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amount of the State Program, the State 

and Federal participating shares, the 

period of the grant, and the signatures 

of the responsible State official and the 

FMCSA Division Administrator. 

c. Form MCSAP–2A, Grant 

Amendment for Fiscal Yearll: The 

MCSAP–2A form is used to modify the 

terms of the grant. It is used to increase 

or decrease the amount of the grant, or 

to extend the period of the grant. It 

contains the signatures of the 

responsible State official and the 

FMCSA Division Administrator. 

In addition, the following documents 

are provided as part of the CVSP 

package: 

a. State Training Plan (optional 

format): This document is a request for 

commercial vehicle training courses. It 

is used by the FMCSA’s National 

Training Center to more effectively 

schedule training courses to meet the 

needs of State enforcement agencies. 

b. State Certification: The CVSP must 

contain a State Certification signed by 

the Governor, the State Attorney 

General, or other specially designated 

State official. The Certification includes 

conditions that must be met by the State 

to receive MCSAP grant funds. 

Virtually all (99%) of the information 

required by the grant is submitted 

electronically. This includes over 3.4 

million inspection reports, which are 

uploaded electronically from laptop 

computers at inspection sites in the 

field to FMCSA annually. The nearuniversal use of laptops for submitting 

these inspection reports has resulted in 

a dramatic reduction in the time burden. 

The annual CVSPs require signed 

certifications by State personnel and 

these certification documents are not, 

therefore, electronically transmitted. 

The FMCSA is the only Federal 

agency authorized to enforce safety 

regulations applicable to commercial 

trucks and buses in interstate 

commerce. The type of information to 

be gathered from the States through this 

information collection is unique to 

MCSAP. No duplication was identified 

through the rulemaking process to 

implement relevant sections of 

SAFETEA–LU. 

Under MCSAP grants are extended to 

the States predicated on annual 

submission of CVSPs. The FMCSA has 

determined that although monthly or 

bimonthly reports are not needed, a 

semiannual report would not be 

sufficiently frequent to allow for timely 

evaluation and changes in State program 

direction. Therefore, quarterly reports 

were determined to be the most 

appropriate, considering burden and 

Federal need. If the reports were 

submitted less frequently, FMCSA 

would be unable to exercise appropriate 

oversight and administration of the 

program as envisioned by the Congress. 

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 

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. The agency will summarize 

or include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Issued on: September 2, 2010. 

Kelly Leone, 

Director, Office of Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22462 Filed 9–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0273] 

Notice of Request for Information 

(RFI): Training Certification for Drivers 

of Longer Combination Vehicles 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests OMB 

approval to revise an ICR entitled, 

‘‘Training Certification for Drivers of 

Longer Combination Vehicles.’’ This ICR 

is necessary because the training 

certificates drivers are required to 

present to prospective employers serve 

as proof the drivers have successfully 

completed the training to operate 

Longer Combination Vehicles (LCVs) 

safely on the Nation’s highways. Motor 

carriers are required to maintain a copy 

of the training certification in each LCV 

driver’s qualification file, which may be 

reviewed by Federal or State 

enforcement officials. This ICR is being 

revised due to an anticipated increase in 

the estimated number of LCV drivers 

submitting training certificates to 

employers resulting in change to the 

estimated information collection burden 

for this training task. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before November 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2010–0273 by 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 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 or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

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 and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

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 

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s Privacy Act Statement for 

the Federal Docket Management System 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316, or you 

may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2008/pdfE8-794.pdf. 

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 Web site. 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. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, West Building 

6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–4325; e-mail 

tom.yager@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 4007(b) of the Motor Carrier 

Act of 1991 (Title IV of the Intermodal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. 102–240, 105 Stat. 

1914, 2152; 49 U.S.C. 31307) requires 

the Secretary of Transportation to 

establish Federal minimum training 

requirements for drivers of LCVs. The 

responsibility for implementing the 

statutory requirement was subsequently 

delegated to FMCSA (49 CFR 1.73). The 

FMCSA, in a final rule entitled, 

‘‘Minimum Training Requirements for 

Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV) 

Operators and LCV Driver-Instructor 

Requirements’’ adopted implementing 

regulations for minimum training 

requirements for the operators of LCVs 

(March 30, 2004; 69 FR 16722). 

The 2004 final rule created an 

information collection burden 

concerning the certification of new, 

current and non-grandfathered LCV 

drivers. An LCV is any combination of 

a truck-tractor and two or more semitrailers or trailers, which operates on the 

National System of Interstate and 

Defense Highways (as defined in 23 CFR 

470.107) and has a gross vehicle weight 

greater than 80,000 pounds. The 

purpose of this rule is to enhance the 

safety of LCV operations on our nation’s 

highways. 

