49 CFR Chapter III - FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Title 49 published on 16-Dec-2017 04:00
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GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-27976 RIN Docket No. FRA-2001-11213, Notice No. 22 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Railroad Administration Notification of determination. This notification of determination is effective December 28, 2017. 49 CFR Part 219 This notification of determination announces the FRA Administrator's minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates for calendar year 2018.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-27884 RIN Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0336 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Application for exemption; request for comments. Comments must be received on or before January 29, 2018. 49 CFR Part 395 FMCSA announces that the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) has requested an exemption on behalf of its members from the requirement that motor carriers and their drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) use an electronic logging device (ELD) to record the driver hours-of-service (HOS). ARA states that the ELD requirement imposes undue economic and other burdens on its member retailers and distributors of farm-related products and services. It asserts that ELDs fail to properly record the complex HOS data, are not properly certified by the FMCSA, and do not provide appropriate cyber-security safeguards. ARA also asserts that ELDs will not function properly in many locations in rural America because of poor internet and cellular connectivity. ARA states that the operations of its members under exemption from the ELD requirements will achieve a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent the proposed exemption. FMCSA requests public comment on ARA's application for exemption.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-27311 RIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Notification; grant of waiver. This waiver is applicable beginning December 18, 2017, and expires on March 18, 2018. 49 CFR Part 395 FMCSA grants a limited 90-day waiver from the Federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations pertaining to electronic logging devices (ELDs) for the transportation of agricultural commodities as defined in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The Agency takes this action in response to a waiver request from the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) on behalf of eight organizations representing transporters of livestock and other agricultural commodities, as defined in the FMCSRs. The Agency has determined that the waiver is in the public interest and would likely achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent such exemption, based on the terms and conditions imposed. The waiver will also through notice and public comment, provide FMCSA with time to consider certain exemption applications from segments of the agricultural industry concerning the use of ELDs to document drivers' hours of service and clarify applicability of the requirements and the need for certain carriers to begin using ELDs by the December 18, 2017, deadline.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-27272 RIN 2130-AC70 Docket No. FRA-2009-0033, Notice No. 5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Railroad Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Written comments on this proposed rule must be received by January 19, 2018. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent possible without incurring additional expense or delay. 49 CFR Part 243 In response to a petition for reconsideration of a final rule, FRA proposes to amend its regulations (Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees) by delaying certain implementation dates an additional year. FRA previously delayed the regulations' implementation dates for one year in a final rule published May 3, 2017 (May 2017 Final Rule).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-27310 RIN Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0360 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Notice of proposed regulatory guidance; request for public comment. Comments must be received on or before January 19, 2018. This guidance would expire no later than 5 years after it is finalized. 49 CFR Part 395 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.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-26546 RIN Docket No. PHMSA-2017-0102 Notice No. 2017-12 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Announcement of Department determination. December 13, 2017. 49 CFR Part 174 In this document, the Department of Transportation is announcing that after careful review, and as mandated by Section 7311 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the Department of Transportation has reviewed the final updated Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) and determined that the HM-251 Final Rule's electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake requirements are not economically justified. As the expected benefits do not exceed the expected costs, PHMSA and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will initiate a rulemaking to rescind the necessary regulatory provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-26316 RIN 3147-AA18 Docket No. NTSB-GC-2017-0004 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Interim final rule. This interim final rule is effective on December 12, 2017. The NTSB will accept written comments on this interim final rule on or before February 12, 2018. 