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1For purposes of the Financial & Operating 

Statistics (F&OS) program, passenger carriers are 

classified into the following two groups; (1) Class 

I carriers are those having average annual gross 

transportation operating revenues (including 

interstate and intrastate) of $5 million or more from 

passenger motor carrier operations after applying 

the revenue deflator formula as shown in the Note 

at 49 CFR 369.3; and (2) Class II passenger carriers 

are those having average annual gross 

transportation operating revenues (including 

interstate and intrastate) of less than $5 million 

from passenger motor carrier operations after 

applying the revenue deflator formula as shown in 

the Note at 49 CFR 369.3. Only Class I carriers of 

passengers are required to file the Annual and 

Quarterly Report Form MP–1. Class II passenger 

carriers, however, must notify the agency when 

there is a change in their classification or their 

revenues exceed the Class II limit. 

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., e.t., 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 

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, 20590– 

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

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The FDMS is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. If 

you want acknowledgement that we 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed, stamped envelope or 

post card or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting them 

on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our 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, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19476). This information is also 

available at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Vivian Oliver, Office of Research and 

Information Technology, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, West Building 

6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–2974; e-mail 

Vivian.Oliver@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: For-hire Class I motor 

carriers of passengers (including 

interstate and intrastate) 1 are required 

to file Motor Carrier Annual and 

Quarterly Reports (Form MP–1) that 

provide financial and operating data 

(see 49 U.S.C. 14123; and implementing 

FMCSA regulations at 49 CFR part 369). 

The agency uses this information to 

assess the health of the industry and 

identify industry changes that may 

affect national transportation policy. 

The data also show company financial 

stability and traffic patterns. Motor 

carriers of passengers required to 

comply with the regulations are 

classified on the basis of their annual 

gross carrier operating revenues. Under 

the F&OS program the FMCSA collects 

balance sheet and income statement 

data along with information on tonnage, 

mileage, employees, transportation 

equipment, and other related data. 

The data and information collected is 

made publicly available as prescribed in 

49 CFR part 369. Class I and Class II 

motor carriers are required by 49 U.S.C. 

14123 to file annual and quarterly 

financial reports with the Secretary. The 

Secretary has exercised his discretion 

under section 14123 to also require 

Class I property carriers (including dualproperty carriers), Class I household 

goods carriers and Class I passengers 

carriers to file quarterly reports. 

Over the years, the regulations were 

formerly administered by the Interstate 

Commerce Commission (ICC), but the 

ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) 

(Pub. L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (Dec. 29, 

1995); now codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123) 

abolished the ICC and transferred the 

responsibility for collecting and 

disseminating motor carrier financial 

information to the Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary). On 

September 30, 1998, the Secretary 

delegated and transferred the authority 

to administer the F&OS program to the 

former Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), now a part of the 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration (RITA), to former 

Chapter XI, subchapter 13 of 49 CFR 

part 1420 (63 FR 52192). 

On September 29, 2004, the Secretary 

transferred the responsibility for the 

F&OS program from BTS to FMCSA in 

the belief that the program was more 

aligned with FMCSA’s safety mission 

and its other motor carrier 

responsibilities (69 FR 51009). On 

August 10, 2006 (71 FR 45740), the 

Secretary published a final rule that 

transferred and redesignated the motor 

carrier financial and statistical reporting 

regulations of BTS that were formerly 

located at chapter XI of title 49 CFR to 

FMCSA in 49 chapter III of title 49 CFR 

part 369. 

Title: Annual and Quarterly Report of 

Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers 

(formerly OMB Control Number 2139– 

0003). 

New OMB Control Number: 2126– 

0031. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

renewal of a currently-approved 

information collection request. 

Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of 

Passengers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6. 

Estimated Time per Response: 18 

minutes per response. 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2009. 

Frequency of Response: Annually and 

quarterly. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9 

hours [30 responses × 18 minutes per 

response/60 minutes = 9]. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for FMCSA to perform its 

mission; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for FMCSA 

to enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued on: March 16, 2009. 

