Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Notices 43577 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Request to Medical Examiners on the 

National Registry of Certified Medical 

Examiners Regarding Submission of 

Examination Results 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for examination results. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA requests that medical 

examiners (MEs), by September 30, 

2021, submit results of physical 

qualification examinations conducted 

during the National Registry of Certified 

Medical Examiners (National Registry) 

outage from December 1, 2017, through 

August 13, 2018. During the outage, 

FMCSA encouraged MEs to continue 

conducting physical qualification 

examinations and instructed MEs to 

submit examination results to the 

National Registry when upload 

functionality was restored. The upload 

functionality was fully restored on 

August 13, 2018, but a significant 

number of healthcare professionals have 

not uploaded the results from 

examinations conducted during the 

National Registry outage. FMCSA 

requests that the examiners in question 

upload the information. 

DATES: Medical examiners should 

submit the results from examinations 

conducted between December 1, 2017, 

and August 13, 2018, to the Agency by 

September 30, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, FMCSA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001; telephone (202) 366–4001; 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Enacted in 2005 and amended in 

2012, 49 U.S.C. 31149 authorizes the 

National Registry program. Among other 

statutory mandates, section 31149 

directed the Secretary, acting through 

FMSCA, to establish the National 

Registry and to require MEs to transmit 

electronically certain information about 

completed medical examination results 

of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers (section 31149(c)(1)(E), (d)(1)). 

To implement the requirements of 

section 31149, FMCSA issued a final 

rule in 2012 establishing the National 

Registry (77 FR 24104 (Apr. 20, 2012)). 

This rule also required MEs to submit a 

CMV Driver Medical Examination 

Results Form, MCSA–5850, to FMCSA 

for each physical examination 

conducted during the previous month 

for any driver who is required to be 

examined by an ME listed on the 

National Registry. This rule was 

amended in 2015 to require MEs to 

report results of all CMV drivers’ 

physical examinations conducted 

(including the results of examinations 

where the driver was found not to be 

qualified) to FMCSA by midnight local 

time of the next calendar day following 

the examination, beginning on June 22, 

2018 (80 FR 22790 (Apr. 23, 2015); 80 

FR 35577 (Jun. 22, 2015)). 

II. National Registry Outage 

In December 2017, an incident 

occurred that caused the Agency to take 

the National Registry system offline. 

Unfortunately, during the outage, MEs 

were not able to access their National 

Registry accounts to upload results of 

examinations conducted. MEs were 

encouraged to continue conducting 

physical qualification examinations and 

issuing Medical Examiner’s Certificates 

to qualified CMV drivers. MEs were also 

informed that they should segregate all 

examinations completed during the 

outage and be prepared to upload them 

to the National Registry system when it 

is back online and operating normally. 

III. National Registry Reporting 

Functionality Restored 

The functionality for MEs to submit 

results of examinations to the National 

Registry was restored on June 22, 2018. 

The functionality for Medical Examiner 

Administrative Assistants (MEAAs) and 

Third Party Organizations (TPOs) to 

submit results of examinations on behalf 

of MEs to the National Registry was 

restored on August 13, 2018. Therefore, 

MEs were instructed to resume 

submitting results of examinations 

conducted either through their National 

Registry account or by using their 

designated MEAAs or TPOs, in 

accordance with 49 CFR 

391.43(g)(5)(i)(B) and (5)(ii). 

Although the functionality to enter 

results of examinations conducted had 

been restored, FMCSA was concerned 

that the temporary National Registry 

system would not be able to handle the 

usual daily activity together with the 

additional activity for results from 

examinations conducted during the time 

the National Registry was offline. 

Therefore, on June 27, 2018, FMCSA 

sent an email to all MEs explaining that 

FMCSA was not requiring MEs to 

immediately upload results of the 

examinations conducted during the 

National Registry outage and that it 

would provide an extended period to 

upload results of examinations 

conducted during the National Registry 

outage. The Agency explained that, in 

an effort to limit the time burden on 

MEs, it would ensure that MEs have 

ample time to upload results of these 

examinations. 

IV. Request for Examination Results 

Due to continued improvements to 

the National Registry system, FMCSA is 

no longer concerned about the increased 

activity of uploading results of 

examinations that occurred during the 

National Registry outage. FMCSA is 

aware that while many MEs have 

submitted results of examinations 

conducted while the National Registry 

was offline, others still have not done 

so. FMCSA estimates that 

approximately 14,000 MEs still have 

examinations results to upload. This 

includes MEs who were certified and 

actively uploading results of 

examinations conducted on December 1, 

2017, when the National Registry was 

taken offline, who have successfully 

migrated their National Registry 

account, and who have been using the 

interim National Registry system. This 

activity demonstrates that they have 

continued to conduct physical 

qualification examinations, but may not 

have uploaded results of any 

examinations conducted between the 

outage period of December 1, 2017, and 

August 13, 2018. Therefore, FMCSA 

requests that MEs who have not yet 

submitted results of examinations 

conducted during the National Registry 

outage, between December 1, 2017, and 

August 13, 2018, report the outstanding 

results to the National Registry through 

their National Registry account or by a 

designated MEAA or TPO no later than 

September 30, 2021. FMCSA makes this 

request to ensure, to the greatest extent 

possible, that results of all examinations 

conducted during the outage are 

reported to the National Registry. 

