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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 395 [Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0183]
Hours of Service of Drivers of
Commercial Motor Vehicles;
Regulatory Guidance for Oil Field
Exception
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT
ACTION: Notice of public listening
session.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it will
hold its third and final public listening
session to receive comments on the
Agency's June 5, 2012, notice
concerning regulatory guidance on the
applicability of the oilfield operations exceptions in the hours-of-service
regulations. In an August 6, 2012,
Federal Register notice, the Agency
extended the deadline for public
comments from August 6 to October 5,
2012. As with the previous sessions, the
Dallas listening session will be open to
the public and webcast in its entirety.
DATES: This listening session will be
held on September, 27, 2012, in Dallas,
TX, at the Hyatt Regency DFW, 2334
North International Parkway, P.O. Box
619014, DFW Airport, Texas 75261,
Telephone: (972) 453–1234, Fax: (972)
615–6826. The listening session will
begin at 1:00 p.m., local time, and end
at 5:30 p.m. local time, or earlier if all
participants wishing to comment have
expressed their views. Written
comments to the docket must be
received on or before October 5, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The September 27, 2012,
listening session will be held at the Hyatt Regency DFW, 2334 North
International Parkway, P.O. Box 619014,
DFW Airport, Texas 75261, Telephone:
972–453–1234, Fax: 972–615–6826.
Internet Address for Alternative
Media Broadcasts During and
Immediately After the Listening Session.
FMCSA will post specific information
on how to participate via the Internet
and telephone on the FMCSA Web site
at www.fmcsa.dot.gov.
You may submit comments identified
by Federal Docket Management System
Number FMCSA–2012–0183 by any of
the following methods:
- Web site: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the Federal electronic
docket site.
- Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
- Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Room W–12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
- Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
All submissions must include the
Agency name and docket number. For
detailed instruction on submitting
comments and additional information,
see the "Public Participation" heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the "Privacy Act" heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to
www.regulations.gov at any time or to
Room W12–140, DOT Building, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review the DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on December 29, 2010 (75 FR
82133), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov.
Public Participation: The
www.regulations.gov Web site is
generally available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. You can obtain
electronic submission and retrieval help
and guidelines under the "help" section
of that Web site, and at DOT's
http://
docketsinfo.dot.gov
Web site. If you
want us to notify you that we received
your comments, please include a selfaddressed,
stamped envelope or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the regulatory guidance issued on June
5, 2012, concerning oilfield hours-ofservice
exceptions: Mr. Thomas Yager,
Chief, Driver and Carrier Operations
Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
phone (202) 366–4325, email
MCPSD@dot.gov. For the listening
sessions: Ms. Shannon Watson, Senior
Advisor to the Associate Administrator
for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
phone (202) 385–2395, email
shannon.watson@dot.gov.
If you need sign language assistance
to participate in a listening session,
please contact Ms. Watson no later than
10 days prior to the listening session.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background
On June 5, 2012, FMCSA published a
notice in the Federal Register
concerning regulatory guidance about the "oilfield operations" exceptions in
49 CFR 395.1(d)(77 FR 33098). The
regulatory guidance, effective June 5,
2012, was issued to ensure consistent
understanding and application of the
regulatory exceptions. Several groups or
organizations have requested that the
Agency extend the comment period and
consider holding a listening session(s).
On August 6, 2012, the FMCSA
announced (1) an extension of the
comment period for the submission of
written comments in response to the
June 5, 2012, notice, and (2) listening
sessions on the regulatory guidance. The
previous two listening sessions were
held on August 17, 2012, in Denver, CO,
and on August 21, 2012, in Pittsburgh,
PA. This represents the third and final
listening session on this issue.
Listening Session
The listening session is open to the
public. Speakers are not required to
preregister but should limit their
remarks to 5 minutes. The public may
submit material to the FMCSA staff at
the session for inclusion in the docket,
FMCSA–2012–0183.
Alternative Media Broadcasts During
and Immediately After the Listening
Session
FMCSA will provide webcast
information for the listening session.
Prior to the session, the Agency will
post the Web address for the live
webcast and instructions on how to
participate at FMCSA's Web site,
www.fmcsa.dot.gov. After the listening
session, FMCSA will place a full
transcript of the listening session in the
docket referenced at the beginning of
this notice.
Issued on: September 11, 2012.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012–22880 Filed 9–14–12; 8:45 am]
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