Terry Shelton, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. E9–6458 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2009–0081] 

Notice of Fiscal Year 2010 Safety 

Grants and Solicitation for 

Applications 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the 

public of the Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Fiscal 

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Year (FY) 2010 safety grant 

opportunities and to request public 

comments regarding changes to its 

application and award processes for 

grant programs. The Agency is making 

procedural changes in an effort to 

simplify and streamline its grants 

application and award processes. In 

addition, FMCSA invites comments on 

the proposed application deadlines for 

its FY 2010 (October 1, 2009 through 

September 30, 2010) safety grants 

programs. The 11 safety programs 

include the Motor Carrier Safety 

Assistance Program (MCSAP) Basic 

grants; MCSAP Incentive grants; 

MCSAP New Entrant Safety Audit 

grants; MCSAP High Priority grants; 

Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) 

Operator Safety Training grants; Border 

Enforcement grants (BEG); Commercial 

Driver’s License Program Improvement 

(CDLPI) grants; Commercial Driver’s 

License Information System (CDLIS) 

Modernization grants; Performance and 

Registration Information Systems 

Management (PRISM) grants; Safety 

Data Improvement Program grants 

(SaDIP); and the Commercial Vehicle 

Information Systems and Networks 

(CVISN) grants. Each grant program was 

provided for in the Agency’s most 

recent authorization, the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU). The purpose of 

this notice is to provide grantees with 

information well in advance of the 

Agency’s proposed FY 2010 safety grant 

application deadlines and to request 

comments on the deadlines and other 

changes in the Agency’s safety grant 

programs. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

application deadlines and other changes 

should be submitted by April 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 

2009–0081, 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 Grand 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. 

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 

the 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 

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: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our 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, etc.) 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19476). This information is also 

available at http://DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact the following FMCSA 

staff with questions or needed 

information on the Agency’s grant 

programs: 

New Entrant Safety Audits Grants— 

Arthur Williams, 

arthur.williams@dot.gov, 202–366– 

3695. 

Border Enforcement Grants—Carla 

Vagnini, carla.vagnini@dot.gov, 202– 

366–3771. 

MCSAP High Priority Grants—Cim 

Weiss, cim.weiss@dot.gov, 202–366– 

0275. 

CMV Operator Safety Training 

Grants—Julie Otto, julie.otto@dot.gov, 

202–366–0710. 

CDLPI Grants—Brandon Poarch, 

brandon.poarch@dot.gov, 202–366– 

3030. 

CDLIS Modernization Grants— 

Brandon Poarch, 

brandon.poarch@dot.gov, 202–366– 

3030. 

SaDIP Grants—Betsy Benkowski, 

betsy.benkowski@dot.gov, 202–366– 

4808. 

PRISM Grants—Tom Lawler, 

tom.lawler@dot.gov, 202–366–3866. 

CVISN Grants—Julie Lane, 

julie.lane@dot.gov, 202–385–2391. 

All staff may be reached at FMCSA, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMCSA 

recognizes that State governments and 

other grantees are dependent on its 

safety grants to develop and maintain 

important commercial motor vehicle 

(CMV) safety programs. FMCSA further 

acknowledges that delays in awarding 

grant funds may have an adverse impact 

on these important safety programs. As 

a result, FMCSA has been conducting a 

grants process review, in an effort to 

identify ways to streamline the 

application, award, and grants 

management processes, and to award 

grant funds earlier each fiscal year. In 

addition, FMCSA is making changes in 

the grants application, award and 

oversight processes to standardize 

application forms, increase the use of 

electronic documents, standardize 

quarterly reports and reduce the number 

of needed grant amendments. 

First, FMCSA is considering the 

establishment of standardized due dates 

for its grant programs. In the DATES

section above, we indicate the proposed 

schedule for the FY 2010 grant 

applications. These dates would then 

become the standing application due 

dates for these programs. 

Second, consistent with its contract 

authority, FMCSA plans to enter into 

grant agreements beginning October 1 or 

as soon thereafter as administratively 

practicable. FMCSA intends to enter 

into grant agreements no later than 90 

days from the date the application is 

due. We request comments from the 

States and other grant applicants on the 

impacts of the proposed schedule. 

Third, FMCSA is considering a 

standard grant application form and 

must implement a new quarterly 

reporting process. FMCSA is reviewing 

the Standard Form 424 (‘‘Application 

for Federal Assistance’’) and its 

attachments for use throughout all of its 

grant programs. While each grant 

program may request different data in 

some of the data fields on the form, the 

use of the Standard Form 424 would be 

mandatory. FMCSA must adopt the 

Standard Form—Project Progress Report 

(SF–PPR) as its preferred form for 

quarterly reporting. FMCSA requests 

comment from grantees on the impacts 

of these changes. Again, each grant 

program may, in certain instances, 

request different data be submitted in 

some of the fields or boxes on the form 

but SF–PRR would be mandatory for 

quarterly reporting. 