By regulation, motor carriers cannot 

allow a driver to operate an LCV 

without ensuring that the driver has 

been properly trained in accordance 

with the requirements of 49 CFR 

380.113. LCV drivers must present their 

LCV Driver-Training Certificate to 

prospective employers as proof of 

qualification to drive LCVs. Motor 

carriers must maintain a copy of the 

LCV Training Certificate in order to be 

able to show Federal, State or local 

officials that drivers operating LCVs are 

certified to do so. 

Title: Training Certification for 

Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0026. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Drivers who complete 

LCV training each year, current LCV 

drivers who submit the LCV DriverTraining Certificate to a prospective 

employer, and motor carriers receiving 

and filing the certificates. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

31,500 drivers and motor carriers (750 

new LCV drivers plus 15,000 current 

LCV drivers plus 15,750 motor carriers). 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

31,500 (750 new LCV drivers plus 

15,000 current LCV drivers plus 15,750 

motor carriers). 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes for preparation of LCV DriverTraining Certificate and an additional 

10 minutes for the use of the LCV 

Driver-Training Certificate during the 

hiring process each year. 

Expiration Date: February 28, 2011. 

Frequency of Response: At various 

times during the year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,750 hours. The total number of drivers 

per year for whom this activity will 

occur consists of newly-trained LCV 

drivers (750) and current LCV drivers 

changing employers (15,000), a total of 

15,750 drivers. The total annual 

information collection burden is 

estimated to be 2,750 hours: Preparation 

of LCV Driver-Training Certificate [750 

newly trained LCV drivers × 10 minutes 

÷ 60 minutes], and use of the certificate 

during the hiring process [15,750 total 

LCV drivers × 10 minutes ÷ 60 minutes] 

Definitions: The LCV training 

regulations under 49 CFR part 380 are 

applicable only to drivers of ‘‘longer 

combination vehicles,’’ defined as ‘‘any 

combination of a truck-tractor and two 

or more trailers or semi-trailers, which 

operate[s] on the National System of 

Interstate and Defense Highways 

(defined in 23 CFR 470.107) with a gross 

vehicle weight greater than 80,000 

pounds’’ (49 CFR 380.105). 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for FMCSA’s performance; (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. The Agency will 

summarize or include your comments in 

the request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Issued on: September 2, 2010. 

Kelly Leone, 

Director, Office of Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22458 Filed 9–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–0831] 

Airport Improvement Program (AIP): 

Policy Regarding Access to Airports 

From Residential Property 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy; 

notice of proposed amendment to 

sponsor grant assurance 5; and request 

for public comment. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend and clarify FAA policy 

concerning through-the-fence access to a 

Federally obligated airport from an 

adjacent or nearby property, when that 

property is used as a residence and 

permits continuation of existing access 

subject to certain standards. This action 

also proposes to modify sponsor grant 

assurance 5, Preserving Rights and 

Powers, to prohibit new residential 

through-the-fence access to a Federally 

obligated airport. Current FAA policy 

discourages through-the-fence access to 

a Federally obligated airport from an offairport residence. Owners of properties 

used both as a residence and for the 

storage of personal aircraft, sometimes 

called ‘‘hangar homes,’’ have urged the 

agency to permit an exception to 

through-the-fence policy for residents 

who own aircraft. The FAA proposes to 

modify Airport Improvement Program 

(AIP) grant assurance 5, Preserving 

Rights and Powers, to clarify that airport 

sponsors are prohibited from permitting 

new through-the-fence access from 

residential properties. Pursuant to 

applicable law, the Secretary of 

Transportation is required to provide 

notice in the Federal Register and an 

opportunity for the public to comment 

upon proposals to modify or add new 

AIP assurances. The agency recognizes 

that there are airports at which 

residential through-the-fence access 

already exists. The FAA will not 

consider sponsors of these airports to be 

in violation of current grant assurances 

if the airport sponsor meets certain 

standards for control of airport 

operations and development; selfsustaining and nondiscriminatory 

airport rates; and compatible land use. 

At present, there are 75 airports in the 

continental U.S. where residential 

through-the-fence access is known to 

exist. This represents less than 3 percent 

of the 3,300 airports listed in the FAA’s 

National Plan of Integrated Airport 

Systems (NPIAS) and eligible for 

Federal investment. While the vast 

majority of airport sponsors do not have 

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