Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 172 / Thursday, September 4, 2008 / Notices 51689 

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regulations covering management of 

Federal advisory committees. 

Issued on: August 27, 2008. 

Samuel Podberesky, 

Assistant General Counsel for Aviation 

Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department 

of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. E8–20485 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25756] 

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) 

Standards; Volvo Trucks North 

America, Renewal of Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA previously 

announced its decision to renew Volvo 

Trucks North America’s (Volvo) 

exemption for eight of its drivers to 

enable them to test-drive commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs) in the United 

States without a commercial driver’s 

license (CDL) issued by one of the 

States. FMCSA requested comment on 

the renewal of the exemption, but 

received no comments. 

DATES: This exemption is effective from 

February 4, 2008 through February 4, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and 

Carrier Operations Division; Office of 

Bus and Truck Standards and 

Operations; Telephone: 202–366–4325. 

e-mail: MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e), 

FMCSA may grant or renew an 

exemption from the CDL requirements 

in 49 CFR 383.23 for a maximum twoyear period if it finds ‘‘such exemption 

would likely achieve a level of safety 

that is equivalent to, or greater than, the 

level that would be achieved absent 

such exemption.’’ FMCSA evaluated 

Volvo’s application on its merits and 

decided to grant the renewal of the 

exemption for eight of Volvo’s engineers 

and technicians for a two-year period, 

effective February 4, 2008, as previously 

announced in the Federal Register (73 

FR 6552, February 4, 2008). 

Comments 

The FMCSA received no response to 

its request for public comments 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 4, 2008 (73 FR 6552). 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Exemption 

Based upon its evaluation of the 

application for an exemption, FMCSA 

granted Volvo a renewal of the 

exemption from the Federal CDL 

requirement in 49 CFR 383.23 for eight 

drivers (Christer Milding, Jonas 

Gustafsson, Sten-Ake Sandberg, Daniel 

Kanebratt, Urban Walter, Fredrik 

Wattwil, Jonas Nilsson, and Bjorn 

Nyman) to test-drive CMVs within the 

U.S., subject to the following terms and 

conditions: (1) That these drivers are 

subject to drug and alcohol testing 

regulations, including testing, as 

provided in 49 CFR part 382, (2) that 

these drivers are subject to the same 

driver disqualification rules under 49 

CFR parts 383 and 391 that apply to 

other CMV drivers in the U.S., (3) that 

these drivers keep a copy of the 

exemption in the vehicle they are 

driving at all times, (4) that Volvo notify 

FMCSA in writing of any accident, as 

defined in 49 CFR 390.5, involving one 

of the exempted drivers, and (5) that 

Volvo notify FMCSA in writing if any 

driver is convicted of a disqualifying 

offense described in section 383.51 or 

391.15 of the FMCSRs. 

The exemption will be revoked if: (1) 

The drivers for Volvo fail to comply 

with the terms and conditions of the 

exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained before it was granted; or 

(3) continuation of the exemption would 

not be consistent with the goals and 

objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136. 

Issued on: August 27, 2008. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20511 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket ID. FMCSA–2008–0266] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 25 individuals for 

exemptions from the vision requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations. If granted, the exemptions 

would enable these individuals to 

qualify as drivers of commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce 

without meeting the Federal vision 

standard. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 6, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA–

2008–0266 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 


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