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Estimated Number of Respondents: 

44,900. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per response. 

Expiration Date: July 31, 2018. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

11,225 hours [44,900 annual responses 

× 0.25 hours = 11,225]. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the performance of 

FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of 

the estimated burden; (3) ways for 

FMCSA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The agency will summarize 

or include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Issued under the authority delegated in 49 

CFR 1.87 on: October 24, 2017. 

G. Kelly Regal, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23693 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0277] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: 

Application for Exemption; Hub Group 

Trucking Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that the 

Hub Group Trucking Inc. (HGT) has 

requested an exemption from the 

electronic logging device (ELD) 

requirements to permit an alternative 

grandfather period for any commercial 

motor vehicles added to HGT’s fleet 

after the December 18, 2017, compliance 

date. HGT reports that all of its 2,700 

trucks are equipped with automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) and 

it expects to add at least 160 trucks to 

its fleet in 2018. If the exemption is 

granted it would allow HGT to equip the 

additional trucks with AOBRDs instead 

of the required ELDs until the 

company’s full transition to ELDs can be 

accomplished. HGT is confident that its 

AOBRD-compliant approach between 

December 18, 2017, and its full 

transition to ELDs by the end of 2018, 

would achieve a level of safety that is 

at least equivalent to the level of safety 

that would be obtained by strict 

compliance with a mixed AOBRD–ELD 

fleet. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2017–0277 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. See the Public 

Participation and Request for Comments 

section below for further information. 

• 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., 

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 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 online FDMS is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

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–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning this notice, 

contact Mr. Tom Yager, Chief, FMCSA 

Driver and Carrier Operations Division; 

Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle 

Safety Standards; Telephone: 614–942– 

6477. 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: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2017–0277), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for suggestions or 

recommendations. 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 the Agency 

can contact you if it has questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comments online, go 

to www.regulations.gov and put the 

docket number, ‘‘FMCSA–2017–0277’’ 

in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click 

‘‘Search.’’ When the new screen 

appears, click on ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

button and type your comment into the 

text box in the following screen. Choose 

whether you are submitting your 

comment as an individual or on behalf 

of a third party and then submit. 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, self-addressed postcard or 

envelope. FMCSA will consider all 

comments and material received during 

the comment period and may grant or 

not grant this application based on your 

comments. 

II. Legal Basis 

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 (FMCSRs). 

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, 


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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. 

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)). 

III. Request for Exemption 

HGT reports that it is an interstate 

motor carrier based in Oak Brook, 

Illinois with 23 terminal locations 

throughout the United States. HGT 

operates 2,700 trucks and utilizes 

approximately 2,700 drivers. The vast 

majority of HGT’s trucks service the 

intermodal sector of freight 

transportation. All of HGT’s trucks are 

currently equipped with AOBRDs and 

the entire fleet has been AOBRD 

compliant since late 2010. 

The current ELD rule under section 49 

CFR 395.15 includes a grandfather 

provision for a compliant AOBRD that 

a motor carrier installs and requires its 

drivers to use before the compliance 

date of December 18, 2017. A motor 

carrier may continue to use 

grandfathered AOBRDs no later than 

December 16, 2019. 

HGT is requesting a limited 

exemption from the ELD rule to allow 

any truck added to its fleet after 

December 17, 2017, to be equipped with 

an AOBRD in lieu of an ELD until full 

transition to ELDs for all of its fleets can 

be accomplished. HGT reports that the 

company plans to add at least 160 new 

trucks and drivers to its fleet in 2018 to 

accommodate growth in its business. If 

the exemption is granted, it would cover 

these new trucks and drivers. 

HGT contends that the company will 

face several challenges running two 

different electronic logging systems at 

the same time if the exemption is not 

granted. Challenges such as the 

complexity of managing the data in the 

back office, and more importantly, 

complexities in training and managing 

drivers and staff likely to use both 

systems. 

According to HGT, with two systems, 

a company its size will create some 

roadside inspection enforcement-related 

challenges for the driver, enforcement 

officials involved, and for HGT’s safety 

compliance staff. HGT further contends 

that it faces the expense of updating a 

legacy database to fully populate the 

new ELD header. HGT’s InfoTrak 

database currently does not contain at 

least three data elements that must be 

included in the new ELD ‘‘print/display 

daily header.’’ Data elements include 

the driver’s name, the driver’s license 

State, and the truck number. HGT 

reports that it recently spent substantial 

resources to migrate to a new system 

that will contain all of the data fields 

and information needed to autopopulate the required ELD header. 

Without the exemption, HGT will be 

forced to spend a great deal of time and 

money to reprogram its legacy system to 

ensure compliance for the time between 

December 18, 2017, and the time in 

2018 when HGT implements its new 

system and fully transitions to ELDs 

network-wide. 

According to HGT, its AOBRDcompliant approach between December 

18, 2017, and its full transition to ELDs 

by the end of 2018, will achieve a level 

of safety that is at least equivalent to the 

level of safety that would be obtained by 

strict compliance with a mixed 

AORBD–ELD fleet. The requested 

exemption is for two years. 

A copy of HGT’s application for 

exemption is available for review in the 

docket for this notice. 

Issued on: October 18, 2017. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23632 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[OST Docket No. DOT–OST–2011–0022] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB Agency 

Request for Renewal of a Previously 

Approved Collection: On-Line 

Complaint Form for Service-Related 

Issues in Air Transportation 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Department of 

Transportation’s intention to renew an 

OMB control number for an on-line 

complaint form by which a consumer 

can electronically submit a servicerelated complaint against an airline and 

other travel-related companies. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 2, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not 

duplicate your docket submissions, 

please submit them by only one of the 

following means: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments; 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W–12/140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001; or 

• Hand delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W–12/140, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The telephone 

number is 202–366–9329. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daeleen Chesley, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of the Assistant General Counsel 

for Aviation Enforcement and 

Proceedings (C–70), Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202 366– 

6792 (voice) or at Daeleen.Chesley@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0568. 

Title: Renewal of Aviation Consumer 

Protection Division Web page On-Line 

Complaint Form. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Transportation’s (Department) Office of 

the Assistant General Counsel for 

Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings 

(Enforcement Office) has broad 

authority under 49 U.S.C., Subtitle VII, 

to investigate and enforce consumer 

protection and civil rights laws and 

regulations related to air transportation. 

The Enforcement Office, including its 

Aviation Consumer Protection Division 

(ACPD), monitors compliance with and 

investigates violations of the 

Department of Transportation’s aviation 

economic, consumer protection, and 

civil rights requirements. 

Among other things, the licensing 

office is responsible for receiving and 

investigating service-related consumer 

complaints filed against airlines and 

other travel-related companies. Once 

received, the complaints are reviewed 

by the office to determine the extent to 

which these entities are in compliance 

with federal aviation consumer 

protection and civil rights laws and 

what, if any, action should be taken. 

The key reason for this request is to 

enable consumers to continue to file 

their complaints (or comments) to the 

Department using an on-line form, 

whether via their personal computer or 

on a mobile/electronic device. If the 

information collection form is not 

available, the Department may receive 

fewer complaints from consumers. The 

lack of consumer-driven information 


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