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Railroad Communications (Formerly Radio Standards and Procedures)

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on the basis for exemption
determination, please refer to section IV
of the August 29, 2016 notice (81 FR
59266). Deb Carlson stated that the state
of Minnesota has no concerns with
issuing George R. Morehouse an
exemption. Additionally, Ms. Carlson
noted that Curtis L. Shannon has held
a CDL since April 25, 2015. FMCSA
does not require drivers to hold a CDL
and instead looks at each individual’s
experience driving CMVs, as defined in
part FR 390.5 in the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations, and any
crashes and moving violations in their
driving history. For additional
information on the basis for exemption
determination, please refer to section II,
section III, and section IV of the August
29, 2016, notice (81 FR 59266).

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IV. Conclusion
Based upon its evaluation of the 18
exemption applications, FMCSA
exempts the following drivers from the
vision requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(10), subject to the
requirements cited above 49 CFR
391.64(b):
Gregory M. Anderson (NY)
Richard D. Auger (CA)
Theodore N. Belcher (VA)
Darrin E. Bogert (NY)
Michael S. Buck (IN)
Jose D. Chavez (MD)
Philip J. Clements (WI)
Alfonso P. Echevarria (GA)
Samuel R. Graziano (PA)
Zagar E. Melvin (GA)
George R. Morehouse (MN)
Robert H. Nelson, III (VA)
Salvador Sanchez (CA)
Randal J. Shabloski (PA)
Curtis L. Shannon (MN)
Ricardo N. Vargas (CA)
Johnny Watson (GA)
Harold F. White, Jr. (SC)
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315, each exemption will be valid
for 2 years unless revoked earlier by
FMCSA. The exemption will be revoked
if: (1) The person fails to comply with
the terms and conditions of the
exemption; (2) the exemption has
resulted in a lower level of safety than
was maintained before it was granted; or
(3) continuation of the exemption would
not be consistent with the goals and
objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136 and 31315.
If the exemption is still effective at the
end of the 2-year period, the person may
apply to FMCSA for a renewal under
procedures in effect at that time.
Issued on: October 18, 2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2016–0002–N–24]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of proposed information
collection activities listed below. Before
submitting these information collection
requests (ICRs) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities, which are identified in this
notice.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received no
later than December 27, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, RRS–
21, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail
Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590; or Ms.
Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington,
DC 20590. Commenters requesting FRA
to acknowledge receipt of their
respective comments must include a
self-addressed stamped postcard stating,
‘‘Comments on OMB Control Number
2130—New.’’ Alternatively, comments
may be faxed to (202) 493–6216 or (202)
493–6497, or emailed to Mr. Brogan at
Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or Ms. Toone at
Kim.Toone@dot.gov. Please refer to the
assigned OMB control number in any
correspondence submitted. FRA will
summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
notice and include them in its
information collection submission to
OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Safety Analysis
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292)
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or Ms. Kim Toone, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Technology, RAD–20,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
provide 60-days’ notice to the public to
allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB
approval to implement them. 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically,
FRA invites interested respondents to
comment on the following summary of
proposed information collection
activities regarding: (1) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (2)
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (3) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques and other forms of
information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses). See
44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)(i)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(i)–(iv).
FRA believes that soliciting public
comment will promote its efforts to
reduce the administrative and
paperwork burdens associated with the
collection of information that Federal
regulations mandate. In summary, FRA
reasons that comments received will
advance three objectives: (1) Reduce
reporting burdens; (2) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user-friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (3) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of currently
approved information collection
activities that FRA will submit for
clearance by OMB as required under the
PRA:
Title: Accident/Incident Reporting
and Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0500.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to the railroad

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accident reporting regulations in 49 CFR
part 225 that require railroads to submit
monthly reports summarizing collisions,
derailments, and certain other
accidents/incidents involving damages
above a periodically revised dollar
threshold, as well as certain injuries to

passengers, employees, and other
persons on railroad property. Because
the reporting requirements and the
information needed regarding each
category of accident/incident are
unique, a different form is used for each
category.

