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2This report is available on the FMCSA Web site 

at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/

research-technology/publications/medreport_

archives.htm. 

exemption and the regulatory provision 

or provisions from which an exemption 

is granted. The notice must also 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. 

The current provisions of the FMCSRs 

concerning hearing state that a person is 

physically qualified to drive a CMV if 

that person 

First perceives a forced whispered voice in 

the better ear at not less than 5 feet with or 

without the use of a hearing aid or, if tested 

by use of an audiometric device, does not 

have an average hearing loss in the better ear 

greater than 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, 

and 2,000 Hz with or without a hearing aid 

when the audiometric device is calibrated to 

American National Standard (formerly ASA 

Standard) Z24.5—1951. 

49 CFR 391.41(b)(11). This standard was 

adopted in 1970, with a revision in 1971 

to allow drivers to be qualified under 

this standard while wearing a hearing 

aid, 35 FR 6458, 6463 (April 22, 1970) 

and 36 FR 12857 (July 3, 1971). 

FMCSA also issues instructions for 

completing the medical examination 

report and includes advisory criteria on 

the report itself to provide guidance for 

medical examiners in applying the 

hearing standard. See 49 CFR 391.43(f). 

The current advisory criteria for the 

hearing standard include a reference to 

a report entitled ‘‘Hearing Disorders and 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers’’ 

prepared for the Federal Highway 

Administration, FMCSA’s predecessor, 

in 1993.2

FMCSA Requests Comments on the 

Exemption Applications 

FMCSA requests comments from all 

interested parties on whether a driver 

who cannot meet the hearing standard 

should be permitted to operate a CMV 

in interstate commerce. Further, the 

Agency asks for comments on whether 

a driver who cannot meet the hearing 

standard should be limited to operating 

only certain types of vehicles in 

interstate commerce, for example, 

vehicles without air brakes. The statute 

and implementing regulations 

concerning exemptions require that the 

Agency request public comments on all 

applications for exemptions. The 

Agency is also required to make a 

determination that an exemption would 

likely achieve a level of safety that is 

equivalent to, or greater than, the level 

that would be achieved absent such 

exemption before granting any such 

requests. 

Submitting Comments 

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 that FMCSA can contact you if there 

are questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

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

search box insert the docket number 

‘‘FMCSA–2014–0105’’ and click the 

search button. When the new screen 

appears, click on the blue ‘‘Comment 

Now!’’ button on the right hand side of 

the page. On the new page, enter 

information required including the 

specific section of this document to 

which each comment applies, and 

provide a reason for each suggestion or 

recommendation. If you submit your 

comments by mail or hand delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit comments by mail and would 

like to know that they reached the 

facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. 

We will consider all comments and 

material received during the comment 

period and may change this proposed 

rule based on your comments. FMCSA 

may issue a final rule at any time after 

the close of the comment period. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as any 

documents mentioned in this preamble, 

To submit your comment online, go to 

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

search box insert the docket number 

‘‘FMCSA–2014–0105’’ and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, click ‘‘Open Docket 

Folder’’ and you will find all documents 

and comments related to the proposed 

rulemaking. 

Information on Individual Applicants 

Clayton L. Ashby 

Mr. Ashby, 27, holds an operator’s 

license in Virginia. 

Joseph G. Cerna-Nieves 

Mr. Cerna-Nieves, 23, holds an 

operator’s license in Florida. 

Steven C. Levine 

Mr. Levine, 39, holds an operator’s 

license in New York. 

Donna Neri 

Ms. Neri, 50, holds an operator’s 

license in Arizona. 

Brenda J. Palmigiano 

Ms. Palmigiano, 55, holds a Class A 

commercial driver’s license (CDL) in 

New York. 

Lon Edward Smith 

Mr. Smith, 79, holds an operator’s 

license in Mississippi. 

Mark Taylor 

Mr. Taylor, 45, holds an operator’s 

license in Arizona. 

James Clark Tillis 

Mr. Tillis, 52, holds an operator’s 

license in Alabama. 

Bruce N. Walker 

Mr. Walker, 65, holds an operator’s 

license in New York. 

Tommy Mark Weldon 

Mr. Weldon, 51, holds an operator’s 

license in Georgia. 

Request for Comments 

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

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

comment from all interested persons on 

the exemption petitions described in 

this notice. The Agency will consider all 

comments received before the close of 

business December 24, 2014. Comments 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the location listed under the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. The 

Agency will file comments received 

after the comment closing date in the 

public docket, and will consider them to 

the extent practicable. In addition to late 

comments, FMCSA will also continue to 

file, in the public docket, relevant 

information that becomes available after 

the comment closing date. Interested 

persons should monitor the public 

docket for new material. 

