83_FR_14610 83 FR 14545 - Commercial Driver's License: Oregon Department of Transportation; Application for Renewal of Exemption

83 FR 14545 - Commercial Driver's License: Oregon Department of Transportation; Application for Renewal of Exemption

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 65 (April 4, 2018)

Page Range14545-14546
FR Document2018-06860

FMCSA announces its decision to renew the Oregon Department of Transportation's (ODOT) exemption from the commercial learner's permit (CLP) requirements in 49 CFR part 383. All State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) are allowed to use this exemption at their discretion. The exemption will allow ODOT and participating SDLAs to extend to one year the 180-day timeline for the CLP from the date of issuance, without requiring the CLP holder to retake the general and endorsement knowledge tests. Under the exemption, an applicant wishing to have a new CLP after the previous one expires will be required to take all applicable tests before a new CLP is issued.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2015-0397]


Commercial Driver's License: Oregon Department of Transportation; 
Application for Renewal of Exemption

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

ACTION: Notice of renewal of exemption; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its decision to renew the Oregon Department of 
Transportation's (ODOT) exemption from the commercial learner's permit 
(CLP) requirements in 49 CFR part 383. All State Driver's Licensing 
Agencies (SDLAs) are allowed to use this exemption at their discretion. 
The exemption will allow ODOT and participating SDLAs to extend to one 
year the 180-day timeline for the CLP from the date of issuance, 
without requiring the CLP holder to retake the general and endorsement 
knowledge tests. Under the exemption, an applicant wishing to have a 
new CLP after the previous one expires will be required to take all 
applicable tests before a new CLP is issued.

DATES: The renewed exemption is from April 5, 2018 to April 5, 2019. 
Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System Number FMCSA-2015-0397 by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     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, 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 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 www.regulations.gov at any time and in the box 
labeled ``SEARCH for'' enter FMCSA-2015-0397 and click on the tab 
labeled ``SEARCH.''
    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 get electronic 
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section 
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal website. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver 
and Carrier Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle 
Safety Standards; Telephone: 614-942-6477. Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. If you 
have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact 
Docket Services, telephone (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    FMCSA encourages you to participate by submitting comments and 
related materials.

Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this 
notice (FMCSA-2015-0397), indicate the specific section of this 
document to which the comment applies, and provide a reason for 
suggestions or recommendations. You may submit your comments and 
material online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only 
one of these means. 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 the Agency can contact you if it has questions 
regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to www.regulations.gov and put 
the docket number, ``FMCSA-2015-0397'' in the ``Keyword'' box, and 
click ``Search.'' When the new screen appears, click on ``Comment 
Now!'' button and type your comment into the text box in 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 continue this exemption or not based 
on your comments.

II. Legal Basis

    FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315 to grant 
exemptions from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. FMCSA 
must publish a notice of each exemption request in the Federal Register 
(49 CFR 381.315(a)). The Agency must provide the public an opportunity 
to inspect the information relevant to the application, including any 
safety analyses that have been conducted. The Agency must also provide 
an opportunity for public comment on the request.

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    The Agency reviews the safety analyses and the public comments, and 
determines whether granting the exemption would likely achieve a level 
of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be 
achieved by the current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). The decision of 
the Agency must be published in the Federal Register (49 CFR 
381.315(b)) with the reason for the grant or denial, and, if granted, 
the specific person or class of persons receiving the exemption, and 
the regulatory provision or provisions from which the exemption is 
granted. The notice must also specify the effective period of the 
exemption (up to 5 years), and explain the terms and conditions of the 
exemption. The exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)).

