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with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

October 21, 2024, at 89 FR 84240. There 

were no comments received. 

Title: National Scenic Byway Program 

(NSBP). 

Background: The Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) administers the 

NSBP. It was established by the 

Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act of 1991 in section 162 of 

title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), and 

reauthorized and expanded significantly 

in 1998 under the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century and again 

under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users in 2005. The NSBP is 

a grass-roots collaborative effort 

established to help recognize, preserve, 

and enhance selected roads throughout 

the United States. Before 2019, Congress 

last authorized discretionary NSBP 

funds in 2012 under the Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2012. 

Between 1992 and 2012, FHWA 

awarded over $505 million in NSBP 

grants. In 2022, FHWA awarded 

approximately $21.8 million in grants to 

33 projects. 

Respondents: The Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO), announcing up to 

$26.95 million of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 

and 2024 funding for the National 

Scenic Byways Program (NSBP) 

discretionary grants is now available for 

State DOTs and federally recognized 

Indian Tribes on grants.gov. FHWA is 

expecting roughly 200 applicants to 

apply for NSBP grant funding. 

Frequency: NOFOs and grant 

solicitations will be published annually 

by FHWA but, are subject to the 

availability of funds in appropriations 

or, any legislation signed into law 

authorizing funds. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 3 hours per respondent per 

applicant. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is expected that the 

respondents will complete 

approximately 200 applications for an 

estimated total of 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 23, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0289] 

Commercial Driver’s License: State of 

Hawaii; Application for Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that the 

State of Hawaii has applied for an 

exemption from specified portions of 

the commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

skills test and entry-level driver training 

(EDLT) curriculum requirements. The 

State of Hawaii currently has a two-year 

exemption that expires on February 20, 

2026, under which it may waive 

portions of the CDL skills test for CDL 

applicants who take the skills test on 

the islands of Lanai and Molokai and 

grant restricted CDLs to successful 

applicants. The State of Hawaii now 

requests a five-year exemption of these 

provisions, with the addition of an 

exemption from certain portions of the 

ELDT curriculum requirements for 

providers of behind-the-wheel (BTW) 

public road training on the islands of 

Lanai and Molokai. FMCSA requests 

public comment on the applicant’s 

request for an exemption and whether 

the Agency should withdraw Hawaii’s 

current exemption that expires on 

February 20, 2026, and grant a new fiveyear exemption from both the CDL skills 

test and the ELDT requirements. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2024–0289 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–2024–0289) 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 as 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; or 

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: 

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–2024–0289), indicate 


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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–2024–0289’’ 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. Applicant’s Request 

The State of Hawaii seeks a five-year 

exemption from the requirements in 49 

CFR 383.113(c) that an applicant for a 

CDL must demonstrate the ability to 

signal appropriately when changing 

direction in traffic and the ability to 

choose a safe gap for changing lanes, 

passing other vehicles, and crossing or 

entering traffic (49 CFR 383.113(c)(2) 

and (4)). The Agency granted this same 

relief to Hawaii on February 20, 2024, 

until February 20, 2026 (89 FR 12940). 

Hawaii maintains that the islands of 

Lanai and Molokai do not have at least 

two miles of a straight section of urban 

business street and at least two miles of 

an expressway or highway section with 

multiple lanes going in each direction to 

allow the ability to legally change lanes. 

The applicant states that there are no 

plans to change the infrastructure to 

include sections of roadway meeting 

these parameters prior to the expiration 

date of the current exemption. 

The applicant further requests 

regulatory relief for any provider of 

ELDT BTW public road training on 

these islands from full compliance with 

the ELDT requirements in 49 CFR part 

380, appendix A and B. Specifically, the 

applicant requests relief from Unit A3.1 

of the class A CDL training curriculum, 

and Unit B3.1 of the Class B CDL 

training curriculum. Both units are 

titled, ‘‘Vehicle Controls Including: Left 

Turns, Right Turns, Lane Changes, 

Curves at Highway Speeds, and Entry 

and Exit on the Interstate or Controlled 

Access Highway.’’ 

A copy of the State of Hawaii’s 

application for exemption is available 

for review in the docket for this notice. 

IV. Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

the State of Hawaii’s application for an 

exemption. FMCSA specifically requests 

comment on whether the Agency should 

withdraw the applicant’s existing 

exemption that expires on February 20, 

2026 (89 FR 12940) and grant a new 

five-year exemption from the same 

requirements in 49 CFR 383.113(c) and 

the requested regulatory relief to 

providers of ELDT BTW public road 

training on the islands of Lanai and 

Molokai. 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 

persons should continue to examine the 

public docket for new material. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2009–0072] 

Petition for Extension of Waiver of 

Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on October 8, 2024, Tri-County 

Metropolitan Transportation District of 

Oregon (TriMet) petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) for an 

extension of a waiver of compliance 

from certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained at 


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