Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators; Correction Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Date: 18 March 2022 Subject: American Government , Driver Licensing

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15344-15345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05709]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 380

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-27748]
RIN 2126-AB66


Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor 
Vehicle Operators; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department 
of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA removes obsolete regulatory text from its June 30, 2021, 
entry-level driver training (ELDT) final rule. The section-by-section 
analysis in the March 7, 2016 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 
concerning the ELDT requirements proposed that, upon the effective date 
of the final rule, the subpart setting out the old driver training 
standards would be removed from the regulations and the subpart 
reserved for future use. However, the Agency omitted the amendatory 
instruction needed to remove and reserve the subpart from the December 
8, 2016 final rule. FMCSA corrects the omission, which was repeated in 
subsequent ELDT rulemaking notices, the most recent being the June 2021 
final rule.

DATES: This correction is effective March 18, 2022, and is applicable 
beginning February 7, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Joshua Jones, Commercial Driver's 
License Division, FMCSA, 1200 New

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Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-7332, 
Joshua.Jones@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted above, the Agency's December 8, 
2016 (81 FR 88732), ELDT final rule omitted certain amendatory 
instructions. Subsequently, FMCSA published an interim final rule on 
February 4, 2020 (85 FR 6088) which also omitted the amendatory 
instruction. The interim final rule was finalized on June 30, 2021 (86 
FR 34631), but without providing the necessary amendatory instruction 
originally discussed in the March 7, 2016 NPRM (81 FR 11944).
    In this document, FMCSA provides the amendatory instruction to 
remove and reserve subpart E as originally explained in the preamble to 
the 2016 NPRM.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 380

    Administrative practice and procedure, Highway safety, Motor 
carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    For reasons stated in the preamble, FMCSA amends 49 CFR part 380 by 
making the following correcting amendment:

PART 380--SPECIAL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

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1. The authority citation for part 380 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 31133, 31136, 31305, 31307, 31308, 31502; 
sec. 4007(a) and (b), Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, 2151-2152; 
sec. 32304, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 791; and 49 CFR 1.87.

Subpart E--[Removed and Reserved]

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2. Subpart E, consisting of Sec. Sec.  380.501 through 380.513, is 
removed and reserved.

    Issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-05709 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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