Document ID: FMCSA-2007-27659-0050
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Commercial Drivers License Testing and Commercial Learners Permit Standards; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2008-06-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 111)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 32520]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 383, 384, and 385

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

 
Commercial Driver's License Testing and Commercial Learner's 
Permit Standards; Extension of Comment Period

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to several requests, the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration (FMCSA) extends until July 9, 2008, the comment 
period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that was published 
on April 9, 2008.

DATES: Please submit comments regarding the NPRM to the docket by July 
9, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by Docket ID Number FMCSA-2007-
27659, and submitted by one of the following methods:
     Electronically: Through the Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS), at http://www.regulations.gov; and follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail/Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Management Facility, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Ave, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
     Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received 
and background material, go to the Federal Docket Management System 
(FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov, and search for docket ID Number 
FMCSA-2007-27659. Comments may also be inspected at the U.S. Department 
of Transportation, Docket Management Facility, West Building Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
     Privacy Act: Regardless of the method used for submitting 
comments, all comments or material will be posted without change to the 
FDMS, including personal information. Anyone can search the electronic 
form of all of our dockets in FDMS by the name of the individual 
submitting the document (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement published in the Federal Register on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19476) or you may visit http://
DocketsInfo.dot.gov.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 9, 2008 (73 FR 19282), FMCSA 
published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 
Register concerning proposed requirements related to commercial 
driver's license testing and commercial learner's permit standards. We 
provided the public with a 60-day comment period that expires on June 
9, 2008. Several commenters have submitted requests for an extension of 
30 days beyond June 9, which are in the docket. Accordingly, FMCSA 
extends the comment period for an additional 30 days, which now expires 
on July 9, 2008.

    Issued on: June 4, 2008.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-12876 Filed 6-6-08; 8:45 am]

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