John Silvasi/ RTP/ USEPA/ US 07/ 08/ 2005 10: 22 AM T o Art Fraas, Amy Flynn c c Lydia Wegman/ RTP/ USEPA/ US@ EPA, Tom Helms, Denise Gerth, Jan Tierney/ DC/ USEPA/ US@ EP A, Sara Schneeberg, Kevin Mclean, Allen Basala, Jim Ketcham Colwill, Robert Meyers/ DC/ USEPA/ US@ EP A S u b j e c t * Redline Strikeout comparison of 8 hr O3 NAAQS implementation rule ( phase 2)

Hi, Art and Amy, John J. Silvasi Environmental Engineer Ozone Policy and Strategies Group ( C539 02) Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 919 541 5666 ( v); 919 541 0824 ( fax) silvasi. john@ epa. govThere are still some relatively minor edits that are still outstanding; a description of them is also attached. Our management is receiving this simultaneously, so there may be additional edits after review. I'm also attaching a description of the major changes that have been made since the 2/ 6/ 05 version: Here's a clean copy also ( without redline/ strikeout): Per your request from yesterday, I am attaching a redline/ strikeout version of the current version of the phase 2 rule for implementation of the 8 hour ozone NAAQS; the comparison is to the original 2/ 6/ 05 version that was sent to OMB.


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2021-0081]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection Request: Commercial Driver Licensing and Test
Standards

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA),
Transportation (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 for its review
and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests approval to
revise and renew an ICR titled, ``Commercial Driver Licensing and Test
Standards,'' due to an increase in the number of commercial driver's
license records. This ICR is needed to ensure that drivers, motor
carriers and the States are complying with notification and
recordkeeping requirements for information related to testing,
licensing, violations, convictions, and disqualifications and that the
information is accurate, complete, transmitted, and recorded within
certain time periods as required by the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Act of 1986 (CMVSA), as amended.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before November 2, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2021-0081 using any of the
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     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: West Building, Ground Floor,
Room 12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 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, 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: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement for the Federal Docket Management System
published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or
you may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8-794.pdf.
    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 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. 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: Ms. Isabella Marra, Office of Safety
Programs, Commercial Driver's License Division (MC-ESL), Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The licensed drivers in the United States deserve reasonable
assurances that their fellow motorists are properly qualified to drive
the vehicles they operate. Before the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Act of 1986 (CMVSA or the Act) (Pub. L. 99-570, Title XII, 100 Stat.
3207-170, codified at 49 U.S.C. chapter 313) was signed by the
President on October 27, 1986, 18 States and the District of Columbia
authorized any person licensed to drive an automobile to also legally
drive a large truck or bus. No special training or special license was
required to drive these vehicles, even though it was widely recognized
that operation of certain types of vehicles called for special skills,
knowledge, and training. Even in the 32 States that had a classified
driver licensing system in place, only 12 of these States required an
applicant to take a skills test in a representative vehicle. Equally
serious was the problem of drivers possessing multiple driver licenses.
By spreading their convictions among several States, commercial motor
vehicle (CMV) drivers could avoid punishment for their infringements,
and stay behind the wheel.
    The CMVSA addressed these problems by requiring the Federal
government to act and place minimum standards on all jurisdictions,
including the District of Columbia. Section 12002 of the Act made it
illegal for a CMV operator to have more than one driver's license.
Section 12003 required the CMV driver conducting operations in commerce
to notify both the designated State of licensure official and the
driver's employer of any convictions of State or local laws relating to
traffic control (except parking tickets). This section also required
the promulgation of regulations to ensure each person who applies for
employment as a CMV operator to notify prospective employers of all
previous employment as a CMV operator for at least the previous 10
years.
    In section 12005 of the Act, the Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) is required to develop minimum Federal standards for
testing and licensing of operators of CMVs. Section 12007 of the Act
also directed the Secretary, in cooperation with the States, to develop
a clearinghouse to aid the States in implementing the one driver, one
license, and one driving record requirement. This clearinghouse is
known as the Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS).
    The CMVSA further required each person who has their commercial
driver's license (CDL) suspended, revoked or canceled by a State, or
who is disqualified from operating a CMV for any period, to notify his
or her employer of such actions. Drivers of CMVs must notify their
employers within 1 business day of being notified of the license
suspension, revocation, and cancellation, or of the lost right to
operate or disqualification. These requirements are reflected in 49 CFR
part 383, titled ``Commercial Driver's License Standards; Requirements
and Penalties.''
    Specifically, section 383.21 prohibits a person from having more
than one license; Section 383.31 requires notification of convictions
for driver violations; section 383.33 requires notification of driver's
license suspensions; section 383.35 requires notification of previous
employment; and section 383.37 outlines employer responsibilities.
Section 383.111 requires the passing of a knowledge test by the driver
and section 383.113 requires the passing of a skills test by the
driver; section 383.115 contains the requirement for the double/triple
trailer endorsement; section 383.117 contains the requirement for the
passenger endorsement; section 383.119 contains the requirement for the
tank vehicle endorsement; and section 383.121 contains the requirement
for the hazardous materials endorsement.
    The 10-year employment history information supplied by the CDL
holder to the employer upon application for employment (49 CFR 383.35)
is used to assist the employer in meeting his/her responsibilities to
ensure that the applicant does not have a history of high safety risk
behavior.
    State officials use the information collected on the license
application form (49 CFR 383.71), the medical certificate information
that is posted to the driving record, and the conviction and
disqualification data posted to the driving record (49 CFR 383.73) to
prevent unqualified and/or disqualified CDL holders from operating CMVs
on the nation's highways. State officials are required to adopt and
administer an FMCSA approved program for testing and ensuring the
fitness of persons to operate a commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) (49
CFR 384.201). State officials are also required to administer knowledge
and skills tests to CDL driver applicants (49 CFR 384.202). The driver
applicant is required to correctly answer at least 80 percent of the
questions on each knowledge test to achieve a passing score on that
test. To achieve a passing score on the skills test, the driver
applicant must demonstrate that he/she can successfully perform all the
skills listed in the regulations. During State CDL program reviews,
FMCSA officials review this information to ensure that the provisions
of the regulations are being carried out.
    Without the aforementioned requirements, there would be no uniform
control over driver licensing practices to prevent unqualified and/or
disqualified drivers from being issued a CDL and to prevent unsafe
drivers from spreading their convictions among several licenses in
several States and remaining behind the wheel of a CMV. Failure to
collect this information would render the regulations unenforceable.
    Title: Commercial Driver Licensing and Test Standards.
    OMB Number: 2126-0011.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
    Respondents: Drivers with a commercial learner's permit (CLP) or
CDL and State driver licensing agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,696,360 driver respondents and
22,886 State respondents.
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies and can range from 5 seconds to
40 hours.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2021.
    Frequency of Response: Varies and can range from 51 to 8,696,120.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,700,901 hours, which is the total
of four tasks for CDL drivers (2,062,676 hours), added to a total of
eight tasks for State driver licensing agency CDL activities (638,225
hours).
    Information collection tasks and associated burden hours are as
follows:

IC-1.1 Driver Notification of Convictions/Disqualifications to
Employer: 503,771 hours
IC-1.2 Driver Providing Previous Employment History to New Employer:
316,742 hours
IC-1.3 Driver Completion of the CDL Application Form: 43,527 hours

IC-1.4 Driver Completion of Knowledge and Skills Tests: 1,198,636 hours
IC-2.1 State Recording of Medical Examiner's Certificate Information:
90,202 hours
IC-2.2 State Recording of the Self Certification of Commercial Motor
Vehicle (CMV) Operation: 2,987 hours
IC-2.3 State Verification of Medical Certification Status: 5,330 hours
IC-2.4 Annual State Certification of Compliance: 1,632 hours
IC-2.5 State Preparing for and Participating in Annual Program Review:
10,200 hours
IC-2.6 CDLIS/PDPS/State Recordkeeping: 289,254 hours
IC-2.7 Knowledge and Skills Test Recordkeeping: 49,721 hours
IC-2.8 Knowledge and Skills Test Examiner Certification: 188,899 hours

    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.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for
Modification of Special Permit

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications for Modification of Special Permits

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of
Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107,
subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety has received the applications described herein. This
notice is abbreviated to expedite docketing and public notice. Because
the sections affected, modes of transportation, and the nature of
application have been shown in earlier Federal Register publications,
they are not repeated here. Requests for modification of special
permits (e.g. to provide for additional hazardous materials, packaging
design changes, additional mode of transportation, etc.) are described
in footnotes to the application number. Application numbers with the
suffix ``M'' denote a modification request. These applications have
been separated from the new application for special permits to
facilitate processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 30, 2009.
    Address Comments to: Record Center, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Washington, DC 20590.
    Comments should refer to the application number and be submitted in
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of comments is desired, include
a self-addressed stamped postcard showing the special permit number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications are
available for inspection in the Records Center, East Building, PHH-30,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, Washington DC or at http://fdms.gov.
    This notice of receipt of applications for modification of special
permit is published in accordance with Part 107 of the Federal
hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR
1.53(b)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2009.
Delmer F. Billings,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Special Permits and Approvals.