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Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.39i; 54;
55; 55A; 56; 57; 78; 81; 97; 98; 99;107;
150.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 790 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

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REPORTING BURDEN
CFR Section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

225.6—Consolidated Reporting—Request to
FRA by parent corporation to treat its commonly controlled carriers as a single railroad
carrier for purposes of this part.
—Written agreement by parent corporation with
FRA on specific subsidiaries included in its
railroad system.
—Notification by parent corporation regarding
any change in the subsidiaries making up its
railroad system and amended written agreement with FRA.
225.9—Telephonic Reports of Certain Accidents/Incidents and Other Events.
225.11—Reporting of Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents—Form FRA F 6180.54.
225.12—Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Reports Alleging Human Factor as Cause—
Form FRA F 6180.81.
—Part I Form FRA F 6180.78 (Notices) ............

790 railroads ................

1 request ........................

40 hours .......................

40

790 railroads ................

1 agreement ..................

2 hours .........................

2

790 railroads ................

1 notification + 1 amended agreement.

60 minutes ...................

2

790 railroads ................

2,400 phone reports ......

15 minutes ...................

600

790 railroads ................

2,500 forms ....................

4,530

790 railroads ................

1,200 forms ....................

2 hours/1 hour/123 minutes.
15 minutes ...................

790 railroads ................

10 minutes + 3 minutes

334

—Joint operations ...............................................
—Late identification ............................................

790 railroads ................
790 railroads ................

20 minutes ...................
15 minutes ...................

33
10

—Employee statement supplementing Railroad
Accident Report (Part II Form FRA F
6180.78).
—Employee confidential letter ............................
225.13—Late Reports—Railroad discovery of
improperly omitted Report of Accident/Incident.
—Railroad late/amended Report of Accident/Incident based on employee statement
supplementing Railroad Accident Report.
225.18—Railroad narrative report of possible alcohol/drug involvement in accident/incident.
—Reports required by section 219.209(b) appended to rail equipment accident/incident report.
225.19—Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Accident/Incident Report—Form FRA F 6180.57.
—Death, Injury, or Occupational Illness (Form
FRA F 6180.55a).
225.21—Railroad Injury and Illness Summary:
Form FRA F 6180.55.
225.21—Annual Railroad Report of Employee
Hours and Casualties, By State—Form FRA
F 6180.56.
225.21/25—Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record—Form FRA F 6180.98.
—Copies of forms to employees ........................
225.21—Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident
Record—Form FRA F 6180.97.
—Completion of Form FRA F 6180.97 because
of rail equipment involvement.
225.21—Alternative
Record
for
Illnesses
Claimed to Be Work Related—Form FRA F
6180.107.
225.21—Highway User Statement—Railroad
cover letter and Form FRA F 6180.150 sent
out to potentially injured travelers involved in
a highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident.

Railroad employees .....

800 notices + 4,000 copies.
100 requests ..................
20 attachments + 20 notices.
60 statements ................

1.5 hours ......................

90

Railroad employees .....
790 railroads ................

10 letters ........................
25 late reports ...............

2 hours .........................
1 hour ...........................

20
25

790 railroads ................

25 amended reports +
40 copies.

1 hour + 3 minutes ......

27

790 railroads ................

12 reports ......................

30 minutes ...................

6

790 railroads ................

5 reports ........................

30 minutes ...................

3

790 railroads ................

2,100 forms ....................

2 hours/1 hour .............

4,000

790 railroads ................

3,243 forms ....................

60 min./60 min 195 min

3,700

790 railroads ................

9,480 forms ....................

10 minutes ...................

1,580

790 railroads ................

790 forms .......................

15 minutes ...................

198

790 railroads ................

13,700 forms ..................

60 minutes ...................

13,700

790 railroads ................
790 railroads ................

411 form copies .............
11,800 forms ..................

2 minutes .....................
30 minutes ...................

14
5,900

790 railroads ................

1 form ............................

30 minutes ...................

1

790 railroads ................

