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December 27, 2024, and in other
documents in the project records. The
EA, FONSI and other project records are
available for review by contacting
FHWA or MDOT at the addresses
provided above. The EA and FONSI can
also be viewed and downloaded from
the project website at: https://
www.michigan.gov/mdot/projectsstudies/studies/traffic-andenvironmental-linkages-studies/m-37project.
This notice applies to all Federal
agency decisions that are final as of the
issuance date of the notice and all laws
under which such actions were taken,
including but not limited to:
1. General: National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–
4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23
U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 128]; E.O.
11514 Protection and Enhancement of
Environmental Quality.
2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401–
7671(q)].
3. Land: Section 4(f) of the
Department of Transportation Act of
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and
Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23
U.S.C. 319].
4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act
(ESA) [16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section
1536]; Marine Mammal Protection Act
[16 U.S.C. 1361]; Anadromous Fish
Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 757(a)–
757(g)], Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act [16 U.S.C. 661–667d]; Migratory
Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712],
Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act of
1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.]; E.O. 13112 Invasive Species.
5. Historic and Cultural Resources:
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended
[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological
Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16
U.S.C. 470(aa)–470(ll)]; Archeological
and Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C.
469–469c]; Native American Grave
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013]; E.O.
11593 Protection and Enhancement of
Cultural Resources; E.O. 13007 Indian
Sacred Sites; E.O. 13287 Preserve
America; E.O. 13175 Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments.
6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights
Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–
2000(d)(1)]; American Indian Religious
Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996]; Farmland
Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C.
4201–4209].
7. Wetlands and Water Resources:
Clean Water Act (Section 404, Section
401, Section 319) [33 U.S.C. 1251–
1377]; Coastal Barrier Resources Act [16
U.S.C. 3501–3510]; Coastal Zone

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Management Act [16 U.S.C. 1451–1465];
Land and Water Conservation Fund
(LWCF) [16 U.S.C. 4601–4604]; Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) [42 U.S.C.
300(f)–300(j)(6)]; Rivers and Harbors Act
of 1899 [33 U.S.C. 401–406]; Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. 1271–
1287]; Emergency Wetlands Resources
Act, [16 U.S.C. 3921, 3931]; TEA–21
Wetlands Mitigation [23 U.S.C.
103(b)(6)(M, 133(b)(11)]; Flood Disaster
Protection Act [42 U.S.C. 4001–4128];
E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O.
11988 Floodplain Management.
8. Hazardous Materials:
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) [42 U.S.C. 9601–9675];
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA);
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) [42 U.S.C. 6901–6992(k)].
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
(Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1)).
Issued on: April 11, 2025.
Theodore G. Burch
Division Administrator Federal Highway
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025–06474 Filed 4–15–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0216]

Background

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection Request:
Waiver and Exemption Requirements
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. FMCSA requests
approval to renew the ICR titled
‘‘Waiver and Exemption Requirements.’’
The ICR estimates the burden applicants
incur to comply with the reporting tasks
required for requesting waivers and
exemptions. A Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting

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comments on the following information
collection was published December 6,
2024, and the comment period ended
February 4, 2025. There were no
comments received in response to the
60-day Federal Register notice.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before May 16, 2025.
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:
Bernadette Walker, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001; 202–385–
2415; Bernadette.Walker@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Waiver and Exemption
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0076.
Type of Request: Renewal, of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents: Individuals and motor
carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
447 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes to 2 hours.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2025.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
(respondents are not required to submit
request for waivers or exemptions).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 119
hours
In 1998, the Federal Highway
Administration, the predecessor agency
of FMCSA, adopted 49 CFR part 381 as
an interim final rule (IFR), establishing
procedures for applying for waivers,
exemptions, and pilot programs (63 FR
67600, Dec. 8, 1998). Section 4007 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA–21) amended 49 U.S.C.
31315 and 31136(e) to provide authority
to the Secretary of Transportation to
grant waivers and exemptions from
motor carrier safety regulations. Section
4007 of TEA–21 requires that the terms
and conditions for all waivers and
exemptions likely achieve a level of
safety equivalent to or greater than what
would be achieved by complying with
the safety regulations. In 2004, FMCSA
adopted its IFR as final at 49 CFR part
381, consistent with section 4007 of
TEA–21 (69 FR 51589, Aug. 20, 2004).
The final rule also established
procedures that govern how FMCSA

