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1Mr. Welch submitted his request on ARFC 

letterhead and with his official title, but he did not 

indicate whether the applicant for the exemption 

was the ARFC or himself in his individual capacity. 

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 

Mr. Welch 1 requests a five-year 

exemption from the requirements in 49 

CFR part 383 for ARTs working under 

the AFRC. The CDL regulations in 49 

CFR part 383 require every person who 

operates a CMV, as defined in 49 CFR 

383.5, to obtain a CDL. Under 49 CFR 

383.3(c), States are required to exempt 

individuals who operate CMVs for 

military purposes from 49 CFR part 383. 

The exception covers active-duty 

military personnel; members of the 

military reserves; members of the 

national guard on active duty, including 

personnel on full-time national guard 

duty, personnel on part-time national 

guard training, national guard military 

technicians (civilians who are required 

to wear military uniforms); and activeduty U.S. Coast Guard personnel. The 

regulation states that the ‘‘exception is 

not applicable to U.S. Reserve 

technicians.’’ Accordingly, ARTs, when 

operating on a military facility that is 

open to public travel or public road, are 

subject to the requirements of 49 CFR 

part 383 and must obtain a CDL to 

operate a CMV. 

Mr. Welch states that FMCSA 

previously granted his petition for 

rulemaking to consider amending 49 

CFR 383.3 and he is submitting his 

exemption request to expedite the relief. 

A copy of the Agency’s letter granting 

Mr. Welch’s petition for rulemaking has 

been added to the docket for this notice. 

Mr. Welch believes the exclusion of 

ARTs from the exception places a 

hardship on ARTs. In his petition for 

rulemaking, he states, ‘‘The Air Reserve 

Technician program is currently 

experiencing difficulties in hiring and 

retaining employees and this current 

federal regulation further exacerbates 

the problem.’’ Mr. Welch further 

explains that without the exception, the 

AFRC is required to provide funding for 

training in order for the members to 

obtain a CDL. 

Applicant’s Equivalent Level of Safety 

The applicant states that ARTs 

transport items on an installation with 

multiple layers of safety requirements 

and preapproved routes. The applicant 

lists the following safeguards that he 

believes will maintain a level of safety 

equivalent to or greater than the level of 

safety that would be achieved by 

complying with the regulations. He 

says, ‘‘First and second line supervisors 

are present for daily operations, quality 

assurance conducts random inspections 

daily, the base safety office also has 

oversight and increased training 

requirements that must be completed. 

Placarding is always required.’’ The 

applicant also states that they ‘‘comply 

with all . . . regulations in addition to 

the safety requirements that our Air 

Force instructions require.’’ 

A copy of Mr. Welch’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 

Mr. Welch’s application to exempt 

ARTs from the requirements in 49 CFR 

part 383 while operating CMVs for 

military purposes. FMCSA also requests 

comment on whether, if granted, the 

exemption should apply to all U.S. 

Reserve technicians. 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. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00439 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0302] 

Commercial Driver’s License: 

International Motors, LLC; Application 

for Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 


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ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration (FMCSA) 

requests public comment on the 

application from International Motors, 

LLC (International), formally known as 

Navistar, for an exemption from the 

commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

regulations to allow three Swedish 

commercial license holders to operate 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in 

the United States. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 12, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2024–0302 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–2024–0302) 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: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to www.regulations.gov at 

any time on the ground level of the West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC, 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 

exemption 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’’ link 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: Ms. 

Bernadette Walker, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division; Office of Carrier, 

Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards, 

FMCSA; (202) 385–2415; or 

bernadette.walker@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. 

A. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2024–0302), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for 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, put the docket 

number ‘‘FMCSA–2024–0302’’ in the 

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

sort the results by ‘‘Posted (NewerOlder),’’ choose the first notice listed, 

click the ‘‘Comment’’ 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 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. 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2024–0302), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for 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, click on this 

notice, click ‘‘Comment,’’ and type your 

comment into the text box on the 

following screen. 

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. 