III. Application for Renewal Exemption

    ODOT's initial exemption application from the provisions of 49 CFR 
383.25(c) and 49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2) was submitted in 2015; a copy 
of the application is in the docket identified at the beginning of this 
notice. That application describes fully the nature of ODOT's CLP 
operations. The exemption was originally granted on April 5, 2015 (81 
FR 19703) and is valid through April 5, 2018.
    ODOT requests renewal of an exemption from the Agency's CLP 
requirements in 49 CFR 383.25(c) and 49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2). The 
regulations provide that the CLP be valid for no more than 180 days 
from the date of issuance. The State may renew the CLP for an 
additional 180 days without requiring the CLP holder to retake the 
general and endorsement knowledge tests. ODOT proposed that it be 
allowed to extend the 180-day timeline to one year for CLPs issued to 
its drivers. The requested exemption renewal is for one year.
    ODOT provided multiple reasons for regulatory relief from the CLP 
rule in its initial application. First, ODOT believes that the 180-day 
time line required to renew the CLP adds nothing to the effectiveness 
of the rule itself, the purpose of which is to ``enhance safety by 
ensuring that only qualified drivers are allowed to operate commercial 
vehicles on our nation's highways'' (76 FR 26854, May 9, 2011). ODOT 
asserts that neither FMCSA staff nor the States were able to identify 
any highway safety enhancement arising from this requirement. ODOT 
states that it is unaware of any data suggesting that persons who have 
not renewed their CLP or obtained their CDL within six months pose less 
risk on the Nation's highways.
    Second, ODOT agrees that requiring CLP holders to retake the 
knowledge test after not obtaining a CDL within one year improves 
highway safety, but disagrees that the requirement for renewal at six 
months is needed. According to ODOT, if the exemption is granted, 
ODOT's CLP would have a validity period of one year with no renewal 
allowed. All applicable knowledge tests would be required before a new 
CLP could be issued, which would accomplish the objective of not 
allowing a person to have a CLP longer than one year without passing 
knowledge tests.
    The third reason for the request is that Oregon's ``Department of 
Motor Vehicle (DMV) field offices have a very large volume of work to 
accomplish and, at best, limited resources with which to accomplish it. 
Adding the bureaucratic requirement for a CLP holder to visit a DMV 
office and pay a fee in order to get a second six months of CLP 
validity will add unnecessary workload to offices already stretched to 
the limit. ODOT is confident there would be no negative impact on 
safety if the exemption is granted.''
    According to ODOT, ``If this exemption is not granted, Oregon 
drivers with CLPs who have not passed the CDL skills test within six 
months of CLP issuance would have to go to a DMV office and pay for a 
renewal of the CLP. This would cause undue hardship to the drivers, 
from the perspectives of both their time and their pocketbooks. It 
would also cause undue hardship to our agency, where scarce resources 
would be used to process bureaucratic transactions that add nothing to 
highway safety.''
    In addition, because the issues concerning ODOT's request could be 
applicable in each State, all SDLAs are allowed to use this exemption 
renewal at their discretion. Extending the exemption to cover all 
SDLAs, at their discretion, will preclude the need for other SDLAs 
choosing to use the exemption to file identical exemption requests. 
FMCSA believes that safety would not be diminished by allowing a 
validity period of one year for the CLP. The maximum time allowed 
between taking the knowledge tests and obtaining the CDL is 12 months 
under the current rule and under the exemption. The exemption avoids 
the necessity of obtaining a renewal of the CLP after 6 months if the 
State chooses to allow that. FMCSA determined that the exemption would 
maintain a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level 
achieved under the current regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)).

