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• not to be used for the purpose of 

substantially informing influential 

policy decisions; and 

• intended to yield only qualitative 

information; the collections will not be 

designed or expected to yield 

statistically reliable results or used as 

though the results are generalized to the 

population of study. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made; the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size; and the expected response 

rate, methods for assessing potential 

nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. As a general matter, 

information collections will not result 

in any new system of records containing 

privacy information and will not ask 

questions of a sensitive nature, such as 

sexual behavior and attitudes, religious 

beliefs, and other matters that are 

commonly considered private. 

Title: Generic Clearance of Customer 

Satisfaction Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0061. 

Type of Request: Renewal of currently 

approved collection. 

Respondents: State and local agencies, 

general public and stakeholders; 

original equipment manufacturers 

(OEM) and suppliers to the commercial 

motor vehicle (CMV) industry; fleets, 

owner-operators, state CMV safety 

agencies, research organizations and 

contractors; news organizations and 

safety advocacy groups. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,900 [5,000 customer satisfaction 

survey respondents + 100 listening 

sessions/stakeholder feedback forums 

respondents + 300 focus group 

respondents + 500 strategic planning 

customer satisfaction survey 

respondents]. 

Estimated Time per Response: Range 

from 10–120 minutes. 

Expiration Date: July 31, 2018 

Frequency of Response: Generally, on 

an annual basis. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,758 hours [833 hours for customer 

satisfaction surveys + 200 hours for 

listening sessions/stakeholder feedback 

forums + 600 hours for focus groups + 

125 hours for strategic planning 

customer satisfaction surveys]. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the performance of 

FMCSA’s functions; (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 

or include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 

on: January 12, 2018. 

Kelly Regal, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00845 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0108] 

Hours of Service of Drivers of 

Commercial Motor Vehicles: Proposed 

Regulatory Guidance Concerning the 

Use of a Commercial Motor Vehicle for 

Personal Conveyance; Extension of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed regulatory 

guidance; extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA extends the public 

comment period for the Agency’s 

December 19, 2017, notice announcing 

the proposed regulatory guidance 

concerning the use of a commercial 

motor vehicle for personal conveyance. 

On December 22, 2017, the American 

Trucking Associations, Inc. (ATA) 

requested a 30-day extension of the 

comment period. The Agency extends 

the January 18, 2018, deadline for the 

submission of public comments to 

February 20, 2018. 

DATES: FMCSA extends the comment 

period for the notice of proposed 

regulatory guidance published on 

December 19, 2017. You must submit 

comments by February 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may insert comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2017–0108 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

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: (202) 493–2251. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

instructions on submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, phone (614) 942–6477, email 

MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

A. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number listed above, 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which your 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. 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 

http://www.regulations.gov, put the 

docket number, FMCSA–2017–0108, in 

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

When the new screen appears, click on 

the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 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 


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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 and may change this 

guidance based on your comments. 

B. Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket 

number, FMCSA–2017–0108, in the 

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

click the ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ button 

and choose the document to review. If 

you do not have access to the internet, 

you may view the docket online by 

visiting the Docket Management Facility 

in Room W12–140 on the ground floor 

of the DOT West Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

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 

On December 19, 2017 (82 FR 60269), 

FMCSA published a notice of proposed 

regulatory guidance concerning the use 

of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

for personal conveyance. This provision 

is available to all CMV drivers required 

to record their hours of service (HOS) 

who are permitted by their employer to 

use the vehicle for personal use. The 

proposed regulatory guidance would 

revise Question 26 to 49 CFR 395.8. 

The existing guidance on personal 

conveyance (49 CFR 395.8, Question 26) 

was issued by the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), FMCSA’s 

predecessor agency, in a memorandum 

dated November 18, 1996, and later 

published in a compilation of guidance 

(62 FR 16370, 16426, April 4, 1997). The 

guidance reiterated the basic principle 

that a driver in off-duty status must be 

relieved from work and all 

responsibility for performing work. It 

highlighted the use of the CMV as a 

personal conveyance in traveling to and 

from the place of employment (e.g., the 

normal work reporting location). The 

1997 guidance included discussion of 

CMVs used to travel ‘‘short distances’’ 

from a driver’s en route lodgings to 

restaurants in the vicinity of such 

lodgings. In addition, the 1997 guidance 

explicitly excluded the use of laden 

vehicles as personal conveyance and the 

operation of the CMV as personal 

conveyance by drivers who have been 

placed out of service for HOS violations. 

The guidance has remained unchanged 

since 1997. 

In the December 19, 2017, proposed 

revision to the guidance, the Agency 

focused on the reason the driver is 

operating a CMV while off duty, without 

regard to whether the CMV is or is not 

laden. The previous guidance, which 

required the CMV to be unladen, was 

written for combination vehicles, where 

the driver could readily detach the 

trailer and use the unladen tractor for 

personal conveyance. This 

interpretation had the inadvertent effect 

of not allowing drivers of single-unit 

work trucks that carry loads, as well as 

tools of trade and related materials, on 

the power unit to document this offduty time on the RODS. In the absence 

of a trailer, these loads, tools, and other 

equipment cannot reasonably be 

offloaded, left unattended, and reloaded 

after the power unit has been used for 

personal conveyance. This proposed 

revision to the guidance eliminates the 

requirement that the CMV be unladen 

and thus the disparate impact created by 

the previous guidance. 

Request for Extension of the Comment 

Period 

On December 22, 2017, the American 

Trucking Associations, Inc. (ATA), 

asked that the Agency provide a 30-day 

extension of the comment period. ATA 

expressed concern that end-of-year tasks 

and holiday periods might make it 

difficult for many interested parties to 

prepare comments by the original 

January 19, deadline. A copy of the ATA 

request is in the docket identified at the 

beginning of this notice. 

FMCSA acknowledges ATA’s 

concerns. After reviewing the request, 

FMCSA hereby grants a 30-day 

extension of the comment period to 

February 20, 2018, to provide all 

interested parties additional time to 

respond to the notice of proposed 

regulatory guidance. 

Issued on: January 12, 2018. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00878 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Multiemployer Pension Plan 

Application To Reduce Benefits 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Trustees of the 

Alaska Ironworkers Pension Plan, a 

multiemployer pension plan, has 

submitted an application to reduce 

benefits under the plan in accordance 

with the Multiemployer Pension Reform 

Act of 2014. The purpose of this notice 

is to announce that the application 

submitted by the Board of Trustees of 

the Alaska Ironworkers Pension Plan 

has been published on the Treasury 

website, and to request public 

comments on the application from 

interested parties, including 

participants and beneficiaries, employee 

organizations, and contributing 

employers of the Alaska Ironworkers 

Pension Plan. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, in accordance 

with the instructions on that site. 

Electronic submissions through 

www.regulations.gov are encouraged. 

Comments may also be mailed to the 

Department of the Treasury, MPRA 

Office, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Room 1224, Washington, DC 20220. 

Attn: Eric Berger. Comments sent via 

facsimile and email will not be 

accepted. 

Additional Instructions. All 

comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, will be made available to the 

public. Do not include any personally 

identifiable information (such as Social 

Security number, name, address, or 

other contact information) or any other 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you do not 

want publicly disclosed. Treasury will 

make comments available for public 

inspection and copying on 

www.regulations.gov or upon request. 

Comments posted on the internet can be 

retrieved by most internet search 

engines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the application 

from the Alaska Ironworkers Pension 

Plan, please contact Treasury at [(202) 

622–1534] (not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 

2014 (MPRA) amended the Internal 


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