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you do not have access to the internet,
you may view the docket online by
visiting Dockets Operations on the
ground floor of the DOT West Building,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9317 or (202) 366–
9826 before visiting Dockets Operations.

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B. Privacy Act
In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
31315(b)(6), DOT solicits comments
from the public on the exemption
request. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov. As described in
the system of records notice DOT/ALL
14 (Federal Docket Management
System), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/
individuals/privacy/privacy-act-systemrecords-notices, the comments are
searchable by the name of the submitter.
II. Background
On August 7, 2024, FMCSA published
a notice announcing its decision to
renew exemptions for seven individuals
from the epilepsy and seizure disorders
prohibition in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(8) to
operate a CMV in interstate commerce
and requested comments from the
public (89 FR 64532). The public
comment period ended on September 6,
2024, and no comments were received.
However, FMCSA reopened the
comments to the public on November
14, 2024, to correct an error by
indicating the complete docket number
of FMCSA–2013–0442 for renewal
applicant, Raymond Lobo (NJ) (89 FR
90212). The second public comment
period ended on December 16, 2024,
and no comments were received.
FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility
of these applicants and determined that
renewing these exemptions would likely
achieve a level of safety that is
equivalent to, or greater than, the level
that would be achieved by complying
with § 391.41(b)(8).
The physical qualification standard
for drivers regarding epilepsy found in
§ 391.41(b)(8) states that a person is
physically qualified to drive a CMV if
that person has no established medical
history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy
or any other condition which is likely
to cause the loss of consciousness or any
loss of ability to control a CMV.
In addition to the regulations, FMCSA
has published advisory criteria 1 to
1 These criteria may be found in APPENDIX A TO
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assist medical examiners in determining
whether drivers with certain medical
conditions are qualified to operate a
CMV in interstate commerce.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

III. Discussion of Comments

[Docket No. FMCSA–2025–0003]

FMCSA received no comments in this
proceeding.

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Transportation
of Household Goods; Consumer
Protection

IV. Conclusion
Based on its evaluation of the seven
renewal exemption applications and
comments received, FMCSA announces
its decision to exempt the following
drivers from the epilepsy and seizure
disorders prohibition in § 391.41(b)(8).
As of August 31, 2024, and in
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315(b), the following seven
individuals have satisfied the renewal
conditions for obtaining an exemption
from the epilepsy and seizure disorders
prohibition in the FMCSRs for interstate
CMV drivers (89 FR 64532):
Cody Baker (IN)
David P. Crowe (VA)
Michael Curtis Gibson (SC)
Raymond Lobo (NJ)
Alexis Roldan (IL)
William Smith (NC)
Yoon Song (CA)
The drivers were included in docket
number FMCSA–2013–0109, FMCSA–
2013–044, or FMCSA–2022–0044. Their
exemptions were applicable as of
August 31, 2024 and will expire on
August 31, 2026.
In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
31315(b), each exemption will be valid
for 2 years from the effective date unless
revoked earlier by FMCSA. The
exemption will be revoked if the
following occurs: (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 prior to being granted;
or (3) continuation of the exemption
would not be consistent with the goals
and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315(b).
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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section H. Epilepsy: § 391.41(b)(8), paragraphs 3, 4,
and 5, which is available on the internet at https://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2015-title49-vol5/pdf/
CFR-2015-title49-vol5-part391-appA.pdf.

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration

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 its
review and approval and invites public
comment. FMCSA requests OMB’s
renewed approval of the ICR titled
‘‘Transportation of Household Goods;
Consumer Protection,’’ which applies to
household goods motor carriers who are
procured by the public (household
goods shippers) to transport their
household goods. This renewal revises
the previous information collection’s
number of respondents, total respondent
hours, and cost burden.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before March 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Number FMCSA–
2025–0003 using any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Dockets
Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Ground
Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9317 or (202) 366–
9826 before visiting Dockets Operations.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
To avoid duplication, please use only
one of these four methods. See the
‘‘Public Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
instructions on submitting comments.
SUMMARY:

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posted without edits and are searchable
by the name of the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donnice Wagoner, Commercial
Enforcement Division, DOT, FMCSA,
West Building, 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001; (202) 366–8045;
Donnice.Wagoner@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Instructions
All submissions must include the
Agency name and docket number. For
detailed instructions on submitting
comments, see the Public Participation
heading below. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided. Please see the Privacy Act
heading below.

