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history of partial complex seizure 

disorder and has been seizure free since 

2010. She takes anti-seizure medication 

with the dosage and frequency 

remaining the same since 2007. Her 

physician states that he is supportive of 

Ms. Merritt receiving an exemption. 

Richard Packer 

Mr. Packer is a 33-year old class A 

license holder in Idaho. He has a history 

of non-intractable generalized 

idiopathic epilepsy and has been 

seizure free since 2003. He takes antiseizure medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2003. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Packer receiving an 

exemption. 

Alexander Paradis 

Mr. Paradis is a 24-year old class 10 

license holder in Rhode Island. He has 

a history of focal epilepsy and has been 

seizure free since 2010. He takes antiseizure medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2016. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Paradis receiving an 

exemption. 

Steven Paul 

Mr. Paul is a 60-year old class DM 

license holder in Wisconsin. He has a 

history of seizure disorder and has been 

seizure free since 2012. He takes antiseizure medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2013. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Paul receiving an 

exemption. 

Kevin Podman 

Mr. Podman is a 48-year old 

commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

holder in Illinois. He has a history of an 

unprovoked, one-time, generalized 

tonic-clonic seizure and has been 

seizure free since 2014. He takes antiseizure medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2014. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Podman receiving an 

exemption. 

Michael Reimer 

Mr. Reimer is a 37-year old class C 

license holder in California. He has a 

history of epilepsy and has been seizure 

free since 2012. He takes anti-seizure 

medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2012. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Reimer receiving an 

exemption. 

Richard Riley 

Mr. Riley is a 66-year old class A 

license holder in Iowa. He has a history 

of a single generalized nocturnal seizure 

and has been seizure free since August 

6, 2020. He takes anti-seizure 

medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

August 6, 2020. His physician states that 

he is supportive of Mr. Riley receiving 

an exemption. 

Charles Rivet 

Mr. Rivet is a 43-year old class 10 

license holder in Iowa. He has a history 

of complex partial seizure disorder and 

has been seizure free since 2013. He 

takes anti-seizure medication with the 

dosage and frequency remaining the 

same since 2012. His physician states 

that he is supportive of Mr. Rivet 

receiving an exemption. 

Brian Runk 

Mr. Runk is a 31-year old class A 

license holder in Pennsylvania. He has 

a history of a single, unprovoked, 

nocturnal seizure and has been seizure 

free since 2016. He takes anti-seizure 

medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2017. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Runk receiving an 

exemption. 

Lucas Schmidt 

Mr. Schmidt is a 41-year old class D 

license holder in New York. He has a 

history of epilepsy and has been seizure 

free since 1997. He takes anti-seizure 

medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same for more 

than 10 years. His physician states that 

he is supportive of Mr. Schmidt 

receiving an exemption. 

Bradley Scruggs 

Mr. Scruggs is a 27-year old class A 

license holder in California. He has a 

history of focal awareness seizures and 

has been seizure free since 2007. He 

takes anti-seizure medication with the 

dosage and frequency remaining the 

same since 2015. His physician states 

that he is supportive of Mr. Scruggs 

receiving an exemption. 

Kacen Shaffer 

Mr. Shaffer is a 22-year old class R 

license holder in Colorado. He has a 

history of epilepsy and has been seizure 

free since 2013. He takes anti-seizure 

medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2014. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Shaffer receiving an 

exemption. 

Shaen Smith 

Mr. Smith is a 53-year old class D 

license holder in Minnesota. He has a 

history of localization-related epilepsy 

and has been seizure free since 1998. He 

takes anti-seizure medication with the 

dosage and frequency remaining the 

same since 2015. His physician states 

that he is supportive of Mr. Smith 

receiving an exemption. 

Kip West 

Mr. West is a 53-year old class R 

license holder in Colorado. He has a 

history of seizures and has been seizure 

free since 1985. He takes anti-seizure 

medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

1985. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. West receiving an 

exemption. 

Derek Wettstein 

Mr. Wettstein is a 37-year old class C 

license holder in Texas. He has a history 

of idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic 

syndrome, not intractable, without 

status epilepticus and has been seizure 

free since 2004. He takes anti-seizure 

medication with the dosage and 

frequency remaining the same since 

2004. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Wettstein receiving an 

exemption. 

