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4. Provide access to rights-of-way for 

installation of additional surveillance 

infrastructure by the private partner. 

• Identify a point of contact along 

with appropriate contact information. 

For those areas that do not have any 

interest in participating in either part of 

the program, we ask that the appropriate 

State DOT submit a simple letter 

response identifying the area, and 

including a statement similar to the 

following: ‘‘We understand the purpose 

of the U.S. DOT’s Transportation 

Technology Innovation and 

Demonstration Program, and do not 

wish to participate in either part of this 

program.’’

Information Sessions: Two 

information sessions will be available to 

interested transportation agencies/ 

organizations from the eligible areas to 

address any questions or concerns 

relating to participation in the program. 

The information sessions will be 

conducted via video conferencing with 

linkages to appropriate local FHWA 

Division Offices. Times and locations 

for the sessions are as follows: 

Session 1: 11/8/05 (2 p.m. ET) Session 2: 11/10/05 (1 p.m. ET) 

FHWA division offices Address FHWA division offices Address 

Arizona ........................ One Arizona Center, Suite 410, 400 East Van 

Buren St., Phoenix, AZ 85004–2285.

Alabama ..................... 500 Eastern Blvd., Suite 200, Montgomery, 

AL 36117–2018. 

California ..................... 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 4–100, Sacramento, 

CA 95814.

Connecticut ................ 628–2 Hebron Ave., Suite 303, Glastonbury, 

CT 06033–5007. 

Colorado ...................... 12300 West Dakota Ave., Suite 180, Lakewood, CO 80228.Florida ........................ 545 John Knox Rd., Suite 200, Tallahassee, 

FL 32303. 

Kansas ......................... 6111 SW 29th Street, Suite 100, Topeka, KS 

66614–4271.

Georgia ....................... 61 Forsyth St., SW., Suite 17T100, Atlanta, 

GA 30303–3104. 

Louisiana ..................... 5304 Flanders Dr., Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 

70808–4348.

Indiana ........................ 575 N. Pennsylvania St., Rm 254, Indianapolis, IN 46204–1576. 

Minnesota .................... Galtier Plaza, 380 Jackson St., Suite 500, St. 

Paul, MN 55101–2904.

Kentucky ..................... 330 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601–

1922. 

Missouri ....................... 209 Adams St., Jefferson City, MO 65101–

3203.

New Jersey ................ 840 Bear Tavern Rd., Suite 310, West Trenton, NJ 08628–1019. 

Nevada ........................ 705 North Plaza St., Suite 220, Carson City, 

NV 89701–0602.

New York .................... Leo W. O’Brien Fed. Bldg., Rm 719, Clinton 

Ave. and North Pearl St., Albany, NY 

12207. 

Oklahoma .................... 300 N. Meridian, Suite 105 S, Oklahoma City, 

OK 73107–6560.

North Carolina ............ 310 New Bern Ave., Suite 410, Raleigh, NC 

27601–1441. 

Oregon ......................... The Equitable Center, Suite 100, 530 Center 

Street, NE., Salem, OR 97301–3740.

Ohio ............................ 200 North High St., Room 328, Columbus, 

OH 43215. 

Texas ........................... Federal Office Building, 300 East Eighth St., 

Room 826, Austin, TX 78701–3233.

Tennessee .................. 640 Grassmere Park Ro., Suite 112, Nashville, TN 37211–3568. 

Utah ............................. 2520 West 4700 South, Suite 9A, Salt Lake 

City, UT 84118–1847.

Vermont ...................... Federal Building, 87 State St., Montpelier, VT 

05602–2954. 

Washington .................. Suite 501, Evergreen Plaza, 711 South Capitol Way, Olympia, WA 98501–1284.Virginia ....................... 400 North 8th St., Room 750, Richmond, VA 

23240. 

Wisconsin .................... Highpoint Office Park, 567 D’Onofrio Dr., 

Madison, WI 53719–2814.

Authority: Sec. 5117(b)(3) of Public Law 

105–178, as amended by title IX of Public 

Law 105–206; and Sec. 5508 of Public Law 

109–59 (119 Stat. 1144). 

Issued on: October 13, 2005. 

J. Richard Capka, 

Acting Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–20870 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2005–22530] 

Submission for Office of Management 

and Budget Approval and Public 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for public comments 

and Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval of an existing 

collection. 

