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

31315, each of the 15 applicants has 

satisfied the entry conditions for 

obtaining an exemption from the 

hearing requirement (77 FR 31427). 

Each of these 15 applicants has 

requested renewal of the exemption and 

CDLIS and MCMIS were searched for 

crash and violation data on the 15 

applicants. For non-CDL holders, the 

Agency reviewed the driving records 

from the State licensing agency. These 

factors provide an adequate basis for 

predicting each driver’s ability to 

continue to drive safely in interstate 

commerce. Therefore, FMCSA 

concludes that extending the exemption 

for each renewal applicant for a period 

of two years is likely to achieve a level 

of safety equal to that existing without 

the exemption. 

Request for Comments 

FMCSA will review comments 

received at any time concerning a 

particular driver’s safety record and 

determine if the continuation of the 

exemption is consistent with the 

requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315. However, FMCSA requests that 

interested parties with specific data 

concerning the safety records of these 

drivers submit comments by February 9, 

2015. 

FMCSA believes that the 

requirements for a renewal of an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315 can be satisfied by initially 

granting the renewal and then 

requesting and evaluating, if needed, 

subsequent comments submitted by 

interested parties. As indicated above, 

the Agency previously published 

notices of final disposition announcing 

its decision to exempt these 15 

individuals from the hearing 

requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(11). 

The final decision to grant an exemption 

to each of these individuals was made 

on the merits of each case and made 

only after careful consideration of the 

comments received to its notices of 

applications. That information is 

available by consulting the above cited 

Federal Register publications. 

Interested parties or organizations 

possessing information that would 

otherwise show that any, or all, of these 

drivers are not currently achieving the 

statutory level of safety should 

immediately notify FMCSA. The 

Agency will evaluate any adverse 

evidence submitted and, if safety is 

being compromised or if continuation of 

the exemption would not be consistent 

with the goals and objectives of 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

exemption of a driver. 

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–2012–0154 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. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as any 

documents mentioned in this notice, or 

to submit your comment online, go to 

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

search box insert the docket number 

FMCSA–2012–0154 and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

Next, click ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ and 

you will find all documents and 

comments related to this document. 

Issued on: December 31, 2014. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00093 Filed 1–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0133] 

Public Meeting Concerning Test 

Device for Human Occupant Restraint 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting announcement. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 

2015 concerning the development of the 

Test Device for Human Occupant 

Restraint (THOR). NHTSA has been 

developing the THOR anthropomorphic 

test device (ATD) in order to better 

understand the causal mechanisms for 

injury and develop countermeasures to 

prevent injuries and fatalities in motor 

vehicle crashes. The purpose of this 

public meeting is to provide a forum for 

open communication and data sharing 

on the THOR ATD towards the common 

goal of improving the safety of 

passenger vehicle occupants. This 

notice announces the date and location 

of the meeting and explains how those 

who wish to attend can register for the 

meeting. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 

January 20, 2015. If you would like to 

attend the public meeting (either in 

person or via teleconference), you must 

register no later than Thursday, January 

15, 2015. For further information about 

registration, please see the information 

provided under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please submit all 

written comments no later than March 

15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave SE., Washington, DC 

20590. This facility is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. 

Written comments. You may submit 

comments to the docket number 

NHTSA–2014–0133 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online 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: 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. 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 discussion 

below. 

Docket: For access to the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 


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except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 

(202) 366–9826. 

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) or you 

may visit http://www.dot.gov/

privacy.html. 

Confidential Business Information: If 

you wish to submit information under a 

claim of confidentiality, you should 

submit two copies of your complete 

submission and one copy of the 

submission containing only the portions 

for which no claim of confidential 

treatment is made and from which those 

portions for which confidential 

treatment is claimed have been 

redacted, to the Office of Chief Counsel 

(NCC–111), National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Room W41–227, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You should 

include a cover letter setting forth the 

information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR part 512). In 

addition, you should submit two copies 

from which you have redacted the 

claimed confidential business 

information to Docket Management at 

the address given above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

register for the public meeting, please 

send your name, affiliation, phone 

number, email address, and whether 

you will attend in person or over 

teleconference to Dan.Parent@dot.gov 

by the date stated under DATES. 