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Public Participation and Request for
Comments
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
notice (FMCSA–2025–0003), indicate
the specific section of this document to
which your comment applies, and
provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. You may submit your
comments and material online or by fax,
mail, or hand delivery, but please use
only one of these means. FMCSA
recommends that you include your
name and a mailing address, an email
address, or a phone number in the body
of your document so FMCSA can
contact you if there are questions
regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/
FMCSA-2025-0003/document, click on
this notice, click ‘‘Comment,’’ and type
your comment into the text box on the
following screen.
If you submit your comments by mail
or hand delivery, submit them in an
unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by
11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing.
Comments received after the comment
closing date will be included in the
docket and will be considered to the
extent practicable.
Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),
DOT solicits comments from the public
to better inform its regulatory process.
DOT posts these comments, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov as described in the
system of records notice DOT/ALL 14
(Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS)), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/
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Background
On July 12, 2005, FMCSA published
a final rule titled ‘‘Transportation of
Household Goods; Consumer Protection
Regulations,’’ (70 FR 39949), which
specifies how motor carriers
transporting household goods by motor
vehicle in interstate commerce must
assist their individual customers who
ship household goods. The collected
information encompasses that which is
generated, maintained, and provided to,
or for, the Agency under 49 CFR part
375.
On August 10, 2005, the President
signed into law the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users ((SAFETEA–
LU), Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144,
Aug. 10, 2005). The Agency
consequently revised this ICR to address
these statutory impacts in a final rule
titled ‘‘Amendments to Implement
Certain Provisions of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA–LU)’’ (72 FR 36760, July 5,
2007). Section 4205 of SAFETEA–LU
amended 49 U.S.C. 14104(b) by
requiring the household goods motor
carrier to conduct a physical survey of
the household goods to be transported
on behalf of the individual shipper. The
carrier must then provide the shipper
with a written estimate, based on the
physical survey, of charges for the
transportation and all related services.
On July 16, 2012, FMCSA published
a direct final rule titled ‘‘Transportation
of Household Goods in Interstate
Commerce; Consumer Protection
Regulations: Household Goods Motor
Carrier Record Retention Requirements’’
(77 FR 41699) that amended the
regulations governing the period during
which household goods motor carriers
must retain documentation of an
individual shipper’s waiver of receipt of
printed copies of consumer protection
materials. In the rulemaking, FMCSA
reduced the 3-year required retention
period for those receipts to one year.
This change harmonizes the retention
period with other document retention
requirements applicable to household
goods motor carriers. FMCSA also
amended the regulations to clarify that
a household goods motor carrier is not
required to retain waiver documentation
from any individual shippers for whom
the carrier does not actually provide
services.
On April 26, 2022, FMCSA updated
the regulations at 49 CFR parts 371 and
375 in a final rule titled
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Working Group Recommendations’’ (87
FR 24431). The final rule made various
changes to the household goods
regulations that the Household Goods
Consumer Protection Working Group
recommended to FMCSA. These
changes include further revisions to
streamline FMCSA’s publication ‘‘Your
Rights and Responsibilities When You
Move,’’ which are incorporated in
Appendix A of the regulations,
requiring ‘‘Your Rights and
Responsibilities When You Move’’ to be
provided along with the estimate,
requiring new binding or non-binding
estimates when an individual shipper
tenders more goods or requests
additional service instead of a revised
estimate as previously required,
allowing a motor carrier to provide a
virtual survey and removing the 50-mile
radius for when a survey is required,
removing the requirement for an order
for service and incorporating that
document into the bill of lading, as well
as other minor updates to increase the
clarity of the regulations. These changes
are intended to reduce the paperwork
burden on household goods motor
carriers and reduce confusion for
individual shippers.
The complete collection of
information required by the referenced
final rules assists household goods
shippers in their business dealings with
interstate household goods motor
carriers. The information collected is
used by prospective household goods
shippers to make informed decisions
about contracts and services ordered,
executed, and settled. The household
goods motor carrier is often the final
contact for individual shippers and is in
the best position to educate and assist
household goods shippers during their
move. This information collection is
intended to combat deceptive business
practices by requiring household goods
motor carriers to conduct physical
surveys of shippers’ items to be
transported unless waived in writing by
the shipper. This information collection
is intended to combat deceptive
business practices by requiring the
household goods motor carrier to
prepare an inventory of the goods
shipped and a bill of lading for each
shipment. This information collection
also requires motor carriers to obtain
weight tickets for each shipment. This
information collection requires
household goods motor carriers to
generate and maintain additional
documents associated with the status of
shipment delays and to furnish
shippers, upon request, the records of
contact regarding delays. This
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household goods motor carriers to keep
written or electronic records of all
complaints received from shippers. This
information collection helps
enforcement personnel better protect
consumers by verifying that shippers are
receiving information as required by
regulations.
FMCSA revises the total annual
burden to 3,722,704 hours. This is an
increase of 14,609 annual burden hours
from the currently approved 3,708,095
burden estimates. The increase is due to
an increase in Agency estimates.
Title: Transportation of Household
Goods; Consumer Protection.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0025.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Household goods motor
carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,861.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2025.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,722,704 hours. The estimated total
annual burden was calculated using the
hourly burden for each of the five
Information Collections.
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. The Agency will
summarize or include your comments in
the request for OMB’s clearance of this
ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Registration.
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Administration
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[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0004]

