82 FR 60360 - Hours of Service of Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles; Proposed Regulatory Guidance Concerning the Transportation of Agricultural Commodities
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 243 (December 20, 2017)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 243 (December 20, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-27310 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 60360-60362] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-27310] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 395 [Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0360] Hours of Service of Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles; Proposed Regulatory Guidance Concerning the Transportation of Agricultural Commodities AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed regulatory guidance; request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: FMCSA announces regulatory guidance to clarify the applicability of the ``Agricultural commodity'' exception to the ``Hours of Service of Drivers'' regulations, and requests public comments. This regulatory guidance is being proposed to ensure consistent understanding and application of the exception by motor carriers and State officials enforcing hours of service rules identical to or compatible with FMCSA's requirements. DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 19, 2018. This guidance would expire no later than 5 years after it is finalized. ADDRESSES: You may insert comments identified by Federal Docket Management System Number FMCSA-2017-0360 by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 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, Washington, DC, 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 and Request for Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for instructions on submitting comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier Operations Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, phone (614) 942-6477, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Public Participation and Request for Comments A. Submitting Comments If you submit a comment, please include the docket number listed above, indicate the specific section of this document to which your 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. 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, put the docket number, FMCSA-2017-0360, in the keyword box, and click ``Search.'' When the new screen appears, 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 and may change this guidance based on your comments. B. Viewing Comments and Documents To view comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket number, FMCSA-2017-0360, in the keyword box, and click ``Search.'' Next, click the ``Open Docket Folder'' button 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., e.t., 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 regulatory 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.transportation.gov/privacy. II. Legal Basis The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, Public Law 104-59, 345, 109 Stat. 568. 613 (Nov. 28, 1995), provided the initial exception for drivers transporting agricultural commodities or farm supplies for agricultural purposes. This Act limited the exception to a 100 air-mile radius from the source of the commodities or distribution point for the farm supplies [[Page 60361]] and during the planting and harvesting seasons as determined by the applicable State. In enacting the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Congress revised this provision, enacted it to be new section 229 of Title II of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, and defined the terms ``agricultural commodity'' and ``farm supplies for agricultural purposes.'' Public Law 109-59, Sec. Sec. 4115 and 4130, 119 Stat. 1144, 1726, 1743 (Aug. 10, 2005). These terms are now defined in 49 CFR 395.2. Most recently, the statute was amended by section 32101(d) of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), Public Law 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 778 (July 6, 2012). This provision revised the description of the exception's scope and extended the applicable distance from 100 air-miles to 150 air-miles from the source. III. Background The focus of today's guidance is limited to the transportation of agricultural commodities, 49 CFR 395.1(k)(1). It does not address ``farm supplies for agricultural purposes'' under 49 CFR 395.1(k)(2) or (3) given that the applicable range under these latter two provisions is specifically addressed. While the regulatory provision governing the agricultural commodity exception (49 CFR 395.1(k)(1)) closely tracks the statutory provisions discussed above, the language is susceptible to multiple interpretations, and the Agency acknowledges that various stakeholders and enforcement officials in different States have expressed inconsistent understandings of the exception from time to time. This proposed regulatory guidance would clarify the exception with regard to: (1) Drivers operating unladen vehicles traveling either to pick up an agricultural commodity, as defined in 49 CFR 395.2, or returning from a delivery point; and (2) drivers engaged in trips beyond 150 air-miles from the source of the agricultural commodity. In addition, the Agency seeks public comment on (1) whether grain elevators and/or livestock sale barns should be considered a ``source'' of agricultural