49 CFR Part 801 The NTSB is issuing an interim final rule that revises 49 CFR part 801, “Public Availability of Information,” to implement the substantive and procedural changes to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), identified in the Open Government Act of 2007, December 31, 2007, the Open FOIA Act of 2009, October 28, 2009, and the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, June 30, 2016. These revisions to the NTSB FOIA regulation are being issued as an interim final rule to ensure that an updated regulation is in place as soon as practicable to implement the Acts referenced above.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-25821 RIN 2130-AC71 Docket No. FRA-2011-0060, Notice No. 7 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Railroad Administration Final rule; stay of regulations. Effective November 29, 2017, the stay of 49 CFR part 270 is extended until December 4, 2018. Petitions for reconsideration must be received on or before January 19, 2018. Comments in response to petitions for reconsideration must be received on or before March 5, 2018. 49 CFR Part 270 On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement a system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. On February 10, 2017, FRA stayed the SSP final rule's requirements until March 21, 2017, and extended the stay until May 22, 2017, June 5, 2017, and then December 4, 2017. FRA is issuing this final rule to extend that stay until December 4, 2018.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-25762 RIN Docket No. FHWA-2017-0003 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration Final rule. Effective on December 29, 2017. 23 CFR Part 450 This rulemaking rescinds certain transportation planning regulations pertaining to the establishment of the metropolitan planning area (MPA) boundaries, the designation of metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), and the coordination among MPOs. The amendments contained in this rule carry out the statutory mandate to rescind the final rule published on December 20, 2016, on this topic.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-24397 RIN 2105-AE58 Docket No. DOT-OST-2016-0189 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Office of the Secretary Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2018. 49 CFR Part 40 The Department of Transportation is amending its drug-testing program regulation to add hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone to its drug-testing panel; add methylenedioxyamphetamine as an initial test analyte; and remove methylenedioxyethylamphetamine as a confirmatory test analyte. The revision of the drug-testing panel harmonizes DOT regulations with the revised HHS Mandatory Guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Federal drug-testing programs for urine testing. This final rule clarifies certain existing drug-testing program provisions and definitions, makes technical amendments, and removes the requirement for employers and Consortium/Third Party Administrators to submit blind specimens.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-23690 RIN Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0297 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Notice of application for exemption; request for comments. Comments must be received on or before November 30, 2017. 49 CFR Part 395 FMCSA announces that the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has requested an exemption from the requirement that a motor carrier require each of its drivers to use an electronic logging device (ELD) no later than December 18, 2017, to record the driver's hours-of-service (HOS). NPPC states it requests the exemption for all livestock haulers as defined in the application ( i.e., transporters of livestock, poultry, aquaculture, and insects) to address an incompatibility between the FMCSA's HOS rules and the current structure and realities of the U.S. livestock industry. NPPC states that the livestock haulers will not be prepared to meet the December 18, 2017, compliance date for installing ELDs. NPPC believes that the exemption, if granted, would achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent such exemption. FMCSA requests public comment on NPPC's application for exemption.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-23531 RIN 2127-AL78 Docket No. NHTSA-2015-0056 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Final rule; response to petition for reconsideration. The effective date of this final rule is November 29, 2017. Petitions for reconsideration: Petitions for reconsideration of this final rule must be received not later than December 14, 2017. 49 CFR Part 571 This final rule addresses a petition for reconsideration of the final rule for FMVSS No. 136, Electronic stability control systems for heavy vehicles. The petitioner, Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA), requested that NHTSA amend the test conditions for the agency's performance test by allowing a larger lane width for long wheelbase truck tractors. After a careful technical review of the petition and the issues raised by the petitioner, the agency has decided to grant the petition because there is sufficient evidence to indicate that a larger lane width is needed for testing of long wheelbase truck tractors.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-23403 RIN Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0296 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Application for exemption; request for comments. Comments must be received on or before November 27, 2017. 