    Issued on: March 28, 2018.
Raymond P. Martinez,
Administrator.
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                                             IV. Method To Ensure an Equivalent or                   DATES:   The renewed exemption is from                Standards; Telephone: 614–942–6477.
                                             Greater Level of Safety                                 April 5, 2018 to April 5, 2019.                       Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. If you have
                                                The requested exemption would be                     Comments must be received on or                       questions on viewing or submitting
                                             used only for the special shipments                     before May 4, 2018.                                   material to the docket, contact Docket
                                             designated by INL in documentation                      ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                    Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.
                                             carried on vehicles transporting the                    identified by Federal Docket                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                             special shipments. Additional details of                Management System Number FMCSA–
                                                                                                     2015–0397 by any of the following                     I. Public Participation and Request for
                                             these shipments could be reviewed by                                                                          Comments
                                             an official having proper authorization                 methods:
                                             given by the shipper or the carrier’s                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal:                        FMCSA encourages you to participate
                                             Facility Security Officer (FSO). All                    www.regulations.gov. Follow the online                by submitting comments and related
                                             drivers will carry approved cell phones                 instructions for submitting comments.                 materials.
                                             at all times during shipments.                             • Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
                                                                                                        • Mail: Docket Management Facility,                Submitting Comments
                                             Communications will be maintained
                                             during transport via regular cell phone                 U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200                  If you submit a comment, please
                                             ‘‘check calls’’ to the shipper and or the               New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,                  include the docket number for this
                                             FSO/terminal operations or both. As                     Ground Floor, Room W12–140,                           notice (FMCSA–2015–0397), indicate
                                             required, drivers will maintain regular                 Washington, DC 20590–0001.                            the specific section of this document to
                                             ‘‘check calls’’ to the INL’s Warning                       • Hand Delivery or Courier: West                   which the comment applies, and
                                             Communications Center, which is                         Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–                     provide a reason for suggestions or
                                             continuously staffed, to report their                   140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,                       recommendations. You may submit
                                             condition and ensure the shipment is                    between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday                your comments and material online or
                                             experiencing no issues.                                 through Friday, except Federal holidays.              by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
                                                Copies of Wilcox’s application for an                   Instructions: All submissions must                 please use only one of these means.
                                             exemption and the supporting INL letter                 include the Agency name and docket                    FMCSA recommends that you include
                                             are available for review in the docket for              number. For detailed instructions on                  your name and a mailing address, an
                                             this notice.                                            submitting comments and additional                    email address, or a phone number in the
                                                                                                     information on the exemption process,                 body of your document so the Agency
                                               Issued on: March 27, 2018.
                                                                                                     see the Public Participation heading                  can contact you if it has questions
                                             Larry W. Minor,                                         below. Note that all comments received                regarding your submission.
                                             Associate Administrator for Policy.                     will be posted without change to                         To submit your comment online, go to
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–06861 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am]              www.regulations.gov, including any                    www.regulations.gov and put the docket
                                             BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P                                  personal information provided. Please                 number, ‘‘FMCSA–2015–0397’’ in the
                                                                                                     see the Privacy Act heading below.                    ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.’’
                                                                                                        Docket: For access to the docket to                When the new screen appears, click on
                                             DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                            read background documents or                          ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type your
                                                                                                     comments received, go to                              comment into the text box in the
                                             Federal Motor Carrier Safety                            www.regulations.gov at any time and in
                                             Administration                                                                                                following screen. Choose whether you
                                                                                                     the box labeled ‘‘SEARCH for’’ enter                  are submitting your comment as an
                                             [Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0397]                            FMCSA–2015–0397 and click on the tab                  individual or on behalf of a third party
                                                                                                     labeled ‘‘SEARCH.’’                                   and then submit. If you submit your
                                             Commercial Driver’s License: Oregon                        Privacy Act: In accordance with 5                  comments by mail or hand delivery,
                                             Department of Transportation;                           U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments                  submit them in an unbound format, no
                                             Application for Renewal of Exemption                    from the public to better inform its                  larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for
                                             AGENCY:  Federal Motor Carrier Safety                   rulemaking process. DOT posts these                   copying and electronic filing. If you
                                             Administration (FMCSA), DOT.                            comments, without edit, including any                 submit comments by mail and would
                                                                                                     personal information the commenter                    like to know that they reached the
                                             ACTION: Notice of renewal of exemption;
                                                                                                     provides, to www.regulations.gov, as                  facility, please enclose a stamped, self-
                                             request for comments.
                                                                                                     described in the system of records                    addressed postcard or envelope. FMCSA
                                             SUMMARY:   FMCSA announces its                          notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can                   will consider all comments and material
                                             decision to renew the Oregon                            be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.                   received during the comment period
                                             Department of Transportation’s (ODOT)                      Public Participation: The Federal                  and may continue this exemption or not
                                             exemption from the commercial                           eRulemaking Portal is available 24                    based on your comments.
                                             learner’s permit (CLP) requirements in                  hours each day, 365 days each year. You
                                                                                                     can get electronic submission and                     II. Legal Basis
                                             49 CFR part 383. All State Driver’s
                                             Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) are allowed                  retrieval help and guidelines under the                  FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C.
                                             to use this exemption at their discretion.              ‘‘help’’ section of the Federal                       31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions
                                             The exemption will allow ODOT and                       eRulemaking Portal website. If you want               from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
                                             participating SDLAs to extend to one                    us to notify you that we received your                Regulations. FMCSA must publish a
                                             year the 180-day timeline for the CLP                   comments, please include a self-                      notice of each exemption request in the
                                             from the date of issuance, without                      addressed, stamped envelope or                        Federal Register (49 CFR 381.315(a)).
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                                             requiring the CLP holder to retake the                  postcard, or print the acknowledgement                The Agency must provide the public an
                                             general and endorsement knowledge                       page that appears after submitting                    opportunity to inspect the information
                                             tests. Under the exemption, an applicant                comments online.                                      relevant to the application, including
                                             wishing to have a new CLP after the                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.                  any safety analyses that have been
                                             previous one expires will be required to                Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver                     conducted. The Agency must also
                                             take all applicable tests before a new                  and Carrier Operations Division; Office               provide an opportunity for public
                                             CLP is issued.                                          of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety                 comment on the request.


