Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators

Larry W. Minor
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
10 January 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2915-2916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31784]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 383 and 384

[FMCSA-2007-27748]
RIN 2126-AB66


Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor 
Vehicle Operators

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal 
Register of December 8, 2016 (81 FR 88732), regarding the establishment 
of new minimum training standards for certain individuals applying for 
their commercial driver's license (CDL) for the first time; an upgrade 
of their CDL (e.g., a Class B CDL holder seeking a Class A CDL); or a 
hazardous materials (H), passenger (P), or school bus (S) endorsement 
for the first time.

DATES: The effective date of this correction is February 6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Clemente, Driver and 
Carrier Operations (MC-PSD) Division, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, by telephone at 202-366-4325, or by email at 
MCPSD@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FMCSA makes minor corrections to fix 
errors in the final rule published on December 8, 2016. In instruction 
10, amending Sec.  383.73, the Agency corrects ``(b)(10)'' to read 
``(b)(11)'' in both the instruction and associated regulatory

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text. Additionally in Sec.  383.73, FMCSA changes paragraph ``(e)(8)'' 
to read ``(e)(9)'' in both the instruction and associated regulatory 
text. In instruction 13, amending Part 383, the Agency changes ``Sec.  
384.235'' to read ``Sec.  384.236.'' These changes are required because 
as written, the instruction and associated regulatory text would have 
deleted the recent changes published in the Federal Register on 
December 5, 2016, in the final rule titled ``Commercial Driver's 
License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse'' (Clearinghouse) (81 FR 87686, 
RIN 2126-AB18, Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0031). FMCSA makes these 
corrections in this document to ensure the original language in the 
Clearinghouse final rule remains in effect.

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Therefore, in FR Doc. 2016-28012 appearing on page 88803 in the Federal 
Register of December 8, 2016, the following corrections are made:


Sec.  383.73   [Corrected]

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1. On page 88803, in the first column, in Part 383, amendatory 
instruction 10 is corrected to read as follows:

    ``10. Amend Sec.  383.73 by revising paragraph (b)(3) 
introductory text and paragraph (b)(3)(ii) and by adding paragraphs 
(b)(11), (e)(9), and (p) to read as follows:''

    The corrected paragraphs (b)(11) and (e)(9) read as follows''


Sec.  383.73  State procedures.

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    (b) * * *
    (11) Beginning on February 7, 2020, not conduct a skills test of an 
applicant for a Class A or Class B CDL, or a passenger (P) or school 
bus (S) endorsement until the State verifies electronically that the 
applicant completed the training prescribed in subpart F of part 380 of 
this subchapter.
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (9) Beginning on February 7, 2020, not issue an upgrade to a Class 
A or Class B CDL, or a passenger (P), school bus (S), or hazardous 
materials (H) endorsement, unless the applicant has completed the 
training required by subpart F of part 380 of this subchapter.


Sec.  384.235   [Corrected]

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2. On page 88803, in the third column, in Part 384, amendatory 
instruction 13 is corrected to read as follows:

    ``13. Add Sec.  384.236 to subpart B to read as follows:''
    The corrected section reads as follows:

Sec.  384.236  Entry-level driver training provider notification.

    The State must meet the entry-level driver training provider 
notification requirement of Sec.  383.73(p) of this chapter.

    Issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: December 27, 
2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-31784 Filed 1-9-17; 8:45 am]
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