Document ID: FMCSA-2011-0337-0001
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Qualifications of Drivers; Exemption Applications: Vision; Denials
Posted Date: 2011-11-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69793-69794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29048]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision

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

ACTION: Notice of denials.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its denial of 107 applications from 
individuals who requested an exemption from the Federal vision standard 
applicable to interstate truck and bus drivers and the reasons for the 
denials. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the 
vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise 
safety. The Agency has concluded that granting these exemptions does 
not provide a level of safety that will be equivalent to or greater 
than the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these 
commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical 
Programs, (202) 366-4001, U.S. Department of Transportation, FMCSA, 
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

    Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA may grant an exemption 
from the Federal vision standard for a renewable 2-year period if it 
finds ``such an exemption would likely achieve a level of safety that 
is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be

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achieved absent such an exemption.'' The procedures for requesting an 
exemption are set forth in 49 CFR part 381.
    Accordingly, FMCSA evaluated 107 individual exemption requests on 
their merit and made a determination that these applicants do not 
satisfy the criteria eligibility or meet the terms and conditions of 
the Federal exemption program. Each applicant has, prior to this 
notice, received a letter of final disposition on the exemption 
request. Those decision letters fully outlined the basis for the denial 
and constitute final Agency action. The list published in this notice 
summarizes the Agency's recent denials as required under 49 U.S.C. 
31315(b)(4) by periodically publishing names and reasons for denial.
    The following 9 applicants lacked sufficient driving experience 
during the 3-year period prior to the date of their applications:

Mark Seyler
Dwight H. Pease
John F. Monette
Dennis Joe Crandall
Sergio Alvarez Ruiz
Keith Raymond Hughes
Timothy T. Stapleton
Andrew Fletcher Hill
Larry Periman

    The following 9 applicants had no experience operating a CMV:

William J. Smith
Drew Buss
A.D. Alexander
Joshua Wayne Crosby
Samuel Brown, Jr.
James Norbert Fisher
Adewale A. Haastrup
David G. Thoroughn
Daniel Ramse

    One applicant, William Kraemer, did not have 3 years of experience 
driving a CMV on public highways with the vision deficiency:
    The following 18 applicants did not have 3 years of recent 
experience driving a CMV with the vision deficiency:

Norman Donald Hursey
Timothy Allen Easter, Sr.
James Muldoon
Jeffrey Roughton
John E. Humphery
Douglas Claxton
James Roscoe Brittain III
Jerry M. Puckett
Larry Dexter
Georgia Marcum
John Darr
Kevin Menard
Christopher Jax
Charles Ray Brittain
Kevin Robert Cowger
Clifford Blaine Thompson
Timothy Garland
Kevin Barker

    The following 14 applicants did not have sufficient driving 
experience during the past 3 years under normal highway operating 
conditions:

Jose P. Martinez
Phillip Gene Roberts
Dennis Wayne Vaughn
John Gramling
Larry Ventimiglia
Bret Harold Bulcher
Daniel John Hodges
Douglas Stanley
Steven F. Albro
Nathan W. Sears
Michael Wayne Gilley
William C. Miller
Darrell Prather
James Jaramillo

    One applicant, Robert J. Moore, Jr., was charged with moving 
violation(s) in conjunction with a commercial motor vehicle 
accident(s). This is a disqualifying offense.
    One applicant, Gregory Busche, does not have sufficient peripheral 
vision in the better eye to qualify for an exemption.
    The following applicant, Randy Fielder, had a commercial driver's 
license suspension during the 3-year review period for moving 
violations. Applicants do not qualify for an exemption with a 
suspension during the 3-year period.
    The following 2 applicants contributed to accident(s) in which the 
applicant was operating a commercial motor vehicle. This is a 
disqualifying offense.

David Lynn Ellis
Mark John Cairns

    The following 11 applicants were denied for miscellaneous/multiple 
reasons:

Mark Don Morrishow
Manuel DeJesus Luna
Frank James Means
Cameron M. Chauvin
Jeffery Wayne Vaughan
James Loyde Meisner
David Wayne Trawick
Robert Fortune
Thomas Keith Wagner
William Kenneth Griffin
Erasmus Okonkwo Odili

    The following 2 applicants were denied because their vision was not 
stable for the entire 3-year period.

Barry Lee Crenshaw
Daniel J. Piechocki

    The following 2 applicants were denied because they do not meet the 
vision standard in the better eye:

William R. Connolly
Jose A. Guevara

    One applicant, Roger Doyle, was denied because his CDL was 
suspended during the 3-year period in relation to an accident. The 
accident may or may not be related to his medical condition.
    The following 4 applicants met the current federal vision 
standards. Exemptions are not required for applicants who meet the 
current regulations for vision:

Edward A. Bechtel
Donald Class
Terry Alvin Leffler
Terry Lee Engelhardt

    The following 22 applicants were denied because they will not be 
driving interstate, interstate commerce, or not required to carry a DOT 
medical card:

Kary Lee Montour
Ryan M. Wagner
Shawn Michael Priess
Carlos R. Gonzalez
Jerard David Menyhart
Danny Michael Harris
Kevin Palmer
Moises P. Ibarra
Jeffery O. Nischwitz
Danny Ray Haner
Orenthal Arnelle Kellam
Larry Lee Dorrance
Lloyd Edward Bean
Michael Young
Raymond Miller
Ruben Armando Gallardo
Paul Anthony Castillo
Warren Vernon Hopper
Jose Marisco
Thomas B. Bliven
Michael Jacson
Larry E. Markowski

    Finally, the following 9 applicants perform transportation for the 
federal government, state, or any political sub-division of the state.

Jimmy Dale Johnson, II
Wesley R. Jackson
Hilliard Whitehead
Mark S. Miller
John Matthew Holder
Gerald E. Thomas, Jr.
Edward Lee Talbert
Debra V. Bryant
Alonzo Bailey

    Issued on: October 28, 2011.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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