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1These criteria may be found in APPENDIX A TO 

PART 391—MEDICAL ADVISORY CRITERIA, 

section H. Epilepsy: § 391.41(b)(8), paragraphs 3, 4, 

and 5, which is available on the internet at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2015-title49-vol5/pdf/ 

CFR-2015-title49-vol5-part391-appA.pdf. 

you do not have access to the internet, 

you may view the docket online by 

visiting Dockets Operations on the 

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. 

B. Privacy Act 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b)(6), DOT solicits comments 

from the public on the exemption 

request. 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 (Federal Docket Management 

System), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/ 

individuals/privacy/privacy-act-systemrecords-notices, the comments are 

searchable by the name of the submitter. 

II. Background 

On August 7, 2024, FMCSA published 

a notice announcing its decision to 

renew exemptions for seven individuals 

from the epilepsy and seizure disorders 

prohibition in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(8) to 

operate a CMV in interstate commerce 

and requested comments from the 

public (89 FR 64532). The public 

comment period ended on September 6, 

2024, and no comments were received. 

However, FMCSA reopened the 

comments to the public on November 

14, 2024, to correct an error by 

indicating the complete docket number 

of FMCSA–2013–0442 for renewal 

applicant, Raymond Lobo (NJ) (89 FR 

90212). The second public comment 

period ended on December 16, 2024, 

and no comments were received. 

FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility 

of these applicants and determined that 

renewing these exemptions would likely 

achieve a level of safety that is 

equivalent to, or greater than, the level 

that would be achieved by complying 

with § 391.41(b)(8). 

The physical qualification standard 

for drivers regarding epilepsy found in 

§ 391.41(b)(8) states that a person is 

physically qualified to drive a CMV if 

that person has no established medical 

history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy 

or any other condition which is likely 

to cause the loss of consciousness or any 

loss of ability to control a CMV. 

In addition to the regulations, FMCSA 

has published advisory criteria 1 to 

assist medical examiners in determining 

whether drivers with certain medical 

conditions are qualified to operate a 

CMV in interstate commerce. 

III. Discussion of Comments 

FMCSA received no comments in this 

proceeding. 

IV. Conclusion 

Based on its evaluation of the seven 

renewal exemption applications and 

comments received, FMCSA announces 

its decision to exempt the following 

drivers from the epilepsy and seizure 

disorders prohibition in § 391.41(b)(8). 

As of August 31, 2024, and in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b), the following seven 

individuals have satisfied the renewal 

conditions for obtaining an exemption 

from the epilepsy and seizure disorders 

prohibition in the FMCSRs for interstate 

CMV drivers (89 FR 64532): 

Cody Baker (IN) 

David P. Crowe (VA) 

Michael Curtis Gibson (SC) 

Raymond Lobo (NJ) 

Alexis Roldan (IL) 

William Smith (NC) 

Yoon Song (CA) 

The drivers were included in docket 

number FMCSA–2013–0109, FMCSA– 

2013–044, or FMCSA–2022–0044. Their 

exemptions were applicable as of 

August 31, 2024 and will expire on 

August 31, 2026. 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), each exemption will be valid 

for 2 years from the effective date unless 

revoked earlier by FMCSA. The 

exemption will be revoked if the 

following occurs: (1) the person fails to 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of the exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained prior to being granted; 

or (3) continuation of the exemption 

would not be consistent with the goals 

and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b). 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00820 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2025–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Renewal of an Approved 

Information Collection: Transportation 

of Household Goods; Consumer 

Protection 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. FMCSA requests OMB’s 

renewed approval of the ICR titled 

‘‘Transportation of Household Goods; 

Consumer Protection,’’ which applies to 

household goods motor carriers who are 

procured by the public (household 

goods shippers) to transport their 

household goods. This renewal revises 

the previous information collection’s 

number of respondents, total respondent 

hours, and cost burden. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before March 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket Number FMCSA– 

2025–0003 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• 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: Dockets 

Operations, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Ground 

Floor, 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. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

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. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donnice Wagoner, Commercial 

Enforcement Division, DOT, FMCSA, 

West Building, 6th Floor, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001; (202) 366–8045; 

Donnice.Wagoner@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Instructions 

All submissions must include the 

Agency name and docket number. For 

detailed instructions on submitting 

comments, see the Public Participation 

heading below. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2025–0003), 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, 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 FMCSA can 

contact you if there are questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ 

FMCSA-2025-0003/document, 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. 

Comments received after the comment 

closing date will be included in the 

docket and will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

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, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov as described in the 

system of records notice DOT/ALL 14 

(Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS)), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/ 

individuals/privacy/privacy-act-systemrecords-notices. The comments are 

posted without edits and are searchable 

by the name of the submitter. 

Background 

On July 12, 2005, FMCSA published 

a final rule titled ‘‘Transportation of 

Household Goods; Consumer Protection 

Regulations,’’ (70 FR 39949), which 

specifies how motor carriers 

transporting household goods by motor 

vehicle in interstate commerce must 

assist their individual customers who 

ship household goods. The collected 

information encompasses that which is 

generated, maintained, and provided to, 

or for, the Agency under 49 CFR part 

375. 

On August 10, 2005, the President 

signed into law the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users ((SAFETEA– 

LU), Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144, 

Aug. 10, 2005). The Agency 

consequently revised this ICR to address 

these statutory impacts in a final rule 

titled ‘‘Amendments to Implement 

Certain Provisions of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users 

(SAFETEA–LU)’’ (72 FR 36760, July 5, 

2007). Section 4205 of SAFETEA–LU 

amended 49 U.S.C. 14104(b) by 

requiring the household goods motor 

carrier to conduct a physical survey of 

the household goods to be transported 

on behalf of the individual shipper. The 

carrier must then provide the shipper 

with a written estimate, based on the 

physical survey, of charges for the 

transportation and all related services. 

