81 FR 69184 - 60-Day Notice of New Information Collection: Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Skills Testing Delays

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 193 (October 5, 2016)

Page Range		69184-69185
FR Document		2016-24177

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. This ICR is to collect data on the delays, by State, that applicants face when scheduling a CDL skills test. This information collection and subsequent data analysis is required by section 5506 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act).

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0275]


60-Day Notice of New Information Collection: Commercial Driver's 
License (CDL) Skills Testing Delays

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA 
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its 
review and approval and invites public comment. This ICR is to collect 
data on the delays, by State, that applicants face when scheduling a 
CDL skills test. This information collection and subsequent data 
analysis is required by section 5506 of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act).

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before December 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2016-0275 using any of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations; 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: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the exemption process, see the Public 
Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the 
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street 
address listed above.
    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.
    Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic 
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section 
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify 
you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, 
stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that 
appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the 
comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Michel, Office of Analysis, 
Research, and Technology/Research Division, Department of 
Transportation, FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4354; email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Section 5506 of the FAST Act requires FMCSA to produce 
a study on CDL skills test delays on an annual basis. The requirements 
of the study are to submit a report describing:
    ``(A) the average wait time from the date an applicant requests to 
take a skills test to the date the applicant has the opportunity to 
complete such test;
    (B) the average wait time from the date an applicant, upon failure 
of a skills test, requests a retest to the date the applicant has the 
opportunity to complete such retest;
    (C) the actual number of qualified commercial driver's license 
examiners available to test applicants; and
    (D) the number of testing sites available through the State 
department of motor vehicles and whether this number has increased or 
decreased from the previous year.''
    The report is also required to describe ``specific steps the 
Administrator is taking to address skills testing delays in States that 
have average skills test or retest wait times of more than 7 days.'' If 
this information collection does not occur, FMCSA will not be able to 
conduct a study on CDL skills test delays, as there is currently no 
repository of information on skills tests and the required data is not 
available for all States at this time. If information collection occurs 
on a less-than-annual basis, FMCSA will not be able to make 
observations on yearly trends or analyze differences in each State on a 
year-to-year basis.
    FMCSA has met with several stakeholders, including the American 
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Commercial Vehicle 
Training Association, and State Driver Licensing Agencies to ensure 
that the information being collected in this survey has not already 
been collected, is not currently available to FMCSA, and

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is not in the process of being collected. Extensive background research 
was conducted to ensure the study was not duplicative. A previous 
study, done by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2015, 
asked for similar information but did not produce specific enough data 
to be used in this study.
    The survey will be sent out via email, with the option for online 
completion using SurveyMonkey[supreg]. Each State can respond via email 
or the online survey depending on which method is more convenient for 
the respondent. The welcome letter will indicate that FMCSA prefers 
responses via the online survey tool.
    The information collected will be published annually in a report to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives. The first report is due to Congress no later than June 
1, 2017. Subsequent reports will be published on an annual basis 
thereafter.
    Title: Survey on CDL Skills Testing Delays.
    OMB Control Number: To be determined.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Respondents: State CDL Coordinators (one from each of the 50 
States, and one from Washington, DC).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 51.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.2 hours (132 minutes).
    Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new ICR.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The annual burden is estimated to be 
no more than 2.2 hours (132 minutes) per respondent, which equates to 
112.2 hours over the universe of 51 respondents. This estimate contains 
a maximum of 2 hours to gather information from State information 
systems, and an estimated maximum of 12 minutes to respond to the 
survey. While States that already track and report similar information 
may need much less than 2 hours to gather information, discussions with 
subject matter experts led to an agreement that 2 hours was a 
reasonable maximum time limit to use to estimate the maximum annual 
burden expected.
    The estimate time for survey completion was calculated using Versta 
Research's methodology for calculating an estimate of survey length, 
where each question is given a number of points based on the estimated 
burden required to respond to the question (for example, simple 
multiple choice questions are 1 point, whereas short answer questions 
are 3 points per expected short phrase). The total number of points for 
all questions is then divided by eight (the number of simple questions 
a user can respond to online in 1 minute) to determine the estimate 
required length for finishing the survey.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection is necessary for the performance of FMCSA's functions; (2) 
the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for FMCSA to enhance the 
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) 
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of 
the collected information. The Agency will summarize or include your 
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.
    Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 on:

    Dated: September 29, 2016.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
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Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite FMCSA announces its plan to submit ‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by the Information Collection Request (ICR) eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you
telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) described below to the Office of want us to notify you that we received
833–9434, or Web site at http:// Management and Budget (OMB) for its your comments, please include a self-
www.rtca.org. review and approval and invites public addressed, stamped envelope or
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant comment. This ICR is to collect data on postcard, or print the acknowledgement
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal the delays, by State, that applicants face page that appears after submitting
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– when scheduling a CDL skills test. This comments online. Comments received
463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby information collection and subsequent after the comment closing date will be
given for a meeting of the Forty Fourth data analysis is required by section 5506 included in the docket and will be
RTCA SC–224 Standards for Airport of the Fixing America’s Surface considered to the extent practicable.
Security Access Control Systems Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Plenary The agenda will include the DATES: We must receive your comments Nicole Michel, Office of Analysis,
following: on or before December 5, 2016. Research, and Technology/Research
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Division, Department of Transportation,
Thursday, November 3, 2016—10 a.m. FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200
identified by Federal Docket
to 1 p.m. New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
Management System (FDMS) Docket
1. Welcome/Introductions/ Number FMCSA–2016–0275 using any DC 20590. Telephone: 202–366–4354;
Administrative Remarks of the following methods: email nicole.michel@dot.gov.
2. Review/Approve Previous Meeting • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary www.regulations.gov. Follow the online Background: Section 5506 of the
3. Report from the TSA instructions for submitting comments. FAST Act requires FMCSA to produce
4. Discussion on Document Distribution • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. a study on CDL skills test delays on an
5. Report on TSA Security Construction • Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. annual basis. The requirements of the
Guidelines progress Department of Transportation, 1200 study are to submit a report describing:
6. Review of DO–230H Sections
7. Action Items for Next Meeting New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, ‘‘(A) the average wait time from the
8. Time and Place of Next Meeting Ground Floor, Room W12–140, date an applicant requests to take a
9. Any Other Business Washington, DC 20590–0001. skills test to the date the applicant has
10. Adjourn • Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. the opportunity to complete such test;
Attendance is open to the interested Department of Transportation, 1200 (B) the average wait time from the
public but limited to space availability. New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, date an applicant, upon failure of a
With the approval of the chairman, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, skills test, requests a retest to the date
members of the public may present oral Washington, DC, 20590–0001 between 9 the applicant has the opportunity to
statements at the meeting. Persons a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through complete such retest;
wishing to present statements or obtain Friday, except Federal holidays. (C) the actual number of qualified
information should contact the person Instructions: All submissions must commercial driver’s license examiners
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION include the Agency name and docket available to test applicants; and
CONTACT section. Members of the public
number. For detailed instructions on (D) the number of testing sites
may present a written statement to the submitting comments and additional available through the State department
committee at any time. information on the exemption process, of motor vehicles and whether this
see the Public Participation heading number has increased or decreased from
Issued in Washington, DC, on September below. Note that all comments received the previous year.’’
29, 2016. will be posted without change to http:// The report is also required to describe
Mohannad Dawoud, www.regulations.gov, including any ‘‘specific steps the Administrator is
Management & Program Analyst, Partnership personal information provided. Please taking to address skills testing delays in
Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen, see the Privacy Act heading below. States that have average skills test or
Procurement Services Division, Federal Docket: For access to the docket to retest wait times of more than 7 days.’’
Aviation Administration.
read background documents or If this information collection does not
[FR Doc. 2016–24011 Filed 10–4–16; 8:45 am] occur, FMCSA will not be able to
comments received, go to http://
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P www.regulations.gov, and follow the conduct a study on CDL skills test
online instructions for accessing the delays, as there is currently no
dockets, or go to the street address listed repository of information on skills tests
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION above. and the required data is not available for
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 all States at this time. If information
Administration U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments collection occurs on a less-than-annual
from the public to better inform its basis, FMCSA will not be able to make
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0275] rulemaking process. DOT posts these observations on yearly trends or analyze
comments, without edit, including any differences in each State on a year-to-
60-Day Notice of New Information personal information the commenter year basis.
Collection: Commercial Driver’s provides, to www.regulations.gov, as FMCSA has met with several
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License (CDL) Skills Testing Delays described in the system of records stakeholders, including the American
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can Association of Motor Vehicle
Administration (FMCSA), DOT. be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. Administrators, the Commercial Vehicle
ACTION: Notice and request for Public Participation: The Federal Training Association, and State Driver
comments. eRulemaking Portal is available 24 Licensing Agencies to ensure that the
hours each day, 365 days each year. You information being collected in this
SUMMARY: In accordance with the can obtain electronic submission and survey has not already been collected, is
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, retrieval help and guidelines under the not currently available to FMCSA, and

