Driver Qualification Files: Application for Exemption; Atlantic and Pacific Freightways, Inc.

Topics:  Atlantic and Pacific Freightways

Larry W. Minor
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
9 March 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 12558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05244]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2015-0394]


Driver Qualification Files: Application for Exemption; Atlantic 
and Pacific Freightways, Inc.

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

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of application for exemption.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has accepted the request of Atlantic 
and Pacific Freightways, Inc. (A&P) to withdraw its application for 
exemption from the Agency's regulation requiring motor carriers to 
obtain updated medical certification information when a driver holding 
a commercial driver's license (CDL) undergoes a new driver medical 
examination (49 CFR 391.51(b)(7)(ii)). A&P no longer needs the 
exemption.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert F. Schultz, Driver and 
Carrier Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle 
Safety Standards; Telephone: 202-366-4325, Email: MCPSD@dot.gov, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Applicant A&P is a Vancouver, Washington motor carrier that employs 
CDL-drivers to transport goods in interstate commerce. A&P applied for 
exemption from 49 CFR 391.51(b)(7)(ii) because it was experiencing 
difficulty obtaining updated medical certification information on its 
CDL drivers as required by the regulation. On November 27, 2015, FMCSA 
published a Federal Register notice of A&P's application for exemption 
and asked for public comment (80 FR 74202). No comments were received. 
On January 28, 2016, A&P asked to withdraw its application for 
exemption because it is now able to receive all the information 
required by 49 CFR 391.51(b)(7)(ii). The Agency accordingly accepts 
A&P's request to withdraw its application and closes the docket of this 
matter.

    Issued on: February 26, 2016.
 Larry W. Minor,
 Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-05244 Filed 3-8-16; 8:45 am]
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