68958 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 2014 / Notices 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 232, Airborne Selective 

Calling Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the second 

meeting of RTCA Special Committee 

232, Airborne Selective Calling 

Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

December 10–12 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 

p.m. on December 10th and 11th, 9:00 

a.m.–12:00 p.m. on December 12th. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Boeing Flight Services Training Center 

Longacres 25–01 Building 1301 SW 16th 

Street, Renton, Washington 98055. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may contact the RTCA Secretariat, 1150 

18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, 

DC, 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

http://www.rtca.org for directions. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 

92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 216. 

December 10–12 

• Welcome/Introductions/

Administrative Remarks. 

• Agenda Overview. 

• Review/Approval of Minutes from 

Plenary #1 

• Status of Other SELCAL Industry 

Activities/Committees 

• Review of Selective Calling 

(SELCAL) Action Items 

• Review SC–232 Completion 

Schedule 

• Review of Draft MOPS 

• Continue Drafting MOPS 

• Other Business. 

• Date and Place of Next Meetings. 

• Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

10, 2014. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Program 

Oversight and Administration, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27307 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0407] 

Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers; 

Application for International 

Association of Movers (IAM) 

Exemption From the 14-Hour Rule 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that the 

International Association of Movers 

(IAM) has applied for an exemption 

from FMCSA’s regulation prohibiting 

operators of commercial motor vehicles 

(CMVs) from driving following the 14th 

hour after coming on duty. IAM’s 

exemption request is on behalf of all 

FMCSA-authorized carriers moving 

household goods, regardless of 

membership in IAM or any other 

professional society. The requested 

exemption would be used only by 

drivers who need to move their vehicles 

from the customer’s residence or 

military base to a safe place for 

overnight parking when there are delays 

in completing the job. In no case would 

the drivers be permitted to drive more 

than 75 miles or 90 minutes after the 

14th hour. FMCSA requests public 

comment on IAM’s application for 

exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 

2014–0407 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. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number for 

this notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to www.regulations.gov at 

any time or visit Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

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

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The on-line Federal document 

management system is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. If 

you want acknowledgment that we 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning this notice, 

contact Ms. Pearlie Robinson, FMCSA 

Driver and Carrier Operations Division; 

Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle 

Safety Standards; Telephone: 202–366– 

4325. Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. If you 

have questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, contact Docket 

Services, telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions 

from certain parts of the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations. FMCSA must 

publish a notice of each exemption 

request in the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(a)). The Agency must provide 

the public 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 safety analyses 

and public comments submitted, 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)) with the reasons for 

denying or granting the application and, 

if granted, the name of the person or 

class of persons receiving the 

exemption, and the regulatory provision 

from which the exemption is granted. 

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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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