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Thomas P. Keane

Category: Person
Description: Associate Administrator of the Office of Research and Registration in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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Article Index

DateArticleDetails
8 October 2020Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of PropertyFederal Register: FMCSA (Thomas Keane)
3 November 2020Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information CollectionFederal Register: FMCSA (Tom Keane)
25 November 2020Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection: Motor Carrier Records Change FormFederal Register: FMCSA (Tom Keane)
14 December 2020Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of Reinstated Renewal for Information Request: Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Skills Testing Delays Annual SurveyFederal Register: FMCSA (Tom Keane)
30 December 2020Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating AuthorityFederal Register: FMCSA (Thomas P. Keane)
30 December 2020Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection Request: Generic Clearance of Customer Satisfaction SurveysFederal Register: FMCSA (Thomas P. Keane)
1 February 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection: Practices of Household Goods BrokersFederal Register: FMCSA (Thomas P. Keane)
12 February 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private CarriersFederal Register: FMCSA (Thomas P. Keane)
12 February 2021Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service DeliveryFederal Register: FMCSA (Thomas P. Keane)
14 October 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor Registration
Each ELD vendor developing an ELD technology must register online at a secure FMCSA website where the ELD provider can securely certify that its ELD is compliant with the functional specifications.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
14 October 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Medical Qualification Requirements
This ICR is needed to ensure that drivers, motor carriers, Medical Examiners, and the States are complying with the physical qualification requirements of commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
27 October 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers
Section 14123 of title 49 of the United States Code requires certain for-hire motor carriers of property, passengers, and household goods to file annual financial reports.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
6 December 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of an Information Collection Request: Commercial Driver Licensing and Test Standards
This ICR is needed to ensure that drivers, motor carriers and the States are complying with notification and recordkeeping requirements for information related to testing, licensing, violations, convictions, and disqualifications and that the information is accurate, complete, transmitted, and recorded within certain time periods as required by the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
16 December 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Approval of a Revision to a Currently-Approved Collection Request: Crime Prevention for Truckers
Originally, the survey was planned to be an in-person data collection, but the project team switched to an online data collection because of the pandemic.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
Special Collection: COVID-19
17 December 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request; Waiver and Exemption Requirements
In 1998, the Federal Highway Administration, the predecessor agency of FMCSA, adopted 49 CFR part 381 as an interim final rule, establishing procedures for applying for waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
Topic: Federal Highway Administration
17 December 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Motor Carrier Identification Report
Title 49, United States Code Section 504(b)(2) provides the Secretary of Transportation with authority to require carriers, lessors, associations, or classes of these entities to file annual, periodic, and special reports containing answers to questions asked by the Secretary.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
23 February 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Financial Responsibility Motor Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Brokers
This ICR sets forth the financial responsibility documentation requirements for motor carriers, freight forwarders, and brokers as a result of the Agency's jurisdictional statutes.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
23 February 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal Information Collection Request: National Consumer Complaint Database
This renewal collection of information is for the National Consumer Complaint Database, which is an online interface allowing consumers, drivers, and others to file complaints against unsafe and unscrupulous companies and/or their employees, including shippers, receivers, and transportation intermediaries, depending on the type of complaint.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
3 March 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor Registration
To ensure consistency among ELD vendors and devices, detailed functional specifications were published as part of the December 2015 final rule.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
18 March 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers Regulations
The FMCSA established minimum performance and design standards for ELDs and mandated use of these devices by drivers who are subject to the HOS reporting requirements.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
18 April 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program
The ICR is necessary for FMCSA to conduct a pilot program to determine the safety impacts of allowing 18- to 20-year-old commercial driver's license holders to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
5 May 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Acknowledgement of Use of COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Relief
OMB approved this collection on an emergency basis and subsequently extended that emergency approval.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
Special Collection: COVID-19
18 May 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers
This ICR is necessary to comply with FMCSA's financial and operating statistics requirements at chapter III of title 49 CFR part 369 titled, “Reports of Motor Carriers.”
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
8 September 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: 391.41 CMV Driver Medication Form
This Information Collection is voluntary and may be utilized by Medical Examiners responsible for issuing Medical Examiner's Certificates to commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
8 September 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing
The information reported by States and Indian tribes is necessary to identify designated/restricted routes and restrictions or limitations affecting how motor carriers may transport certain hazardous materials on highways, including dates that such routes were established and information on subsequent changes or new hazardous materials routing designations.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
21 September 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection: Effectiveness of Third-Party Testing and Minimum Standards for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Knowledge and Skills Tests
The CDL Program was enacted through the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 in response to jurisdiction concerns about avoidable commercial motor vehicle crashes and commercial driver qualifications.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
21 September 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection: Human Factors Considerations in Commercial Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems
It is a driving simulator study with a series of questionnaires that will evaluate how commercial motor vehicle drivers engage in Society of Automotive Engineers Level 2 and Level 3 automated driving system-equipped CMVs.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
4 November 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
The FMCSA began collecting data as authorized users began registering in the Clearinghouse in September 2019.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
