Document ID: FMCSA-2018-0346-0796
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Commercial Driver's Licenses: Pilot Program To Allow Drivers Under 21 To Operate Commercial Motor Vehicles in Interstate Commerce; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2019-07-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34251-34252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15212]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0346]

Commercial Driver's Licenses; Pilot Program To Allow Drivers 
Under 21 To Operate Commercial Motor Vehicles in Interstate Commerce; 
Extension of Comment Period

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 
extends the comment period for its May 15, 2019 notice concerning a 
possible pilot program to allow non-military drivers aged 18, 19, and 
20 to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. 
FMCSA received a request for an extension to the comment period from 
the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The Agency believes it is 
appropriate to extend the comment period to provide interested parties 
additional time to submit their responses to the notice. Therefore, the 
Agency extends the deadline for the submission of comments from July 
15, 2019, to August 14, 2019.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published May 15, 2019 at 84 
FR 21895 is extended. Comments must be received on or before August 14, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments bearing the Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA-2018-0346 using any of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FMCSA-2018-0346. 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: 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: (202) 493-2251.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods. 
See the ``Public Participation'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section for instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Selden Fritschner, Commercial 
Drivers License Division, Federal Motor Carrier

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Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-
0001, selden.fritschner@dot.gov, 202-366-0677. If you have questions on 
viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Docket Services, 
(202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for Comments

A. Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
notice (Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0346), indicate the specific section of 
the notice to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each 
suggestion or recommendation. 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/docket?D=FMCSA-2018-0346. Click on the ``Comment 
Now!'' button and type your comment into the text box on 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 8\1/2\ 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.

B. Viewing Documents and Comments

    To view comments, as well documents mentioned in this notice as 
being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FMCSA-2018-0346 and choose the document to review. If you do 
not have access to the internet, you may view the docket online by 
visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground 
floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

C. 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.

II. Background

    The May 2019 notice (84 FR 21895) requested public comment on six 
subject areas: Training and experience, operational requirements, 
participation requirements, technology requirements, insurance, and 
research and data.
    The comment period for the notice was set to expire on July 15, 
2019. FMCSA received a request to extend the comment period, as noted 
above. A copy of the request is included in the docket referenced at 
the beginning of this notice.
    ATA requested a 30-day extension of the comment period, stating 
that the additional time was needed to enable them to gather safety 
performance data and other relevant information to more fully address 
the issues presented in a way that will best aid the Agency.
    FMCSA believes that other potential commenters to this notice will 
benefit from an extension as well. Accordingly, FMCSA extends the 
comment period for all comments on the notice to August 14, 2019.

    Issued on: July 12, 2019.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-15212 Filed 7-12-19; 4:15 pm]
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