Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 247 / Thursday, December 26, 2024 / Notices 105175 

Real Estate Services, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

September 27, 2024, at 89 FR 79333. 

There were no comments received. 

Title: Relocation Assistance Personal 

Interviews for FHWA Federal and 

Federally Assisted Programs under the 

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 

Property Acquisition Polies Act of 1970, 

as amended (Uniform Act). 

Background: This program 

implements 42 U.S.C. 4602, concerning 

acquisition of real property and 

relocation assistance for persons 

displaced by FHWA Federal and 

federally assisted programs. It requires 

the provision of relocation assistance 

and payments to U.S. citizens and 

persons legally present in the United 

States. The information collected 

consists of a personal interview of 

affected persons to establish eligibility 

for relocation assistance and payments. 

Displacing agencies will request each 

person who is to be displaced by a 

FHWA Federal or federally assisted 

project to voluntarily assist the agency 

in determining the benefits that their 

household, business, farm, or non-profit 

organization may be eligible to receive 

through the personal interview to 

determine their needs and preferences 

related to the move. This information is 

not required from the displaced person 

for the agency to proceed. 

Respondents: Any of the 56 State 

Departments of Transportations (52, 

including the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico), and the United States 

territories of American Samoa, Guam, N. 

Mariana Is., and the Virgin Islands of 

the United States (4 territories), local 

government agencies, persons 

administering projects or programs 

receiving financial assistance for 

expenditures of Federal funds on 

acquisition and relocation payments 

and required services to displaced 

persons that are subject to the 

Relocation Assistance and Real Property 

Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as 

amended, (Uniform Act) for 

determination of Uniform Act relocation 

program benefit amounts, and file 

maintenance. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected once per displacement of a 

household, business, farm, or non-profit 

organization. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour per respondent per 

personal interview. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is expected that there is an 

estimated total of 4,600 annual burden 

hours. 

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 FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: December 18, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30638 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0293] 

Commercial Driver’s License: 

Application for Exemption; American 

Public Transportation Association 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has 

received an application for an 

exemption from the American Public 

Transportation Association (APTA), on 

behalf of public transit agencies and 

their contractor partners, to allow State 

Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) to 

waive the ‘‘under-the-hood’’ portion of 

the pre-trip vehicle inspection skills test 

requirement for commercial driver’s 

license (CDL) applicants seeking to 

operate vehicles in public 

transportation, including interstate 

commerce. FMCSA requests public 

comment on APTA’s request for an 

exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 27, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2024–0293 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. See the Public 

Participation and Request for Comments 

section below for further information. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m. E.T., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number 

(FMCSA–2024–0293) for this notice. 

Note that DOT posts all comments 

received without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: If you do not have access to 

the internet, you may view the docket 

by visiting Docket Operations 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., 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. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 31315(b), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

regulatory process. DOT posts these 

comments, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov described in the 

system of records notice DOT/ALL–14 

FDMS, which can be reviewed under 

the ‘‘Department Wide System of 

Records Notices’’ at https://

www.transportation.gov/individuals/ 

privacy/privacy-act-system-recordsnotices. The comments are posted 

without edit and are searchable by the 

name of the submitter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Clemente, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division; Office of Carrier, 

Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards, 

FMCSA; (202) 366–2722; 

richard.clemente@dot.gov. If you have 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, contact Dockets 

Operations at (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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105176 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 247 / Thursday, December 26, 2024 / Notices 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2024–0293), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for your suggestions or 

recommendations. 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 the Agency 

can contact you if it has questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

www.regulations.gov and put the docket 

number ‘‘FMCSA–2024–0293’’ in the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

When the new screen appears, click on 

the ‘‘Comment’’ button and type your 

comment into the text box in 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, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. FMCSA 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 

public disclosure. If your comments 

responsive to the notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to the 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Please mark each page of your 

submission that constitutes CBI as 

‘‘PROPIN’’ to indicate it contains 

proprietary information. FMCSA will 

treat such marked submissions as 

confidential under the Freedom of 

Information Act, and they will not be 

placed in the public docket of the 

notice. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Brian Dahlin, Chief, 

Regulatory Evaluation Division, Office 

of Policy, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001 or via email at brian.g.dahlin@

dot.gov. At this time, you need not send 

a duplicate hardcopy of your electronic 

CBI submissions to FMCSA 

headquarters. Any comments FMCSA 

receives not specifically designated as 

CBI will be placed in the public docket 

for this notice. 

II. Legal Basis 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315(b) to grant 

exemptions from Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). FMCSA 

must publish a notice of each exemption 

request in the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(a)). The Agency must provide 

the public an opportunity to inspect the 

information relevant to the application, 

including the applicant’s safety 

analyses. The Agency must provide an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

request. 

The Agency reviews safety analyses 

and public comments submitted and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely maintain a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)). 

The Agency must publish its decision in 

the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(b)). If granted, the notice will 

identify the regulatory provision(s) from 

which the applicant will be exempt, the 

effective period, and all terms and 

conditions of the exemption (49 CFR 

381.315(c)(1)). If the exemption is 

denied, the notice will explain the 

reasons for the denial (49 CFR 

381.315(c)(2)). The exemption may be 

renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)). 

