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The notice must also specify the 

effective period and explain the terms 

and conditions of the exemption. The 

exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 

381.300(b)). 

Request for Exemption 

The International Association of 

Movers (IAM) is a global trade 

association representing more than 

2,000 companies in over 170 countries. 

IAM counts van lines, agents, freight 

forwarders and brokers among its 

membership base. IAM members move 

household goods for a number of 

Federal agencies and the public. IAM’s 

members provide relocation services 

throughout North America and at 

strategic points throughout the world. 

IAM is seeking an exemption from the 

‘‘14-hour rule’’ in 49 CFR 395.3(a)(2), 

which prohibits a property-carrying 

CMV driver from driving a CMV after 

the 14th hour after coming on duty 

following 10 consecutive hours off duty. 

IAM’s exemption request is on behalf of 

all FMCSA-authorized carriers moving 

household goods (HHGs), regardless of 

membership in IAM or any other 

professional society. Under IAM’s 

proposal, the exemption would be used 

only by drivers who need to move their 

trucks from the customer’s residence to 

a safe place for overnight parking when 

there are delays in completing the job. 

The overnight parking location would 

offer safety for the occupants of the 

CMV, security for the CMV and its 

cargo, and avoid creating a safety hazard 

on local streets. In no case would the 

driver be permitted to drive more than 

75 miles or 90 minutes after reaching 

the 14th hour. Upon reaching a safe 

place to park their CMVs, drivers using 

this exemption would be required to 

take 10 hours off duty before driving 

again. The driver must notify the motor 

carrier each time the extension is used. 

These log entries would provide 

verification and a record whenever the 

exemption is used and would be 

available during compliance reviews. 

IAM contends that operations of its 

sector of the trucking industry are 

subject to a multitude of unique 

circumstances not faced by the majority 

of the general property and commodity 

industry. Customers frequently change 

their plans and expect their movers to 

accommodate these changes. IAM states 

that the list of potential unforeseen, 

impossible-to-plan-for situations that 

can cause delay is nearly endless. 

Unanticipated delays, including 

recently stepped-up security 

checkpoints within military bases and 

facilities, a homeowner’s schedule (and 

level of preparedness for a scheduled 

move), unusually shaped items that 

need to be packed in-home by the driver 

and team, and the amount of time offhighway driving and irregular routes 

faced by the household goods moving 

industry are among the many factors 

that require the flexibility requested by 

IAM. All of these issues can change 

schedules beyond the original plan 

developed by the mover. 

IAM states that the vast majority of 

these situations will not impact these 

drivers’ ability to complete residential 

loading or unloading jobs within the 14- 

hour rule. However, when rare, unusual, 

and unforeseen circumstances arise, the 

rule forces drivers nearing the end of 

their 14-hour shifts to choose one of two 

impractical alternatives; either (1) stop a 

moving crew from completing the 

loading or unloading of a customer’s 

household goods shipment in order to 

be able to drive the moving truck from 

the customer’s residence to a place 

offering safety for the occupants of the 

CMV, security for the CMV and its 

cargo, and to avoid creating a safety 

hazard on local streets, or (2) permit 

completion of the loading or unloading, 

but leave the moving truck where it is, 

typically parked on an unsecured 

residential street, for at least 10 hours 

before they are permitted to drive again. 

Neither choice permits efficient, 

effective or safe operation. 

IAM believes that the requested 

exemption is comparable to the current 

regulation permitting certain ‘‘shorthaul’’ drivers an increased driving 

window once per week, and other nonCDL short-haul drivers two such 

extended duty periods per week. The 

driving circumstances experienced 

under this exemption—the relatively 

short time and distance needed to 

remove their CMVs from residential 

areas to safe locations—can be 

analogous to the ‘‘short-haul’’ situations. 

IAM acknowledges that all drivers using 

the requested exemption would still be 

subject to all of the other Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations, including all 

other hours-of-service requirements. 

A copy of IAM’s application for 

exemption is available for review in the 

docket for this notice. 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) 

and 31315(b)(4), FMCSA requests public 

comment on IAM’s application for an 

exemption from certain provisions of 

the driver’s HOS rules in 49 CFR part 

395. The Agency will consider all 

comments received by close of business 

on December 19, 2014. Comments will 

be available for examination in the 

docket at the location listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

Issued on: November 13, 2014. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27392 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2014 0141] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

WINKAPEW; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2014–0141. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Williams, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W23–453, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel WINKAPEW is: 

Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

‘‘We are a small, family owned sailing 

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charter business entering our sixth year 

in business. In 2010 we obtained a small 

vessel waiver for our boat the S/V 

Tomahawk. We have just purchased our 

second vessel, and will be using her for 

the same commercial use as Tomahawk. 

We presently run day sails, dinner 

cruises and adventure trips in the PNW, 

Canada and Alaska. Our adventure trips 

combine skiing or surfing with sailing. 

We have purchased our second boat, the 

S/V Winkapew, specifically for our 

multi-day adventure trips, as she is a 

better vessel for them than Tomahawk.’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Washington 

State, Alaska, Oregon, California, and 

Hawaii.’’ 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2014–0141 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part 

388, that the issuance of the waiver will 

have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- 

vessel builder or a business that uses 

U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a 

waiver will not be granted. Comments 

should refer to the docket number of 

this notice and the vessel name in order 

for MARAD to properly consider the 

comments. Comments should also state 

the commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. 

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 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Julie P. Agarwal, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27322 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2014 0143] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

KATHLEEN; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2014–0143. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Williams, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W23–453, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel KATHLEEN is: 

Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: ‘‘To 

carry passengers on narrated excursions. 

To carry passengers and kayaks for 

estuary scenic and wildlife tours. To 

carry recreational scuba divers to and 

from local recreational dive sights. Also 

weekend long trips from home port of 

Union Wa. To Port Townsend Wa. And 

or Shelton Wa. on Oakland Bay’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Washington State’’ 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2014–0143 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part 

388, that the issuance of the waiver will 

have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- 

vessel builder or a business that uses 

U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a 

waiver will not be granted. Comments 

should refer to the docket number of 

this notice and the vessel name in order 

for MARAD to properly consider the 

comments. Comments should also state 

the commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. 

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 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Julie P. Agarwal, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27323 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2014 0144] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

CATCH AND RELIEF; Invitation for 

Public Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

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