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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Notices projects, and processes that use FHWA
funding sources to go beyond regulatory compliance and achieve Right-of-Way excellence. Excellence in Right-of-Way awardees have contributed to outstanding innovations that enhance the right-of-way professionals ability to meet the challenges associated with acquiring real property for Federal-aid projects.
Similarly, FHWA established the Excellence in Right-of-Way Awards Program to honor the use of innovative practices and outstanding achievements associated with highway improvement projects as it relates to the Right-of-Way program. The goal of the program is to showcase exemplary and innovative projects, programs, initiatives, and practices that successfully integrate the consideration of the Right-of-Way program along with the association of the acquisition of land required to construct transportation facilities.
Award: Anyone can nominate a project, process, person or group that has used Federal Highway Administration funding sources to make an outstanding contribution to transportation and the Right-of-Way field. The nominator is responsible for submitting an application form that summarizes the outstanding accomplishments of the entry. FHWA
will use the collected information to evaluate, showcase, and enhance the publics knowledge on addressing rightof-way challenges on transportation projects. Nominations will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges from varying backgrounds. It is anticipated that awards will be given every two years. The winners will be presented awards at the completion of the process.
Respondents: Anyone who has used Federal Highway funding sources in the fifty states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Frequency: The information will be collected biennially.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 6 hours per respondent per application.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is expected that the respondents will complete approximately 50 applications for an estimated total of 600 annual burden 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 FHWAs 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
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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 OMBs 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: January 26, 2021.
Michael Howell, Information Collection Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Docket No. FMCSA20140102; FMCSA
20140104; FMCSA20160002; FMCSA
20170057; FMCSA20170061; FMCSA
20180135

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FMCSA, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final disposition.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for nine individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations FMCSRs for interstate commercial motor vehicle CMV drivers. The exemptions enable these hard of hearing and deaf individuals to continue to operate CMVs in interstate commerce.
DATES: The exemptions were applicable on November 30, 2020. The exemptions expire on November 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical Programs Division, 202 3664001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W64224, Washington, DC 205900001. 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 3669826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Public Participation A. Viewing Documents and Comments To view comments, as well as any documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, go to http www.regulations.gov. Insert the docket number, FMCSA20140102,
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FMCSA20140104, FMCSA2016
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20170061, or FMCSA20180135, in the keyword box, and click Search.
Next, click the Open Docket Folder button and choose the document to review. If you do not have access to the internet, you may view the docket online by visiting Dockets Operations in Room W12140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
205900001, 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 3669826 before visiting Dockets Operations.
B. Privacy Act In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553c, DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process.
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 FDMS, which can be reviewed at www.transportation.gov/privacy.
II. Background On November 18, 2020, FMCSA
published a notice announcing its decision to renew exemptions for nine individuals from the hearing standard in 49 CFR 391.41b11 to operate a CMV
in interstate commerce and requested comments from the public 85 FR
73591. The public comment period ended on December 18, 2020, and no comments were received.
FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility of these applicants and determined that renewing these exemptions would achieve a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved by complying with 391.41b11.
The physical qualification standard for drivers regarding hearing found in 391.41b11 states that a person is physically qualified to drive a CMV if that person first perceives a forced whispered voice in the better ear at not less than 5 feet with or without the use of a hearing aid or, if tested by use of an audiometric device, does not have an average hearing loss in the better ear greater than 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000
Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or without a hearing aid when the audiometric device is calibrated to American National Standard formerly ASA
Standard Z24.51951.
This standard was adopted in 1970
and was revised in 1971 to allow drivers to be qualified under this standard while wearing a hearing aid, 35 FR

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