Jeremy Williams 

Mr. Williams is a 19-year old CDL 

holder in Mississippi. He has a history 

of a single unprovoked seizure and has 

been seizure free since 2017. He takes 

anti-seizure medication with the dosage 

and frequency remaining the same since 

2018. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Williams receiving an 

exemption. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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

and 31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

the exemption petitions described in 

this notice. We will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

under the DATES section of the notice. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02203 Filed 2–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2022–0031] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Hearing 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 


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ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 23 individuals for an 

exemption from the hearing requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations (FMCSRs) to operate a 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in 

interstate commerce. If granted, the 

exemptions would enable these hard of 

hearing and deaf individuals to operate 

CMVs in interstate commerce. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket No. 

FMCSA–2022–0031 using any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov/, insert the docket 

number, FMCSA–2022–0031, in the 

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

sort the results by ‘‘Posted (NewerOlder),’’ choose the first notice listed, 

and click on the ‘‘Comment’’ button. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

ET, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

instructions on submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, DOT, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room 

W64–224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. If you have questions 

regarding viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, contact Dockets 

Operations, (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

A. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (Docket No. FMCSA–2022–0031), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, 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 

www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FMCSA2022-0031. Next, sort the results by 

‘‘Posted (Newer-Older),’’ choose the first 

notice listed, click the ‘‘Comment’’ 

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, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. 

FMCSA will consider all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period. 

B. Viewing Comments 

To view comments go to 

www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket 

number, FMCSA–2022–0031, in the 

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

sort the results by ‘‘Posted (NewerOlder),’’ choose the first notice listed, 

and click ‘‘Browse Comments.’’ If you 

do not have access to the internet, you 

may view the docket online by visiting 

Dockets Operations in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the DOT West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9317 or (202) 366– 

9826 before visiting Dockets Operations. 

C. Privacy Act 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its regulatory 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.transportation.gov/privacy. 

II. Background 

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

31315(b), FMCSA may grant an 

exemption from the FMCSRs for no 

longer than a 5-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 

statute also allows the Agency to renew 

exemptions at the end of the 5-year 

period. FMCSA grants medical 

exemptions from the FMCSRs for a 2- 

year period to align with the maximum 

duration of a driver’s medical 

certification. 

The 23 individuals listed in this 

notice have requested an exemption 

from the hearing requirement in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(11). Accordingly, the Agency 

will evaluate the qualifications of each 

applicant to determine whether granting 

the exemption will achieve the required 

level of safety mandated by statute. 

The physical qualification standard 

for drivers regarding hearing found in 

§ 391.41(b)(11) states that a person is 

physically qualified to drive a CMV if 

that person first perceives a forced 

whispered voice in the better ear at not 

less than 5 feet with or without the use 

of a hearing aid or, if tested by use of 

an audiometric device, does not have an 

average hearing loss in the better ear 

greater than 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 

Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or without a 

hearing aid when the audiometric 

device is calibrated to American 

National Standard (formerly ASA 

Standard) Z24.5—1951. 

This standard was adopted in 1970 

and was revised in 1971 to allow drivers 

to be qualified under this standard 

while wearing a hearing aid, 35 FR 

6458, 6463 (Apr. 22, 1970) and 36 FR 

12857 (July 3, 1971). 

On February 1, 2013, FMCSA 

announced in a Notice of Final 

Disposition titled, ‘‘Qualification of 

Drivers; Application for Exemptions; 

National Association of the Deaf,’’ (78 

FR 7479), its decision to grant requests 

from 40 individuals for exemptions 

from the Agency’s physical qualification 

standard concerning hearing for 

interstate CMV drivers. Since that time 

the Agency has published additional 

notices granting requests from hard of 

hearing and deaf individuals for 

exemptions from the Agency’s physical 

qualification standard concerning 

hearing for interstate CMV drivers. 

III. Qualifications of Applicants 

Yunier Alegre 

Mr. Alegre, 33, holds a class E license 

in Florida. 

Kenneth Alston 

Mr. Alston, 33, holds a class D license 

in New Jersey. 


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Charles Armand 

Mr. Armand, 39, holds a class A 

license in New Jersey. 

Baldemar Barba 

Mr. Barba, 24, holds a class C license 

in Texas. 

Gary Barber 

Mr. Barber, 70, holds a commercial 

driver’s license in Wisconsin. 

Desmond Dantzler 

Mr. Dantzler, 51, holds a class D 

license in Arizona. 