commodities under section 395.1(k)(1); and (2) how the exception should apply when agricultural commodities are loaded at multiple sources during a trip. FMCSA's final rule ``Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents'' (80 FR 78292; December 16, 2015), will require most drivers who use paper logs to document their hours of service to switch to electronic logging devices. That rule did not alter the hours of service rules or the agricultural commodity exception. However, FMCSA has received questions from regulated motor carriers about the agricultural commodity exception and application of the hours of service rules due to the practical ramifications of that rule, and the approaching December 18, 2017 compliance date. Specific scenarios are addressed further below. IV. Reason for This Notice of Regulatory Guidance Today's proposed regulatory guidance would provide clarity to the agricultural exception in 49 CFR 395.1(k)(1) and specifically addresses two scenarios: (1) Driving an unladen commercial motor vehicle to either pick up an agricultural commodity or on a return trip following the delivery of an agricultural commodity; and (2) application of the agricultural commodity exception to trips involving transportation of the commodity more than 150 air-miles from its source. In addition, the Agency seeks comment on (1) whether grain elevators and/or livestock sale barns should be considered a ``source'' of agricultural commodities under section 395.1(k)(1); and (2) scenarios where a trip involves the loading of agricultural commodities at multiple sources. Unladen vehicles: Interpreted literally, the agricultural commodity exception could be read as applicable only during the period during which the commodity is being transported, and not extended to movements of an unladen vehicle either heading to pick up a load or returning after a delivery. However, the Agency does not consider that view as consistent with legislative intent of providing round-trip relief to farmers, and has therefore informally advised stakeholders that both legs of a trip are covered. In today's proposed guidance (Question 34), FMCSA seeks to clarify how the agricultural commodity exception applies to a driver operating an unladen commercial motor vehicle used in transportation either to a source to pick up an agricultural commodity or on a return trip following delivery of an agricultural commodity. Loads beyond a 150 air-mile radius: The Agency recognizes that some motor carrier safety enforcement personnel and other stakeholders have interpreted the agricultural commodity exception as inapplicable to any portion of a trip if the destination exceeds 150 air-miles from the source. Under that reading, the word ``location'' in section 395.1(k)(1) is interpreted as reflecting only the final destination of the load. FMCSA notes that the statutory language, as amended,\1\ and the implementing regulation \2\ are ambiguous, however, and considers this strict interpretation too narrow. In today's regulatory guidance (Question 35), the Agency proposes to clarify that ``location'' means the outer limit of the exception distance, i.e., 150 air-miles from the source. Thus, the Agency would interpret the exception as available to a driver transporting agricultural commodities for a distance up to 150 air-miles from the source, regardless of the distance between the source and final destination or place of delivery. Once a driver crosses the 150 air-mile point, however, the driver would be subject to the hours of service rules for the remainder of the trip. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ SEE MAP-21, Public Law 112-141, 32101(d), 126 Stat. 778 (July 6, 2012). . . . \2\ SEE 49 CFR 395.1(k)(1). The term ``agricultural commodity'' is defined in 49 CFR 395.2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meaning of ``sources,'' and multiple sources: Several agricultural transporters have requested guidance on the extent to which grain elevators and/or livestock sale barns should be considered a ``source'' of agricultural commodities under section 395.1(k)(1). While these facilities are originating points for many agricultural commodity loads, they are not expressly encompassed within the statutory or regulatory terminology of the exception. Many of these transporters have also asked how the agricultural commodity exception would apply if the driver were to pick up partial loads at two or more locations. Specifically, they asked whether a pick-up at a subsequent source has the effect of extending the 150 air-mile radius, i.e., restarting the calculation of the 150 air-mile distance. Previous informal guidance has been that the 150 air-mile radius is based on the first source of an agricultural commodity on a particular trip, and that additional stops to load additional agricultural commodities do not extend the 150-mile radius. The Agency invites public comment on this interpretation, however, and on how additional sources might affect the exception under 49 CFR 395.1(k)(1). V. Regulatory Guidance FMCSA proposes Regulatory Guidance, Questions 34 and 35 to 49 CFR 395.1 as follows: [[Page 60362]] PART 395--HOURS OF SERVICE OF DRIVERS Section 395.1 Scope of the rules in this part Question 34: Does the agricultural commodity exception (Sec. 395.1(k)(1)) apply to drivers while driving unloaded to a source where an agricultural commodity will be loaded, and to an unloaded return trip after delivering an agricultural commodity