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Implantable Cardioverter
Defibrillators (ICDs)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).

AGENCY:

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Notice of applications for
exemption; request for comments.

ACTION:

FMCSA announces receipt of
applications from two individuals for an
exemption from the prohibition in the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSRs) against operation
of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) by
persons with a current clinical diagnosis
of myocardial infarction, angina
pectoris, coronary insufficiency,
thrombosis, or any other cardiovascular
disease of a variety known to be
accompanied by syncope (transient loss
of consciousness), dyspnea (shortness of
breath), collapse, or congestive heart
failure. If granted, the exemptions
would enable these individuals with
ICDs to operate CMVs in interstate
commerce.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received on
or before February 14, 2025.

DATES:

You may submit comments
identified by the Federal Docket
Management System Docket No.
FMCSA–2024–0004 using any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov/, insert the docket
number (FMCSA–2024–0004) in the
keyword box and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next,
sort the results by ‘‘Posted (NewerOlder),’’ choose the first notice listed,
and click on the ‘‘Comment’’ button.
Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
To avoid duplication, please use only
one of these four methods. See the
‘‘Public Participation’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical
Programs Division, FMCSA, DOT, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W64–224,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–
4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you have questions
regarding viewing or submitting
material to the docket, contact Dockets
Operations, (202) 366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

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I. Public Participation
A. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
notice (Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0004),
indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment
applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You
may submit your comments and
material online or by fax, mail, or hand
delivery, but please use only one of
these means. FMCSA recommends that
you include your name and a mailing
address, an email address, or a phone
number in the body of your document
so that FMCSA can contact you if there
are questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FMCSA2024-0004. Next, sort the results by
‘‘Posted (Newer-Older),’’ choose the first
notice listed, click the ‘‘Comment’’
button, and type your comment into the
text box on the following screen. Choose
whether you are submitting your
comment as an individual or on behalf
of a third party and then submit.
If you submit your comments by mail
or hand delivery, submit them in an
unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by
11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing. FMCSA will consider
all comments and material received
during the comment period.
B. Viewing Comments
To view comments go to
www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket
number (FMCSA–2024–0004) in the
keyword box and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next,
sort the results by ‘‘Posted (NewerOlder),’’ choose the first notice listed,
and click ‘‘Browse Comments.’’ If you
do not have access to the internet, you
may view the docket online by visiting
Dockets Operations on the ground floor
of the DOT West Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ET Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. To be sure someone is
there to help you, please call (202) 366–
9317 or (202) 366–9826 before visiting
Dockets Operations.
C. Privacy Act
In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
31315(b)(6), DOT solicits comments
from the public on the exemption
requests. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov. As described in
the system of records notice DOT/ALL
14 (Federal Docket Management
System), which can be reviewed at

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