300 forms .......................

75 minutes ...................

375

790 railroads ................

950 letters/forms ............

50 minutes ...................

792

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Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

—Form FRA F 6180.150 completed by highway
user and sent back to railroad.
225.25 (h)—Posting of Monthly Summary .........
225.27—Retention of Records ...........................
—Record of Form FRA F 6180.107 ...................
—Record of Monthly Lists ..................................
—Record of Form FRA F 6180.97 .....................
—Record of Employee Human Factor Attachments.
225.33—Internal Control Plans—Amendments ..
225.35—Access to Records and Reports ..........
225.37—Optical Media Transfer of Reports, Updates, and Amendments.
—Electronic Submission of Reports, Updates,
and Amendments.

950 Injured Individuals

660 forms .......................

45 minutes ...................

495

790
790
790
790
790
790

................
................
................
................
................
................

9,480 lists ......................
13,700 records ...............
300 records ....................
9,480 records .................
11,800 records ...............
1,740 records .................

5
2
2
2
2
2

.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................

790
457
10
316
393
58

790 railroads ................
15 railroads ..................
8 railroads ....................

10 amendments .............
200 lists .........................
200 transfers ..................

6 hours .........................
20 minutes ...................
3 minutes .....................

60
67
10

790 railroads ................

2,400 submissions .........

3 minutes .....................

120

Total Responses: 103,976.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
39,058 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Railroad Communications.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0524.
Abstract: FRA amended its radio
standards and procedures to promote
compliance by making the regulations

railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads

more flexible; to require wireless
communications devices, including
radios, for specified classifications of
railroad operations and roadway
workers; and to retitle this part to reflect
its coverage of other means of wireless
communications such as cellular
telephones, data radio terminals, and
other forms of wireless communications
to convey emergency and need-to-know

minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes

Total annual
burden hours

information. The new rule establishes
safe, uniform procedures covering the
use of radio and other wireless
communications within the railroad
industry.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 725 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

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Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

220.8—Waivers Petitions ...................................
220.25—Instruction of Employees ......................

725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................

60 minutes ...................
30 minutes ...................

6
45,500

—Subsequent Years ...........................................

725 railroads ................

10 minutes ...................

2,090

—Operational Testing of Employees ..................
220.37—Testing Radio and Wireless Communication Equipment.
220.61—Transmission of Mandatory Directives
—Marking Mandatory Directives ........................
220.307—Railroad Written Document Stating
Authorized Business Purpose for Taking
Video/Photo with Railroad-Supplied Electronic
Device.
—Safety Briefing for Use of Railroad-Supplied
Electronic Device in Cab of Controlling Locomotive.
220.313—Railroad Written Program of Instruction and Examination on Part 220 Requirements.
—Training of Railroad Employees on Part 220
Requirements.
—Employee Training Records ............................

725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................

6 petition letters .............
91,000 instructed employees.
12,5400 instructed employees.
100,000 tests/record ......
780,000 tests .................

5 minutes .....................
30 seconds ..................

8,333
6,500

725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................

7,200,000 directives ......
624,000 marks ...............
10 written documents ....

1.5 minutes ..................
15 seconds ..................
60 minutes ...................

180,000
2,600
10

725 railroads ................

5,460,000 briefings ........

1 minute .......................

91,000

5 new railroads ............

5 amended written Instruction Programs.

60 minutes ...................

5

730 railroads ................

5,000 Trained Employees.
5,000 records .................

15 minutes ...................

1,250

5 minutes .....................

417

Total Responses: 14,277,567.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
337,717 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Safety Integration Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0557.
Abstract: FRA and the Surface
Transportation Board, working in

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conjunction with each other, have
issued joint final rules establishing
procedures for the development and
implementation of safety integration
plans (SIPs) by a Class I railroad
proposing to engage in certain specified
merger, consolidation, or acquisition of
control transactions with another Class
I railroad, or a Class II railroad with

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burden hours

which it proposes to amalgamate
operations. The scope of the
transactions covered under the two
rules is the same. FRA uses the
information collected (the required
SIPs), to maintain and promote a safe
rail environment by ensuring that
affected railroads (Class Is and some
Class IIs) address critical safety issues

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unique to the amalgamation of large,
complex railroad operations.
Form Number(s): N/A.

Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: Class I
railroads.

CFR section

Respondent universe

244.13—Safety Integration Plans: Amalgamation of Operations.
—SIP Development & Quarterly Meetings .........
244.17—Procedures—Reports to FRA ..............
—Responses to FRA Inquiries Re: SIP data .....
—Coordination in Implementing Approved SIP ..
—Request for Confidential Treatment ................
244.19—Disposition—Comments on Proposed
SIP Amendments.

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Total Responses: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 528
hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency
Systems.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0576.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to passenger train
emergency regulations in 49 CFR part
238 to further the safety of passenger
train occupants through both
enhancements and additions to FRA’s
existing regulations. In its final rule
issued on November 29, 2013 (see 78 FR

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8
8
8
8

railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads

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....................
....................
....................
....................
....................

Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

1 plan .............................
25 reports ......................
6 responses ...................
25 phone calls ...............
1 request ........................
2 reports ........................

340 hours .....................
40 hours + 2 hours ......
8 hours .........................
10 minutes ...................
16 hours .......................
16 hours .......................

71785), FRA added requirements for
emergency passage through vestibule
and other interior passageway doors and
enhanced emergency egress and rescue
signage requirements. FRA also
established requirements for lowlocation emergency exit path markings
to assist occupants in reaching and
operating emergency exits, particularly
under conditions of limited visibility.
Moreover, FRA added standards to
ensure emergency lighting systems are
provided in all passenger cars and
enhanced requirements for the
survivability of emergency lighting

Total annual
burden hours

340
88
48
4
16
32

systems in new passenger cars. The
purpose of this part is to prevent
collisions, derailments, and other
occurrences involving railroad
passenger equipment that cause injury
or death to railroad employees, railroad
passengers, or the general public and to
mitigate the consequences of such
occurrences to the extent they cannot be
prevented.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads/businesses.
Respondent Universe: 30 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Average time per
response

Respondent universe

238.112—Door Emergency Egress and Rescue
Access Systems—markings, signage, instructions.
—Passenger car exterior doors intended for
emergency access by responders marked
with retro-reflective material and instructions
provided for their use.
—Markings and instructions—interior door panels/windows.
—Testing of car door removable panels, removable windows, manual override devices, &
door retention mechanisms as part of periodic mechanical inspection—Record.
238.113—Emergency Window Exits—markings/
and instructions.
—Periodic testing of representative sample of
car emergency exit windows as part of periodic mechanical inspection—Record.
238.114—Rescue Access Windows—Markings
with retro-reflective material on each exterior
car.
238.121—Emergency Communication—Marking
of each intercom intended for passenger use
on new Tier I & Tier II passenger cars.

30 railroads ..................

45,804 markings/signs/
instructions.

15 minutes ...................

11,451

30 railroads ..................

30,536 exterior door
markings.

15 minutes ...................

7,634

30 railroads ..................

15 minutes ...................

335

30 railroads ..................

1,340 marked panels/
windows.
17 tested cars/records ...

90 minutes ...................

26

30 railroads ..................

662 window markings ....

964

30 railroads ..................

17 tested cars/records ...

60 min./90 min./120
minutes.
30 minutes ...................

30 railroads ..................

1,092 access window
markings.

45 minutes ...................

819

30 railroads ..................

5 minutes .....................

10

238.303—Exterior calendar day mechanical inspection of passenger equipment: Replacement of missing, illegible, or inconspicuous
markings, signage, & instructions.
—Record of noncomplying marking, signage, or
instruction.
238.305—Interior calendar day mechanical inspection of passenger cars: Written notification to train crew of noncomplying condition
and posting notice on door of defective condition.

30 railroads ..................

116 marked intercom locations (58 new cars
with two locations per
car).
150 replacement required markings.

