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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Release of Waybill Data
The Surface Transportation Board has
received a request from the Harris
County Toll Road Authority (WB24–
42—8/20/24) for permission to use
select data from the Board’s 2022
Masked Carload Waybill Samples. A
copy of this request may be obtained
from the Board’s website under docket
no. WB24–42.
The waybill sample contains
confidential railroad and shipper data;
therefore, if any parties object to these
requests, they should file their
objections with the Director of the
Board’s Office of Economics within 14
calendar days of the date of this notice.
The rules for release of waybill data are
codified at 49 CFR 1244.9.
Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202)
245–0319
Stefan Rice,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024–21495 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0065]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Reinstatement of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for
reinstatement of a previously approved
information collection.
AGENCY:

The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for reinstatement of an
existing information collection that is
summarized below under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
November 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0065 by any of the following methods:
website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
commentsreceived go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.

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Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kasandre Reeves, (564) 544–0350, Office
of Highway Policy Information,
Highway Funding and Motor Fuels
division (HPPI–10) Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 500-Series Reporting
Guidebook.
OMB Control: 2125–0032.
Background: A 500-Series Data
Reporting Guidebook provides for the
collection of information by describing
policies and procedures for assembling
highway related data from the existing
files of State agencies. The data includes
motor-vehicle registration and fees,
motor-fuel use and taxation, driver
licensing, and highway taxation and
finance. Federal, State, and local
governments use the data for
transportation policy discussions and
decisions. Motor-fuel data are used in
attributing receipts to the Highway
Trust Fund and subsequently in the
apportionment formula that are used to
distribute Federal-Aid Highway Funds.
The data are published annually in the
FHWA’s Highway Statistics.
Information from Highway Statistics is
used in the joint FHWA and Federal
Transit Administration required
biennial report to Congress, Status of the
Nation’s Highways, Bridges, and
Transit: Conditions and Performance,
which contrasts present status to future
investment needs.
Respondents: State and local
governments of the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa, the Northern
Marianas, and the Virgin Islands share
this burden.
Frequency: On an on-going basis as
the 500-Series Data Reporting
Guidebook will be updated annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: The estimated average
reporting burden per response for the
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data is 754 hours for each of the States
(including local governments), the
District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa, the Northern
Marianas, and the Virgin Islands.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: The estimated total annual
burden for all respondents is 42,206
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 FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: September 16, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0097]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection Request: Safe
Driver Apprenticeship Driver Program
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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
review and approval. This ICR was
previously approved under emergency
procedures on April 4, 2024, and
expires on September 30, 2024. The ICR
is necessary for FMCSA to continue data
collection under a pilot program which
seeks to determine the safety impacts of
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driver’s license (CDL) holders to operate
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in
interstate commerce. The ICR covers
data collected on drivers and carriers
participating in the pilot program. No
comments were received in response to
the 60-day Federal Register notice.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before October 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of publication
of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Michel, Mathematical
Statistician, Research Division, DOT,
FMCSA, West Building, 6th Floor, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001; 202–366–4354;
Nicole.michel@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Safe
Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0075.
Type of Request: Renewal of an
information collection previously
approved under emergency authority.
Respondents: Motor carriers; drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14,830 total (1,600 motor carriers and
13,230 CMV drivers); 5,410 annually
(1,000 carriers and 4,410 CMV drivers).
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes per response for carrier,
apprentice, and experienced driver
application forms; 15 minutes per
response for safety benchmark
certifications; 60 minutes per month per
driver for monthly driving and safety
data; 90 minutes per month for
miscellaneous data submission.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2024.
Frequency of Response: Application
(motor carrier, apprentice driver, and
experienced driver): once; safety
benchmark certifications: twice per
apprentice driver; monthly driving and
safety data: carrier submits monthly
data on each apprentice driver;
miscellaneous data submissions:
monthly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