49 CFR Part 395 FMCSA announces that the Western Equipment Dealers Association (WEDA) has requested an exemption on behalf of several other organizations and their membership from the requirement that no later than December 18, 2017, a motor carrier require each of its drivers to use an electronic logging device (ELD) to record the driver's hours-of-service (HOS). WEDA states that equipment dealer operations in agriculture constitute unique circumstances that warrant the requested exemption, and not granting it will pose an undue burden on equipment dealers and their customers without any measurable safety benefit. In its application, WEDA seeks a five-year, renewable exemption from the ELD requirements which, the organization states, if granted will achieve a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent the proposed exemption. FMCSA requests public comment on WEDA's application for exemption.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-23404 RIN Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0298 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Application for exemption; request for comments. Comments must be received on or before November 27, 2017. 49 CFR Part 395 FMCSA announces that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has requested an exemption from the electronic logging device (ELD) requirements for all commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers providing transportation to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site. MPAA request this exemption to allow these drivers to complete paper records of duty status (RODS) instead of using an ELD device. MPAA believes that the exemption would not have any adverse impacts on operational safety because drivers would remain subject to the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations as well as the requirements to maintain paper RODS. FMCSA requests public comment on MPAA's application for exemption.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-22692 RIN Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0061 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Final rule. Effective October 24, 2017. 49 CFR Part 593 This document revises the list of vehicles not originally manufactured to conform to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) that NHTSA has decided to be eligible for importation. This list is published in an appendix to the agency's regulations that prescribe procedures for import eligibility decisions. The list has been revised to add all vehicles that NHTSA has decided to be eligible for importation since October 1, 2016, and to remove all previously listed vehicles that are now more than 25 years old and need no longer comply with all applicable FMVSS to be lawfully imported. NHTSA is required by statute to publish this list annually in the Federal Register .
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-22553 RIN 2137-AF22 Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0016 Amdt. Nos. 191-24 192-122 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interim final rule; reopening comment period. The comment period for the interim final rule published on December 19, 2016 (81 FR 91860), is reopened. Comments must be received by November 20, 2017. 49 CFR Parts 191 and 192 The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is announcing an additional opportunity for the public to comment on an interim final rule (IFR) titled: “Pipeline Safety: Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities.” PHMSA is reopening the comment period in response to a petition for reconsideration filed jointly by the American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, and the American Public Gas Association. By reopening the comment period, PHMSA is providing all interested parties with the opportunity to comment on the IFR and the merits and claims of the petition. PHMSA will consider all public comments and address the petition for reconsideration in the final rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-22281 RIN Docket No. PHMSA-2017-0102 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Notification of availability; request for comments. Comments must be received by November 1, 2017. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable, provided the comments do not result in additional delay or expense. 49 CFR Part 174 This document provides notice that PHMSA and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are publishing a revised Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) updating the original RIA associated with the electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake provision of PHMSA's May 8, 2015, Final Rule titled “Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains” (Final Rule). The agencies are publishing the updated RIA in response to the mandate of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The updated RIA incorporates new testing and analysis the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reviewed, recommendations from two U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) audits, and updates to the costs and benefits of the provision of the Final Rule based on current economic conditions. PHMSA invites comments on all aspects of the updated RIA and the agency will respond to all relevant comments received.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-21902 RIN 3147-AA20 Docket No. NTSB-GC-2017-0001 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Interim Final Rule with request for comments. This Interim Final Rule is effective on October 12, 2017. The NTSB will accept written comments on this Interim Final Rule on or before October 27, 2017. 49 CFR Part 831 This Interim Final Rule adjusts for inflation the maximum civil penalty that the NTSB may assess against a person for violating certain NTSB statutes and regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-21093 RIN Docket No. EP 739 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Comments are due by November 1, 2017. Replies are due by November 16, 2017. 