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Methodology 

All data will be collected 

electronically via SurveyGizmo, an online surveying tool. 

Dated: July 7, 2012. 

Matt Lussenhop, 

Director of the Office of Policy and 

Evaluation, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2012–0111] 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Boards Membership 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Performance Review 

Board (PRB) appointments. 

SUMMARY: DOT publishes the names of 

the persons selected to serve on the 

various Departmental PRBs as required 

by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy A. Mowry, Director, 

Departmental Office of Human Resource 

Management, (202) 366–4088. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

persons named below have been 

selected to serve on one or more 

Departmental PRBs. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 

2012. 

Brodi L. Fontenot, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration. 

Department of Transportation 

Federal Highway Administration 

Alicandri, Elizabeth 

Arnold, Robert E. 

Baxter, John R. 

Bezio, Brian R. 

Brecht-Clark, Jan M. 

Brown, Janice W. 

Castellanos, Nelson 

Cheatham, James A. 

Conner, Clara H. 

Curtis, Joyce A. 

DeCarme, David G. 

Elston, Debra S. 

Evans, Monique R. 

Furst, Anthony T. 

Griffith, Michael S. 

Holian, Thomas P. 

Kehrli, Mark R. 

Knopp, Martin C. 

Konove, Elissa K. 

Lindley, Jeffrey A. 

Lucero, Amy C. 

Lwin, Maung Myint 

Marchese, April Lynn 

McElroy, Regina S. 

Miller, Thomas R. 

Nadeau, Gregory G. 

Nicol, David A. 

Pagan-Ortiz, Jorge E. 

Paniati, Jeffrey F. 

Peters, Joseph I. 

Ridenour, Melisa Lee 

Saunders, Ian C. 

Shepard, Gloria Morgan 

Solomon, Gerald L. 

St. Denis, Catherine 

Stephanos, Peter J. 

Suarez, Ricardo 

Tischer, Mary Lynn 

Toole, Patricia Ann 

Trentacoste, Michael F. 

Waidelich, Jr., Walter C. 

Winter, David R. 

Wlaschin, Julius B. 

Federal Motor Carrier Administration 

Amos, Anna J. 

Bronrott, William A. 

Collins, Anne L. 

Dillingham, Steven D. 

Horan III, Charles A. 

Jefferson, Daphne Y. 

Leone, Geraldine K. 

Minor, Larry W. 

Smith, Steven K. 

Quade III, William A. 

Van Steenburg, John W. 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Haley, Michael T. 

Hedlund, Karen J. 

Hill, Corey W. 

Hynes, Ronald E. 

Lauby, Robert C. 

Logue, Michael J. 

Nissenbaum, Paul 

Pennington, Rebecca A. 

Strang, Jo E. 

Tunna, John M. 

Federal Transit Administration 

Biehl, Scott A. 

Buchanan-Smith, Henrika 

Carter, Dorval R. 

Hynes-Cherin, Brigid 

Linnertz, Ann M. 

McMillan, Therese Watkins 

Mello, Mary Elizabeth 

Patrick, Robert C. 

Rogers, Leslie T. 

Simon, Marisol R. 

Taylor, Yvette G. 

Tuccillo, Robert J. 

Valdes, Vincent 

Welbes, Matthew J. 

Maritime Administration 

Bohnert, Roger V. 

Brohl, Helen A. 

Byrne, Joseph Andrew 

Kumar, Shashi N. 

Lesnick, H. Keith 

McMahon, Christopher J. 

Moschkin, Lydia 

Pixa, Rand R. 

Tokarski, Kevin M. 

Weaver, Janice G. 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Abraham, Julie 

Beuse, Nathaniel M. 

Bonanti, Christopher J. 

Borris II, Frank S. 

Brown, Michael L. 

Carra, Joseph S. 

Coggins, Colleen P. 

Donaldson, K. John 

Geraci, Michael N. 

Guerci, Lloyd S. 

Gunnels, Mary D. 

Harris, Claude H. 

Maddox, John M. 

McLaughlin, Brian M. 

McLaughlin, Susan G. 

Medford, Ronald L. 

Michael, Jeffrey P. 

Saul, Roger A. 

Shelton, Terry T. 

Simons, James F. 

Smith, Daniel C. 

Vincent, O. Kevin 

Walter, Gregory A. 

Wood, Stephen P. 

Office of the Secretary 

Bell, David K. 

Brown, Gregory A. 

DeBoer, Joan M. 

Eisner, Neil R. 

Fields, George C. 

Forsgren, Janet R. 

Geier, Paul M. 

Gretch, Paul L. 

Hazeur, Camille M. 

Herlihy, Thomas W. 

Homan, Todd M. 

Horn, Donald H. 

Hurdle, Lana T. 

Jackson, Ronald A. 

Jones, Mary N. Whigham 

Jones, Maureen A. 

Kaleta, Judith S. 