On July 16, 2012, FMCSA published 

a direct final rule titled ‘‘Transportation 

of Household Goods in Interstate 

Commerce; Consumer Protection 

Regulations: Household Goods Motor 

Carrier Record Retention Requirements’’ 

(77 FR 41699) that amended the 

regulations governing the period during 

which household goods motor carriers 

must retain documentation of an 

individual shipper’s waiver of receipt of 

printed copies of consumer protection 

materials. In the rulemaking, FMCSA 

reduced the 3-year required retention 

period for those receipts to one year. 

This change harmonizes the retention 

period with other document retention 

requirements applicable to household 

goods motor carriers. FMCSA also 

amended the regulations to clarify that 

a household goods motor carrier is not 

required to retain waiver documentation 

from any individual shippers for whom 

the carrier does not actually provide 

services. 

On April 26, 2022, FMCSA updated 

the regulations at 49 CFR parts 371 and 

375 in a final rule titled 

‘‘Implementation of Household Goods 

Working Group Recommendations’’ (87 

FR 24431). The final rule made various 

changes to the household goods 

regulations that the Household Goods 

Consumer Protection Working Group 

recommended to FMCSA. These 

changes include further revisions to 

streamline FMCSA’s publication ‘‘Your 

Rights and Responsibilities When You 

Move,’’ which are incorporated in 

Appendix A of the regulations, 

requiring ‘‘Your Rights and 

Responsibilities When You Move’’ to be 

provided along with the estimate, 

requiring new binding or non-binding 

estimates when an individual shipper 

tenders more goods or requests 

additional service instead of a revised 

estimate as previously required, 

allowing a motor carrier to provide a 

virtual survey and removing the 50-mile 

radius for when a survey is required, 

removing the requirement for an order 

for service and incorporating that 

document into the bill of lading, as well 

as other minor updates to increase the 

clarity of the regulations. These changes 

are intended to reduce the paperwork 

burden on household goods motor 

carriers and reduce confusion for 

individual shippers. 

The complete collection of 

information required by the referenced 

final rules assists household goods 

shippers in their business dealings with 

interstate household goods motor 

carriers. The information collected is 

used by prospective household goods 

shippers to make informed decisions 

about contracts and services ordered, 

executed, and settled. The household 

goods motor carrier is often the final 

contact for individual shippers and is in 

the best position to educate and assist 

household goods shippers during their 

move. This information collection is 

intended to combat deceptive business 

practices by requiring household goods 

motor carriers to conduct physical 

surveys of shippers’ items to be 

transported unless waived in writing by 

the shipper. This information collection 

is intended to combat deceptive 

business practices by requiring the 

household goods motor carrier to 

prepare an inventory of the goods 

shipped and a bill of lading for each 

shipment. This information collection 

also requires motor carriers to obtain 

weight tickets for each shipment. This 

information collection requires 

household goods motor carriers to 

generate and maintain additional 

documents associated with the status of 

shipment delays and to furnish 

shippers, upon request, the records of 

contact regarding delays. This 

information collection requires 


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household goods motor carriers to keep 

written or electronic records of all 

complaints received from shippers. This 

information collection helps 

enforcement personnel better protect 

consumers by verifying that shippers are 

receiving information as required by 

regulations. 

FMCSA revises the total annual 

burden to 3,722,704 hours. This is an 

increase of 14,609 annual burden hours 

from the currently approved 3,708,095 

burden estimates. The increase is due to 

an increase in Agency estimates. 

Title: Transportation of Household 

Goods; Consumer Protection. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0025. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Household goods motor 

carriers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,861. 

Estimated Time per Response: Varies. 

Expiration Date: July 31, 2025. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,722,704 hours. The estimated total 

annual burden was calculated using the 

hourly burden for each of the five 

Information Collections. 

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 

ICR. 

Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00819 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0004] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Implantable Cardioverter 

Defibrillators (ICDs) 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from two individuals for an 

exemption from the prohibition in the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations (FMCSRs) against operation 

of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) by 

persons with a current clinical diagnosis 

of myocardial infarction, angina 

pectoris, coronary insufficiency, 

thrombosis, or any other cardiovascular 

disease of a variety known to be 

accompanied by syncope (transient loss 

of consciousness), dyspnea (shortness of 

breath), collapse, or congestive heart 

failure. If granted, the exemptions 

would enable these individuals with 

ICDs to operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 14, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Federal Docket 

Management System Docket No. 

FMCSA–2024–0004 using any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov/, insert the docket 

number (FMCSA–2024–0004) in the 

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

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

and click on the ‘‘Comment’’ button. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m. ET 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’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

instructions on submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, FMCSA, DOT, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W64–224, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366– 

4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov. Office 

hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. If you have questions 

regarding viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, contact Dockets 

Operations, (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

A. Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0004), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each 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, 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 that FMCSA can contact you if there 

are questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FMCSA2024-0004. Next, sort the results by 

‘‘Posted (Newer-Older),’’ 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. FMCSA will consider 

all comments and material received 

during the comment period. 

B. Viewing Comments 

To view comments go to 

www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket 

number (FMCSA–2024–0004) in the 

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

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

and click ‘‘Browse Comments.’’ If you 

do not have access to the internet, you 

may view the docket online by visiting 

Dockets Operations on the 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. 

C. Privacy Act 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b)(6), DOT solicits comments 

from the public on the exemption 

requests. 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 (Federal Docket Management 

System), which can be reviewed at 


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