III. Current Regulatory Requirements 

The CDL regulations at 49 CFR 

383.113(a) require that applicants for a 

CDL possess basic pre-trip vehicle 

inspection skills for the vehicle class 

that they operate or expect to operate. 

Applicants must be able to identify each 

safety-related part on the test vehicle 

and explain what needs to be examined 

during a pre-trip vehicle inspection to 

ensure the safe operation of the 

commercial motor vehicle. Under 49 

CFR 383.113(a)(1)(i), applicants must 

possesses this skill for the engine 

compartment of the vehicle. This 

portion of the test is known as the 

‘‘under-the-hood’’ testing component. 

IV. Applicant’s Request 

APTA, on behalf of public transit 

agencies and their contractor partners, 

applied for an exemption from the 

‘‘under-the-hood’’ portion of the pre-trip 

inspection segment of the CDL skills 

test. The exemption would allow SDLAs 

to waive the engine compartment 

component of the pre-trip vehicle 

inspection skills test required under 49 

CFR 383.113(a)(1)(i) for CDL applicants 

seeking to operate vehicles in public 

transportation, including interstate 

transportation. 

According to the applicant, the public 

transit industry continues to experience 

a severe shortage of drivers and is 

struggling to maintain its workforce. 

APTA has identified the ‘‘under-thehood’’ testing requirement as a 

significant impediment to hiring bus 

operators, leading to reduced transit 

service, missed trips, and increased 

costs for public transit agencies. APTA 

believes that the CDL ‘‘under-the-hood’’ 

test is completely unrelated to transit 

bus operators’ job responsibilities; 

creates equity concerns and serves as a 

deterrent to certain individuals who 

would otherwise thrive in this career; 

and is increasingly becoming obsolete 

with the transition to zero-emission 

vehicles. The applicant further adds that 

its members’ bus operator hiring issues 

are similar to those faced by the school 

bus industry and that FMCSA has 

granted similar relief allowing States to 

waive the ‘‘under-the-hood’’ test for 

CDL applicants intending to become 

school bus operators. 

In support of its application, APTA 

submitted a research report it 

commissioned entitled, ‘‘Impact of CDL 

Under-the-Hood Testing Requirement 

on Public Transit Agencies’ Ability to 

Hire Bus Operators,’’ dated November 1, 

2024. 

A copy of APTA’s application for 

exemption and its research report are 

available for review in the docket for 

this notice. 

V. Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

the APTA’s application for an 

exemption. All comments received 

before the close of business on the 

comment closing date indicated at the 

beginning of this notice will be 

considered and will be available for 

examination in the docket at the 

location listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. Comments 

received after the comment closing date 

will be filed in the public docket and 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. In addition to late 

comments, FMCSA will also continue to 

file, in the public docket, relevant 

information that becomes available after 

the comment closing date. Interested 


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persons should continue to examine the 

public docket for new material. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30737 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Multiple 

Departmental Offices Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other federal agencies to comment on 

the proposed information collections 

listed below, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 24, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, 

Washington, DC 20220, or email at 

PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Spencer W. Clark by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 927–5331, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Title: Solicitation of Proposal 

Information for Award of Public 

Contracts. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0081. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Description: Treasury Bureaus and the 

Office of the Procurement Executive 

collect information when inviting firms 

to submit proposals for public contracts 

for supplies and services. The 

information collection is necessary for 

compliance with the Federal Property 

and Administrative Services Act (41 

U.S.C. 251 et seq.), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR 

Chapter 1) and applicable acquisition 

regulations. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,946. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 20,946. 

Estimated Time per Response: Varies 

depending on proposal type and 

proposal requirements. Average burden 

estimate is 10.48 hours per submission. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 217,812. 

2. Title: Coronavirus Economic Relief 

for Transportation Services (CERTS). 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0273. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Description: On December 27, 2020, 

the President signed the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021. Division N, 

Title IV, Subtitle B, Section 421 of the 

Act provides $2 billion for the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury to provide 

grants to eligible providers of 

transportation services (‘‘Recipients’’) 

under the Coronavirus Economic Relief 

for Transportation Services (‘‘CERTS’’) 

Program. Recipients include motorcoach 

companies, school bus companies, 

passenger vessel companies, and 

pilotage companies. Under Section 421 

of the Act, Recipients must demonstrate 

significant revenue losses as a result of 

COVID–19, and must use grant funds for 

payroll costs and for other eligible 

operating expenses. At this point, all 

funds have been distributed and 

reporting requirements have been 

completed. Recipients are required to 

retain records for three years after funds 

are expended or returned to Treasury. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,460. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,460. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 365. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of services required to provide 

information. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Spencer W. Clark, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30783 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0629] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Application for Extended Care 

Services 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 24, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted through www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Program-Specific information: 

Rebecca Mimnall, 202–695–9434, 

vhacopra@va.gov. 

VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 

202–461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VHA invites 

comments on: (1) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 


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