[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35568-35569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14187]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0125]
Hours of Service; National Propane Gas Association; Application
for Exemption; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: National Propane Gas Association; application for exemption;
extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA extends the comment period for its July 1, 2025, notice
requesting public comment on the application from the National Propane
Gas Association (NPGA) for an exemption from various hours-of-service
(HOS) requirements between December 15 and March 15 each year to enable
the propane industry to better prepare and respond to emergencies
threatening human health and safety during winter. The Agency finds it
is appropriate to extend the comment period to provide interested
parties additional time to submit their responses to the notice.
Therefore, FMCSA extends the deadline for the submission of comments
for 15 days.
DATES: The comment period for the notice published on July 1, 2025, at
90 FR 28854 is extended by 15 days. Comments must be received on or
before August 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-
2025-0125 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. See the
Public Participation and Request for Comments section below for further
information.
Mail: Dockets Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building, Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket number
(FMCSA-2025-0125) for this notice. Note that DOT posts all comments
received without change to www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information included in a comment. Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31315(b), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better inform its processes. DOT posts
these comments, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records
notice DOT/ALL-14 FDMS (Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)), which
can be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/privacy/privacy-act-system-records-notices. The comments are posted without
edit and are searchable by the name of the submitter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and
Carrier Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle
Safety Standards; FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590-0001; 771-216-2436 or [email protected]. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Docket
Operations at (202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation and Request for Comments
FMCSA encourages you to participate by submitting comments and
related materials.
A. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
notice (FMCSA-2025-0125), indicate the specific section of this
document to which the comment applies, and provide a reason for
suggestions or recommendations. You may submit your comments and
material online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only
one of these means. FMCSA recommends that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of
your document so the Agency can contact you if it has questions
regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMCSA-2025-0125-0002 and click ``Comment,'' and type your
comment into the text box on the following screen.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing.
FMCSA will consider all comments and material received during the
comment period. Comments received after the comment closing date will
be filed in the public docket and will be considered to the extent
practicable.
B. Confidential Business Information (CBI)
CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily
and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public disclosure.
If your comments responsive to the notice contain commercial or
financial information that is customarily treated as private, that you
actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to the
notice, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission that
constitutes CBI as ``PROPIN'' to indicate it contains proprietary
information. FMCSA will treat such marked submissions as confidential
under the Freedom of Information Act, and they will not be placed in
the public docket of the notice. Submissions containing CBI should be
sent to Brian Dahlin, Chief, Regulatory Evaluation Division, Office of
Policy, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001 or
via email at [email protected]. At this time, you need not send a
duplicate hardcopy of your electronic CBI submissions to FMCSA
headquarters. Any comments FMCSA receives not specifically designated
as CBI will be placed in the public docket for this notice.
C. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as any documents mentioned in this
preamble as being available in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov insert FMCSA-2025-0125 in the keyword box, select
the document tab and choose the document to review. To view comments,
go to https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMCSA-2025-0125-0002, then
click ``Browse Comments.'' If you do not have access to the internet,
you may view the docket online by visiting Docket Operations on the
ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help
you, please call (202) 366-9317 or (202) 366-9826 before visiting
Dockets Operations.
II. Background
On July 1, 2025, FMCSA published a notice of application for
exemption from the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) with a
comment deadline of
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July 31, 2025 (90 FR 28854). NPGA requests a five-year exemption for
its member company drivers to waive the requirements of 49 CFR 395.3
with prior notice to FMCSA, each year between the period of December 15
and March 15, when the need for propane as heating fuel is most urgent.
On July 15, 2025, the New York State Department of Transportation
asked the Agency to extend the comment period to August 29, 2025. The
New York State Department of Transportation expressed concern that
exemptions from safety and hazardous materials regulations have the
potential to undermine safety and complicate the enforcement process,
and the application requires extensive review. FMCSA believes it is
appropriate to extend the July 31, 2025, deadline to provide interested
parties additional time to submit comments to the docket. Therefore,
FMCSA extends the comment period for all comments until August 15,
2025.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2025-14187 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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