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Drivers; Exemption Applications; 

Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders,’’ (78 FR 

3069), its decision to grant requests from 

22 individuals for exemptions from the 

regulatory requirement that interstate 

CMV drivers have ‘‘no established 

medical history or clinical diagnosis of 

epilepsy or any other condition which 

is likely to cause loss of consciousness 

or any loss of ability to control a CMV.’’ 

Since that time, the Agency has 

published additional notices granting 

requests from individuals for 

exemptions from the regulatory 

requirement regarding epilepsy found in 

§ 391.41(b)(8). 

To be considered for an exemption 

from the epilepsy and seizure disorders 

prohibition in § 391.41(b)(8), applicants 

must meet the criteria in the 2007 

recommendations of the Agency’s 

Medical Expert Panel (78 FR 3069). 

III. Qualifications of Applicants 

Charles Anthony 

Mr. Anthony is a 44 year-old class D 

driver’s license holder in North Dakota. 

He has a history of epilepsy and has 

been seizure free since 2006. He takes 

anti-seizure medication with the dosage 

and frequency remaining the same since 

1991. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Anthony receiving an 

exemption. 

Jeffrey Douglass 

Mr. Douglass is a 40 year-old class B 

CDL holder in Maine. He has a history 

of partial complex epilepsy and has 

been seizure free since April 2010. He 

takes anti-seizure medication with the 

dosage and frequency remaining the 

same since April 2010. His physician 

states that he is supportive of Mr. 

Douglass receiving an exemption. 

Phillip Halfmann 

Mr. Halfmann is a 30 year-old class 

DM driver’s license holder in 

Wisconsin. He has a history of seizure 

and has been seizure free since 2011. He 

is currently not taking any anti-seizure 

medications and has not been 

prescribed anti-seizure medication since 

2011. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Halfmann receiving 

an exemption. 

Christopher Nonnenkamp 

Mr. Nonnenkamp is a 47 year-old 

class E driver’s license holder in 

Missouri. He has a history of 

generalized idopathic epilepsy and has 

been seizure free since 2010. He takes 

anti-seizure medication with the dosage 

and frequency remaining the same since 

2010. His physician states that he is 

supportive of Mr. Nonnenkamp 

receiving an exemption. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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

and 31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

the exemption petitions described in 

this notice. We will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

under the DATES section of the notice. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13389 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2021–0064] 

Petition for Approval: Alaska Railroad 

Corporation Approval Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of conditional approval. 

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing this notice of 

conditional approval to Alaska Railroad 

Corporation (ARRC) in response to its 

August 29, 2020, petition to extend 

FRA’s approval authorizing ARRC’s 

transport of Liquefied Natural Gas 

(LNG) by rail in cryogenic portable 

tanks (T75, UN cryogenic portable tanks 

or cryogenic ISO tanks). 

DATES: Comments are requested no later 

than August 23, 2021. FRA will 

consider comments received after that 

date to the extent possible, without 

incurring additional expense or delay. 

ADDRESSES: All communications 

concerning these proceedings should 

identify the appropriate docket number 

and may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: hmassist@dot.gov. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its processes. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to http://www.regulations. 

gov/, as described in the system of 

records notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), 

which can be reviewed at https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Maday, Staff Director—Hazardous 

Materials Division, Office of Railroad 

Safety, FRA, telephone: (202) 493–0479 

or email: Mark.Maday@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

29, 2020, ARRC petitioned FRA for an 

extension of an Approval granted by the 

Associate Administrator for Railroad 

Safety in accordance with 49 CFR 

174.63 of the Hazardous Materials 

Regulations. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2021–0064. 

Specifically, ARRC sought extension 

of the approval issued under § 174.63 to 

transport Methane, refrigerated liquid, 

UN 1972, Division 2.1 (Flammable gas), 

also commonly referred to as LNG, by 

rail in UN cryogenic portable tanks 

secured on flat cars via the following 

routes: (1) Mainline service between 

Seward, AK and Fairbanks, AK, and (2) 

branch line service of approximately 12 

miles between the Port of Whittier, AK, 

and milepost 64.3 of the ARRC 

mainline. 

ARRC notes in its petition that it has 

not begun to commercially transport 

LNG under the terms of its approval. 

However, in its petition ARRC also 

notes that there is still a need for a clean 

and affordable energy source for interior 

Alaska. As a state-owned railroad 

operating under a statutory mandate to 

provide safe, efficient, and economical 

transportation to meet the overall needs 

of the state and its citizens, the ARRC 

is positioned to facilitate the solution. 

