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published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85 and
11.91.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 11,
2006.
Brenda D. Courtney,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petitions for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2006–25985.
Petitioner: Flight Structures, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sections
25.785(d), 25.813(b), and 25.857(e).
Description of Relief Sought:
Exemption from 14 CFR 25.785(d),
25.813(b), and 25.857(e) for the Airbus
A300B4–600/–600R model airplanes to
allow carriage of up to 5 noncrewmembers (commonly referred to as
supernumeraries) in addition to the
maximum 4 flight deck occupants for a
total occupancy limit of 9.
Docket No.: FAA–2006–25813.
Petitioner: Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: Section
139.311.
Description of Relief Sought:
Exemption from 14 CFR 139.311 to
allow Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport to terminate the use of the
airport’s existing rotating beacon. Due to
development efforts the airport’s beacon
cannot remain in its current location.
The petitioner notes that advanced
methods of disseminating airport
information to flight crews eliminates
the need to operate and maintain a
rotating beacon without reducing the
level of safety due to not having a
beacon.
[FR Doc. 06–8756 Filed 10–18–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25504]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comments;
Renewal of an Information Collection:
Medical Qualification Requirements
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The FMCSA invites
comments on its plan to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to renew an
information collection concerning the
requirements set forth in 49 CFR parts
391 and 398 for the following activities:
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certificate to be completed by a licensed
medical examiner; (2) The submission
of an application to FMCSA for the
Agency to resolve conflicts of medical
evaluations between medical examiners;
(3) A driver qualification (DQ) file for:
(a) Motor carriers to include the medical
certificate; (b) motor carriers of migrant
workers to include a doctor’s certificate
for every driver employed or used by
them; and (c) motor carriers to include
a Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE)
certificate issued to a driver with a limb
disability; and (4) Information collected
from carriers, drivers and interested
parties used in Agency determinations
for granting exemptions from the vision
and diabetes requirements in the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSRs). This notice is
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 18, 2006.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Docket No. FMCSA–2006–
25504. You may mail or hand deliver
comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management
Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590;
telefax comments to (202) 493–2251; or
submit electronically at http://
dms.dot.gov. You may examine and
copy all comments received at the above
address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you desire your comment to
be acknowledged, you must include a
self-addressed stamped envelope or
postcard or, if you submit your
comments electronically, you may print
the acknowledgment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Mary D. Gunnels, Chief, Physical
Qualifications Division, (202) 366–4001,
maggi.gunnels@dot.gov, FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590–0001. Office hours are from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Medical Qualification
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0006.
Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 31136
requires the Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) to prescribe regulations to
ensure that the physical qualifications
of commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
operators are adequate to enable them to
operate CMVs safely. In addition, 49
U.S.C. 31502 authorizes the Secretary to
prescribe requirements for qualifications
of employees of a motor carrier when
needed to promote safety of operation.
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physical condition must be collected in
order for the FMCSA and motor carriers
to verify that the individual meets the
physical qualification standards for
CMV drivers set forth in 49 CFR 391.41;
and for the FMCSA to determine
whether the individual is physically
able to operate a CMV safely. This
information collection is comprised of
the components listed in the summary
above.
Respondents: Medical Examiners,
Medical Specialists, Physicians,
Licensed Doctors of Medicine, Doctors
of Osteopathy, Physician Assistants,
Advanced Practice Nurses, Doctors of
Chiropractic, motor carriers, and CMV
drivers.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Record: The following records are
included in the IC pertaining to the
Medical Qualifications Requirements:
(1) The Medical Examination Form and
Certificate—Twenty minutes for a
medical examiner to complete the
medical examination form; One minute
for the medical examiner to complete
the medical examiner’s certificate; One
minute for carriers to copy and file the
medical examiner’s certificate in the DQ
file; (2) Data Resolving Medical
Conflicts—One hour for the Agency to
review and resolve an application for
resolution of medical conflict; (3) The
SPE Certificate—Fifteen minutes for the
Agency to review and complete an
application for an initial SPE certificate;
Two minutes for the Agency to review
and complete an application for a
renewal of a SPE certificate; One minute
for carriers to copy and file the SPE
certificate application in the DQ file; (4)
Vision Exemptions—Sixty minutes for
the Agency to review and complete an
application for a vision exemption with
required supporting documents, and for
carriers to copy and file the documents
in the DQ file; (5) Diabetes
Exemptions—Ninety minutes for the
Agency to review and complete a
diabetes exemption with required
documentation, and for carriers to copy
and file the documents in the DQ file;
and (6) The Doctor’s Certificate for
Motor Carriers of Migrant Workers—One
minute for a doctor of medicine or
osteopathy to complete a doctor’s
certificate for drivers of motor carriers of
migrant workers; and for carriers to
place the certificate in the DQ file for
every driver employed or used by them.
