Document ID: FMCSA-2012-0154-0320
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Qualifications of Drivers: National Association of the Deaf; Application for Exemptions
Posted Date: 2012-06-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15668]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0154]

Qualification of Drivers; Application for Exemptions; National 
Association of the Deaf

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of applications for exemptions; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces an extension of the comment period on its May 
25, 2012, notice requesting public comments on the National Association 
of the Deaf's (NAD) application for exemptions on behalf of 45 
individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). On June 6, 2012, NAD formally requested 
that the Agency extend the comment period. The Agency grants the 
request for an extension.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 25, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments bearing the Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0154 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., 
ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Instructions: Each submission must include the Agency name and the 
docket numbers for this notice. 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 heading below 
for further information.
    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., ET, 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 self-addressed, stamped envelope or postcard 
or print the acknowledgment 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 DOT's Privacy Act Statement for the FDMS published in 
the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit 
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-785.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine M. Papp, Chief 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:

Background

    FMCSA published a notice in the Federal Register with a request for 
comments on May 25, 2012 (77 FR 31423), announcing that NAD had applied 
for exemptions on behalf of 45 individuals from the hearing requirement 
in the FMCSRs. The comment period was scheduled to end on June 25. 
However, on June 6, NAD formally requested an extension of the comment 
period. After reviewing the request, FMCSA has decided to grant the 
request. The Agency extends the comment period for an additional 30 
days to July 25, 2012.

    Issued on: June 20, 2012.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-15668 Filed 6-22-12; 11:15 am]
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