 

indicator telltale. 

FMVSS No. 202a, ‘‘Head restraints.’’ 

This standard specifies requirements for 

head restraints. The standard, which 

seeks to reduce whiplash injuries in rear 

collisions, currently requires head 

restraints for front outboard designated 

seating positions in passenger cars and 

in light multipurpose passenger 

vehicles, trucks and buses. In a final 

rule published on December 14, 2004 

(69 FR 74880), the standard requires 

that vehicle manufacturers include 

information in owner’s manuals for 

vehicles manufactured on or after 

September 1, 2008. The owner’s manual 

must clearly identify which seats are 

equipped with head restraints. If the 

head restraints are removable, the 

owner’s manual must provide 

instructions on how to remove the head 

restraint by a deliberate action distinct 

from any act necessary for adjustment, 

and how to reinstall head restraints. The 

owner’s manual must warn that all head 

restraints must be reinstalled to 

properly protect vehicle occupants. 

Finally, the owner’s manual must 

describe, in an easily understandable 

format, the adjustment of the head 

restraints and/or seat back to achieve 

appropriate head restraint position 

relative to the occupant’s head. 

FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials.’’ 

This standard specifies requirement for 

all glazing material used in windshields, 

windows, and interior partitions of 

motor vehicles. Its purpose is to reduce 

the likelihood of lacerations and to 

minimize the possibility of occupants 

penetrating the windshield in a crash. 

More detailed information regarding the 

care and maintenance of such glazing 

items, as the glass-plastic windshield, is 

required to be placed in the vehicle 

owner’s manual. 

FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash 

protection.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for both active and passive 

occupant crash protection systems for 

passenger cars, multipurpose passenger 

vehicles, trucks and small buses. Certain 

safety features, such as air bags, or the 

care and maintenance of air bag 

systems, are required to be explained to 

the owner by means of the owner’s 

manual. For example, the owner’s 

manual must describe the vehicle’s air 

bag system and provide precautionary 

information about the proper 

positioning of the occupants, including 

children. The owner’s manual must also 

warn that no objects, such as shotguns 

carried in police cars, should be placed 

over or near the air bag covers. 

FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly 

anchorages.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for seat belt assembly 

anchorages to ensure effective occupant 

restraint and to reduce the likelihood of 

failure in a crash. The standard requires 

that manufacturers place the following 

information in the vehicle owner’s 

manual: a. An explanation that child 

restraints are designed to be secured by 

means of the vehicle’s seat belts, and, b. 

A statement alerting vehicle owners that 

children are always safer in the rear 

seat. 

FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint 

systems.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for child restraint systems 

and requires that manufacturers provide 

consumers with detailed information 

relating to child safety in air bag 

equipped vehicles. The vehicle owner’s 

manual must include information about 

the operation and do’s and don’ts of 

built-in child seats. 

FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection 

mitigation.’’ This standard establishes 

vehicle requirements intended to reduce 

the partial and complete ejection of 

vehicle occupants through side 

windows in crashes, particularly 

rollover crashes. The standard applies to 

vehicles with a gross vehicle weight 

rating of 4,536 kg or less. Written 

information must be provided with 

every vehicle describing any ejection 

mitigation countermeasure that deploys 

in the event of a rollover and a 

discussion of the readiness indicator 

specifying a list of the elements of the 

system being monitored by the 

indicator, a discussion of the purpose 

and location of the telltale, and 

instructions to the consumer on the 

steps to take if the telltale is 

illuminated. 

Part 575 Section 103, ‘‘Camper 

loading.’’ This regulation requires 

manufacturers of slide-in campers to 

affix to each camper a label that 

contains information relating to 

identification and proper loading of the 

camper and to provide more detailed 

loading information in the owner’s 

manual. This regulation also requires 

manufacturers of trucks that would 

accommodate slide-in campers to 

specify the cargo weight ratings and the 

longitudinal limits within which the 

center of gravity for the cargo weight 

rating should be located. 