Lawson, Linda L. 

Lee, Jr., Robert M. 

Lefevre, Maria S. 

Lowder, Michael W. 

McDermott, Susan E. 

Mowry, Nancy A. 

Osborne, Elizabeth D. 

Petrosino-Woolverton, Marie 

Podberesky, Samuel 

Rivait, David J. 

Scarton, Amy M. 

Schmidt, Robert T. 

Smith, Willie H. 

Streitmatter, Marlise 

Szabat, Joel M. 

Washington, Keith E. 

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Ziff, Laura M. 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Daugherty, Linda 

El-Sibaie, Magdy A. 

Mayberry, Alan K. 

Posten, R. Ryan 

Poyer, Scott A. 

Summitt, Monica J. 

Wiese, Jeffrey D. 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

Aylward, Anne D. 

Hu, Patricia S. 

Ishihara, David S. 

Johns, Robert C. 

Russo, Anthony J. 

Winfree, Gregory D. 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation 

Middlebrook, Craig H. 

Pisani, Salvatore L. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0108] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt 23 individuals from 

its rule prohibiting persons with 

insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) 

from operating commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. 

The exemptions will enable these 

individuals to operate CMVs in 

interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective July 

26, 2012. The exemptions expire on July 

28, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Room 

W64–224, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., 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. 

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., 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 

Privacy Act Statement for the Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you 

may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2008/pdf/E8–785.pdf. 

Background 

On June 6, 2012, FMCSA published a 

notice of receipt of Federal diabetes 

exemption applications from 23 

individuals and requested comments 

from the public (77 FR 33551). The 

public comment period closed on July 6, 

2012, and no comments were received. 

FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility 

of the 23 applicants and determined that 

granting the exemptions to these 

individuals would achieve a level of 

safety equivalent to or greater than the 

level that would be achieved by 

complying with the current regulation 

49 CFR 391.41(b)(3). 

Diabetes Mellitus and Driving 

Experience of the Applicants 

The Agency established the current 

requirement for diabetes in 1970 

because several risk studies indicated 

that drivers with diabetes had a higher 

rate of crash involvement than the 

general population. The diabetes rule 

provides that ‘‘A person is physically 

qualified to drive a commercial motor 

vehicle if that person has no established 

medical history or clinical diagnosis of 

diabetes mellitus currently requiring 

insulin for control’’ (49 CFR 

391.41(b)(3)). 

FMCSA established its diabetes 

exemption program, based on the 

Agency’s July 2000 study entitled ‘‘A 

Report to Congress on the Feasibility of 

a Program to Qualify Individuals with 

Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus to 

Operate in Interstate Commerce as 

Directed by the Transportation Act for 

the 21st Century.’’ The report concluded 

that a safe and practicable protocol to 

allow some drivers with ITDM to 

operate CMVs is feasible. The 

September 3, 2003 (68 FR 52441), 

Federal Register notice in conjunction 

with the November 8, 2005 (70 FR 

67777), Federal Register notice provides 

the current protocol for allowing such 

drivers to operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce. 

These 23 applicants have had ITDM 

over a range of 1 to 40 years. These 

applicants report no severe 

hypoglycemic reactions resulting in loss 

of consciousness or seizure, requiring 

the assistance of another person, or 

resulting in impaired cognitive function 

that occurred without warning 

symptoms, in the past 12 months and no 

recurrent (2 or more) severe 

hypoglycemic episodes in the past 5 

years. In each case, an endocrinologist 

verified that the driver has 

demonstrated a willingness to properly 

monitor and manage his/her diabetes 

mellitus, received education related to 

diabetes management, and is on a stable 

insulin regimen. These drivers report no 

other disqualifying conditions, 

including diabetes-related 

complications. Each meets the vision 

requirement at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). 

The qualifications and medical 

condition of each applicant were stated 

and discussed in detail in the June 6, 

2012, Federal Register notice and they 

will not be repeated in this notice. 

Discussion of Comments 

FMCSA did not receive any 

comments in this proceeding. 

Basis for Exemption Determination 

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

FMCSA may grant an exemption from 

the diabetes requirement in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(3) if the exemption is likely to 

achieve an equivalent or greater level of 

safety than would be achieved without 

the exemption. The exemption allows 

the applicants to operate CMVs in 

interstate commerce. 

To evaluate the effect of these 

exemptions on safety, FMCSA 

considered medical reports about the 

applicants’ ITDM and vision, and 

reviewed the treating endocrinologists’ 

medical opinion related to the ability of 

the driver to safely operate a CMV while 

using insulin. 

Consequently, FMCSA finds that in 

each case exempting these applicants 

from the diabetes requirement in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(3) is likely to achieve a level 

of safety equal to that existing without 

the exemption. 

Conditions and Requirements 

The terms and conditions of the 

exemption will be provided to the 

applicants in the exemption document 


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