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due to their aircraft’s physical size are 

unable to comply with the rule. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00335 Filed 1–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2013–XX] 

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 Title 14 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. 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 February 

3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2013–0883 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: 

Sandra Long, ARM–201, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20591; email 

Sandra.Long@faa.gov; (202) 493–5245. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 

2014. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2013–0883. 

Petitioner: Tatonduk Outfitters, Ltd 

d/b/a Everts Air Cargo. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.801 and Appendix C of part 36. 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner requests relief to operate its 

McDonnell Douglas DC–9s (recertified 

with Stage 3 Hushkits) at higher than 

conforming maximum landing weights, 

thus making the airplanes noncompliant for Stage 3 noise. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00338 Filed 1–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0154; FMCSA– 

2012–0332; FMCSA–2013–0121; FMCSA– 

2013–0122; FMCSA–2013–0123] 

Qualification of Drivers; Application for 

Exemptions; Hearing 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to grant requests from 20 

individuals for exemptions from the 

Agency’s physical qualifications 

standard concerning hearing for 

interstate drivers. The current regulation 

prohibits hearing impaired individuals 

from operating CMVs in interstate 

commerce. After notice and opportunity 

for public comment, the Agency 

concluded that granting exemptions for 

these commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

holders to operate property-carrying 

CMVs will provide a level of safety that 

is equivalent to or greater than the level 

of safety maintained without the 

exemptions. The exemptions are valid 

for a 2-year period and may be renewed, 

and the exemptions preempt State laws 

and regulations. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

January 13, 2014. The exemptions 

expire on January 13, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, (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 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and/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., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of DOT’s dockets by 

the name of the individual submitting 

the comment (or of the person signing 

the comment, if submitted on behalf of 

an association, business, labor union, or 

other entity). You may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316, January 

17, 2008). 

B. Background 

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

FMCSA may grant an exemption from 

the safety regulations for a 2-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 2-year period. The current 

provisions of the FMCSRs concerning 

hearing state 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 


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