Document ID: FMCSA-2007-27659-0160
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Commercial Driver's License Testing and Commercial Learner's Permit Standards
Posted Date: 2012-05-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26989-26990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10931]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 384 and 385

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-27659]
RIN 2126-AB02

Commercial Driver's License Testing and Commercial Learner's 
Permit Standards

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

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA published a final rule in the Federal Register on 
Monday, May 9, 2011, that became effective on July 8, 2011. That final 
rule amended the commercial driver's license (CDL) knowledge and skills 
testing standards and established new minimum Federal standards for 
States to issue the commercial learner's permit (CLP). Since the final 
rule was published, FMCSA identified minor discrepancies regarding 
section references in existing regulatory text resulting from the final 
rule. This document corrects those section references.

DATES: This final rule is effective on May 8, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Redmond, Office of Safety 
Programs, Commercial Driver's License Division, telephone (202) 366-
5014 or email robert.redmond@dot.gov. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects section references in 
a final rule amending the commercial driver's license (CDL) knowledge 
and skills testing standards, which was published in the Federal 
Register on Monday, May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26853).

List of Subjects

49 CFR Part 384

    Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, 
Highway safety, Motor carriers.

49 CFR Part 385

    Highway safety, Highways and roads, Motor carriers, Motor vehicle 
safety, Safety fitness procedures.

    Accordingly, 49 CFR parts 384 and 385 are corrected by making the 
following correcting amendments:

PART 384--STATE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM

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1. The authority citation for part 384 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 31136, 31301 et seq., and 31502; secs. 103 
and 215 of Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1753, 1767; and 49 CFR 1.73.

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2. Revise Sec.  384.234 to read as follows:

Sec.  384.234  Driver medical certification recordkeeping.

    The State must meet the medical certification recordkeeping 
requirements of Sec.  383.73(b)(5) and (o) of this chapter.

PART 385--SAFETY FITNESS PROCEDURES

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3. The authority citation for part 385 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 521(b), 5105(e), 5109, 5113, 
13901-13905, 31136, 31144, 31148, and 31502; Sec. 350 of Pub. L. 
107-87; and 49 CFR 1.73.

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4. Amend the Table to Sec.  385.321 by revising Violation 7 to read as 
follows:

Sec.  385.321  What failures of safety management practices disclosed 
by the safety audit will result in a notice to a new entrant that its 
USDOT new entrant registration will be revoked?

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    Table to Sec.   385.321--Violations That Will Result in Automatic
                 Failure of the New Entrant Safety Audit
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7. Sec.   383.37(b)-Knowingly allowing,      Single occurrence.
 requiring, permitting, or authorizing an
 employee to operate a commercial motor
 vehicle with a commercial learner's permit
 or commercial driver's license which is
 disqualified by a State, has lost the
 right to operate a CMV in a State or who
 is disqualified to operate a commercial
 motor vehicle.
 
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    Issued on: April 19, 2012.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-10931 Filed 5-7-12; 8:45 am]
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