                                          Modification Special Permits
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                           Docket                                                      Nature of special permit
     Application No.         No.           Applicant         Regulation(s) affected            thereof
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4884-M..................  ........  Praxair, Inc. Danbury,   49 CFR 175.3; 178.61;   To modify the special
                                     CT.                      173.304; 173.201;       permit to authorize
                                                              173.202; 173.302;       transportation of certain
                                                              173.323.                gases, corrosive liquids,
                                                                                and materials that are
                                                                                dangerous when wet in non-
                                                                                DOT specification
                                                                                cylinders similar to a DOT-
                                                                                4BW except that the
                                                                                cylinder is manufactured
                                                                                from stainless steel.
10945-M.................  ........  Structural Composites    49 CFR 173.302(a);      To modify the special
                                     Industries, LLC,         173.304(a); 175.3.      permit to authorize liner
                                     Pomona, CA.                                      materials qualification as
                                                                                written in ISO 11119-1 &
                                                                                2; bonfire test in
                                                                                horizontal position as an
                                                                                alternative to the
                                                                                currently required
                                                                                vertical position; and
                                                                                delay marking of hydro
                                                                                static test until the date
                                                                                that the cylinders are
                                                                                shipped from manufacturer
                                                                                to user.
11494-M.................  ........  ARC Automotive, Inc.     49 CFR 173.301(h);      (3) To modify the (d)
                                     Knoxville, TN.           173.302; 173.306.       testing requirements of
                                                                                7.b.
11536-M.................  ........  Boeing Company, The Los  49 CFR 173.102 Spec.    To modify the special
                                     Angeles, CA.             Prov. 101; 173.24(g);   permit to authorize the
                                                              173.62; 173.202;        transportation in commerce
                                                              173.304; 175.3.         of Class 9 materials.
12087-M.................  ........  LND, Inc. Oceanside, NY  49 CFR 172.101, Co. 9;  To modify the special
                                                              173.306; 175.3.         permit to authorize a
                                                                                piece of equipment as a
                                                                                strong outer packaging.

12283-M.................  ........  Interstate Battery of    49 CFR 173.159(c)(1);   Permit to authorize the
                                     Alaska Anchorage, AK.    173.159(c).             removal of the wording for
                                                                                disposal or remanufacture
                                                                                allowing batteries to be
                                                                                shipped to remote
                                                                                villages.
12296-M.................  ........  Clean Earth Systems,     49 CFR 173.12(b)(2)(i)  To modify the special
                                     Inc. Tampa, FL.                                  permit to authorize an
                                                                                additional mode of
                                                                                transportation.
13306-M.................  ........  Ecolab, Inc. St. Paul,   49 CFR 172.3 12(a);     To renew and modify the
                                     MN.                      173.24a(a)(1);          special permit to
                                                              173.22a.                authorize a new specially-
                                                                                designed combination
                                                                                packaging consisting of
                                                                                two plastic inner
                                                                                receptacles having a side
                                                                                closure not oriented in
                                                                                the upward direction for
                                                                                use in transporting
                                                                                Organic peroxide, Division
                                                                                5.2.
13736-M.................  ........  ConocoPhillips           49 CFR 172.101 Table,   To modify the special
                                     Anchorage, AK.           Col. (9B).              permit to authorize an
                                                                                increase in the capacity
                                                                                from 350 to 4500 U.S.
                                                                                gallons for bulk
                                                                                containers.
14576-M.................  ........  Structural Composites    49 CFR 173.302a and     To modify the special
                                     Industries (SCI)         173.304a.               permit to authorize an
                                     Pomona, CA.                                      increase in the maximum
                                                                                water volume from 250
                                                                                liters to 450 liters and
                                                                                to remove the specific
                                                                                requirements for minimum
                                                                                water volume of 250
                                                                                liters.
13736-M.................  ........  ConocoPhillips           49 CFR 172.101 Table,   To modify the special
                                     Anchorage, AK.           Col. (9B).              permit to authorize an
14736-M.................  ........  U.S. Department of       49 CFR 172.101 Table    To reissue the special
                                     Defense Scott Air        Column (9B) and (1OA)   permit originally issued
                                     Force Base, IL.          and Sec.   173.227.     on an emergency basis to
                                                                                authorize transportation
                                                                                in commerce of Nitric
                                                                                acid, red fuming in
                                                                                alternative packaging.
14811-M.................  ........  Worthington Cylinders    49 CFR 173.30 1(a)(1),  To reissue the special
                                     of Canada Corp.          173.301(a)(2) and       permit originally issued
                                     Tilbury, Ontario,        173.302a(a)(1).         on an emergency basis to
                                     Canada.                                          authorize the manufacture,
                                                                                marking, sale and use of a
                                                                                non-DOT specification
                                                                                cylinder conforming with
                                                                                DOT Specification 3AA
                                                                                except an alternative
                                                                                flattening test is
                                                                                authorized.
14821-M.................  ........  Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.   49 CFR 173.40(e)......  To reissue the special
                                     Basking Ridge, NJ.                               permit originally issued
                                                                                on an emergency basis to
                                                                                authorize transportation
                                                                                in commerce of certain
                                                                                manifolded DOT
                                                                                specification 3A and 3AA
                                                                                cylinders containing a
                                                                                material toxic by
                                                                                inhalation in Hazard Zone
                                                                                B.
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