Part 575 Section 105, ‘‘Vehicle 

rollover.’’ This regulation requires 

manufacturers of utility vehicles to alert 

the drivers of those vehicles that they 

have a higher possibility of rollover than 

other vehicle types and to advise them 

of steps that can be taken to reduce the 

possibility of rollover and/or to reduce 

the likelihood of injury in a rollover. A 

statement is provided in the regulation, 

which manufacturers shall include, in 

its entirety or equivalent form, in the 

Owner’s Manual. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

households, business, other for-profit, 

not-for-profit, farms, Federal 

Government and State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,724 hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725–17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 


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A Comment to OMB is most effective if 

OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09081 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA 2015–0003] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: On February 2, 2015, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA) published a 

notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 

5617) inviting comments on an 

information collection titled ‘‘Pipeline 

Safety: Periodic Underwater Inspection 

and Notification of Abandoned 

Underwater Pipelines’’ identified by 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 2137–0618. This 

information collection will be expiring 

on August 31, 2015. PHMSA will 

request an extension with no change for 

this information collection. 

PHMSA received no comments in 

response to that notice. PHMSA is 

publishing this notice to provide the 

public with an additional 30 days to 

comment on the renewal of this 

information collection and announce 

that the Information Collection will be 

submitted to OMB for approval. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 21, 

2015 to be assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Dow by telephone at 202–366– 

1246, by email at angela.dow@dot.gov, 

by fax at 202–366–4566, or by mail at 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

PHP–30, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number 

PHMSA–2015–0003 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Fax: 1–202–395–5806. 

• Mail: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Records 

Management Center, Room 10102 

NEOB, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk 

Officer for the U.S. Department of 

Transportation\PHMSA. 

• Email: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, at the 

following email address: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Requests for a copy of the information 

collection should be directed to 

Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 

202–366–1319, by fax at 202–366–4566, 

by email at cameron.satterthwaite@

dot.gov, or by mail at U.S. Department 

of Transportation, PHMSA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., PHP–30, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations, requires PHMSA to provide 

interested members of the public and 

affected agencies an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping requests. This notice 

identifies an information collection 

request PHMSA will submit to OMB for 

renewal. The following information is 

provided for each information 

collection: (1) Title of the information 

collection; (2) OMB control number; (3) 

Current expiration date; (4) Type of 

request; (5) Abstract of the information 

collection activity; (6) Description of 

affected public; (7) Estimate of total 

annual reporting and recordkeeping 

burden; and (8) Frequency of collection. 

PHMSA will request a 3-year term of 

approval for this information collection 

activity. PHMSA requests comments on 

the following information collection: 

1. Title: Pipeline Safety: Periodic 

Underwater Inspection and Notification 

of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0618. 

Current Expiration Date: 8/31/2015. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Federal pipeline safety 

regulations at 49 CFR 192.612 and 

195.413 require operators to conduct 

appropriate periodic underwater 

inspections in the Gulf of Mexico and 

its inlets. If an operator discovers that 

its underwater pipeline is exposed or 

poses a hazard to navigation, among 

other remedial actions such as marking 

and reburial in some cases, the operator 

must contact the National Response 

Center by telephone within 24 hours of 

discovery and report the location of the 

exposed pipeline. 

PHMSA’s regulations for reporting the 

abandonment of underwater pipelines 

can be found at §§ 192.727 and 195.59. 

These provisions contain certain 

requirements for disconnecting and 

purging abandoned pipelines and 

require operators to notify PHMSA of 

each abandoned offshore pipeline 

facility or each abandoned onshore 

pipeline facility that crosses over, under 

or through a commercially navigable 

waterway. 

Affected Public: Operators of pipeline 

facilities (except master meter 

operators). 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 92. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

1,372. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Comments are invited on: 

(a) The need for the renewal and 

revision of these collections of 

information for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 16, 

2015, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

John A. Gale, 

Director, Office of Standards and 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09094 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Research and Technology; Advisory 

Council on Transportation Statistics; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces, pursuant to 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 72–363; 

5 U.S.C. app. 2), a meeting of the 

Advisory Council on Transportation 

Statistics (ACTS). The meeting will be 

held on Tuesday, May 19th from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Room 

E37–302, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 


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