Medical Review Board Public Meeting; Correction and Republication

Topics:  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Larry W. Minor (Federal Register)
May 20, 2011

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29290-29291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12365]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0131]


Medical Review Board Public Meeting; Correction and Republication

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

ACTION: Correction and Republication; Notice of Medical Review Board 
(MRB) Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FMCSA published a notice in the Federal Register (FR Doc. 
2011-11576, 76 FR 27375, May 11, 2011) announcing that the Agency's 
Medical Review Board will hold a committee meeting on June 30, 2011. 
The meeting will provide the public an opportunity to observe and 
participate in MRB deliberations about its recommendations for changes 
to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations' medical standards, in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The notice 
referenced an incorrect FMCSA docket number. For the convenience of the 
public, FMCSA republishes this notice referencing the correct docket 
number.

DATES: The MRB meeting will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on June 30, 
2011. Please note the preliminary agenda for this meeting in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for specific 
information.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Hilton-Alexandria Old 
Town, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
    You may submit comments identified by the Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Number in the heading of this document by any of the 
following methods; however, the Agency encourages use of the Web site 
that is listed first. It will provide the most efficient and timely 
method of receiving and processing your comments. Do not submit the 
same comments by more than one method.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov. Search docket number FMCSA-2011-
0131, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: Ground floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number (FMCSA-2011-0131). Note that all comments received will 
be posted without change to the Web site at 
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. Please refer to the Privacy Act heading on 
http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov for further information.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov at any time 
or Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The FDMS is available 24 hours 
each day, 365 days each year. If you want acknowledgment that we 
received your comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped 
envelope or postcard or print the acknowledgement page that appears 
after submitting comments on-line.
    Privacy Act: Anyone may search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or of the person signing the comment, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review the U.S. Department of Transportation's complete Privacy 
Act Statement in the Federal Register published on January 17, 2008 (76 
FR 17478). This information is also available at 
http:[sol][sol]edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E-8-785.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elaine M. Papp, Division Chief, 
Medical Programs, 202-366-4001, DOT-FMCSA (MC-PMP), 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m.

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Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
Elaine M. Papp at 202-366-4001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The preliminary agenda for the meeting 
includes:

10-10:15a.m. Call to Order, Introduction and Agenda Review.
10:15-10:45 a.m. Updated Evidence Report Diabetes Mellitus.
10:45-11:15 a.m. Preliminary Report on Cochlear Implants.
11:15-11:45 a.m. Public Comment Period.
11:45-12:45 p.m. Break for Lunch.
12:45-2 p.m. Update on 2007 Evidence Report on Sleep Apnea, Overview of 
2007 Medical Expert Panel Opinions on Sleep Apnea.
2-2:30 p.m. Review on Previous MRB recommendations on Sleep Apnea.
2:30-4 p.m. Public Comment Period.

    Breaks will be announced on meeting day and may be adjusted 
according to schedule changes, other meeting requirements.

Background

    The Secretary of the Department of Transportation announced on 
November 2, 2010, the five medical experts who serve on the MRB. 
Section 4116 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU, Pub. L. 109-
59) requires the Secretary of Transportation with the advice of the MRB 
to ``establish, review, and revise medical standards for operators of 
Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) that will ensure that the physical 
condition of operators is adequate to enable them operate the vehicles 
safely.'' FMCSA is planning revisions to the physical qualification 
regulations of CMV drivers, and the MRB will provide the necessary 
science-based guidance to establish realistic and responsible medical 
standards.
    The MRB operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA) as announced in the Federal Register (70 FR 57642, October 
3, 2005). The MRB is charged initially with the review of all current 
FMCSA medical standards (49 CFR 391.41), as well as proposing new 
science-based standards and guidelines to ensure that drivers operating 
CMVs in interstate commerce, as defined in CFR 390.5, are physically 
capable of doing so.

Meeting Participation

    Attendance is open to the interested public, including medical 
examiners, motor carriers, drivers, and representatives of medical and 
scientific associations. Written comments for this MRB meeting will 
also be accepted beginning on June 30, 2011 and continuing until July 
15, 2011, and should include the docket number that is listed in the 
ADDRESSES section. During the MRB meeting (11:15-11:45 a.m. and 2:30-4 
p.m.), oral comments may be limited depending on how many persons wish 
to comment; and will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis as 
requestors register at the meeting. The comments must directly address 
relevant medical and scientific issues on the MRB meeting agenda. For 
more information, please view the following Web site: 
http:[sol][sol]www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mrb.

    Issued on: May 16, 2011.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-12365 Filed 5-19-11; 8:45 am]
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