Fourth, FMCSA is increasing the use 

of electronic documents. As a result, the 

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number of original copies of grant 

agreements required to be submitted to 

FMCSA will be reduced from three 

copies to two. In addition, FMCSA will 

provide most grant agreement 

documents electronically to its financial 

processing office. Grantees would, 

however, be required to submit the 

Automated Clearing House (ACH) 

Vendor Payment Form (SF–3881) 

directly to FMCSA’s financial 

processing office by U.S. Postal Service, 

courier service or secure fax. We request 

information on any impacts of these 

proposed changes. 

Lastly, FMCSA requests comments 

and suggestions from grantees 

concerning improvement of the 

application, award and grants 

management processes. Additional 

information is provided below for each 

individual grant program. 

MCSAP Basic and Incentive Grants: 

Sections 4101 and 4107 of SAFETEA– 

LU authorize and fund FMCSA’s Motor 

Carrier Safety Grants for FY 2005 

through FY 2009. MCSAP Basic and 

Incentive grants are governed by 49 

U.S.C. 31102–31104 and 49 CFR Part 

350. Under the Basic and Incentive 

grants programs, a State lead MCSAP 

agency, as designated by its Governor, is 

eligible to apply for Basic and Incentive 

grant funding by submitting a 

commercial vehicle safety plan (CVSP). 

See 49 CFR 350.201 and 205. Pursuant 

to 49 CFR 350.303, FMCSA will 

reimburse each lead State MCSAP 

agency 80 percent of eligible costs 

incurred in a fiscal year. Each State will 

provide a 20 percent match to qualify 

for the program. In accordance with 49 

CFR 350.323, the Basic grant funds will 

be distributed proportionally to each 

State’s lead MCSAP agency using the 

following four, equally weighted (25 

percent) factors: 

(1) 1997 road miles (all highways) as 

defined by the FMCSA; 

(2) All vehicle miles traveled (VMT) 

as defined by the FMCSA; 

(3) Population—annual census 

estimates as issued by the U.S. Census 

Bureau; and 

(4) Special fuel consumption (net after 

reciprocity adjustment) as defined by 

the FMCSA. 

A State’s lead MCSAP agency may 

qualify for Incentive Funds if it can 

demonstrate that the State’s CMV safety 

program has shown improvement in any 

or all of the following five categories: 

(1) Reduction in the number of large 

truck-involved fatal accidents; 

(2) Reduction in the rate of largetruck-involved fatal accidents or 

maintenance of a large-truck-involved 

fatal accident rate that is among the 

lowest 10 percent of such rates for 

MCSAP recipients and is not higher 

than the rate most recently achieved; 

(3) Upload of CMV accident reports in 

accordance with current FMCSA policy 

guidelines; 

(4) Verification of Commercial 

Driver’s Licenses during all roadside 

inspections; and 

(5) Upload of CMV inspection data in 

accordance with current FMCSA policy 

guidelines. 

Incentive funds will be distributed in 

accordance with 49 CFR 350.327(b). 

Prior to the start of each fiscal year, 

FMCSA calculates the amount of Basic 

and Incentive funding each State is 

expected to receive. This information is 

provided to the States and is made 

available on the Agency’s Web site. The 

FY 2009 information is available at 

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/

safety-security/ATTCHMNT3-Est-09-

Funding-Planning-Dist.pdf. 

It should be noted that MCSAP Basic 

and Incentive grants are awarded based 

on the State’s submission of the CVSP. 

The evaluation factors described in the 

section below titled ‘‘Application 

Information for FY 2010 Grants’’ will 

not be considered and submission of 

applications to grants.gov is not 

necessary. 

New Entrant Safety Audit Grants: 

Sections 4101 and 4107of SAFETEA– 

LU also authorize and fund the Motor 

Carrier Safety Grants for FY 2005 

through FY 2009 to enable grant 

recipients to conduct interstate New 

Entrant safety audits consistent with 49 

CFR Parts 350.321 and 385.301. Eligible 

recipients are State agencies, local 

governments, and organizations 

representing government agencies that 

use and train qualified officers and 

employees in coordination with State 

motor vehicle safety agencies. The 

FMCSA’s share of these grant funds will 

be 100 percent. New Entrant grant 

applications must be submitted 

electronically through grants.gov 

(http://www.grants.gov). 

