Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 174 / Thursday, September 9, 2010 / Notices 54957 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 27, 

2010. 

Randall Fiertz, 

Director, Airport Compliance and Field 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22095 Filed 9–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of denials. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its denial 

of 97 applications from individuals who 

requested an exemption from the 

Federal vision standard applicable to 

interstate truck and bus drivers and the 

reasons for the denials. FMCSA has 

statutory authority to exempt 

individuals from the vision requirement 

if the exemptions granted will not 

compromise safety. The Agency has 

concluded that granting these 

exemptions does not provide a level of 

safety that will be equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level of safety 

maintained without the exemptions for 

these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, FMCSA, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room 

W64–224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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

FMCSA may grant an exemption from 

the Federal vision standard for a 

renewable 2-year period if it finds ‘‘such 

an exemption would likely achieve a 

level of safety that is equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level that would be 

achieved absent such an exemption.’’ 

The procedures for requesting an 

exemption are set forth in 49 CFR part 

381. 

Accordingly, FMCSA evaluated 97 

individual exemption requests on their 

merit and made a determination that 

these applicants do not satisfy the 

criteria eligibility or meet the terms and 

conditions of the Federal exemption 

program. Each applicant has, prior to 

this Notice, received a letter of final 

disposition on his/her exemption 

request. Those decision letters fully 

outlined the basis for the denial and 

constitute final Agency action. The list 

published today summarizes the 

Agency’s recent denials as required 

under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(4) by 

periodically publishing names and 

reasons for denial. 

The following 7 applicants lacked 

sufficient driving experience during the 

3-year period prior to the date of their 

application: 

Larry Cornelius, William M. Dunn, 

Thomas C. Furcht, Michael E. Herrera, 

Jr., William Moore, Steve Scriven, 

Carey A. Willoughby 

The following 15 applicants had no 

experience operating a CMV: 

Leon Andrews, Clay Burns, Tracy E. 

Duke, James R. Gladden, Yi D. Guo, 

Eric G. Harmann, Meridith J. 

Karppinen, Jackson D. Mason, 

Thomas G. Moffett, Kenneth Olsen, 

Gabriel A. Oubre, Chris Patton, Carlos 

Quezada, Angelina Rayes, David G. 

Stringer 

The following 27 applicants did not 

have 3 years of experience driving a 

CMV on public highways with the 

vision deficiency: 

James R. Bodine, Robert L. Borsh, Larry 

E. Carter, Albert M. DiVella, Steven 

Gahart, Martin E. Holden, Lee J. 

Hollister, Steven M. Keller, Jr., Ray V. 

Kuhaneck, Christopher Love, Frank S. 

Martinez, William M. Mercer, Ronald 

S. Milkowski, Noel V. Munoz, Curtis 

A. Norris, John P. O’Day, William 

Offord, Paul C. Pallini, Jerry L. Parks, 

Douglas L. Peterson, Charles D. 

Settles, Raeford W. Sink, William J. 

Statts, Robert D. Swaite, Edwin 

Treloar, Jr., Ronald Turner, Brent 

Wheeler, Jr 

The following 12 applicants did not 

have 3 years of recent experience 

driving a CMV with the vision 

deficiency: 

Ale Algarra, Lee S. Angelo, Eli J. 

Borkholder, Steven Keyes, Scott 

Murphy, Dennis R. Overman, Michael 

J. Peschong, Harry W. Richards, David 

Smith, Jeffrey M. Thorpe, Charles 

Watts, Donald Wright 

The following 10 applicants did not 

have sufficient driving experience 

during the past 3 years under normal 

highway operating conditions: 

Rick A. Ervin, Stephen P. Goodall, John 

R. Kelly, Osvaldo R. Maldonado, 

Frank G. Merrill, Alberto Mireles, Jr., 

Montie Price, Daniel R. Rosas, David 

M. Sims, Stephen W. Verrette 

One applicant, Albert D. Agardi, had 

more than 2 commercial motor vehicle 

violations during the 3-year review 

period and/or application process. Each 

applicant is only allowed 2 moving 

citations. 

One applicant, William R. Hammond, 

had commercial driver’s license 

suspensions during the 3-year review 

period for moving violations. 

Applicants do not qualify for an 

exemption with a suspension during the 

3-year period. 

One applicant, John L. Broadway, had 

2 serious commercial motor vehicle 

violations within a 3-year period. Each 

applicant is only allowed a total of 2 

moving citations, 1, which can be 

serious. 

One applicant, Kerrie L. Smith, did 

not have verifiable proof of commercial 

driving experience over the past 3 years 

under normal highway operating 

conditions that would serve as an 

adequate predictor of future safe 

performance. 

The following 3 applicants did not 

hold a license which allowed operation 

of vehicles over 10,000 pounds for all or 

part of the 3-year period: 

Adam O. Carson, Joe H. Saine, Joseph 

W. Schmit. 

One applicant, James McKnight, did 

not have an Optometrist/ 

Ophthalmologist willing to state that he 

is able to operate a commercial vehicle 

safely with his vision deficiency. 

The following 10 applicants were 

denied for miscellaneous/multiple 

reasons: 

Carl H. Block, Robert D. Fink, Felix M. 

Gonzalez, William A. Green, Tina L. 

Hernandez, Ramon L. Suarez, 

Clarence Taylor, Reginald D. Taylor, 

Ricky A. Teel, Jr., Cardell F. Thomas 

One applicant, William A. Rochester, 

was disqualified for holding 2 

commercial driver’s licenses 

simultaneously. 

One applicant, Soledad R. Martinez, 

did not meet the vision standard in his 

better eye. 

The following 6 applicants met the 

current federal vision standards. 

Exemptions are not required for these 

applicants that meet the current 

regulations for vision: 

A. B. Brown, Ryan M. Cook, Brian R. 

Hastins, Terry A. Jordan, Daniel 

Provencio, Keith Snyder. 

Issued on: August 28, 2010. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22538 Filed 9–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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