SUMMARY: This notice seeks comments 

from the public regarding the need for 

FMCSA to collect paperwork 

information that relates to a motor 

carrier’s responsibility for ensuring that 

employees safely maintain and operate 

its commercial motor vehicles. This 

notice is published (pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995) to 

measure the need for the proposed 

paperwork collection, to find ways to 

minimize the burden on motor carriers, 

to find ways to enhance the quality of 

information collected, and to verify the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden (measured in work hours) on 

motor carriers. This is a request to 

continue the collection of information 

already approved under OMB Control 

Number 2126–0003, which is scheduled 

to expire on December 31, 2005, and to 

renew that approval. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 19, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments to the docket by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Dockets Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Room 

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Anyone 

wanting confirmation of mailed 

comments must include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard. 

• Hand delivery or courier: Room PL–

401 on plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington DC. The Dockets Facility is 

open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays. 

• Web site: Go to http://dms.dot.gov, 

click on ‘‘Comments/Submissions’’ and 

follow instructions at the site. 

All written comments should identify 

the docket number and notice number 

stated in the heading of this notice. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 19, 2005 / Notices 60875 

Docket access: For copies of this 

notice or other materials in the docket, 

you may contact the Dockets Facility by 

phone (202–366–9329) or visit the 

facility at the above street address. For 

Web access to the dockets to read and 

download filed material, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov/search. Then type in the 

last four digits of the docket number 

shown in the heading of this notice, and 

click on ‘‘Search.’’

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments filed in any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted for an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the April 11, 

2000 issue of the Federal Register (65 

FR 19477) or go to http://dms.dot.gov. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding the burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeffrey Van Ness, (202) 366–8802, 

Vehicle and Roadside Operations 

Division (MC-PSV), Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) 

is authorized under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 31502 to prescribe requirements 

for qualifications and maximum hoursof-service of employees of, and safety 

and equipment standards of, motor 

carriers that operate commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136, the Secretary 

also has authority to prescribe 

regulations to ensure that CMVs are 

maintained, equipped, loaded and 

operated safely; and under 49 U.S.C. 

31143 to establish standards for annual 

or more frequent inspections of CMVs 

under the provisions of U.S.C. 31142. 

The Secretary’s authority to establish 

improved standards or methods to 

ensure brakes and brake systems of 

CMVs are inspected by appropriate 

employees and maintained properly is 

provided under 49 U.S.C. 31137(b). 

Motor carriers must maintain, or 

require maintenance of, records 

documenting the inspection, repair and 

maintenance activities performed on 

their owned and leased vehicles. There 

are no prescribed forms. Electronic 

recordkeeping is allowed for all records 

except for those requiring a signature 

(i.e., driver vehicle inspection reports) 

(See 49 CFR 390.31(d)). FMCSA allows 

electronic driver vehicle inspection 

reports if certain conditions are 

satisfied. The records are used by the 

FMCSA and its representatives to verify 

motor carriers’ compliance with the 

inspection, repair, and maintenance 

standards in 49 CFR part 396 of the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Renewal of an existing 

information collection. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance. 

OMB Approval Number: 2126–0003. 

Frequency: Annual and on occasion. 

Use: This collection is used by 

FMCSA to ensure that motor carriers 

have adequate documentation of their 

systematic inspection, repair, and 

maintenance programs necessary to 

reduce the likelihood of CMV accidents. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

406,843. 

Respondents: Motor carriers, 

commercial motor vehicle drivers. 

Total Annual Hours Requested: 

34,798,257. 

Issued on: October 13, 2005. 

Annette M. Sandberg, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–20888 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2005–22177] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemption from the diabetes standard; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

FMCSA’s receipt of applications from 

three individuals for an exemption from 

the diabetes mellitus prohibition in the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations. If granted, the exemptions 

will enable these individuals to qualify 

as drivers of commercial motor vehicles 

(CMVs) in interstate commerce without 

meeting the requirement prescribed in 

49 CFR 391.41(b)(3). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 18, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by any of the following 

methods. Please identify your comments 

by the DOT DMS Docket Number 

FMCSA–2005–22177. 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. For detailed 

instructions on submitting comments 

and additional information on the 

rulemaking process, see the Public 

Participation heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://dms.dot.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading under 

Regulatory Notices. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, (202) 

366–4001, FMCSA, Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

e.t., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation: The exemption 

requests and supporting materials, such 

as the safety analysis, should be placed 

in the DMS docket as required by 49