MCSAP High Priority Grants: 

Section 4101 of SAFETEA–LU also 

authorizes and funds the Motor Carrier 

Safety Grants for FY 2005 through FY 

2009 to enable recipients to carry out 

activities and projects that improve 

CMV safety and compliance with CMV 

regulations. Funding is available for 

projects that are national in scope, 

increase public awareness and 

education, demonstrate new 

technologies and reduce the number 

and rate of CMV accidents. Eligible 

recipients are State agencies, local 

governments, and organizations 

representing government agencies that 

use and train qualified officers and 

employees in coordination with State 

motor vehicle safety agencies. 

For grants awarded for public 

education activities, the Federal share 

will be 100 percent. For all High Priority 

grants other than those awarded in 

support of public education activities, 

the FMCSA will provide 

reimbursements for no more than 80 

percent of all eligible costs, and 

recipients will be required to provide a 

20 percent match. FMCSA may reserve 

High Priority funding exclusively for 

innovative traffic enforcement projects, 

with particular emphasis on work zone 

enforcement and rural road safety. Also, 

FMCSA may reserve funding for an 

innovative traffic enforcement initiative 

known as ‘‘Ticketing Aggressive Cars 

and Trucks’’ or TACT. TACT provides 

a research-based safety model that can 

be replicated by States when conducting 

a high-visibility traffic enforcement 

program to promote safe driving 

behaviors among car and truck drivers. 

The objective of this program is to 

reduce the number of commercial truck 

and bus related crashes, fatalities and 

injuries resulting from improper 

operation of motor vehicles and 

aggressive driving behavior. More 

information regarding TACT can be 

found at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ 

safety-security/tact/abouttact.htm. 

High Priority grant applications must 

be submitted electronically through 

grants.gov. 

CMV Operator Safety Training Grants: 

Section 4134 of SAFETEA–LU 

establishes a grant program which 

enables recipients to train current and 

future drivers in the safe operation of 

CMVs, as defined in 49 U.S.C. 31301(4). 

Eligible awardees include State 

governments, local governments and 

accredited post-secondary educational 

institutions (public or private) such as 

colleges, universities, vocationaltechnical schools and truck driver 

training schools. Funding priority for 

this discretionary grant funding will be 

given to regional or multi-state 

educational or nonprofit associations 

serving economically distressed regions 

of the United States. The Federal share 

of these funds will be 80 percent, and 

recipients will be required to provide a 

20 percent match. CMV Operator Safety 

Training grant applications must be 

submitted electronically through 

grants.gov. 

Border Enforcement Grants (BEG): 

Section 4110 of SAFETEA–LU 

established the BEG program. The 

purpose of this discretionary program is 

to provide funding for border CMV 

safety programs and related enforcement 

activities and projects. An entity or a 

State that shares a land border with 

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another country is eligible to receive 

this grant funding. Eligible awardees 

include State governments, local 

governments, and entities (i.e., 

accredited post-secondary public or 

private educational institutions such as 

universities). Requests from entities 

must be coordinated with the State lead 

CMV inspection agency. Applications 

must include a Border Enforcement Plan 

and meet the required maintenance of 

expenditure requirement. BEG funding 

decisions take into consideration the 

State or entity’s performance on 

previous BEG awards; its ability to 

expend the awarded funds with the BEG 

performance year; and activities meeting 

the BEG national criteria established by 

the FMCSA. As established by 

SAFETEA–LU, the Federal share of 

these funds will be 100 percent, and 

there is no matching requirement. BEG 

grant applications must be submitted 

electronically through grants.gov. 

CDLPI Grants: 

Section 4124 of SAFETEA–LU 

includes a discretionary grant program 

that provides funding for improving 

States’ implementation of the 

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) 

program, including expenses for 

computer hardware and software, 

publications, testing, personnel, 

training. Funds may not be used to rent, 

lease, or buy land or buildings. The 

agency designated by each State as the 

primary driver licensing agency 

responsible for the development, 

implementation, and maintenance of the 

CDL program is eligible to apply for 

grant funding. State grant proposals 

must include the State’s assessment of 

its CDL and a detailed budget 

explaining how the funds will be used. 

The Federal share of funds for projects 

awarded under this grant is established 

by SAFETEA–LU as 100 percent. 

Therefore, there is no State matching 

requirement. The funding opportunity 

announcement on grants.gov will 

provide more detailed information on 

the application process; national 

funding priorities for FY 2010; 

evaluation criteria; required documents 

and certifications; State maintenance of 

expenditure requirements; and 

additional information related to the 

availability of funds. CLDPI grant 

applications must be submitted 

electronically through grants.gov. 

