Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices 28093 

[FR Doc. E9–13823 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–C 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2009–0150] 

Medical Review Board Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Medical Review Board 

(MRB) public meeting. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces a public 

meeting of the Agency’s MRB. The MRB 

public meeting will provide the public 

an opportunity to observe MRB 

deliberations about FMCSA’s medical 

standards, and provide comments to the 

MRB in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). 

DATES: The MRB meeting will be held 

from 9 a.m.–4:20 p.m. on Wednesday, 

July 1, 2009. Please refer to the 

preliminary agenda for this meeting in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice for specific information. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the United States Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Conference Room 8, 9, 10, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 

2009–0150 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://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: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket ID for this 

Notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

http://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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

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., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

FDMS is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. If you want 

acknowledgment that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or of the person signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19476). This information is also 

available at http://Docketinfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W64– 

224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Jennifer Musick at 

703–998–0189 ext. 237. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

preliminary agenda for the meeting 

includes: * 

0900–0905 Call to Order, Introduction 

and Agenda Review. 

0905–0935 Psychiatric Disorders and 

CMV Driver Safety Evidence Report 

Presentation. 

0935–1005 Psychiatric Disorders and 

CMV Driver Safety Medical Expert 

Panel Presentation Public Comment 

on ICDs and CRT: Implications for 

Driving a CMV. 

1005–1020 Public Comment on 

Psychiatric Disorders and CMV 

Driver Safety. 

1020–1120 MRB Deliberation on 

Psychiatric Disorders and CMV 

Driver Safety. 

1120–1150 Circadian Rhythm 

Disorders, Parasomnias, SleepRelated Movement Disorders, 

Hypersomnias of Central Origin and 

CMV Driver Safety Evidence Report 

Presentation.** 

1150–1205 Public Comment on 

Circadian Rhythm Disorders, 

Parasomnias, Sleep-Related 

Movement Disorders, 

Hypersomnias of Central Origin and 

CMV Driver Safety. 

1205–1305 Lunch (on your own). *** 

1305–1335 MRB Deliberations on 

Circadian Rhythm Disorders, 

Parasomnias, Sleep-Related 

Movement Disorders, 

Hypersomnias of Central Origin and 

CMV Driver Safety Evidence Report 

Presentation. 

1335–1405 Musculoskeletal Disorders 

II, Spinal Cord Injury and CMV 

Driver Safety Evidence Report 

Presentation. 

1405–1420 Public Comment on 

Musculoskeletal Disorders II, Spinal 

Cord Injury and CMV Driver Safety. 

1420–1450 MRB Deliberations on 

Musculoskeletal Disorders II, Spinal 

Cord Injury and CMV Driver Safety. 

1450–1520 Implantable Cardioverter 

Defibrillators (ICDs) and Cardiac 

Resynchronization Therapy (CRT): 

Implications for Driving a CMV 

Evidence Report Presentation. 

1520–1535 Public Comment on ICDs 

and CRT: Implications for Driving a 

CMV. 

1535–1605 MRB Deliberations on ICDs 

and CRT: Implications for Driving a 

CMV. 

1605–1620 Other Business. 

1620 Call to Adjourn. 

* Agenda is subject to change. 

** This topic does not include sleep 

apnea which was previously addressed 

by the MRB in January 2008. 

*** Breaks will be announced on 

meeting day and may be adjusted 

according to schedule changes, other 

meeting requirements. 

Background 

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation 

announced on March 7, 2006, the five 

medical experts who serve on FMCSA’s 

Medical Review Board (MRB). Section 

4116 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU, Pub. L. 

109–59) requires the Secretary of 

Transportation with the advice of the 

MRB to ‘‘establish, review, and revise 

medical standards for operators of 

Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) that 

will ensure that the physical condition 

of operators is adequate to enable them 

to operate the vehicles safely.’’ FMCSA 

is planning updates to the physical 

qualification regulations of CMV 

drivers, and the MRB will provide the 

necessary science-based guidance to 

establish realistic and responsible 

medical standards. 

The MRB operates in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) as announced in the Federal 

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Register (70 FR 57642, October 3, 2005). 

The MRB is charged initially with the 

review of all current FMCSA medical 

standards (49 CFR 391.41), as well as 

making recommendations for new 

science-based standards and guidelines 

to ensure that drivers operating CMVs in 

interstate commerce, as defined in CFR 

390.5, are physically capable of doing 

so. 

Meeting Participation 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public, including medical examiners, 

motor carriers, drivers, and 

representatives of medical and scientific 

associations. Written comments for this 

MRB meeting will also be accepted 

beginning on June 12, 2009 and 

continuing until July 15, 2009, and 

should include the docket ID that is 

listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

During the MRB meeting, oral 

comments may be limited depending on 

how many persons wish to comment; 

and will be accepted on a first come, 

first serve basis as requestors register at 

the meeting. The comments must 

directly address relevant medical and 

scientific issues on the MRB meeting 

agenda. For more information, please 

view the following Web site: http:// 

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mrb. 

Issued on: June 5, 2009. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–13785 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fifth Meeting, Special Committee 213/ 

EUROCAE: Enhanced Flight Vision 

Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems 

(EFVS/SVS), EUROCAE Working Group 

79 (WG–79) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 213/EUROCAE, Enhanced 

Flight Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision 

Systems (EFVS/SVS), EUROCAE 

Working Group 79 (WG–79). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 213, 

Standards for Air Traffic Data 

Communication Services. 

DATES: The meeting will be held July 

14–16, 2009 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sign-in 

will begin at 8:30 a.m., July 14, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

MITRE Center for Advanced Aviation 

System Development (CAASD), 7515 

Colshire Drive, McLean, Virginia, USA 

22102–7508, POC Tel: David A. 

Domino, 703–983–3695, http:// 

www.mitrecaasd.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

213 meeting. The agenda will include: 

July 14 

• Opening Plenary (Welcome, 

Introductions, Review agenda and 

objectives). 

• Plenary briefings. 

• Plenary work group updates, action 

item review, LED lighting. 

• Separate work group 1 and work 

group 2 discussions. 

July 15 

• Separate work group 1 and 2 

discussions. 

• Plenary discussion. 

July 16 

• Separate work group 1 and 2 

discussions. 

• Summarize work group discussions. 

• Review action items. 

• Closing Plenary (Administrative). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

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 June 3, 2009. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–13876 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket ID: FMCSA–2009–0086] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt 22 individuals from 

the vision requirement in the Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 

(FMCSRs). The exemptions will enable 

these individuals to operate commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate 

commerce without meeting the 

prescribed vision standard. The Agency 

has concluded that granting these 

exemptions will provide a level of safety 

that is equivalent to, or greater than, the 

level of safety maintained without the 

exemptions for these CMV drivers. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

June 12, 2009. The exemptions expire 

on June 13, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202)–366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W64– 

224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

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., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

FDMS is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. If you want 

acknowledgment that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or of the person signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19476). This information is also 

available at http://Docketsinfo.dot.gov. 

Background 

On April 28, 2009, FMCSA published 

a notice of receipt of exemption 

applications from certain individuals, 

and requested comments from the 

public (74 FR 19267). That notice listed 

22 applicants’ case histories. The 22 

individuals applied for exemptions from