[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45479-45480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15838]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-28945]


Medical Review Board Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Medical Review Board (MRB) Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that the MRB will hold its next meeting on 
October 15, 2007. The meeting will provide the public an opportunity to 
observe and participate in MRB deliberations about the revision and 
development of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation (FMCSR) medical 
standards, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA).

DATES: The MRB meeting will be held from 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m. on October 
15, 2007. 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 U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Oklahoma Room, Washington, DC 20590-0001. The public must enter 
through the west entrance and comply with building security procedures, 
including provision of appropriate identification prior to being 
accompanied by a Federal employee to the meeting room. You may submit 
comments identified by DOT Docket Management System (DMS) Docket Number 
FMCSA-2007-28945 using any of the following methods:
     Web Site: http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level 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.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number for this notice. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://dms.dot.gov including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading for further 
information.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or Room W12-140 
on the ground level 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 DMS 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 April 11, 2000 (65 
FR 19477; April 11, 2000). This information is also available at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary D. Gunnels, Chief, Physical 
Qualifications Division, 202-366-4001.
    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 
Kaye Kirby at 202-366-4001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The preliminary agenda for the meeting 
includes:

0800-0805 Call to Order, Introduction and Agenda Review
0805-0830 MRB Business, Action Items, Neurological Diseases Part I 
(Seizure Disorders), Sleep Disorders
0830-0900 Expert Panel Recommendations (Invited Speaker)
0900-0945 Deliberations on Evidence Report and Panel Comments
0945-1015 MRB Questions, Other Medical Topics
1015-1130 Public Comment Period
1130 Adjourn

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

Background

    The U.S. Secretary of Transportation announced on March 7, 2006, 
the five

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medical experts who serve on FMCSA's 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 to operate the vehicles safely.'' FMCSA is 
planning updates 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 August 14, 2007 and continuing until 
October 30, 2007, and should include the docket number that is listed 
in the ADDRESSES section.
    During the MRB meeting, oral comments will be accepted on a first 
come, first serve basis as requestors register at the meeting, but may 
be limited depending on how many persons wish to comment. 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:// www.mrb.fmcsa.dot.gov.

    Issued on: August 8, 2007.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development.
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