under the exception? Guidance: Yes, provided that the trip does not involve transporting other cargo and the sole purpose of the trip is to complete the delivery or pick up of agricultural commodities, as defined in Sec. 395.2. In that case, driving and on-duty time are not limited, nor do other requirements of 49 CFR part 395 apply. Question 35: Does the agricultural commodity exception (Sec. 395.1(k)(1)) apply if the destination for the commodity is beyond the 150 air-mile radius from the source? Guidance: The exception applies to transportation during the initial 150 air-miles from the source of the commodity. Once a driver operates beyond the 150 air-mile radius of the source, part 395 applies. Starting at zero from that point, the driver must then begin recording his or her duty time, and the limits under the 11-hour, 14- hour, and the 60-/70-hour rules apply. Once the hours of service rules begin to apply on a given trip, they continue to apply for the duration of that trip, until the driver crosses back into the area within 150 air-miles of the original source of the commodities and is returning to that source. If the driver is not returning to the original source, the HOS rules continue to apply, even if the driver reenters the 150-mile radius. VI. Expiration Date for the Proposed Regulatory Guidance In accordance with section 5203(a)(2)(A) and (a)(3) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Public Law 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1535 (Dec. 4, 2015), the proposed regulatory guidance will be posted on FMCSA's website, www.fmcsa.dot.gov, if finalized. It would be reviewed by the Agency no later than five years after it is finalized. The Agency would consider at that time whether the guidance should be withdrawn, reissued for another period up to five years, or incorporated into the safety regulations. VII. Request for Comments Refer to the ADDRESSES section above for instructions on submitting comments to the public docket concerning this regulatory guidance. The FMCSA will consider comments received by the closing date of the comment period to determine whether any further clarification of these regulatory provisions is necessary. In addition to comments concerning the proposed regulatory guidance above, including the issue of ``sources'' of agricultural commodities, as outlined above, the Agency is seeking information on the following: 1. Are there particular segments of the industry that would take advantage of this change more than others? 2. How does the flexibility provided in this guidance impact a carrier's need for an electronic logging device? 3. How many carriers and drivers are there transporting agricultural commodities in various segments (livestock, unprocessed food, others) that are impacted by this guidance? Issued on: December 13, 2017. Cathy F. Gautreaux, Deputy Administrator. [FR Doc. 2017-27310 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P
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accordance with this chapter. If the last SUMMARY: FMCSA announces regulatory number in the body of your document
training event occurs before FRA’s guidance to clarify the applicability of so that FMCSA can contact you if there
approval of the employer’s training the ‘‘Agricultural commodity’’ are questions regarding your
program, the employer shall provide exception to the ‘‘Hours of Service of submission.
refresher training either within 3 Drivers’’ regulations, and requests To submit your comment online, go to
calendar years from that prior training public comments. This regulatory http://www.regulations.gov, put the
event or no later than December 31, guidance is being proposed to ensure docket number, FMCSA–2017–0360, in
2024. Each employer shall ensure that, consistent understanding and the keyword box, and click ‘‘Search.’’
as part of each employee’s refresher application of the exception by motor When the new screen appears, click on
training, the employee is trained and carriers and State officials enforcing the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type
qualified on the application of any hours of service rules identical to or your comment into the text box on the
Federal railroad safety laws, regulations, compatible with FMCSA’s following screen. Choose whether you
and orders the person is required to requirements. are submitting your comment as an
comply with, as well as any relevant individual or on behalf of a third party
DATES: Comments must be received on
railroad rules and procedures and then submit.
or before January 19, 2018. This
promulgated to implement those If you submit your comments by mail
guidance would expire no later than 5
Federal railroad safety laws, regulations, or hand delivery, submit them in an
years after it is finalized.
and orders. unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by
(2) Beginning May 1, 2023, each ADDRESSES: You may insert comments 11 inches, suitable for copying and
employer with less than 400,000 total identified by Federal Docket electronic filing. If you submit
employee work hours annually shall Management System Number FMCSA– comments by mail and would like to
deliver refresher training at an interval 2017–0360 by any of the following know that they reached the facility,
not to exceed 3 calendar years from the methods: please enclose a stamped, self-addressed
date of an employee’s last training • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// postcard or envelope.