Additionally, ARRC suggests that 

demand for natural gas transportation is 

increasing, citing the recent installation 

of a 5.2-million-gallon storage tank by 

the natural gas distributor in Fairbanks, 

AK. ARRC describes ongoing business 

negotiations and developments that 

could soon result in opportunities to 

move LNG commercially by rail. 

Finally, ARRC projects that once 

commercial operations commence 

under the terms of the approval, there 

may be a need to move as much as 60 

portable tanks of product every 4 days, 

utilizing two portable tanks per flatcar 

and a maximum of 30 flatcars per train. 

FRA first granted ARRC’s petition in 

2015. FRA’s safety assessment was 

based upon detailed information 

provided by the ARRC, including results 

of assessments that were conducted by 

ARRC and evaluated by FRA technical 

experts for the routes over which LNG 

would be moved. In 2017, FRA 

modified the approval to expand the 

authorization to include the additional 

12-mile branch line route from Port of 


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2See Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0025 available at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Whittier, AK, to milepost 64.3 of the 

ARRC mainline. The previous approval 

includes conditions to reduce risks to 

public safety and the environment. 

FRA’s previous approval letters are 

available in this public Docket for 

reference. 

Although ARRC hasn’t yet moved any 

product commercially by rail, under the 

terms of FRA’s previous approval, LNG 

has been moved commercially in 

portable tanks on other rail networks 

since 2017 without incident. FRA is 

basing this approval on risk assessments 

for similar operations it has approved. 

An analysis under the National 

Environmental Policy Act was 

conducted for this approval; it was 

determined to be covered by the 

categorical exclusion in 23 CFR 

771.116(c)(15). 

FRA recognizes that public interest 

involving the safe transportation of 

petroleum products and specifically 

LNG is heightened, given recent 

regulatory actions. On July 24, 2020, the 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration published a final rule 1

authorizing the transportation of LNG in 

cryogenic tank cars with enhanced outer 

tanks (e.g., DOT–113C120W9). In the 

final rule, PHMSA indicated that 445 

comments were submitted to the docket 

during the comment period.2 In light of 

the heightened public interest in the 

safe transportation of petroleum 

products, FRA believes it is appropriate 

to provide public notice and 

opportunity to comment on FRA’s 

approval, to ensure that it contains all 

necessary conditions to ensure the 

safety of ARRC’s LNG operations. 

FRA approves ARRC’s request 

conditioned on compliance with 

appropriate safety measures. All 

conditions of FRA’s prior approvals for 

ARRC remain in effect, with additional 

conditions added to ensure safe 

operations. Below, FRA has generally 

listed its conditions of approval, but 

further details on thee conditions are 

available in FRA’s conditional approval 

letter in the public docket. 

1. Mandatory inspections. 

2. Mandatory trainings. 

3. Load limitations. 

4. Reporting requirements. 

5. Container number restrictions. 

6. Prohibition on double stacking. 

7. Train placement requirement. 

8. Speed restrictions. 

9. Regular oversight. 

10. Risk assessment. 

FRA’s approval is effective through 

December 31, 2022. If ARRC desires to 

continue operations under this approval 

after December 31, 2022, it must notify 

FRA of its intent to continue operations 

no later than September 1, 2022. If 

ARRC desires to modify its operations 

from those permitted by FRA’s approval 

letter, it must obtain FRA’s approval 

before implementing the proposed 

modification(s). 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13447 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2021–0006] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection, previously initiated as a 

request for emergency OMB approval. 

The FTA is collecting this information 

to inform FTA actions to support the 

transit industry’s COVID–19 recovery 

efforts. The information collection 

requirements describe the nature of the 

information collection and their 

expected burdens. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before August 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Website: www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S. 

Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) 

electronic docket is no longer accepting 

electronic comments.) All electronic 

submissions must be made to the U.S. 

Government electronic docket site at 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments, if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to internet users, 

without change, to www.regulations.gov. 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published April 11, 2000, (65 

FR 19477), or you may visit 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to 

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Key, Office of Transit Safety 

and Oversight—Office of System Safety, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Mail Stop 

TSO–10, Washington, DC 20590 (202) 

366–1783 or candace.key@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: Transit COVID Response Program 

(OMB Number: 2132–0581) 

Background: COVID–19 continues to 

pose significant challenges for the 


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