49 CFR Part 1102 In this decision, the Surface Transportation Board (the Board) proposes to modify its regulations to permit, subject to disclosure requirements, ex parte communications in informal rulemaking proceedings. The Board also proposes other changes to its ex parte rules that would clarify and update when and how interested persons may communicate informally with the Board regarding pending proceedings other than rulemakings. The intent of the proposed regulations is to enhance the Board's ability to make informed decisions through increased stakeholder communications while ensuring that the Board's record-building process in rulemaking proceedings remains transparent and fair.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-21085 RIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 571 GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-20565 RIN FHWA; 2125-AF60 Docket No. FHWA-2015-0011 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM). The Agencies must receive comments on or before November 28, 2017. 23 CFR Parts 771 and 774 This SNPRM provides interested parties the opportunity to comment on the proposed revisions to the FHWA and FTA joint regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 4(f) requirements. The FHWA, FRA, and FTA (hereafter referred to as “the Agencies”) propose these revisions after the enactment of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which requires a rulemaking to address programmatic approaches in environmental reviews and makes other changes to existing law that should be addressed in a rulemaking. In this SNPRM the Agencies also propose to add FRA to regulations governing environmental impact and related procedures and the parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic site, making those regulations FRA's NEPA implementing procedures and FRA's Section 4(f) implementing regulations, respectively. This SNPRM proposes to modify the FHWA/FTA Environmental Impact and Related Procedures due to changes to the environmental review process made by the FAST Act and to modify the Parks, Recreation Areas, Wildlife and Waterfowl Refuges, and Historic Sites regulations due to new exceptions created by the FAST Act. Lastly, the Agencies request comments regarding the current FHWA and FTA definition of “existing operational right-of-way” in their respective categorical exclusion sections. The Agencies seek comments on the proposals in this document.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-20561 RIN FHWA; 2125-AF73:; 2130-AC66:; 2132-AB32 Docket No. FHWA-2016-0037 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); request for comments. Comments must be received on or before November 27, 2017. 23 CFR Parts 778 and 773 This NPRM provides interested parties with the opportunity to comment on proposed regulations governing the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Program for Eliminating Duplication of Environmental Reviews (Program) established by Section 1309 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). Section 1309 directed the U.S. Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to establish a pilot program authorizing up to five States to conduct environmental reviews and make approvals for projects under State environmental laws and regulations instead of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FAST Act requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), to promulgate regulations to implement the requirements of the Program, including application requirements and criteria necessary to determine whether State laws and regulations are at least as stringent as the applicable Federal law. The FHWA, FRA, and FTA, hereinafter referred to as “the Agencies,” are proposing these regulations on behalf of the Secretary and seek comments on the proposals contained in this NPRM. This rule would also implement a provision in Section 1308 of the FAST Act that amends the corrective action period that the Agencies must provide to a State participating in the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program (Section 327 Program).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-20350 RIN 2127-AL68 Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0085 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Final rule. Effective date: This final rule is effective September 27, 2017. Compliance date: The compliance date for the amendments in this final rule is September 27, 2018. Optional early compliance is permitted. Petitions for reconsideration: Petitions for reconsideration of this final rule must be received not later than November 13, 2017. 49 CFR Part 571 NHTSA is issuing this final rule to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 305, “Electric-powered vehicles: Electrolyte spillage and electrical shock protection,” to adopt various electrical safety requirements found in Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 13, “Hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles,” and other sources. This final rule updates FMVSS No. 305 using modern and harmonized safety requirements and facilitates the introduction of new technologies, including hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) and 48-volt mild hybrid technologies. This final rule is a deregulatory action. It imposes no costs and adjusts FMVSS No. 305 to give more flexibility to manufacturers not only to use modern electrical safety designs to produce electric vehicles, but also to introduce new technologies to the U.S. market. To expand FMVSS No. 305's performance requirements beyond post-crash conditions, NHTSA adopts electrical safety requirements to protect against direct and indirect contact of high voltage sources during everyday operation of electric-powered vehicles. Also, NHTSA adopts an optional method of meeting post-crash electrical safety requirements, consistent with that in GTR No. 13, involving use of physical barriers to prevent direct or indirect contact (by occupants, emergency services personnel and others) with high voltage sources.