169,343 hours total, or 56,448 hours
annually (motor carriers: 164,933 hours
total, or 54,978 hours annually; drivers:
4,410 hours total, or 1,470 hours
annually).
Background
Current regulations on driver
qualifications (49 CFR part 391.11(b)(1))
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interstate commerce. Currently, drivers
under the age of 21 may operate CMVs
only in intrastate commerce subject to
State laws and regulations.
Section 23022 of the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL), as enacted as
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act, requires the Secretary of
Transportation to conduct a commercial
driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program.
An apprentice is defined as a person
under the age of 21 who holds a CDL.
Under this program, these apprentices
will complete two probationary periods,
during which they may operate in
interstate commerce only under the
supervision of an experienced driver in
the passenger seat. An experienced
driver is defined in section 23022 as a
driver who is not younger than 26 years
old, has held a CDL and been employed
for at least the past 2 years, and has at
least 5 years of interstate CMV
experience and meets the other safety
criteria defined in the BIL.
The first probationary period must
include at least 120-hours of on-duty
time, of which at least 80 hours are
driving time in a CMV. To complete this
probationary period, the employer must
determine competency in:
1. Interstate, city traffic, rural twolane, and evening driving;
2. Safety awareness;
3. Speed and space management;
4. Lane control;
5. Mirror scanning;
6. Right and left turns; and
7. Logging and complying with rules
relating to hours of service.
The second probationary period must
include at least 280 hours of on-duty
time, including not less than 160 hours
driving time in a CMV. To complete this
probationary period, the employer must
determine competency in:
1. Backing and maneuvering in close
quarters;
2. Pre-trip inspections;
3. Fueling procedures;
4. Weighing loads, weight
distribution, and sliding tandems;
5. Coupling and uncoupling
procedures; and
6. Trip planning, truck routes, map
reading, navigation, and permits.
After completion of the second
probationary period, the apprentice may
begin operating CMVs in interstate
commerce unaccompanied by an
experienced driver.
In addition to data regarding
successful completion of the
probationary periods, the BIL requires
collection of data relating to any
incident in which a participating
apprentice is involved, as well as other
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include crash data (e.g., incident
reports, police reports, insurance
reports), inspection data, citation data,
safety event data (as recorded by all
safety systems installed on vehicles, to
include advanced driver assistance
systems, automatic emergency braking
systems, onboard monitoring systems,
required forward-facing video systems,
and optional in-cab video systems, if a
carrier chooses to provide this data) as
well as exposure data (e.g., record of
duty status logs, on-duty time, driving
time, and time spent away from home
terminal). This data will be submitted
monthly through participating motor
carriers.
The data collected will be used to
report on the following items, as
required by section 23022 of the BIL:
1. The findings and conclusions on
the ability of technologies or training
provided to apprentices as part of the
pilot program to successfully improve
safety;
2. An analysis of the safety record of
participating apprentices as compared
to other CMV drivers;
3. The number of drivers that
discontinued participation in the
apprenticeship program before
completion;
4. A comparison of the safety records
of participating drivers before, during,
and after each probationary period; and
5. A comparison of each participating
driver’s average on-duty time, driving
time, and time spent away from home
terminal before, during, and after each
probationary period.
FMCSA will monitor the monthly
data being reported by the motor
carriers and will identify drivers or
carriers that may pose a risk to public
safety. While removing unsafe drivers or
carriers may bias the dataset, it is a
necessary feature for FMCSA to comply
with § 381.505, which requires
development of a monitoring plan to
ensure adequate safeguards to protect
the health and safety of pilot program
participants and the general public.
Knowing that a driver or carrier was
removed from the pilot program for
safety reasons will help FMCSA
minimize bias in the final data analysis.
The statutory mandate for this pilot
program is contained in section 23022
of the BIL. FMCSA’s regulatory
authority for initiation of a pilot
program is § 381.400. The Apprentice
Pilot Program supports the DOT
strategic goal of economic strength
while maintaining DOT’s and FMCSA’s
commitment to safety.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act
of 2024 (Pub. L. 118–42) revised
FMCSA’s authority regarding the Safe
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Program. Section 422 of that Act states
that FMCSA may not require the use of
inward facing cameras or require a
motor carrier to register an
apprenticeship program with the
Department of Labor as a condition for
participation in the SDAP program. As
such, the application and monthly
report forms were revised to remove
those two elements as mandatory
requirements, and this revision was
approved under the emergency review
request. However, the Agency will
continue to ask carriers whether they
use inward facing cameras and whether
they have a Registered Apprenticeship
program approval number and will give
carriers the option of providing that
information. With this request for
renewal of the approved ICR, FMCSA
does not expect to see any change in the
number of respondents, responses, or
the overall burden of this information
collection.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2024–21519 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0267]
RIN 2126–AB56