Jeremy Descloux 

Mr. Descloux, 25, holds an operator’s 

license in Washington. 

Philip Fatigato 

Mr. Fatigato, 28, holds a class D 

license in Illinois. 

William Hoke 

Mr. Hoke, 50, holds a class D license 

in New York. 

Edward Larizza 

Mr. Larizza, 24, holds a class C 

license in California. 

Kevin Maddox 

Mr. Maddox, 58, holds a class AM 

license in Georgia. 

Bikien McKoy 

Mr. McKoy, 48, holds a class A 

license in North Carolina. 

Rage Muse 

Mr. Muse, 33, holds a class A license 

in Minnesota. 

Orlando Padilla 

Mr. Padilla, 47, holds a class E license 

in Florida. 

Michael Paul 

Mr. Paul, 60, holds a class A license 

in Illinois. 

Aaron Pitsker 

Mr. Pitsker, 31, holds a class CM 

license in California. 

Michael Principe 

Mr. Principe, 33, holds a class C 

license in Texas. 

William Rivas 

Mr. Rivas, 31, holds a class C license 

in California. 

Kenneth Salts 

Mr. Salts, 45, holds a class D license 

in Ohio. 

Issac Soto 

Mr. Soto, 32, holds a class D license 

in Illinois. 

Gary Sturdevant 

Mr. Sturdevant, 43, holds a class CM 

license in Texas. 

Richard Taulbee 

Mr. Taulbee, 40, holds a class C 

license in Georgia. 

Matthew Taylor 

Mr. Taylor, 27, holds a class C license 

in Texas. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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

and 31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

the exemption petitions described in 

this notice. We will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

under the DATES section of the notice. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02206 Filed 2–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed 

Public Transportation Projects— 

TEXRail Extension Project and 

Richmond Highway Bus Rapid Transit 

(BRT) Project 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

regarding two projects: the TEXRail 

Extension Project in Tarrant County, 

Texas, and the Richmond Highway Bus 

Rapid Transit (BRT) Project in Fairfax 

County, Virginia. The purpose of this 

notice is to announce publicly the 

environmental decisions by FTA on the 

subject projects and to activate the 

limitation on any claims that may 

challenge these final environmental 

actions. 

DATES: A claim seeking judicial review 

of FTA actions announced herein for the 

listed public transportation projects will 

be barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before July 5, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief Counsel, 

Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353–3869 

or Saadat Khan, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of 

Environmental Programs, (202) 366– 

9647. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FTA has taken final 

agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 

139(l) by issuing certain approvals for 

the public transportation projects listed 

below. The actions on the projects, as 

well as the laws under which such 

actions were taken, are described in the 

documentation issued in connection 

with the projects to comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and in other documents in the 

FTA environmental project files for the 

projects. Interested parties may contact 

either the project sponsor or the relevant 

FTA Regional Office for more 

information. Contact information for 

FTA’s Regional Offices may be found at 

https://www.transit.dot.gov. 

This notice applies to all FTA 

decisions on the listed projects as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including, but not limited to, NEPA (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4375), Section 4(f) 

requirements (23 U.S.C. 138, 49 U.S.C. 

303), Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 

306108), Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531), Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 

1251), the Uniform Relocation and Real 

Property Acquisition Policies Act (42 

U.S.C. 4601), and the Clean Air Act (42 

U.S.C. 7401–7671q). This notice does 

not, however, alter or extend the 

limitation period for challenges of 

project decisions subject to previous 

notices published in the Federal 

Register. The projects and actions that 

are the subject of this notice follow: 

1. Project name and location: TEXRail 

Extension Project, City of Fort Worth, 

Tarrant County, Texas. Project Sponsor: 

Trinity Metro, City of Fort Worth, Texas. 

Project description: The Project extends 

TEXRail commuter rail service 

approximately 2.1 miles south from the 

Fort Worth Texas & Pacific (T&P) 

Station to the Near Southside Station in 

the Fort Worth Medical District. The 

new station will be located behind 

Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical 

Center, adjacent to the Mistletoe Heights 

neighborhood. The Project will utilize 

the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way 

(ROW) traveling west from the Fort 

Worth T&P Station to a connection with 

the Fort Worth & Western Railroad 

(FWWR), where it then turns south to 

transition onto its own alignment 

running adjacent to the FWWR freight 

track, generally in the FWWR ROW. 

Final agency action: Section 106 

Amended Memorandum of Agreement, 


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