20 minutes ...................

50

150 noncompliance
records.
260 notifications + 260
notices.

2 minutes .....................

5

1 minute .......................

9

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30 railroads ..................
30 railroads ..................

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—Written notification to train crew of car with
non-functioning PA or intercom system.
—Record of noncomplying condition ..................
—Railroad written procedures for mitigating
hazards of noncomplying condition.
—Written notification to train crew of noncomplying condition.
238.307—Records of inspection, testing, and
maintenance of passenger car emergency
window exits.
—Replacement of missing, illegible, or inconspicuous emergency roof access markings/instructions on cars.
238.311—Single Car Test: Railroad copy of
APTA Standard (SS–M–005–98) for railroad
head trainer.
—Other railroad copies of APTA Standard ........

30 railroads ..................

300 written notifications

1 minute .......................

5

30 railroads ..................
30 railroads ..................

300 records ....................
30 written procedures ....

2 minutes .....................
40 hours .......................

10
1,200

30 railroads ..................

458 written notifications

2 minutes .....................

15

30 railroads ..................

7,634 inspection and
testing records.

5 minutes .....................

636

30 railroads ..................

32 required markings .....

20 minutes ...................

11

30 railroads ..................

30 APTA copies .............

15 minutes ...................

8

30 railroads ..................

360 copies (12 copies
per railroad).

2 minutes .....................

12

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 21,
2016.
Patrick Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0102; Notice 1]

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.,
Receipt of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Receipt of petition.
AGENCY:

Volkswagen Group of
America , Inc. (Volkswagen), has
determined that certain model year
(MY) 2016 Volkswagen eGolf motor
vehicles do not fully comply with
paragraph S6.5.3.2 of Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.
108, Lamps, reflective devices and
associated equipment. Volkswagen filed
a report dated September 16, 2016,
pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, Defect and

SUMMARY:

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Total annual
burden hours

Respondent universe

Total Responses: 89,780.
Estimated Annual Burden: 23,325
hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA informs
all interested parties it may not conduct
or sponsor, and a respondent is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.

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Noncompliance Responsibility and
Reports. Volkswagen then petitioned
NHTSA under 49 CFR part 556 for a
decision that the subject noncompliance
is inconsequential as it relates to motor
vehicle safety.
DATES: The closing date for comments
on the petition is November 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written data, views,
and arguments on this petition.
Comments must refer to the docket and
notice number cited in the title of this
notice and submitted by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Send comments by mail
addressed to U .S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Deliver: Deliver comments by
hand to U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Section is open on weekdays from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. except Federal Holidays.
• Electronically: Submit comments
electronically by logging onto the
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) Web site at https://
www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Comments may also be faxed to
(202) 493–2251.
Comments must be written in the
English language, and be no greater than
15 pages in length, although there is no
limit to the length of necessary
attachments to the comments. If
comments are submitted in hard copy
form, please ensure that two copies are
provided. If you wish to receive
confirmation that comments you have
submitted by mail were received, please

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enclose a stamped, self-addressed
postcard with the comments. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
The petition, supporting materials,
and all comments received before the
close of business on the closing date
indicated above will be filed in the
docket and will be considered. All
comments and supporting materials
received after the closing date will also
be filed and will be considered to the
extent possible.
When the petition is granted or
denied, notice of the decision will also
be published in the Federal Register
pursuant to the authority indicated at
the end of this notice.
All documents submitted to the
docket may be viewed by anyone at the
address and times given above. The
documents may also be viewed on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov
by following the online instructions for
accessing the dockets. The docket ID
number for this petition is shown in the
heading of this notice.
DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement is available for review in a
Federal Register notice published on
April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477–78).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Overview
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h) and their implementing
regulations at 49 CFR part 556,
Volkswagen submitted a petition for an
exemption from the notification and
remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C.
Chapter 301 on the basis that this
noncompliance is inconsequential as it
relates to motor vehicle safety.
This notice of receipt of Volkswagen’s
petition is published under 49 U.S.C.

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