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Applicant’s Request 

Daimler has requested an exemption 

from 49 CFR 383.23 for Gesa Reimelt, 

because she is unable to obtain a CDL 

due to her lack of residency in the 

United States. Daimler further requested 

an exemption for the driver from the 

Clearinghouse requirements of 49 CFR 

part 382, subpart G, stating that, for a 

driver to register and for a motor carrier 

to run full/limited queries and/or report 

violations to the Clearinghouse, a valid 

State-issued CDL number is required. 

Daimler’s Development Engineer/ 

Driver Gesa Reimelt has a valid German 

commercial license. The exemption 

would allow Ms. Reimelt to operate a 

CMV in interstate commerce to support 

Daimler field tests to meet future 

regulatory requirements, and to promote 

the development of improved safety and 

emissions technologies. Daimler stated 

that the driver would be in country for 

no more than six weeks per year. 

IV. Equivalent Level of Safety 

According to Daimler, the 

requirements for a German commercial 

license ensure that the same level of 

safety is met or exceeded as if a driver 

had a CDL issued by one of the States. 

Daimler explained that Ms. Reimelt is 

familiar with the operation of CMVs 

worldwide and would be accompanied 

at all times by a driver who holds a 

State-issued CDL and is familiar with 

the routes to be traveled. Additionally, 

Daimler provided statements of driving 

history for its driver. 

V. Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

Daimler’s application for an exemption 

from 49 CFR 383.23. The Agency is not 

seeking comment on Daimler’s request 

for an exemption from the 

Clearinghouse requirements, because 49 

CFR part 382, subpart G is not 

applicable to a driver who does not hold 

a CDL. 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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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2018–0190] 

Aviation Consumer Protection 

Advisory Committee: Notice of 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Appointment for the AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Solicitation of nominations for 

appointment for the AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (Department) has 

established a subcommittee of the 

Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory 

Committee (ACPAC) to focus on 

preventing discrimination and ensuring 

air travelers are treated equally and 

without bias. The Department invites 

interested persons to submit 

applications or nominations for 

membership to this subcommittee, 

which has been named the AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee. The 

Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee is 

charged with making recommendations 

to the ACPAC on best practices related 

to training and other practices or actions 

that can be taken by DOT, airlines or 

others to ensure nondiscriminatory 

delivery of airlines’ programs and 

activities to air travelers. The 

recommendations of the AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee will 

receive full review, deliberation and 

proper consideration in a public 

meeting of the ACPAC before final 

recommendations are submitted to the 

Department. 

DATES: Applications and nominations 

for membership must be received on or 

before September 20, 2021. You may 

submit your applications and 

nominations electronically via email to 

ACACP@dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact 

Maegan Johnson, Senior Trial Attorney, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, by 

email at maegan.johnson@dot.gov, or by 

telephone at 202–366–9342. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 24, 2012, the Department 

established an advisory committee on 

aviation consumer protection as 

mandated by the FAA Reauthorization 

Act of 2012. The statutory termination 

date for the Committee was originally 

September 30, 2015, but has been 

extended several times, most recently by 

the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 

(2018 FAA Act) to the current 

termination date of September 20, 2023. 

The purpose of the Aviation Consumer 

Protection Advisory Committee is to 

evaluate existing aviation consumer 

protection programs and provide 

recommendations to the Secretary for 

improving and establishing additional 

aviation consumer protection programs. 

Consumer protection inherently 

includes preventing unlawful 

discrimination against consumers. 

Establishment of the AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee 

Airlines are prohibited from 

discriminating against passengers based 

on race, national origin, religion, 

ancestry, gender, gender identity and 

sexual orientation or as otherwise 

prohibited under 49 U.S.C. 40127(a) and 

49 U.S.C. 41310. 49 U.S.C. 40127(a) 

states that U.S. and foreign air carriers 

may not subject a person in air 

transportation to discrimination because 

of ‘‘race, color, national origin, religion, 

sex, or ancestry.’’ In addition, 49 U.S.C. 

41310(a) prohibits U.S. and foreign 

airlines from unreasonable 

discrimination against any person in 

foreign air transportation. The 

Department also interprets 49 U.S.C. 

§ 41712 (which prohibits airlines and 

ticket agents from engaging in unfair 

and deceptive practices and unfair 

methods of competition) and 49 U.S.C. 

41702 (which requires airlines to 

provide safe and adequate interstate air 

transportation) as prohibiting 

discrimination against airline 

passengers. The Department is 

responsible for ensuring that airlines 

adhere to Federal non-discrimination 

laws. 

The 2018 FAA Act requires the 

Department to develop best practices to 

improve airline nondiscrimination 

training policies in consultation with 

persons of diverse backgrounds in race, 

ethnicity, religion and gender, national 

organizations that represent those 

communities, airlines, airports and 

contract service providers. To help 

inform this effort, in August 2019, the 

U.S. Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) issued a report identifying key 

considerations for airline nondiscrimination training programs. 


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In January 2021, President Biden 

renewed the Federal government’s 

commitment to civil rights and directed 

Federal agencies to address all forms of 

discrimination. The Executive Order on 

Advancing Racial Equity and Support 

for Underserved Communities Through 

the Federal Government (E.O. 13985) 

requires Federal agencies to recognize 

and work to redress inequities in their 

policies and programs, assess whether 

the agency’s programs and policies 

perpetuate systemic barriers to 

opportunities and benefits for people of 

color and other underserved groups, and 

assess whether new policies, 

regulations, or guidance documents may 

be necessary to advance equity in 

agency actions and programs. The 

Executive Order on Preventing and 

Combating Discrimination on the Basis 

of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation 

(E.O. 13988) requires Federal agencies 

to conduct a review of regulations, 

guidance, and other agency actions that 

prohibit sex discrimination and 

consider whether to revise, suspend, or 

rescind such actions or promulgate new 

actions, to ensure that laws that prevent 

discrimination on the basis of gender 

identity or sexual orientation are fully 

implemented and enforced. Also, the 

Presidential Memorandum Condemning 

and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, 

and Intolerance against Asian 

Americans and Pacific Islanders 

(January 29 Memorandum) requires 

Federal agencies to take steps to ensure 

that official actions, documents, and 

statements pertaining to the COVID–19 

pandemic do not exhibit or contribute to 

racism, xenophobia, and intolerance 

against members of Asian American and 

Pacific Islander communities. 

The Department has established the 

Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee 

under the ACPAC to review airlines’ 

policies, procedures, and practices to 

prevent discrimination against air 

travelers on the basis of race, national 

origin, religion, ancestry and gender, 

gender identity, and sexual orientation. 

The Department will select the 

following entities and diverse persons to 

serve on the Anti-Discrimination 

Subcommittee: Persons of diverse 

backgrounds in race, ethnicity, religion 

and gender; lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) persons; 

national organizations that represent 

diverse racial, ethnic, and religious 

communities; national organizations 

that represent LGBTQ+ communities, 

airlines, airport operators, contract 

service providers, and ticket agents. The 

Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee is 

tasked with providing recommendations 

to the ACPAC on best practices related 

to civil rights training and other 

practices or actions that can be taken by 

DOT, airlines or others to ensure 

nondiscriminatory delivery of airlines’ 

programs and activities to air travelers 

in accordance with section 407 of the 

2018 FAA Act, Executive Orders 13985 

and 13988, and President Biden’s 

January 29 Memorandum. Meetings will 

be held in person in Washington, DC 

and/or through a publicly accessible 

virtual format. 

Selection of Members to AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee 

The Department will choose AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee members 

based on three main criteria: (1) 

Representativeness (does the applicant 

represent the airline industry, any group 

with members who have experienced 

discrimination on the basis of race, 

national origin, religion, ancestry, 

gender, gender identity, sexual 

orientation or an otherwise prohibited 

category under Federal law, or other 

interested parties such as airports or 

ticket agents?); (2) expertise (does the 

applicant bring essential knowledge, 

expertise and/or experience regarding 

aviation civil rights and the topic area(s) 

of interest that will enrich the 

discussion of the available options and 

their respective costs and benefits?); and 

(3) willingness to participate fully (is 

the applicant able and willing to attend 

meetings and generally contribute 

constructively to a rigorous policy 

development process?). The Department 

may select more than one representative 

for a group, if appropriate, to obtain 

balanced membership. 

Individuals applying for membership 

should keep in mind that AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee members 

will be selected based on their ability 

and willingness to effectively represent 

the interests of all stakeholders in their 

category, as distinct from their parochial 

or personal interests. For example, an 

individual selected to serve on the AntiDiscrimination Subcommittee as a 

representative of an airline would 

represent not only his or her own 

airline, but the interests of all airlines. 

As such, the individual would be 

expected to consult with other airlines 

in bringing issues to the table before the 

Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee. 

All interested individuals may selfapply or nominate any individual or 

organization to the Anti-Discrimination 

Subcommittee. To be considered, 

applicants/nominators should submit 

the following information: 

• Name, title, organization, and 

contact information (address, telephone 

number and email address) of nominee/ 

applicant; 

• Category of membership that the 

nominee/applicant is qualified to 

represent; 

• Resume of the applicant or short 

biography of the nominee including 

professional and academic credentials; 

• A statement of nomination on why 

the applicant wants to serve or the 

nominator is nominating the individual 

to serve, and the unique perspectives 

and experiences the nominee brings to 

the Committee; 

• An affirmative statement that the 

applicant/nominee meets the eligibility 

requirements; and 

• Optional letters of support. 

Please do not send company, trade 

association, organization brochures, or 

any other promotional information. 

Materials submitted should total five 

pages or less. Should more information 

be needed, Department staff will contact 

the applicant/nominee, obtain 

information from the applicant’s/ 

nominee’s past affiliations, or obtain 

information from publicly available 

sources. All application/nomination 

materials should be submitted 

electronically via email at ACACP@

dot.gov on or before September 20, 

2021. Any person needing accessibility 

accommodations with preparing and/or 

submitting nominations should contact 

Maegan Johnson, Senior Trial Attorney, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, by 

email at maegan.johnson@dot.gov, or by 

telephone at 202–366–9342. 

Persons selected for appointment to 

the Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee 

will be notified by return email and by 

a letter of appointment. Members of the 

Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee are 

responsible for their own travel and per 

diem expenses. 

John E. Putnam, 

Acting General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the Federal Advisory 

Committee on Insurance 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting, 

correction. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides updated 

videoconference links for the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury’s Federal 

Advisory Committee on Insurance 

(FACI) meeting on Thursday, September 

9, 2021 from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The meeting is open to 

the public. 


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