event, except where refresher training is www.regulations.gov. Follow the online FMCSA will consider all comments
specifically required more frequently in instructions for submitting comments. and material received during the
accordance with this chapter. If the last • Mail: Docket Management Facility, comment period and may change this
training event occurs before FRA’s U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 guidance based on your comments.
approval of the employer’s training New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
program, the employer shall provide Ground Floor, Room W12–140, B. Viewing Comments and Documents
refresher training either within 3 Washington, DC 20590–0001. To view comments, go to http://
calendar years from that prior training • Hand Delivery or Courier: West www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket
event or no later than December 31, Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– number, FMCSA–2017–0360, in the
2025. Each employer shall ensure that, 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, keyword box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next,
as part of each employee’s refresher Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 click the ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ button
training, the employee is trained and p.m., Monday through Friday, except and choose the document to review. If
qualified on the application of any Federal holidays. you do not have access to the internet,
Federal railroad safety laws, regulations, • Fax: (202) 493–2251. you may view the docket online by
and orders the person is required to To avoid duplication, please use only visiting the Docket Management Facility
comply with, as well as any relevant one of these four methods. See the in Room W12–140 on the ground floor
railroad rules and procedures ‘‘Public Participation and Request for of the DOT West Building, 1200 New
promulgated to implement those Comments’’ portion of the Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
Federal railroad safety laws, regulations, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t.,
and orders. instructions on submitting comments. Monday through Friday, except Federal
Juan D. Reyes III, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. holidays.
Chief Counsel.
Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier C. Privacy Act
Operations Division, Federal Motor
[FR Doc. 2017–27272 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am] In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),
Carrier Safety Administration, U.S.
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Department of Transportation, 1200 DOT solicits comments from the public
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC to better inform its regulatory process.
20590, phone (614) 942–6477, email DOT posts these comments, without
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION edit, including any personal information
MCPSD@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the commenter provides, to
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
www.regulations.gov, as described in
Administration
I. Public Participation and Request for the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
Comments 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
49 CFR Part 395
A. Submitting Comments www.transportation.gov/privacy.
[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0360]
If you submit a comment, please II. Legal Basis
Hours of Service of Drivers of include the docket number listed above, The National Highway System
Commercial Motor Vehicles; Proposed indicate the specific section of this Designation Act of 1995, Public Law
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Regulatory Guidance Concerning the document to which your comment 104–59, 345, 109 Stat. 568. 613 (Nov.
Transportation of Agricultural applies, and provide a reason for each 28, 1995), provided the initial exception
Commodities suggestion or recommendation. You for drivers transporting agricultural
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety may submit your comments and commodities or farm supplies for
Administration (FMCSA), DOT. material online or by fax, mail, or hand agricultural purposes. This Act limited
delivery. FMCSA recommends that you the exception to a 100 air-mile radius
ACTION: Notice of proposed regulatory
include your name and a mailing from the source of the commodities or
guidance; request for public comment.
address, an email address, or a phone distribution point for the farm supplies
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PART 395—HOURS OF SERVICE OF concerning this regulatory guidance. issue 12-month findings on the
DRIVERS The FMCSA will consider comments petitions, which will address whether or
received by the closing date of the not the petitioned action is warranted,
Section 395.1 Scope of the rules in this comment period to determine whether in accordance with the Act. In addition,
part
any further clarification of these we announce a correction to
Question 34: Does the agricultural regulatory provisions is necessary. In information contained in the 90-day
commodity exception (§ 395.1(k)(1)) addition to comments concerning the petition finding for the leopard
apply to drivers while driving unloaded proposed regulatory guidance above, (Panthera pardus), which clarifies the
to a source where an agricultural including the issue of ‘‘sources’’ of range and entity we are evaluating in
commodity will be loaded, and to an agricultural commodities, as outlined our status review of the species.
unloaded return trip after delivering an above, the Agency is seeking
agricultural commodity under the These findings were made on
DATES:
information on the following: December 20, 2017.