Frequency of Response: Biennially,
and on occasion, more frequently for
drivers who are not eligible to receive a
2-year certificate. A medical certificate
usually is valid for 2 years, so FMCSA
estimates that half of the drivers subject
to its medical standards will take an
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medical requirements are submitted on
occasion by the respondents.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,186,898 hours [1,184,046 hours for
medical examination form and
certificate (3,229,215 certificates × 22
minutes/60 minutes per hour + 11 hours
for resolution of medical conflicts (3
cases × 1 hour each to prepare, plus 8
hours for one hearing) + 92 hours for
SPE certificates (2,100 certificates × 1
minute/60 minutes for motor carriers +
1,700 renewals × 2 minutes/60 minutes)
+ 946 hours for vision exemptions (168
new vision exemptions + 750 vision
exemptions × 1 hour each + 28 hours for
motor carriers to retain a copy in the
driver’s DQ file) + 1,800 for diabetes
exemptions (1,200 exemptions × 90
minutes/60 minutes) + 3 (or 3.3
rounded) hours for doctors certificate
for drivers of migrant workers (100
certificates × 2 minutes/60 minutes) =
1,186,898 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 FMCSA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the 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 on: October 11, 2006.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6–17450 Filed 10–18–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25652]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comments;
Notice of Intent To Survey Motor
Carriers Operating Small PassengerTransporting Commercial Motor
Vehicles
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The FMCSA invites
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve a new information

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collection. The new information
collection is associated with an agency
study by a research contractor which
will investigate motor carriers that
operate small passenger-transporting
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The
collected information would assist
FMCSA with outreach initiatives to
these newly regulated motor carriers of
passengers. This notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 18, 2006.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Docket No. FMCSA–2006–
25652. You may mail or hand deliver
comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management
Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590;
telefax comments to 202/493–2251; or
submit electronically at http://
dms.dot.gov. You may examine and
copy all comments received at the above
address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you desire your comment to
be acknowledged, you must include a
self-addressed stamped envelope or
postcard or, if you submit your
comments electronically, you may print
the acknowledgment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Peter Chandler, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, Office of
Enforcement and Compliance,
Commercial Passenger Carrier Safety
Division, Washington, DC 20590, phone
(202) 366–5763, fax (202) 366–3621, email peter.chandler@dot.gov, Office
hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., ET,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
12, 2003, FMCSA published a final rule
(68 FR 47860) which required motor
carriers operating CMVs, designed or
used to transport between 9 and 15
passengers (including the driver), in
interstate commerce to comply with the
parts 391 through 396 of the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
(FMCSRs) when they are directly
compensated for such services, and the
vehicle is operated beyond a 75 air-mile
radius from the driver’s normal workreporting location. Affected motor
carriers were required to be in
compliance with such regulations by
December 10, 2003. This rule
implemented section 212 of the Motor
Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999.
Section 4136 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy For Users (SAFETEA–LU)
directed FMCSA to remove the 75 airmile radius standard. This legislation
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carriers that operate small passengertransporting CMVs, being subject to the
FMCSRs. In order to effectively inform
these motor carriers of the regulatory
requirements that they will become
subject to, and administer an effective
educational outreach program to this
entire industry segment, FMCSA needs
information about all of these motor
carriers.
Because motor carriers that operate
small passenger-carrying CMVs have
either been newly regulated or will be
regulated in the near future, FMCSA
wants to learn about the safety and/or
regulatory compliance challenges of this
industry segment. There is no motor
carrier industry association that is
comprised mostly of commercial
companies that primarily operate 9–15
passenger-carrying vehicles. This
situation makes obtaining information
about this industry segment more
difficult and necessitates the assistance
of a researcher to obtain information
needed by FMCSA to effectively provide
outreach to these newly regulated
carriers. FMCSA will request a research
contractor to obtain information about
motor carriers with small passengertransporting CMV operations. The
research contractor will collect
information through approximately 50
telephone interviews and 8 site visits at
places of business. Information obtained
from the study will provide insight into
the common safety and regulatory
compliance challenges facing motor
carriers with small passengertransporting CMV operations. Such
information will be utilized by FMCSA
to develop educational outreach
initiatives for this newly regulated
industry segment.
Title: Survey of Motor Carriers with
Small Passenger Vehicle Operations.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New one-time survey/
information collection.
Respondents: For-hire motor carriers
that operate 9–15 passenger-carrying
vehicles in interstate commerce.
Number of Respondents: 50 motor
carriers.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: The estimated average burden
per response for each telephone survey
is 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated total annual burden is 25
hours for the information collection
based upon an acceptable level of
statistical significance and a confidence
interval of 13.6 percent.
Total Annual Burden: 25 hours [(50
responses × 30 minutes per response)/60
minutes = 25 hours].

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