Teleconference information will be 

distributed to the pre-registered remote 

participants. For questions about 

registering for, or general questions 

about, the public meeting, please 

contact Dan Parent (202) 366–1724 or 

Stephen Ridella (202) 366–4703. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Test 

Device for Human Occupant Restraint 

(THOR) is an advanced 

anthropomorphic test device (ATD, or 

test dummy). It is designed to better 

represent the automotive occupants in 

the sophisticated restraint systems 

developed since the advent of the 

Hybrid III test dummy, such as forcelimited three-point belts and air bags. 

NHTSA has been researching the 

application of the THOR 50th percentile 

adult male ATD in frontal and frontal 

oblique crash test modes. The purpose 

of this public meeting is to provide a 

forum for open communication and data 

sharing on the THOR ATD towards the 

common goal of improving the safety of 

passenger vehicle occupants. Potential 

topics for discussion at the meeting 

include qualification procedures, 

repeatability and reproducibility, 

biofidelity evaluation, injury criteria, 

and computational models. 

Registration is necessary for all 

attendees. Please see registration 

instructions under DATES and FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Should 

it be necessary to cancel the meeting 

due to inclement weather or any other 

emergencies, a decision to cancel will 

be made as soon as possible and 

emailed to the registered attendees. If 

you do not have access to email, you 

may call the contacts listed in this 

announcement and leave your 

telephone number and/or email address. 

You will be contacted only if the 

meeting is postponed or canceled. 

Written comments can be submitted 

to the docket. See information under 

DATES and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. The final agenda, as well as 

material presented at the public 

meeting, will be posted to the NHTSA 

Web site at http://www.nhtsa.gov/

Research/Biomechanics+&+Trauma/

THOR+50th+Male+ATD. The agenda 

will be posted one week prior to the 

meeting. A teleconference will be 

arranged for those who cannot attend 

the meeting in person. 

Tim Johnson, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Vehicle 

Safety Research. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00150 Filed 1–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35893] 

Pennsylvania & Southern Railway, 

LLC—Operation Exemption—Franklin 

County General Authority 

Pennsylvania & Southern Railway, 

LLC (PSCC), a Class III carrier, has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.41 to acquire extended 

operating rights over approximately 25 

miles of track and associated right-ofway within the Cumberland Valley 

Business Park and the Letterkenny 

Army Depot near Chambersburg, 

Franklin County, Pa. (the Rail Lines), 

pursuant to an amended agreement 

between PSCC and the Franklin County 

General Authority (FCGA). 

PSCC states that it currently operates 

over the Rail Lines pursuant to an 

operation exemption issued in 

Pennsylvania & Southern Railway— 

Operation Exemption—Franklin County 

General Authority, FD 34461 (STB 

served Feb. 12, 2004). PSCC and FCGA 

have entered into an amended rail 

operating agreement that extends the 

term of the current agreement until 

October 31, 2039, and makes other 

minor changes to the existing 

agreement. PSCC states that the 

amended terms will promote stability 

for the rail operations and justify further 

investment in the operations. 

PSCC also states that it will continue 

to interchange with CSXT and certifies 

that no interchange commitments will 

be required as part of this transaction. 

PSCC certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of the transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

I or Class II rail carrier. 

PSCC states that it intends to begin 

operations under the amended rail 

operating agreement on or after the 

effective date of the exemption, which 

is January 22, 2015 (30 days after the 

verified notice was filed). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than January 15, 2015 (at 

least seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and ten copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35893, 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 Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill 

PLC, One Commerce Square, 2005 

Market Street, Suite 1000, Philadelphia, 

PA 19103. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 5, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00075 Filed 1–7–15; 8:45 am] 

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