Issued on: November 17, 2014. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27741 Filed 11–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P?USGPO Galley End:?≤ 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2014–0136 (Notice No. 

14–13)] 

Information Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 


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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA invites comments on certain 

information collections pertaining to 

hazardous materials transportation for 

which PHMSA intends to request 

renewal from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number 

(PHMSA–2014–0136) by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Hand Delivery: To Docket 

Operations, Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number or Regulation Identification 

Number (RIN) for this notice. Internet 

users may access comments received by 

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

Note that comments received will be 

posted without change to: http://

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. 

Requests for a copy of an information 

collection should be directed to Steven 

Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, Standards 

and Rulemaking Division (PHH–12), 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone (202) 366–8553. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 

Standards and Rulemaking Division 

(PHH–12), Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., East Building, 

2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone (202) 366–8553. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1320.8 (d), Title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations requires PHMSA to provide 

interested members of the public and 

affected agencies an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping requests. This notice 

identifies information collection 

requests that PHMSA will be submitting 

to OMB for renewal and extension. 

These information collections are 

contained in 49 CFR 171.6 of the 

Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 

49 CFR Parts 171–180). PHMSA has 

revised burden estimates, where 

appropriate, to reflect current reporting 

levels or adjustments based on changes 

in proposed or final rules published 

since the information collections were 

last approved. The following 

information is provided for each 

information collection: (1) Title of the 

information collection, including former 

title if a change is being made; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) summary of the 

information collection activity; (4) 

description of affected public; (5) 

estimate of total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden; and (6) 

frequency of collection. PHMSA will 

request a three-year term of approval for 

each information collection activity and, 

when approved by OMB, publish a 

notice of the approval in the Federal 

Register. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collections: 

Title: Testing, Inspection, and 

Marking Requirements for Cylinders. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0022. 

Summary: Requirements in § 173.301 

for qualification, maintenance, and use 

of cylinders require that cylinders be 

periodically inspected and retested to 

ensure continuing compliance with 

packaging standards. Information 

collection requirements address 

registration of retesters and marking of 

cylinders by retesters with their 

identification number and retest date 

following the completion of required 

tests. Records showing the results of 

inspections and retests must be kept by 

the cylinder owner or designated agent 

until expiration of the retest period or 

until the cylinder is re-inspected or 

retested, whichever occurs first. These 

requirements are intended to ensure that 

retesters have the qualifications to 

perform tests and to identify to cylinder 

fillers and users that cylinders are 

qualified for continuing use. 

Information collection requirements in 

§ 173.303 require that fillers of acetylene 

cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a 

daily record of the representative 

pressure to which cylinders are filled. 

Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users 

and retesters of reusable cylinders. 

Recordkeeping: 

Number of Respondents: 139,352. 

Total Annual Responses: 153,287. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 171,642. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: (Rail Carriers and Tank Car 

Tank Requirements) Requirements for 

Rail Tank Car Tanks—Transportation of 

Hazardous Materials by Rail. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0559. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information provisions in parts 172, 

173, 174, 179, and 180 of the HMR on 

the transportation of hazardous 

materials by rail and the manufacture, 

qualification, maintenance, and use of 

tank cars. The types of information 

collected include: 

(1) Approvals of the Association of 

American Railroads (AAR) Tank Car 

committee: An approval is required 

from the AAR Tank Car Committee for 

a tank car to be used for a commodity 

other than those specified in part 173 

and on the certificate of construction. 

This information is used to ascertain 

whether a commodity is suitable for 

transportation in a tank car. AAR 

approval is also required for an 

application for approval of designs, 

materials and construction, conversion 

or alteration of tank car tanks 

constructed to a specification in part 

179, or an application for construction 

of tank cars to any new specification. 

This information is used to ensure that 

the design, construction, or 

modification of a tank car or the 

construction of a tank car to a new 

specification is performed in accordance 

with the applicable requirements. 

(2) Progress Reports: Each owner of a 

tank car that is required to be modified 

to meet certain requirements specified 

in § 173.31 must submit a progress 

report to the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA). This information 

is used by FRA to ensure that all 

affected tank cars are modified before 

the regulatory compliance date. 