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-20079 RIN 2126-AC03 Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0118 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments. Comments on this notice of proposed rulemaking must be received on or before October 2, 2017. 49 CFR Part 367 FMCSA proposes to establish reductions in the annual registration fees collected from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for the registration years 2018, 2019 and subsequent years. For the 2018 registration year, the fees would be reduced below the current level by approximately 9.10% to ensure that fee revenues do not exceed the statutory maximum, and to account for the excess funds held in the depository. For the 2019 registration year, the fees would be reduced below the current level by approximately 4.55% to ensure the fee revenues in that and future years do not exceed the statutory maximum.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-17419 RIN EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0827 NHTSA-2016-0068 FRL-9966-62-OAR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Request for comment. Comments must be received on or before October 5, 2017. EPA will announce the public hearing date and location for this document in a supplemental Federal Register publication. 49 CFR Parts 523, 531, 533, 536 and 537 In a March 22, 2017, Federal Register document, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intention to reconsider the Final Determination of the Mid-term Evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions standards for model year 2022-2025 light-duty vehicles and to coordinate its reconsideration with the parallel rulemaking process to be undertaken by the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars and light trucks for the same model years. In this document, EPA is announcing that it is reconsidering whether the light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas standards previously established for model years 2022-2025 are appropriate under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act and invites stakeholders to submit any comments, data, and information they believe are relevant to the Administrator's reconsideration of the January 2017 Mid-term Evaluation Final Determination and in particular, highlight any new information. As part of a 2012 joint final rulemaking by the EPA and NHTSA, the Mid-term Evaluation process was codified in EPA regulation for greenhouse gas emission standards for model years 2017-2025 light-duty vehicles, which requires EPA to determine no later than April 1, 2018, whether the standards for model years 2022-2025 are appropriate. 1 In accord with this schedule, as noted in the March 22, 2017, document and this document, EPA intends to make a Final Determination regarding the appropriateness of the model year 2022-2025 standards no later than April 1, 2018. In this document, EPA is also requesting comment on the separate question of whether the light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas standards established for model year 2021 remain appropriate, regardless of the agency's decision on the MTE. 1 40 CFR 86.1818-12(h); see also 77 FR 62624 (October 15, 2012).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-16451 RIN 2126-AB88 Docket No. s FMCSA-2015-0419 and FRA-2015-0111 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal. As of August 8, 2017 the ANPRM published on March 10, 2016, at 81 FR 12642 is withdrawn. 49 CFR Part 391 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) (collectively, the Agencies) withdraw the March 10, 2016, advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning the prevalence of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among individuals occupying safety sensitive positions in highway and rail transportation, and its potential consequences for the safety of highway and rail transportation. The Agencies have determined not to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking at this time.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-16452 RIN 2126-AB96 Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0341 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Comments on this document must be received on or before October 6, 2017. 49 CFR Part 389 FMCSA proposes to amend its rulemaking procedures by revising the process for preparing and adopting rules, petitions, and direct final rules. Also, the Agency adds new definitions, and makes general administrative corrections throughout its rulemaking procedures. These proposed actions are authorized under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-16338 RIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulatory guidance. Regulatory Guidance: The regulatory guidance is applicable August 3, 2017. The guidance expires August 3, 2022. 49 CFR Part 383 FMCSA announces regulatory guidance clarifying that State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) may agree to facilitate the commercial learner's permit (CLP) application process and to administer the commercial driver's license (CDL) general knowledge test to individuals who are not domiciled in the State. Today's guidance makes clear that SDLAs may accept applications for CLPs and administer the general knowledge test to individuals taking commercial motor vehicle driver training in that State, but who are not domiciled there, provided that: The SDLA administering the general knowledge test transmits the test results directly, securely, and electronically to the applicant's State of domicile; and the State of domicile agrees to accept the test results and issue the CLP. While today's guidance is in answer to general knowledge testing as addressed in FMCSA regulations, we note that this regulatory guidance is consistent with the Agency's October 13, 2016, final rule which amended the CDL regulations to ease the transition of military personnel into civilian careers driving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-16280 RIN Docket No. EP 542 (Sub-No. 25) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD Final rules. These rules are effective September 1, 2017. 