Document ID: FMCSA-2012-0102-0010
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Proposed Recommendations on Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Withdrawal
Posted Date: 2012-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25226-25227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10176]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[FMCSA-2012-0102]

Proposed Recommendations on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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

ACTION: Withdrawal of Notice.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA is withdrawing its proposed regulatory guidance for 
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and request for comment as published on 
April 20, 2012. The Agency is still in the process of carefully 
reviewing the recommendations submitted by the Motor Carrier Safety 
Advisory Committee and Medical Review Board. The initial publication 
was a clerical error. We anticipate requesting public comment on the 
recommendations later this year.

DATES: This withdrawal is effective April 27, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Ward, Nurse Consultant 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

    A notice was published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2012 
(77 FR 23794) announcing proposed regulatory guidance on OSA and the 
medical certification of commercial motor vehicle drivers based on 
joint recommendations from the Agency's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory 
Committee and the Medical Review Board. Because there are a number of 
initiatives and programs for which the Agency is currently seeking 
public engagement and comment, however, the Agency defers until later 
this year, a request for public comment on the

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regulatory guidance on OSA. This will enable interested parties a 
better opportunity to focus on and provide comments on this important 
safety issue.

    Issued on: April 20, 2012.
William Bronrott,
 Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-10176 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]
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