Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 8, 2014 / Notices 60891 

Issued under the authority delegated in 49 

CFR 1.87 on: September 30, 2014. 

G. Kelly Regal, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Information Technology and Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23994 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0335] 

Parts and Accessories Necessary for 

Safe Operation; Application for an 

Exemption From Dealers Choice 

Truckaway System, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA requests public 

comment on an application for 

exemption from Dealers Choice 

Truckaway System, Inc. (Truckmovers) 

to allow the use of plastic blocks to 

build up the height of the front end of 

a towed vehicle in driveaway-towaway 

operations. The Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) permit the 

use of ‘‘hardwood blocks of good 

quality’’ for this purpose but the use of 

materials other than hardwood blocks is 

not addressed. Truckmovers believes 

the use of ultra-high molecular 

polyethylene plastic blocks will 

maintain a level of safety that is 

equivalent to the level of safety 

achieved without the exemption. 

Truckmovers is requesting the 

temporary exemption in advance of 

petitioning FMCSA to conduct a 

rulemaking to amend 49 CFR 

393.71(k)(4) to allow the use of vehicle 

support blocks made of any suitable 

material to support the weight of 

vehicles when towing multiple vehicles 

in driveaway-towaway operations. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 7, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 

2014–0335 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the Federal electronic docket site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., MondayFriday, except Federal holidays. 

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 

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 for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or to Room W12– 

140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

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 complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19476) or you may visit http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Public participation: The http://

www.regulations.gov Web site is 

generally available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. You may find 

electronic submission and retrieval help 

and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section 

of the http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site as well as the DOT’s http://

docketsinfo.dot.gov Web site. If you 

would like notification that we received 

your comments, please include a self 

addressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgment 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Luke W. Loy, Vehicle and Roadside 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, MC– 

PSV, (202) 366–0676; Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 4007 of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA– 

21) [Pub. L. 105–178, June 9, 1998, 112 

Stat. 401] amended 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 

31136(e) to provide authority to grant 

exemptions from the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). 

On August 20, 2004, FMCSA published 

a final rule (69 FR 51589) implementing 

section 4007. Under this rule, FMCSA 

must publish a notice of each exemption 

request in the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(a)). The Agency must provide 

the public with an opportunity to 

inspect the information relevant to the 

application, including any safety 

analyses that have been conducted. The 

Agency must also provide an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

request. 

The Agency reviews the safety 

analyses and the public comments and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to or greater than 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). 

The decision of the Agency must be 

published in the Federal Register (49 

CFR 381.315(b)). If the Agency denies 

the request, it must state the reason for 

doing so. If the decision is to grant the 

exemption, the notice must specify the 

person or class of persons receiving the 

exemption and the regulatory provision 

or provisions from which an exemption 

is granted. The notice must specify the 

effective period of the exemption (up to 

2 years) and explain the terms and 

conditions of the exemption. The 

exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 

381.315(c) and 49 CFR 381.300(b)). 

Truckmovers Application for 

Exemption 

Truckmovers applied for an 

exemption from 49 CFR 393.71(k)(4) to 

allow the use of plastic support blocks 

in lieu of hardwood blocks to increase 

the height of a towed vehicle in 

driveaway-towaway operations. A copy 

of the application is included in the 

docket referenced at the beginning of 

this notice. 

In its application, Truckmovers states 

that without the proposed exemption it 

will not be able to utilize plastic support 

blocks because 49 CFR 393.71(k)(4) 

specifically identifies the use of 

hardwood blocks to build up the height 

of the front end of a towed vehicle in 

driveaway-towaway operations. 

Truckmovers provided information 

regarding the development of ultra-high 

molecular polyethylene plastic blocks 

with a compression rating of 3,300 psi, 

which can withstand extreme heat and 

cold. These plastic blocks are not 

susceptible to decomposition and 

erosion like wood blocks, allowing for 

their re-use. The high compression 


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strength of the plastic does not allow the 

blocks to be over-tightened when 

secured with cargo securement devices, 

while wood can be over-tightened, can 

crack and can become loose in transit. 

For the reasons stated above, 

Truckmovers requests that its operators 

be permitted to use the ultra-high 

molecular polyethylene plastic support 

blocks to increase the height of a towed 

vehicle in driveaway-towaway 

operations, instead of utilizing 

hardwood blocks as specified in the 

current regulation. Truckmovers 

believes that the use of ultra-high 

molecular polyurethane plastic blocks, 

in lieu of hardwood support blocks, will 

maintain a level of safety that is 

equivalent to the level of safety 

achieved without the exemption. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31315 

and 31136(e), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

Truckmovers application for an 

exemption from 49 CFR 393.73(k)(4). 

All comments received before the close 

of business on the comment closing date 

indicated at the beginning of this notice 

will be considered and will be available 

for examination in the docket at the 

location listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. 

Comments received after the comment 

closing date will be filed in the public 

docket and will be considered to the 

extent practicable. In addition to late 

comments, FMCSA will continue to file 

relevant information in the public 

docket that becomes available after the 

comment closing date. Interested 

persons should continue to examine the 

public docket for new material. 

Issued on: October 1, 2014. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24011 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Unblocking of Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons 

Pursuant to Cuban Assets Control 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of two vessels whose property and 

interests in property have been 

unblocked pursuant to the Cuban Assets 

Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515. 

DATES: The unblocking and removal 

from the list of Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN 

List) of the two vessels identified in this 

notice whose property and interests in 

property were blocked pursuant to 

Cuban Assets Control Regulations, is 

effective on September 30, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, Department 

of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: 

(202) 622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC is 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac). Certain general 

information pertaining to OFAC’s 

sanctions programs is also available via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Background 

On September 30, 2014, the Director 

of OFAC removed from the SDN List the 

two vessels listed below, whose 

property and interests in property were 

blocked pursuant to Cuban Assets 

Control Regulations: 

Vessels 

1. EAST ISLANDS (C4QB) General 

Cargo 15,120DWT 8,996GRT Cyprus flag 

(EAST ISLAND SHIPPING CO. LTD. 

(SDN)) (vessel) [CUBA]. 

2. SOUTH ISLANDS (C4AN) General 

Cargo 15,147DWT 8,996GRT Cyprus flag 

(SOUTH ISLAND SHIPPING CO. LTD. 

(SDN)) (vessel) [CUBA]. 

Dated: September 30, 2014. 

John Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24055 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 12854 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

12854, Prior Government Service 

Information. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 8, 2014 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Christie Preston, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the forms and instructions 

should be directed to Allan Hopkins, 

Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Prior Government Service 

Information. 

OMB Number: 1545–1919. 

Form Number: Form 12854. 

Abstract: Form 12854 is used to 

record prior government service, 

annuitant information and to advice on 

probationary periods. 

Current Actions: There are currently 

no changes to this form. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

24,813. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,203. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 


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