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is not in the process of being collected. point, whereas short answer questions the SMS Preview. FMCSA has provided
Extensive background research was are 3 points per expected short phrase). information about the proposed
conducted to ensure the study was not The total number of points for all enhancements to the National
duplicative. A previous study, done by questions is then divided by eight (the Academies of Sciences to consider in
the Government Accountability Office number of simple questions a user can the Correlation Study required by
(GAO) in 2015, asked for similar respond to online in 1 minute) to Section 5221 of the Fixing America’s
information but did not produce determine the estimate required length Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The
specific enough data to be used in this for finishing the survey. proposed enhancements will be
study. Public Comments Invited: You are available for preview, at: https://
The survey will be sent out via email, asked to comment on any aspect of this csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMSPreview/ on
with the option for online completion information collection, including: (1) October 4, 2016. The Agency seeks
using SurveyMonkey®. Each State can Whether the proposed collection is comments on these changes based on
respond via email or the online survey necessary for the performance of the preview. The Agency will not
depending on which method is more FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of implement the changes until after the
convenient for the respondent. The the estimated burden; (3) ways for Agency satisfies the requirements of
welcome letter will indicate that FMCSA to enhance the quality, Section 5223 of the FAST Act.
FMCSA prefers responses via the online usefulness, and clarity of the collected DATES: Comments must be received by
survey tool. information; and (4) ways that the December 3, 2016. Question and answer
The information collected will be burden could be minimized without (Q&A) sessions for the public and
published annually in a report to the reducing the quality of the collected industry are scheduled for the following
Committee on Commerce, Science, and information. The Agency will dates and times:
Transportation of the Senate and the summarize or include your comments in
the request for OMB’s clearance of this 1. Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 10:00–
Committee on Transportation and 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET)
Infrastructure of the House of information collection.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 2. Thursday, October 13, 2016, 2:00–
Representatives. The first report is due 3:30 p.m. ET
to Congress no later than June 1, 2017. 1.87 on:
3. Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 3:00–4:30
Subsequent reports will be published on Dated: September 29, 2016. p.m. ET
an annual basis thereafter. Kelly Regal, 4. Thursday, October 20, 2016, 11:00
Title: Survey on CDL Skills Testing Associate Administrator for Office of a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Delays. Research and Information Technology.
OMB Control Number: To be For more information on these
[FR Doc. 2016–24177 Filed 10–4–16; 8:45 am] sessions, see Section V.
determined. BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
Type of Request: New collection. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
Respondents: State CDL Coordinators bearing the Federal Docket Management
(one from each of the 50 States, and one System Docket ID (FMCSA–2015–0149)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
from Washington, DC). using any of the following methods:
Estimated Number of Respondents: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
51. Administration http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
Estimated Time per Response: 2.2 online instructions for submitting
hours (132 minutes). [Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0149] comments.
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new Mail: Docket Management Facility;
ICR. Future Enhancements to the Safety U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
Frequency of Response: Annually. Measurement System (SMS) New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
annual burden is estimated to be no Administration (FMCSA), U.S. Washington, DC 20590.
more than 2.2 hours (132 minutes) per Department of Transportation (U.S. Hand Delivery or Courier: West
respondent, which equates to 112.2 DOT). Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
hours over the universe of 51 ACTION: Notice; response to public 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
respondents. This estimate contains a comments; request for public comments. Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
maximum of 2 hours to gather and 5 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday,
information from State information SUMMARY: FMCSA proposes except Federal holidays.
systems, and an estimated maximum of enhancements to information on the Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
12 minutes to respond to the survey. public Safety Measurement System Each submission must include the
While States that already track and (SMS) Web site and responds to Agency name and the docket number for
report similar information may need comments received in response to this notice. Note that DOT posts all
much less than 2 hours to gather FMCSA’s Federal Register Notice, comments received without change to
information, discussions with subject ‘‘Proposal for Future Enhancements to www.regulations.gov, including any
matter experts led to an agreement that the Motor Carrier Safety Measurement personal information included in a
2 hours was a reasonable maximum System (SMS),’’ published on June 29, comment. Please see the Privacy Act
time limit to use to estimate the 2015. These enhancements are a heading below.
maximum annual burden expected. continuation of the Agency’s efforts to Docket: For access to the docket to
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

The estimate time for survey provide law enforcement, the motor read background documents or
completion was calculated using Versta carrier industry, and motor carriers with comments, go to www.regulations.gov at
Research’s methodology for calculating more informative safety data. This any time or visit Room W12–140 on the
an estimate of survey length, where each notice explains the Agency’s proposed ground level of the West Building, 1200
question is given a number of points enhancements to the public SMS Web New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
based on the estimated burden required site, including two additional changes DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
to respond to the question (for example, not originally proposed, which were Monday through Friday, except Federal
simple multiple choice questions are 1 identified during the development of holidays. The online Federal document

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Dates		We must receive your comments on or before December 5, 2016.
Contact		Nicole Michel, Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology/Research Division, Department of Transportation, FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4354; email [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 69184

81 FR 69184 - 60-Day Notice of New Information Collection: Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Skills Testing Delays

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 193 (October 5, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration