Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 155 / Monday, August 16, 2021 / Notices 45803 

indicated under the DATES section of the 

notice. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17419 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2021–0107] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Approval of a New 

Information Collection; Waiver and 

Exemption Requirements 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (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. 

This notice invites comment on a new 

information collection titled ‘‘Waiver 

and Exemption Requirements’’. The ICR 

estimates the burden applicants incur to 

comply with the reporting tasks 

required for requesting waivers and 

exemptions. FMCSA has not previously 

accounted for these burdens. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before October 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2021–0107 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

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 http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. 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 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Public Participation: The Federal 

eRulemaking Portal is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. You 

can obtain electronic submission and 

retrieval help and guidelines under the 

‘‘help’’ section of the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal website. If you want 

us to notify you that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard, or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

included in the docket and will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pearlie Robinson, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA, 

West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Telephone: 202–366–4225. 

Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. Office hours 

are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: In 1998, the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA), the 

predecessor agency of FMCSA, adopted 

49 CFR part 381 as an interim final rule 

(IFR), establishing procedures for 

applying for waivers, exemptions, and 

pilot programs (63 FR 67600, December 

8, 1998). Section 4007 of the 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 

Century (TEA–21) amended 49 U.S.C. 

31315 and 31136(e) to provide authority 

to the Secretary of Transportation to 

grant waivers and exemptions from 

motor carrier safety regulations. Section 

4007 of TEA–21 requires that the terms 

and conditions for all waivers and 

exemptions likely achieve a level of 

safety equivalent to or greater than what 

would be achieved by complying with 

the safety regulations. In 2004, FMCSA 

adopted its IFR as final at 49 CFR part 

381, consistent with section 4007 of 

TEA–21 (69 FR 51589, August 20, 2004). 

The final rule also established 

procedures that govern how FMCSA 

reviews, grants, or denies requests for 

waivers and applications for 

exemptions. The final rule included 

requirements for publishing notice of 

exemption applications in the Federal 

Register to afford the public an 

opportunity for comment. There is no 

statutory requirement to publish 

Federal Register notices concerning 

waiver applications. 

When the waiver and exemption 

provisions were first adopted, FHWA 

stated that it would ‘‘consider the 

information collection requirements for 

each waiver, exemption, and pilot 

program and, if necessary, request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget for any special 

recordkeeping requirements associated 

with the waiver, exemption, or pilot 

program.’’ (63 FR 67608). FMCSA 

included a similar statement when 

finalizing its IFR in 2004 (69 FR 51597). 

Recently, FMCSA determined that it 

now receives a sufficient number of 

waiver and exemption requests per year 

to require OMB approval. 

Title: Waiver and Exemption 

Requirements. 

OMB Control No.: To be determined 

by OMB upon OMB approval of the ICR. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Respondents: States, State Drivers 

Licensing Authorities, individuals, and 

motor carriers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

131 per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

minutes to 2 hours. 

Expiration Date: This is a new 

information collection. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

(respondents are not required to submit 

requests for waivers or exemptions). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 95 

burden hours. 

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 the 

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. 


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45804 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 155 / Monday, August 16, 2021 / Notices 

The agency will summarize or include 

your comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17418 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2021–0159] 

Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility 

Determination for a Foreign-Built 

Vessel: SOLEIL (Motor); Invitation for 

Public Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to issue coastwise 

endorsement eligibility determinations 

for foreign-built vessels which will carry 

no more than twelve passengers for hire. 

A request for such a determination has 

been received by MARAD. By this 

notice, MARAD seeks comments from 

interested parties as to any effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. Information about the 

requestor’s vessel, including a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2021–0159 by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Search 

MARAD–2021–0159 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility is in the West 

Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. The 

Docket Management Facility location 

address is: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, MARAD–2021–0159, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except on 

Federal holidays. 

Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your 

comments, we recommend that you 

include your name and a mailing 

address, an email address, or a 

telephone number in the body of your 

document so that we can contact you if 

we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

specific docket number. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to the docket at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments, or to submit 

comments that are confidential in 

nature, see the section entitled Public 

Participation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Mead, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W23–459, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5723, Email James.Mead@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described in the application, the 

intended service of the vessel SOLEIL 

is: 

—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

‘‘Passenger vessel for hire.’’ 

—Geographic Region Including Base of 

Operations: ‘‘Washington, Alaska.’’ 

(Base of Operations: Bellevue, WA) 

—Vessel Length and Type: 84′ Motor 

The complete application is available 

for review identified in the DOT docket 

as MARAD 2021–0159 at http://

www.regulations.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, that the employment of the vessel 

in the coastwise trade to carry no more 

than 12 passengers will have an unduly 

adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or 

a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, MARAD will not issue an 

approval of the vessel’s coastwise 

endorsement eligibility. Comments 

should refer to the vessel name, state the 

commenter’s interest in the application, 

and address the eligibility criteria given 

in section 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

Public Participation 

How do I submit comments? 

Please submit your comments, 

including the attachments, following the 

instructions provided under the above 

heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised 

that it may take a few hours or even 

days for your comment to be reflected 

on the docket. In addition, your 

comments must be written in English. 

We encourage you to provide concise 

comments and you may attach 

additional documents as necessary. 

There is no limit on the length of the 

attachments. 

Where do I go to read public comments, 

and find supporting information? 

Go to the docket online at http://

www.regulations.gov, keyword search 

MARAD–2021–0159 or visit the Docket 

Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for 

hours of operation). We recommend that 

you periodically check the Docket for 

new submissions and supporting 

material. 

Will my comments be made available to 

the public? 

Yes. Be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, will be made 

publicly available. 

May I submit comments confidentially? 

If you wish to submit comments 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit the information you 

claim to be confidential commercial 

information by email to SmallVessels@

dot.gov. Include in the email subject 

heading ‘‘Contains Confidential 

Commercial Information’’ or ‘‘Contains 

CCI’’ and state in your submission, with 

specificity, the basis for any such 

confidential claim highlighting or 

denoting the CCI portions. If possible, 

please provide a summary of your 

submission that can be made available 

to the public. 

In the event MARAD receives a 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

request for the information, procedures 

described in the Department’s FOIA 

regulation at 49 CFR 7.29 will be 

followed. Only information that is 

ultimately determined to be confidential 

under those procedures will be exempt 

from disclosure under FOIA. 

Privacy Act 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its rulemaking process. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice, DOT/ALL–14 FDMS, accessible 

through www.dot.gov/privacy. To 

facilitate comment tracking and 

response, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. Whether 

or not commenters identify themselves, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

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