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                                               The Agency reviews the safety                            Second, ODOT agrees that requiring                   Issued on: March 28, 2018.
                                             analyses and the public comments, and                   CLP holders to retake the knowledge                   Raymond P. Martinez,
                                             determines whether granting the                         test after not obtaining a CDL within one             Administrator.
                                             exemption would likely achieve a level                  year improves highway safety, but                     [FR Doc. 2018–06860 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am]
                                             of safety equivalent to, or greater than,               disagrees that the requirement for                    BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
                                             the level that would be achieved by the                 renewal at six months is needed.
                                             current regulation (49 CFR 381.305).                    According to ODOT, if the exemption is
                                             The decision of the Agency must be                      granted, ODOT’s CLP would have a                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                             published in the Federal Register (49                   validity period of one year with no
                                             CFR 381.315(b)) with the reason for the                 renewal allowed. All applicable                       Maritime Administration
                                             grant or denial, and, if granted, the                   knowledge tests would be required                     [Docket No. MARAD–2018–0049]
                                             specific person or class of persons                     before a new CLP could be issued,
                                             receiving the exemption, and the                        which would accomplish the objective                  Requested Administrative Waiver of
                                             regulatory provision or provisions from                 of not allowing a person to have a CLP                the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
                                             which the exemption is granted. The                     longer than one year without passing                  BELLA LA VITA; Invitation for Public
                                             notice must also specify the effective                  knowledge tests.                                      Comments
                                             period of the exemption (up to 5 years),                   The third reason for the request is that
                                             and explain the terms and conditions of                 Oregon’s ‘‘Department of Motor Vehicle                AGENCY:   Maritime Administration, DOT.
                                             the exemption. The exemption may be                     (DMV) field offices have a very large                 ACTION:   Notice.
                                             renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)).                            volume of work to accomplish and, at
                                                                                                                                                           SUMMARY:    The Secretary of
                                             III. Application for Renewal Exemption                  best, limited resources with which to
                                                                                                                                                           Transportation, as represented by the
                                                                                                     accomplish it. Adding the bureaucratic
                                                ODOT’s initial exemption application                                                                       Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
                                                                                                     requirement for a CLP holder to visit a
                                             from the provisions of 49 CFR 383.25(c)                                                                       authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-
                                                                                                     DMV office and pay a fee in order to get
                                             and 49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2) was                                                                            build requirement of the coastwise laws
                                                                                                     a second six months of CLP validity will
                                             submitted in 2015; a copy of the                                                                              under certain circumstances. A request
                                                                                                     add unnecessary workload to offices
                                             application is in the docket identified at                                                                    for such a waiver has been received by
                                                                                                     already stretched to the limit. ODOT is
                                             the beginning of this notice. That                                                                            MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
                                                                                                     confident there would be no negative
                                             application describes fully the nature of                                                                     description of the proposed service, is
                                                                                                     impact on safety if the exemption is
                                             ODOT’s CLP operations. The exemption                                                                          listed below.
                                                                                                     granted.’’
                                             was originally granted on April 5, 2015                                                                       DATES: Submit comments on or before
                                                                                                        According to ODOT, ‘‘If this
                                             (81 FR 19703) and is valid through April                exemption is not granted, Oregon                      May 4, 2018.
                                             5, 2018.                                                drivers with CLPs who have not passed                 ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