Meera Joshi, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2021–0151] 

Request for Comments of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection: 

Request for Waiver of Service 

Obligation, Request for Deferment of 

Services Obligation, Application for 

Review 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 


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43578 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. Comments are 

invited on whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Department, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

Department’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following information collection 

was published on April 7, 2021. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danielle Bennett (202) 366–5296, Office 

of Maritime Labor and Training, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Waiver of Service 

Obligation, Request for Deferment of 

Services Obligation, Application for 

Review. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0510. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Background: This information 

collection is essential for determining if 

a student or graduate of the United 

States Merchant Marine Academy 

(USMMA) or subsidized student or 

graduate of a State maritime academy 

has a waivable situation preventing 

them from fulfilling the requirements of 

a service obligation contract signed at 

the time of their enrollment in a Federal 

maritime training program. It also 

permits the Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) to determine if a graduate, 

who wishes to defer the service 

obligation to attend graduate school, is 

eligible to receive a deferment. Their 

service obligation is required by law. 

Respondents: U.S. Merchant Marine 

Academy students and and graduates 

and subsidized students and graduates. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 11. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 

minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5.30. 

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.93) 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16946 Filed 8–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0036] 

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, 

DP21–001 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Denial of a petition for a defect 

investigation. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

reasons for the denial of a petition, 

DP21–001, submitted by Mr. Derek 

Colvin to NHTSA (the ‘‘agency’’) by a 

letter dated November 20, 2020. The 

petition requests that the agency initiate 

a safety defect investigation into an 

alleged defect in the reversing light 

system experienced in certain Model 

Year (MY) 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 

manual transmission vehicles (the 

‘‘subject vehicles’’). As the driver shifts 

the gear into reverse, the reversing light 

fails to illuminate. After conducting a 

technical review of: (1) The consumer 

complaint submitted by the petitioner; 

(2) consumer complaint information in 

NHTSA’s database; and (3) information 

provided by Porsche in response to our 

Information Request letter regarding 

reversing light failure to illuminate and 

complaints received by Porsche, 

NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations 

(ODI) has concluded that no further 

investigation of the issue raised by the 

petition is warranted and the agency, 

accordingly, has denied the petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Lemeola Kamanya, Vehicle Defect 

Division A, Office of Defects 

Investigation, NHTSA 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–6065. Email: 

lemeola.kamanya@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Introduction 

Interested persons may petition 

NHTSA requesting that the agency 

initiate an investigation to determine 

whether a motor vehicle or item of 

replacement equipment does not 

comply with an applicable motor 

vehicle motor vehicle safety standard or 

contains a defect that relates to motor 

vehicle safety. 49 U.S.C. 30162(a)(2); 49 

CFR 552.1. Upon receipt of a properly 

filed petition, the agency conducts a 

technical review of the petition, 

material submitted with the petition and 

any additional information. 49 U.S.C. 

30162(a)(2); 49 CFR 552.6. The technical 

review may consist solely of a review of 

information already in the possession of 

the agency or it may include the 

collection of information from the motor 

vehicle manufacturer and/or other 

sources. After conducting the technical 

review and considering appropriate 

factors, which may include, but are not 

limited to, the nature of the complaint, 

allocation of agency resources, agency 

priorities, the likelihood of uncovering 

sufficient evidence to establish the 

existence of a defect and the likelihood 

of success in any necessary enforcement 

litigation, the agency will grant or deny 

the petition. See 49 U.S.C. 30162(a)(2); 

49 CFR 552.8. 

2. Defect Petition Background 

Information 

In a letter dated November 20, 2020, 

Mr. Derek Colvin (the petitioner) 

requested that NHTSA initiate a safety 

defect investigation into reversing light 

failure experienced by operators of 

model year (MY) 2013 Porsche 911 

Carrera manual transmission vehicles as 

the driver engages the reverse gear. Mr. 

Colvin based his request on his own 

experience. NHTSA has based its 

decision on a review of the material 

cited by the petitioner, information 

submitted by Porsche in response to our 

Information Request letter and other 

pertinent information in NHTSA’s 

databases. 

3. Summary of the Petition 

The petitioner reported that his MY 

2013 Porsche 911 Carrera vehicle 

equipped with the ZF-sourced sevenspeed manual transmission experienced 


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