16 December 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Unified Registration System, FMCSA Registration/Updates
This ICR applies to new registrants seeking initial operating authority from FMCSA.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
Topic: Unified Carrier Registration Plan
27 December 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection: Crash Causal Factors Program: Knowledge of Systems and Processes
This ICR relates to the planned “Study of Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash Causation,” mandated by Congress in the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
27 December 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders
No comments were received from the 60-day Federal Register publication.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
6 January 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Hazardous Material Safety Permits
The HM Safety Permit regulations require initial or first time HM Safety Permit carriers to file the Unified Registration System, Form MCSA-1.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
3 February 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: 391.41 CMV Driver Medication Form
This Information Collection is voluntary and may be utilized by Medical Examiners (MEs) responsible for issuing Medical Examiner's Certificates to commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
3 February 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Information Collection Request: Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing
The information reported by States and Indian Tribes is necessary to identify designated/restricted routes and restrictions or limitations affecting how motor carriers may transport certain hazardous materials on highways.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
21 February 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
The Agency's final rule, published December 5, 2016, established the regulatory requirements for the Clearinghouse.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
21 February 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Effectiveness of Third-Party Testing and Minimum Standards for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Knowledge and Skills Tests
The CDL program was enacted through the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 in response to jurisdiction concerns about avoidable commercial motor vehicle crashes and commercial driver qualifications.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
3 March 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Training Certification for Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles
This ICR relates to Agency requirements for drivers to be certified to operate longer combination vehicles and associated recordkeeping requirements that motor carriers must satisfy before permitting their drivers to operate LCVs.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
20 March 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently Approved Collection Request: Unified Registration System, FMCSA Registration/Updates
This ICR applies to new registrants seeking initial operating authority from FMCSA. New registrants seeking operating authority must use online Form MCSA-1, accessible via the Unified Registration System.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
20 March 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted
FMCSA registers for-hire motor carriers of regulated commodities under 49 U.S.C. 13902, surface freight forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 13903, and property brokers under 49 U.S.C. 13904.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
30 March 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Training Certification for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators
If approved, this renewal will allow FMCSA to continue to collect information on registered training providers and entry-level driver training certification information until 2026.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
13 April 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection Request: Non-Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus Assessment Form, MCSA-5872
Medical Examiners choosing to use this Information Collection will do so in an effort to communicate with treating healthcare providers who manage the diabetes care of individuals diagnosed with non-insulin-treated diabetes mellitus who operate CMVs.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
21 April 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Human Factors Considerations in Commercial Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
It is a driving simulator study with a series of questionnaires that will evaluate how commercial motor vehicle drivers engage in CMVs equipped with SAE International Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems and Level 3 automated driving systems.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
25 May 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Crash Causal Factors Program: Knowledge of Systems and Processes
This ICR relates to the planned “Study of Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash Causation,” mandated by Congress in the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
8 June 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection: Safety Impacts of Human-Automated Driving System (ADS) Team Driving Applications
It is a driving simulator study with a series of questionnaires that will quantify the safety implications of team driving applications between humans and ADS-equipped commercial motor vehicles.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
8 June 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits
This ICR requires companies holding safety permits to develop communication plans that allow for the periodic tracking of hazardous materials shipments.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
23 June 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Human Factors Considerations in Commercial Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
It is a driving simulator study with a series of questionnaires that will evaluate how commercial motor vehicle drivers engage in CMVs equipped with SAE International Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems and Level 3 automated driving systems.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
23 June 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Training Certification for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations require minimum training standards for entry-level drivers, and include two separate information collection actions.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
8 August 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Accident Recordkeeping Requirements
This ICR relates to Agency requirements that motor carriers maintain a record of accidents involving their commercial motor vehicles.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
24 August 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection Request: Non-Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus Assessment Form, MCSA-5872
This information collection is voluntary and may be utilized by medical examiners responsible for issuing Medical Examiner's Certificates, Form MCSA-5876, to individuals diagnosed with non-insulin-treated diabetes mellitus who operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
24 August 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection: Impact of Driver Detention Time on Safety and Operations
This research study will collect data on commercial motor vehicle driver detention time representative of the major segments of the motor carrier industry, analyze that data to determine the frequency and severity of detention time, and assess the utility of existing intelligent transportation systems solutions to measure detention time.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
24 August 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Truck and Bus Maintenance Requirements and Their Impact on Safety
FMCSA's core mission is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
24 August 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted
FMCSA registers for-hire motor carriers of regulated commodities under 49 U.S.C. 13902, surface freight forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 13903, and property brokers under 49 U.S.C. 13904.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane




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