CDLIS Modernization Grants: 

Section 4123 of SAFETEA–LU 

includes a discretionary grant program 

that provides funding for modernization 

of CDLIS. This section includes funds 

for States to upgrade their driver 

licensing information systems for the 

specific purpose of making them 

compatible with the new modernized 

CDLIS specifications. The agency in 

each State designated as the primary 

driver licensing agency responsible for 

the development, implementation, and 

maintenance of the CDL program is 

eligible to apply for grant funding. The 

Federal share of the funds for projects 

awarded under this grant is established 

by SAFETEA–LU as 80 percent; there is 

a 20 percent matching requirement. 

States may use in-kind contributions to 

meet this matching requirement 

(including annual CDLIS pointer fees). 

Funds are available to any State that is 

in substantial compliance with the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 31311 and 

submits a grant proposal that qualifies 

under the conditions in this notice, 

including assuming the responsibility of 

incorporating the new CDLIS 

specifications and improving its 

commercial driver licensing system. 

State grant proposals must include a 

detailed budget explaining how the 

funds will be used and how the State 

will meet the matching requirements. 

The funding opportunity announcement 

on grants.gov will provide more detailed 

information on the application process; 

eligible projects under the CDLIS 

Modernization plan; evaluation criteria; 

required documents and certifications; 

and additional information related to 

the availability of funds. CDLIS 

Modernization grant applications must 

be submitted electronically through 

grants.gov. 

SaDIP Grants: 

Section 4128 of SAFETEA–LU 

establishes a Safety Data Improvement 

Program (SaDIP) grant program to 

improve the quality of crash and 

inspection truck and bus data reported 

by the States to FMCSA, as described 49 

U.S.C. 31102. Eligible recipients are 

State agencies, local governments, and 

organizations representing government 

agencies that are involved with highway 

traffic safety activities and must 

demonstrate a capacity to work with 

highway traffic safety stakeholders. The 

State’s SaDIP proposal must focus on a 

project that enhances the accuracy, 

timeliness, and completeness of the 

collection and reporting of Commercial 

Motor Vehicle crash information in all 

components of the State’s record 

system. An applicant’s proposed SaDIP 

project must address the seven (7) 

performance measures for completeness, 

accuracy and timeliness of data reported 

by the States to FMCSA plus the 

overriding indicator established for the 

State Safety Data Quality (SSDQ) 

program. These measures can be found 

at: http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/DataQuality/

dataquality.asp?redirect=

methodology.asp. FMCSA will provide 

reimbursements for no more that 80 

percent of all eligible costs and 

recipients are required to provide a 20 

percent match. 

PRISM Grants: 

Section 4109 of SAFETEA–LU 

provides funding for States to 

implement the Performance and 

Registration Information Systems 

Management (PRISM) requirements that 

link Federal motor carrier safety 

information systems with State CMV 

registration and licensing systems to 

enable a State to determine the safety 

fitness of a motor carrier or registrant 

when licensing or registering or while 

the license or registration is in effect. 

PRISM grant applications must be 

submitted electronically through 

grants.gov. No matching funds are 

required. 

CVISN Grants: 

Section 4126 of SAFETEA–LU 

provides funding for States to deploy, 

operate, and maintain elements of their 

Commercial Vehicle Information 

Systems and Networks (CVISN) 

Program, including commercial vehicle, 

commercial driver, and carrier-specific 

information systems and networks. The 

agency in each State designated as the 

primary agency responsible for the 

development, implementation, and 

maintenance of a CVISN-related system 

is eligible to apply for grant funding. 

Section 4126 of SAFETEA–LU 

distinguishes between two types of 

CVISN projects: Core and Expanded. To 

be eligible for funding of Core CVISN 

deployment project(s), a State must have 

its most current Core CVISN Program 

Plan and Top-Level Design approved by 

FMCSA and the proposed project(s) 

should be consistent with its approved 

Core CVISN Program Plan and TopLevel Design. If a State does not have a 

Core CVISN Program Plan and TopLevel Design, it may apply for up to 

$100,000 in funds to either compile or 

update a Core CVISN Program Plan and 

Top-Level Design. 

A State may also apply for funds to 

prepare an Expanded CVISN Program 

Plan and Top-Level Design if FMCSA 

acknowledged the State as having 

completed Core CVISN deployment. In 

order to be eligible for funding of any 

Expanded CVISN deployment project(s), 

a State must have its most current 

Expanded CVISN Program Plan and 

Top-Level Design approved by FMCSA 

and any proposed Expanded CVISN 

project(s) should be consistent with its 

Expanded CVISN Program Plan and 

Top-Level Design. If a State does not 

have an Expanded CVISN Program Plan 

and Top-Level Design, it may apply for 

up to $100,000 in funds to either 

compile or update an Expanded CVISN 

Program Plan and Top-Level Design. 