                                                ODOT requests renewal of an                          the CDL skills test within six months of              docket number MARAD–2018–0049.
                                             exemption from the Agency’s CLP                         CLP issuance would have to go to a                    Written comments may be submitted by
                                             requirements in 49 CFR 383.25(c) and                    DMV office and pay for a renewal of the               hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,
                                             49 CFR 383.73(a)(2)(iii 2). The                         CLP. This would cause undue hardship                  U.S. Department of Transportation,
                                             regulations provide that the CLP be                     to the drivers, from the perspectives of              Docket Operations, M–30, West
                                             valid for no more than 180 days from                    both their time and their pocketbooks. It             Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
                                             the date of issuance. The State may                     would also cause undue hardship to our                1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
                                             renew the CLP for an additional 180                     agency, where scarce resources would                  Washington, DC 20590. You may also
                                             days without requiring the CLP holder                   be used to process bureaucratic                       send comments electronically via the
                                             to retake the general and endorsement                   transactions that add nothing to                      internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
                                             knowledge tests. ODOT proposed that it                  highway safety.’’                                     All comments will become part of this
                                             be allowed to extend the 180-day                           In addition, because the issues                    docket and will be available for
                                             timeline to one year for CLPs issued to                 concerning ODOT’s request could be                    inspection and copying at the above
                                             its drivers. The requested exemption                    applicable in each State, all SDLAs are               address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00
                                             renewal is for one year.                                allowed to use this exemption renewal                 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
                                                ODOT provided multiple reasons for                   at their discretion. Extending the                    Federal holidays. An electronic version
                                             regulatory relief from the CLP rule in its              exemption to cover all SDLAs, at their                of this document and all documents
                                             initial application. First, ODOT believes               discretion, will preclude the need for                entered into this docket is available at
                                             that the 180-day time line required to                  other SDLAs choosing to use the                       http://www.regulations.gov.
                                             renew the CLP adds nothing to the                       exemption to file identical exemption                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                             effectiveness of the rule itself, the                   requests. FMCSA believes that safety                  Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
                                             purpose of which is to ‘‘enhance safety                 would not be diminished by allowing a                 Transportation, Maritime
                                             by ensuring that only qualified drivers                 validity period of one year for the CLP.              Administration, 1200 New Jersey
                                             are allowed to operate commercial                       The maximum time allowed between                      Avenue SE, Room W23–453,
                                             vehicles on our nation’s highways’’ (76                 taking the knowledge tests and                        Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
                                             FR 26854, May 9, 2011). ODOT asserts                    obtaining the CDL is 12 months under                  366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
                                             that neither FMCSA staff nor the States                 the current rule and under the                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
                                             were able to identify any highway safety                exemption. The exemption avoids the                   described by the applicant the intended
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                                             enhancement arising from this                           necessity of obtaining a renewal of the               service of the vessel BELLA LA VITA is:
                                             requirement. ODOT states that it is                     CLP after 6 months if the State chooses               —Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
                                             unaware of any data suggesting that                     to allow that. FMCSA determined that                     ‘‘OUPV charters on Puget Sound;
                                             persons who have not renewed their                      the exemption would maintain a level of                  sunset cruises, whale watching,
                                             CLP or obtained their CDL within six                    safety equivalent to, or greater than, the               passenger excursions.’’
                                             months pose less risk on the Nation’s                   level achieved under the current                      —Geographic Region: ‘‘Washington
                                             highways.                                               regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)).                          State.’’


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of renewal of exemption; request for comments.
DatesThe renewed exemption is from April 5, 2018 to April 5, 2019. Comments must be received on or before May 4, 2018.
ContactMr. Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver and Carrier Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards; Telephone: 614-942-6477. Email: [email protected] If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Docket Services, telephone (202) 366-9826.
FR Citation83 FR 14545 

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