FMCSA Registration System
Modernization
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of hybrid public meeting.
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AGENCY:

FMCSA announces a hybrid
(in-person and virtual) public meeting
to engage stakeholders, which includes
motor carriers, brokers, freight
forwarders, insurance companies,
financial institutions, process agents,
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perspective on improving the
registration experience with FMCSA.
This is the third iteration of the FMCSA
Registration Modernization Stakeholder
Day. The first meeting was held in
person at FMCSA on January 17, 2024,
and the second meeting was held
virtually on May 29, 2024.
DATES: This hybrid (in-person and
virtual) meeting will be held on October
21, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m. EST. Parties
interested in attending either in-person
or virtually must register at the link
provided below by 11:59 p.m. EST, on
October 14, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The in-person meeting will
take place at DOT Headquarters, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC
20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gio
Vizcardo, Knowledge Manager, Office of
Registration, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001; (202) 366–0356; mcrs-social@
dot.gov.
Services for individuals with
disabilities: For information on facilities
or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special
assistance at the meeting, contact Gio
Vizcardo using one of the above means
by 11:59 p.m. EST, on September 21,
2024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FMCSA is developing a new online
registration system, to improve the
transparency and efficiency of FMCSA’s
registration procedures as well as
implement statutory requirements
related to the registration program.
FMCSA seeks user perspectives on
improving the registration experience
when engaging with FMCSA’s
registration system. During this meeting,
FMCSA will invite attendees to
participate after the initial
presentations. FMCSA moderators will
facilitate discussions on what potential
users would like to see, as well as what
would not be helpful from a user
experience perspective.
Meeting Information
This meeting is intended for current
and potential users of a new online
registration system, including but not
limited to:
• Motor carriers;
• Brokers and freight forwarders;
• Insurance companies/financial
institutions and process agents/blanket
companies; and
• Transportation service providers.
Those interested in attending this
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registration-modernization-stakeholderday-iii by 11:59 p.m. EST, on October
14, 2024. Please note that attendance
will be capped at the first 100 (for inperson attendees) and 500 (for virtual
attendees) registrants. In-person
attendees will have an opportunity to
conduct user-testing on portions of the
new registration system.
The full meeting agenda will be
available on the registration site in
advance of the meeting.
Vincent G. White,
Deputy Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2024–0104]

Notice of Proposed Nonavailability
Waiver of Buy America Requirements
for Certain High-Speed Rail Products
for the California Inaugural High-Speed
Rail Service Project
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) is seeking
comments on whether to grant a waiver
of its Buy America requirements to the
California High-Speed Rail Authority
(the Authority) to use certain products
that are not produced in the United
States for use in the California Inaugural
High-Speed Rail Service Project
between Merced, California and
Bakersfield, California (Project). FRA is
funding the Project under the FederalState Partnership for Intercity Passenger
Rail Program (FSP Program); therefore,
FRA’s Buy America requirements apply
to the Project. FRA’s Buy America
requirements include both FRA’s
statutory requirements, which require
100 percent of the manufactured
products and steel and iron used in an
FRA-funded project to be produced in
the United States, and the Build
America, Buy America Act (BABA),
which requires that all construction
materials used in the FRA-funded
project be produced in the United
States. FRA is not proposing to waive
the applicable BABA requirements for
construction materials used in the
Project. The proposed waiver would
apply to the aluminum car shells, signal
systems, high-speed rail turnouts and
fire alarm systems based on the
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