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CVISN grant applications must be 

submitted electronically through 

grants.gov. Awards for approved CVISN 

grant applications are made on a firstcome, first-served basis. States must 

provide a match of 50 percent. 

Application Information for FY 2010 

Grants: General information about the 

FMCSA grant programs is available in 

the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) which can be found 

on the Internet at http://www.cfda.gov. 

To apply for funding, applicants must 

register with grants.gov at http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/getregistered.jsp and submit an application 

in accordance with instructions 

provided. 

Evaluation Factors: The following 

evaluation factors will be used in 

reviewing the applications for all 

FMCSA discretionary grants: 

(1) Prior performance—Completion of 

identified programs and goals per the 

project plan. 

(2) Effective Use of Prior Grants— 

Demonstrated timely use and expensing 

of available funds. 

(3) Cost Effectiveness—Applications 

will be evaluated and prioritized on the 

expected impact on safety relative to the 

investment of grant funds. Where 

appropriate, costs per unit will be 

calculated and compared with national 

averages to determine effectiveness. In 

other areas, proposed costs will be 

compared with historical information to 

confirm reasonableness. 

(4) Applicability to announced 

priorities—If national priorities are 

included in the grants.gov notice, those 

grants that specifically address these 

issues will be given priority 

consideration. 

(5) Ability of the applicant to support 

the strategies and activities in the 

proposal for the entire project period of 

performance. 

Use of innovative approaches in 

executing a project plan to address 

identified safety issues. 

(6) Feasibility of overall program 

coordination and implementation based 

upon the project plan. 

(7) Grant specific evaluation factors as 

described in the grants.gov application 

information. 

Proposed Application Due Dates: For 

the following grant programs, FMCSA 

will consider funding complete 

applications or plans submitted by the 

following dates: 

SaDIP Grants—June 1, 2009. 

CVISN Grants—July 15, 2009. 

MCSAP Basic and Incentive Grants— 

August 1, 2009. 

New Entrant Safety Audit Grants— 

September 1, 2009. 

Border Enforcement Grants— 

September 15, 2009. 

MCSAP High Priority Grants— 

September 15, 2009. 

CMV Operator Safety Training 

Grants—October 1, 2009. 

CDLIP Grants—November 1, 2009. 

CDLIS Modernization Grants— 

November 1, 2009. 

PRISM Grants—November 15, 2009. 

FMCSA seeks comments from potential 

grant applicants on the impacts of this 

schedule on their ability to develop 

comprehensive applications and submit 

them on time. Applications submitted 

after due dates may be considered on a 

case-by-case basis. 

Issued on: March 19, 2009. 

Anna J. Amos, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Enforcement and Program Delivery. 

Terry T. Shelton, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–00–7006; FMCSA–06– 

26066; FMCSA–06–25246] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Renewals; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA previously 

announced its decision to renew the 

exemptions from the vision requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations for 19 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 

exemptions will provide a level of safety 

that will be equivalent to, or greater 

than, the level of safety maintained 

without the exemptions for these 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 8301, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office 

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

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Background 

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

FMCSA may grant an exemption 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 

comment period ended on March 9, 

2009. 

Discussion of Comments 

FMCSA received no comments in this 

proceeding. 

Conclusion 

The Agency has not received any 

adverse evidence on any of these drivers 

that indicates that safety is being 

compromised. Based upon its 

evaluation of the 19 renewal 

applications, FMCSA renews the 

Federal vision exemptions for Kreis C. 

Baldridge, James L. Baynes, Daniel H. 

Bungartz, Steven J. Clark, Donald D. 

Daniels, Michael A. Fouch, Thanh V. 

Ha, Carl A. Lohrbach, James E. Menz, 

Jeffrey L. Olson, Chris H. Pederson, 

Timmy J. Pottebaum, Donnie Riggs, Luis 

H. Sanchez, Phillip L. Smith, Randall S. 

Surber, Brian S. Tuttle, Ernest W. Waff, 

and Joseph W. Wigley. 

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

and 31315, each renewal exemption will 

be valid for 2 years unless revoked 

earlier by FMCSA. The exemption will 

be revoked if: (1) The person 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 and 31315. 

Issued on: March 18, 2009. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

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