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reviews, grants, or denies requests for
waivers and applications for
exemptions. The final rule included
requirements for publishing notice of
exemption applications in the Federal
Register to afford the public an
opportunity for comment. There is no
statutory requirement to publish
Federal Register notices concerning
waiver applications.
The ICR estimates the burden an
individual, motor carriers, States, or
State driver’s licensing agency (SDLA)
incurs to comply with the reporting
tasks required for requesting waivers,
exemptions and renewals of existing
exemptions in 49 CFR part 381. The
current burden estimate associated with
this information collection, approved by
OMB on May 23, 2022, is 97 hours.
Through this ICR renewal, the Agency
requests an increase in the burden hours
from 97 hours to 119 hours. The
increase is the result of the increase in
estimated waiver and exemption
applications the Agency expects to
receive in the next 3 years.
On December 6, 2024, FMCSA
published a 60-day notice (89 FR 97165)
requesting comment on the renewal of
this ICR. No comments were received in
response to that notice.
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.
Kenneth Riddle,
Acting Associate Administrator Office of
Research and Registration.
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Administration

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[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0115]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Approval of an Information
Collection Request: Commercial Driver
Licensing and Testing Standards
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).

AGENCY:

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Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

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. FMCSA requests
approval to renew an ICR titled,
‘‘Commercial Driver Licensing and Test
Standards.’’ This ICR is needed to
ensure that drivers, motor carriers, and
the States are complying with
notification and recordkeeping
requirements for information related to
testing, licensing, violations,
convictions, and disqualifications and
that the information is accurate,
complete, transmitted, and recorded
within certain time periods as required
by the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Act of 1986 (CMVSA or the Act), as
amended.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received on
or before May 16, 2025.
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:
Isabella Marra, Transportation
Specialist, Office of Safety Programs,
Commercial Driver’s License Division,
DOT, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001; 202–
843–2454; isabella.marra@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Driver Licensing
and Test Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0011.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents: Drivers with a
commercial learner’s permit (CLP) or
commercial driver’s license (CDL) and
State driver licensing agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,748,964, consisting of 7,712,074 driver
respondents and 36,890 State
respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 5 seconds to 40 hours.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2025.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,806,735, which is the total of four
tasks for CDL drivers (2,067,271 hours),
added to a total of eight tasks for State
driver licensing agency CDL activities
(739,464 hours).
DATES:

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Background: The licensed drivers in
the United States deserve reasonable
assurances that their fellow motorists
are properly qualified to drive the
vehicles they operate. Before the
CMVSA (Pub. L. 99–570, Title XII, 100
Stat. 3207–170, codified at 49 U.S.C.
chapter 313) was signed by the
President on October 27, 1986, 18 States
and the District of Columbia authorized
any person licensed to drive an
automobile to also legally drive a large
truck or bus. No special training or
special license was required to drive
these vehicles, even though it was
widely recognized that operation of
certain types of vehicles called for
special skills, knowledge, and training.
Even in the 32 States that had a
classified driver licensing system in
place, only 12 of those States required
an applicant to take a skills test in a
representative vehicle. Equally serious
was the problem of drivers possessing
multiple driver’s licenses. By spreading
their convictions among several States,
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
drivers could avoid punishment for
their infringements and stay behind the
wheel.
The CMVSA addressed these
problems by requiring the Federal
government to act and place minimum
standards on all jurisdictions, including
the District of Columbia. Section 12002
of the Act made it illegal for a CMV
operator to have more than one driver’s
license. Section 12003 required the
CMV driver conducting operations in
commerce to notify both the designated
State of licensure official and the
driver’s employer of any convictions of
State or local laws relating to traffic
control (except parking tickets). This
section also required the promulgation
of regulations to ensure each person
who applies for employment as a CMV
operator notifies prospective employers
of all previous employment as a CMV
operator for at least the previous 10
years. In section 12005 of the Act, the
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary)
is required to develop minimum Federal
standards for testing and licensing of
operators of CMVs. Section 12007 of the
Act also directed the Secretary, in
cooperation with the States, to develop
a clearinghouse to aid the States in
implementing the one driver, one
license, and one driving record
requirement. This clearinghouse is
known as the Commercial Driver’s
License Information System. The
CMVSA further required each person
who has their CDL suspended, revoked,
or canceled by a State, or who is
disqualified from operating a CMV for
any period, to notify his or her employer

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