49 CFR Part 1002 The Board updates for 2017 the fees that the public must pay to file certain cases and pleadings with the Board. Pursuant to this update, 83 of the Board's 133 fees will be increased, while 50 fees will be maintained at their current levels.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-15985 RIN 2132-AB27 Docket No. FTA-2016-0008 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Transit Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); request for comments. Comments must be received September 29, 2017. Any comments filed after this deadline will be considered to the extent practicable. 49 CFR Part 650 The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is proposing new, experimental procedures to encourage increased project management flexibility, more innovation in project funding, improved efficiency, timely project implementation, and new project revenue streams. A primary goal is to address impediments to the greater use of public-private partnerships (P3s) and private investment in public transportation capital projects (Private Investment Project Procedures or PIPP). FTA anticipates using the lessons learned from these experimental procedures to develop more effective approaches to including private participation and investment in project planning, project development, finance, design, construction, maintenance, and operations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-14525 RIN Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0059 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reconsideration of final rule; request for comments. Comments: Comments must be received by October 10, 2017. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for more information on submitting comments. 49 CFR Part 578 NHTSA seeks comment on whether and how to amend the civil penalty rate for violations of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. NHTSA initially raised the civil penalty rate for CAFE standard violations for inflation in 2016, but upon further consideration, NHTSA believes that obtaining additional public input on how to proceed with CAFE civil penalties in the future will be helpful. Therefore, NHTSA is issuing this document to seek public comment as it sua sponte reconsiders its final rule regarding the appropriate inflationary adjustment for CAFE civil penalties.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-14526 RIN 2127-AL82 Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0136 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. As of July 7, 2017, the effective date of the final rule published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2016, at 81 FR 95489, is delayed indefinitely pending reconsideration. 49 CFR Part 578 NHTSA is delaying the effective date of the final rule entitled “Civil Penalties,” published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2016, because NHTSA is reconsidering the appropriate level for CAFE civil penalties.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-14355 RIN 2130-AC60 Notice No. 4 Docket No. FRA-2016-0023 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Railroad Administration Final rule. This final rule is effective on September 5, 2017. 49 CFR Part 269 This final rule implements a pilot program for competitive selection of eligible petitioners in lieu of Amtrak to operate not more than three long-distance routes operated by Amtrak. The final rule is required by statute.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-14180 RIN Docket No. EP 665 (Sub-No. 1) Docket No. EP 528 (Sub-No. 1) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD Final rule. This rule is effective July 30, 2017. 49 CFR Part 1300 The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is adopting final rules amending its regulations on the publication of rate and service terms for agricultural products and fertilizer. The Board also denies a petition for reconsideration of the Board's policy statement regarding aggregation of claims and standing issues as they relate to rate complaint procedures.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-14044 RIN Docket No. EP 729 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD Final rule. This rule is effective on July 29, 2017. 49 CFR Part 1152 The Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB) adopts changes to its rules pertaining to Offers of Financial Assistance to improve the process and protect it against abuse.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. C1-2016-21203 RIN 2060-AS16 EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0827 NHTSA-2014-0132 FRL-9950-25-OAR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 40 CFR Parts 9, 22, 85, 86, 600, 1033, 1036, 1037, 1039, 1042, 1043, 1065, 1066, and 1068
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-12983 RIN 3147-AA01 Docket No. NTSB-GC-2012-0002 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Interim final rule; request for comments. This rule is effective July 31, 2017. Comments must be received by July 31, 2017. Comments received after the deadline will be considered to the extent possible. 49 CFR Part 831 The NTSB adds to its accident investigation procedures regulations a new subpart for marine casualty investigations. This interim final rule adopts a number of substantive and technical changes the NTSB proposed in its August 12, 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), as those proposals were intended to apply to marine investigations. It also sets forth several changes specific to marine casualty investigations.