(3) FRA Approvals: An approval is 

required from FRA to transport a bulk 

packaging (such as a portable tank, IM 

portable tank, intermediate bulk 

container, cargo tank, or multi-unit tank 

car tank) containing a hazardous 

material in container-on-flat-car or 

trailer-on-flat-car service other than as 

authorized by § 174.63. FRA uses this 

information to ensure that the bulk 

package is properly secured using an 

adequate restraint system during 

transportation. An FRA approval is also 

required for the movement of any tank 

car that does not conform to the 

applicable requirements in the HMR. 

These latter movements are currently 

being reported under the information 

collection for special permit 

applications. 

(4) Manufacturer Reports and 

Certificate of Construction: These 

documents are prepared by tank car 

manufacturers and used by owners, 

users, and FRA personnel to verify that 


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rail tank cars conform to the applicable 

specification. 

(5) Quality Assurance Program: 

Facilities that build, repair, and ensure 

the structural integrity of tank cars are 

required to develop and implement a 

quality assurance program. This 

information is used by the facility and 

DOT compliance personnel to ensure 

that each tank car is constructed or 

repaired in accordance with the 

applicable requirements. 

(6) Inspection Reports: A written 

report must be prepared and retained for 

each tank car that is inspected and 

tested in accordance with § 180.509 of 

the HMR. Rail carriers, users, and the 

FRA use this information to ensure that 

rail tank cars are properly maintained 

and are in safe condition for 

transporting hazardous materials. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers, 

owners, and rail carriers of tank cars. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 266. 

Total Annual Responses: 16,782. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,689. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Title: Testing Requirements for Nonbulk Packaging. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0572. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information provisions in parts 173 and 

180 of the HMR on the testing 

requirements for non-bulk packagings. 

This OMB control number covers 

performance-oriented packaging 

standards and allows packaging 

manufacturers and shippers more 

flexibility in selecting more economical 

packagings for their products. This 

information collection also allows 

customizing the design of packagings to 

better suit the transportation 

environment that they will encounter 

and encourage technological 

innovations, decrease packaging costs, 

and significantly reduce the need for 

special permits. 

Affected Public: Each non-bulk 

packaging manufacturer that tests 

packagings to ensure compliance with 

the HMR. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 5,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 15,500. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,500. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

William S. Schoonover, 

Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27688 Filed 11–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35865] 

The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago 

Terminal Railroad Company—Joint 

Use Exemption—Indiana Harbor Belt 

Railroad Company 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of exemption. 

SUMMARY: By decision served November 

19, 2014, the Board is granting an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from 

the prior approval requirements of 49 

U.S.C. 11323–25 for The Baltimore and 

Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad 

Company (BOCT) and Indiana Harbor 

Belt Railroad Company (IHB) to modify 

a joint use agreement that would give 

BOCT dispatching responsibility over 

approximately 483 feet of track between 

Blue Island Junction Eastward Absolute 

Signal, milepost DIH 15.2, and the 

Westward Absolute Signal at CP 

Francisco (CP 154), milepost 15.3, near 

Blue Island Junction, Ill. 

DATES: This exemption is effective on 

November 19, 2014. Petitions to reopen 

must be filed by December 9, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of 

all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35865, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Louis E. Gitomer, Law 

Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, 

MD 21204. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Quinn, (202) 245–0382. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision served November 

19, 2014, which is available on our Web 

site at www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: November 18, 2014. 

By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice 

Chairman Miller, and Commissioner 

Begeman. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27763 Filed 11–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Comptroller of the Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Company-Run Annual 

Stress Test Reporting Template and 

Documentation for Covered 

Institutions With Total Consolidated 

Assets of $10 Billion to $50 Billion 

Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Treasury (OCC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on this continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

Federal agencies are required to publish 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is 

not required to respond to, an 

information collection unless it displays 

a currently valid Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) control number. 

The OCC is soliciting comment on 

proposed revisions to the regulatory 

reporting templates and documentation 

for covered institutions with total 

consolidated assets of $10 billion to $50 

billion. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 24, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the 

Washington, DC area and at the OCC is 

subject to delay, commenters are 

encouraged to submit comments by 

email if possible. Comments may be 

sent to: Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 

1557–0311, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 

3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington, 

DC 20219. In addition, comments may 

be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by 

electronic mail to regs.comments@

occ.treas.gov. You may personally 

inspect and photocopy comments at the 

OCC, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20219. For security reasons, the OCC 

requires that visitors make an 

appointment to inspect comments. You 

may do so by calling (202) 649–6700. 

Upon arrival, visitors will be required to 

present valid government-issued photo 

identification and to submit to security 

screening in order to inspect and 

photocopy comments. 

All comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 


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