67540 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 219 / Thursday, November 13, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0133] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; New Information Collection: 

State Commercial Driver’s License 

Program Plan 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and 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 its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests 

approval of a new ICR titled, ‘‘State 

Commercial Driver’s License Program 

Plan.’’ as a result of requirements from 

Section 32305 of the Moving Ahead for 

Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP– 

21), Public Law 112–141, dated July 6, 

2012. The Act requires States to submit 

a plan to the Secretary describing the 

actions the State will take to address 

any deficiencies in the State’s 

commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

program, as identified by the Secretary 

in the most recent audit of the program. 

This ICR is needed to ensure that the 

States are complying with notification 

and recordkeeping requirements for 

information related to testing, licensing, 

violations, convictions and 

disqualifications and that the 

information is accurate, complete and 

transmitted and recorded within certain 

time periods as required by the 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 

1986 (CMVSA), as amended. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before January 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2014–0133 using 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 Services; 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., 

Washington, DC, 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 http:// 

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 complete 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Gordon, Office of State 

Programs, Commercial Driver’s License 

Division (MC–ESL),, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, West 

Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 304–549–2651; email 

michael.gordon2@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The FMCSA is 

responsible for compliance and 

oversight of State Drivers Licensing 

Agencies (SDLAs). SDLAs are required 

to comply with the requirements of 49 

CFR Part 384, titled ‘‘State Compliance 

with Commercial Driver’s License 

Program.’’ Section 32305 of MAP–21 

amends 49 U. S.C. 31311 by adding 

paragraph (d) State Commercial Driver’s 

License Program Plan requirements. In 

paragraph (d)(1), a State shall submit a 

plan to the Secretary of Transportation 

for complying with the requirements 

under this section during the period 

beginning on the date the plan is 

submitted and ending on September 30, 

2016. In paragraph (d)(2), a plan 

submitted by a State under paragraph 

(d)(1) shall identify—(A) the actions that 

the State will take to address any 

deficiencies in the State’s Commercial 

Driver’s License Program, as identified 

by the Secretary in the most recent audit 

of the program; and (B) other actions 

that the State will take to comply with 

the requirements under subsection (a). 

Paragraph (d)(3) establishes the 

following: ‘‘(A) Implementation 

Schedule—A plan submitted by a State 

under paragraph (d)(1) shall include a 

schedule for the implementation of the 

actions identified under paragraph 

(d)(2). In establishing the schedule, the 

State shall prioritize actions to address 

any deficiencies highlighted by the 

Secretary as critical in the most recent 

audit of the program. (B) Deadline for 

Compliance with the requirements.—A 

plan submitted by a State under 

paragraph (1) shall include assurances 

that the State will take the necessary 

actions to comply with the requirements 

of subsection (a) not later than 

September 30, 2015. 

This collection of information 

supports the DOT strategic goal of safety 

by requiring the States to assure that 

drivers of CMVs are properly licensed 

according to all applicable Federal 

requirements 

States will be required to complete a 

Commercial Driver’s License Program 

Plan using a spreadsheet or pdf 

document that will be provided by 

FMCSA to each SDLA. The plan will be 

completed by the State and provided to 

FMCSA’s CDL Division via the 

Automated Compliance Review System 

(ACRS), for review and concurrence. 

FMCSA may reject a State’s Commercial 

Driver’s License Program Plan if it is 

determined to be deficient by not 

adequately addressing the State’s 

deficiencies, and/or assurances. Within 

the plan, the State will identify any 

deficiencies from the most recent audit 

and will be required to provide detailed 

information to demonstrate how the 

State will obtain compliance with 

Section 32305(a) of MAP–21 by 

September 30, 2015 and remain in 

compliance through September 30, 

2016. This will enable FMCSA to 

determine a State’s level of compliance 

with the CDL requirements. Previous to 


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MAP–21, there was no requirement for 

a SDLA to submit a Commercial Driver’s 

License Program Plan. 

