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or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP
deadline has passed, Bureau staff may
not discuss this competition with
applicants until the proposal review
process has been completed.
VIII. Other Information
Notice
The terms and conditions published
in this RFGP are binding and may not
be modified by any Bureau
representative. Explanatory information
provided by the Bureau that contradicts
published language will not be binding.
Issuance of the RFGP does not
constitute an award commitment on the
part of the Government. The Bureau
reserves the right to reduce, revise, or
increase proposal budgets in accordance
with the needs of the program and the
availability of funds. Awards made will
be subject to periodic reporting and
evaluation requirements per section VI.3
above.
Dated: December 2, 2008.
Goli Ameri,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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Renewal of the Regional Resource
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) and 41 CFR
102–3.65, and following consultation
with the Committee Management
Secretariat, General Services
Administration (GSA), notice is hereby
given that the Regional Resource
Stewardship Council (Council) has been
renewed for a two-year period beginning
February 2, 2009. The Council will
provide advice to the Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) on issues affecting
natural resource stewardship activities.
Numerous public and private entities
are traditionally involved in the
stewardship of the natural resources of
the Tennessee Valley region. It has been
determined that the Council continues
to be needed to provide an additional
mechanism for public input regarding
stewardship issues.
Further information regarding this
advisory committee can be obtained
from Beth A. Keel, 400 West Summit
Hill Drive, WT 11B–K, Knoxville,
Tennessee 37902–1499, (865) 632–6113.
Anda A. Ray,
Senior Vice President, Office of Environment
and Research, Tennessee Valley Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0336]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Information Collection:
Annual Commercial Vehicle Driver
Survey: Work and Compensation
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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 (OMB) for its
review and approval and invites public
comment. The purpose of this
information collection is to acquire
general information regarding the
commercial motor vehicle driving
population and specific information on
driver work history, work scheduling,
and compensation. This information is
needed in many different types of
analyses conducted by the FMCSA and
would benefit the FMCSA in assessing
the impacts of proposed rules and the
improvement of its safety programs.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before February 10, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2008–0336 using any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001 between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Each submission must include the
Agency name and the docket number for
this Notice. Note that DOT posts all
comments received without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information included in a
comment. Please see the Privacy Act
heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
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comments, go to http://
www.regulations.gov at any time or
Room W12–140 on the ground level of
the West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The FDMS is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. If
you want acknowledgement that we
received your comments, please include
a self-addressed, stamped envelope or
post card or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
online.
Privacy Act: Anyone may search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or of the person signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review the DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19476). This information is also
available at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Mindy Shalaby, Economist, Analysis
Division, Office of Analysis, Research
and Technology, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: (202) 493–0304; e-mail
Mindy.Shalaby@dot.gov. Requests for
additional information or copies of the
information collection instrument and
instructions should be directed to Dr.
Michelle Yeh, Engineering Psychologist,
Human Factors Division, Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center, 55
Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02124.
Telephone: (617) 494–3459; e-mail
Michelle.Yeh@dot.gov. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) needs a
better understanding of the commercial
motor vehicle (CMV) driving
population. Driver-related factors are an
important consideration in CMV
crashes, but there is no central
nationwide source of information
describing the population of drivers
operating CMVs in the United States
(US). Estimates of the number of
commercial drivers and particular
subsets of drivers (e.g., local, short-haul,
and long-haul) are needed and would
benefit FMCSA in assessing the impacts
of proposed rules and the improvement
of its safety programs. In particular,
information on driver work history,
work schedule, and compensation is
needed in many different types of
analyses conducted by the FMCSA.

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Driver work history addresses how
long a CMV driver has been working in
the industry, his/her level of experience,
and his/her type of experience. These
items include questions regarding driver
tenure with his/her current employer
and the number of past employers to
provide information regarding the driver
turnover rate. Items also collect
information about driver training to
understand how drivers learned to
operate their CMVs and the amount of
training that is ongoing in the industry.
Driver work schedule examines the
issue of how much drivers work and the
activities in which they are engaged
when they work (e.g., driving time,
loading time, waiting time). FMCSA is
interested in understanding whether
drivers’ work schedules are tracked and
how they are tracked (e.g., with paper
log books or Electronic On-Board
Recorders (EOBRs). Finally, driver
compensation collects information on
how much drivers earn and how they
are paid (e.g., salary, by hour, or by
mile). This data will allow FMCSA to
estimate an average wage rate, which
can be used to understand the cost
imposed on drivers by current and
proposed regulations.
The goals of this survey are to acquire
general demographic information
regarding the commercial motor vehicle
driving population, and specific
information on driver work history,
work scheduling, and compensation.
Data for this project will be collected via
driver interviews. The results of the
information collection will be
summarized in a report for the FMCSA
and made available to the public.
Title: Annual Commercial Vehicle
Driver Survey: Work and Compensation.
OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX.
Type of Request: New collection.
Respondents: Commercial motor
vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
576 commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes per response.
Expiration Date: N/A.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 144
hours [576 respondents × 15 minutes/60
minutes per response = 144].
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 the
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
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information. The agency will summarize
or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued on: December 5, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket ID FMCSA–2008–0341]

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Diabetes
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA).
ACTION: Notice of applications for
exemptions from the diabetes standard;
request for comments.
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of
applications from 84 individuals for
exemptions from the prohibition against
persons with insulin-treated diabetes
mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial
motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate
commerce. If granted, the exemptions
would enable these individuals with
ITDM to operate commercial motor
vehicles in interstate commerce.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 12, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA–
2007–0341 using any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Each submission must include the
Agency name and the docket ID for this
Notice. Note that DOT posts all
comments received without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information included in a
comment. Please see the Privacy Act
heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
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comments, go to http://
www.regulations.gov at any time or
Room W12–140 on the ground level of
the West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
FDMS is available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. If you want
acknowledgment that we received your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments on-line.
Privacy Act: Anyone may search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or of the person signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review the DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000
(65 FR 19476). This information is also
available at http://Docketinfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical
Programs, (202) 366–4001,
fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W64–
224, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315,
FMCSA may grant an exemption for a 2year period if it finds ‘‘such exemption
would likely achieve a level of safety
that is equivalent to, or greater than, the
level that would be achieved absent
such exemption.’’ The statutes also
allow the Agency to renew exemptions
at the end of the 2-year period. The 84
individuals listed in this notice have
recently requested an exemption from
the diabetes prohibition in 49 CFR
391.41(b) (3), which applies to drivers of
CMVs in interstate commerce.
Accordingly, the Agency will evaluate
the qualifications of each applicant to
determine whether granting the
exemption will achieve the required
level of safety mandated by the statutes.
Qualifications of Applicants
Edwin K. Anderson
Mr. Anderson, age 57, has had ITDM
since 2007. His endocrinologist
examined him in 2008 and certified that
he has had no hypoglycemic reactions
resulting in loss of consciousness,
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