FMCSA will consider all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period. 

B. Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

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. 

C. Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as any 

documents mentioned as being available 

in the docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov enter FMCSA– 

2024–0302 in the keyword box, select 

document, and choose the document to 

review. To view comments, click this 

notice, then click ‘‘Browse Comments.’’ 

If you do not have access to the internet, 

you may view the docket online by 

visiting Dockets Operations on the 


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ground floor of the DOT West Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, 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. 

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 

analysis. 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 achieve 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 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 

reason for the denial (49 CFR 

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

renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)). 

III. Applicant’s Request 

International has applied for a 5-year 

exemption from 49 CFR 383.23 for three 

drivers: Johan Astrom, Kristoffer 

Lindve, and Martin Uppman, who work 

for an entity called Scania. Scania and 

International are subsidiaries of a parent 

company called TRATON SE and are 

partnering in developing International’s 

technology advancements. Under 49 

CFR 383.23, drivers are required to have 

a CDL issued by a State when operating 

CMVs in interstate or intrastate 

commerce. International requests the 

exemption because these three drivers 

are not residents of a U.S. State, and 

therefore cannot meet the residency 

requirement for a CDL. They are eligible 

for non-domiciled CDLs only. These 

drivers hold valid Swedish commercial 

licenses. 

The requested exemption would 

allow these three drivers to operate 

International’s vehicles in interstate 

commerce to support International’s 

development of its advanced 

transmission control system. As critical 

technical members of the development 

team, the drivers will need to 

participate in ‘‘real world’’ vehicle tests 

on U.S. roads prior to going to market. 

If granted, the drivers will participate in 

test driving events from International’s 

Lisle, Illinois and Denver, Colorado 

facilities. 

Applicant’s Equivalent Level of Safety 

International believes that granting 

the exemption would have no impact on 

safety on U.S. roadways. Per the 

applicant, the drivers will drive for no 

more than 8 hours per day for 2 

consecutive days. Driving will take 

place on 2-lane State highways and 

interstate highways. Drivers will drive 

no more than 300 miles per day, and in 

all cases the drivers will be 

accompanied by a holder of a CDL 

issued by a State who is familiar with 

the routes to be traveled. 

International explains in its 

exemption request that the requirements 

for a Swedish commercial license 

ensure that the drivers would likely 

achieve a level of safety equivalent to, 

or greater that, the level that would be 

achieved by the current regulation. 

A copy of International’s application 

for exemption for these drivers is 

available 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 

International’s application for an 

exemption from 49 CFR 383.23. 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. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00440 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[FRA–2025–0017] 

Notice of Proposed Waiver of Buy 

America Requirements for Tier 0, Tier 

1, and Non-Tiered Locomotives 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) is seeking 

comments on whether to grant a general 

applicability public interest waiver of 

its Buy America requirements for the 

purchase of used locomotives that 

would serve as the underframe or 

chassis to convert them to all-electric, 

renewable diesel, battery-powered, or 

other renewable-energy locomotives. 

Such projects would remove highly 

polluting locomotives from the national 

rail network and replace them with 

more efficient locomotives that will 

reduce overall emissions, address 

environmental burdens on 

communities, and create domestic jobs. 

Purchases of these locomotives under 

FRA-funded projects are subject to 

FRA’s Buy America requirements. 

However, given the age of these used 

locomotives, it is difficult and may not 

be possible to verify whether they are 

fully compliant with FRA’s Buy 

America requirements. In this general 

applicability waiver, FRA does not 

propose to waive the applicable Build 

America, Buy America Act (BABA) 

requirements. This proposed waiver 

would not apply to any other 

manufactured products, steel, iron, or 

construction materials. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 28, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit all comments 

electronically to the federal rulemaking 

Portal. Go to https://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

refer to the Federal Railroad 

Administration and the docket number 

in this notice (FRA–2025–0017). Note 

that all submissions received, including 

any personal information provided, will 

be posted without change and will be 

available to the public at https://

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or at https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 


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