The spreadsheet was developed by 

FMCSA. The spreadsheet will be sent to 

each SDLA. The SDLA will complete 

the spreadsheet and send directly to 

FMCSA via electronic transmission. 

FMCSA will then review each plan to 

assess each State’s level of compliance 

with the CDL requirements. The 

spreadsheets will then be uploaded into 

FMCSA’s Automated Compliance 

Review System (ACRS). Appropriate 

feedback will be provided from MC–ESL 

to each State after review. 

Title: State Commercial Driver’s 

License Program Plan. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Respondents: State Driver Licensing 

Agencies (SDLAs). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 51 

State respondents. 

Estimated Time per Response: 40 

hours per SDLA. 

Expiration Date: New collection. 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

effort. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,040 hours. 

FMCSA estimates that each SDLA 

would need approximately 40 hours to 

complete the State Commercial Driver’s 

License Program Plan and submit it to 

FMCSA. The Program Plan is completed 

on a one-time basis as required by 

section 32305 of MAP–21. There is no 

continuing information collection 

function associated with submitting this 

Program Plan. The Program Plan asks 

for information which is readily 

available to the filer. 

For the purposes of the CDL program, 

the District of Columbia is considered a 

State. Therefore, there are 51 State 

responses with an estimated 40 hours 

per response to complete and submit the 

Program Plan to FMCSA. 

The FMCSA estimates the SDLAs 

total annual burden is 2,040 hours (51 

responses × 40 hours = 2,040 hours). 

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 under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 

on: November 4, 2014. 

G. Kelly Regal, 

Associate Administrator for Office of 

Research and Information Technology and 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26850 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0167] 

RIN 2126–AB20 

Electronic Logging Devices and Hours 

of Service Supporting Documents; 

Research Report on Attitudes of Truck 

Drivers and Carriers on the Use of 

Electronic Logging Devices and Driver 

Harassment 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 

Research Report. 

SUMMARY: On March 28, 2014, the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA) published a 

Supplemental Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (SNPRM) that proposed 

amendments to the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to 

establish: Minimum performance and 

design standards for hours-of-service 

(HOS) electronic logging devices (ELDs); 

requirements for the mandatory use of 

these devices by drivers currently 

required to prepare HOS records of duty 

status (RODS); requirements concerning 

HOS supporting documents; and 

measures to address concerns about 

harassment resulting from the 

mandatory use of ELDs. FMCSA 

announces the availability of a new 

report: ‘‘Attitudes of Truck Drivers and 

Carriers on the Use of Electronic 

Logging Devices and Driver 

Harassment.’’ This project surveyed 

drivers on their attitudes regarding 

carrier harassment and examined 

whether reported harassment 

experiences varied due to the hours-ofservice logging method used by the 

driver. The survey is an effort to further 

address the potential for harassment 

associated with ELDs and provides 

results that are consistent with the 

Agency’s discussion of harassment in 

the ELD SNPRM. A copy of the report 

has been placed in the docket 

referenced at the beginning of this 

notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket Number FMCSA– 

2010–0167 addressing the Research 

Report using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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 or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

instructions on submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning this report, 

please contact Mr. Albert Alvarez, 

Research Division of the Office of 

Analysis, Research, and Technology, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001 or by telephone at 202–385–2377. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials pertaining to the report. This 

notice does not extend the earlier 

comment period pertaining to the ELD 

SNPRM published March 28, 2104. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2010–0167), indicate 

the specific section of the report to 

which each comment applies, and 

provide a reason for each suggestion or 

recommendation. You may submit your 

comments and material online or by fax, 

mail, or hand delivery, but please use 

only one of these means. FMCSA 

recommends that you include your 

name and a mailing address, an email 

address, or a phone number in the body 

of your document so the Agency can 

contact you if it has questions regarding 

your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and put the 

docket number, ‘‘FMCSA–2010–0167’’ 

in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click 

‘‘Search.’’ When the new screen 


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