exception? 1. Are there particular segments of the
Guidance: Yes, provided that the trip industry that would take advantage of ADDRESSES: Summaries of the bases for
does not involve transporting other this change more than others? the petition findings contained in this
cargo and the sole purpose of the trip is 2. How does the flexibility provided document are available on http://
to complete the delivery or pick up of in this guidance impact a carrier’s need www.regulations.gov under the
agricultural commodities, as defined in for an electronic logging device? appropriate docket number (see table
§ 395.2. In that case, driving and on- 3. How many carriers and drivers are under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
duty time are not limited, nor do other there transporting agricultural Supporting information in preparing
requirements of 49 CFR part 395 apply. commodities in various segments these findings is available for public
Question 35: Does the agricultural (livestock, unprocessed food, others) inspection, by appointment, during
commodity exception (§ 395.1(k)(1)) that are impacted by this guidance? normal business hours by contacting the
apply if the destination for the appropriate person, as specified in FOR
commodity is beyond the 150 air-mile Issued on: December 13, 2017.
Cathy F. Gautreaux, FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If you
radius from the source? have new information concerning the
Guidance: The exception applies to Deputy Administrator.
status of, or threats to, the species for
transportation during the initial 150 air- [FR Doc. 2017–27310 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am]
which we made these petition findings,
miles from the source of the commodity. BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
or their habitats, please submit that
Once a driver operates beyond the 150
information by one of the following
air-mile radius of the source, part 395
methods:
applies. Starting at zero from that point, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
the driver must then begin recording his (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal
or her duty time, and the limits under Fish and Wildlife Service eRulemaking Portal: http://
the 11-hour, 14-hour, and the 60-/70- www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
hour rules apply. Once the hours of 50 CFR Part 17 enter the appropriate docket number
service rules begin to apply on a given (see table under SUPPLEMENTARY
[4500030115] INFORMATION). Then, click on the Search
trip, they continue to apply for the
duration of that trip, until the driver button. After finding the correct
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
crosses back into the area within 150 document, you may submit information
and Plants; 90-Day Findings for Five
air-miles of the original source of the by clicking on ‘‘Comment Now!’’ If your
Species
commodities and is returning to that information will fit in the provided
source. If the driver is not returning to AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, comment box, please use this feature of
the original source, the HOS rules Interior. http://www.regulations.gov, as it is most
continue to apply, even if the driver ACTION: Notification of petition findings compatible with our information review
reenters the 150-mile radius. and initiation of status reviews. procedures. If you attach your
information as a separate document, our
VI. Expiration Date for the Proposed SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and preferred file format is Microsoft Word.
Regulatory Guidance Wildlife Service (Service), announce 90- If you attach multiple comments (such
In accordance with section day findings on several petitions to list as form letters), our preferred format is
5203(a)(2)(A) and (a)(3) of the Fixing or reclassify wildlife or plants under the a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel.
America’s Surface Transportation Endangered Species Act of 1973, as (2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail
(FAST) Act, Public Law 114–94, 129 amended (Act). Based on our review, we or hand-delivery to: Public Comments
Stat. 1312, 1535 (Dec. 4, 2015), the find that the petitions present Processing, Attn: [Insert appropriate
proposed regulatory guidance will be substantial scientific or commercial docket number; see table under
posted on FMCSA’s website, information indicating that the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION], U.S. Fish
www.fmcsa.dot.gov, if finalized. It petitioned actions may be warranted and Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC, 5275
would be reviewed by the Agency no with respect to the species mentioned in Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041–
later than five years after it is finalized. this notification. Therefore, with the 3803.
The Agency would consider at that time publication of this document, we
announce that we plan to initiate a We request that you send information
whether the guidance should be only by the methods described above.
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withdrawn, reissued for another period review of the status of each of these
species to determine if the petitioned We will post all information we receive
up to five years, or incorporated into the on http://www.regulations.gov. This
safety regulations. actions are warranted. To ensure that
these status reviews are comprehensive, generally means that we will post any
VII. Request for Comments we are requesting scientific and personal information you provide us
Refer to the ADDRESSES section above commercial data and other information (see Request for Information for Status
for instructions on submitting regarding these species. After Reviews, below, for more information).
comments to the public docket completing the status reviews, we will FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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| Contact | Mr. Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier Operations Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, phone (614) 942-6477, email [email protected] | |
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