[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18523-18524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07888]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0015]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of denials.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its denial of 114 applications from
individuals who requested an exemption from the Federal vision standard
applicable to interstate truck and bus drivers and the reasons for the
denials. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the
vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise
safety. The Agency has concluded that granting these exemptions does
not provide a level of safety that will be equivalent to, or greater
than, the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these
commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Christine A. Hydock, Chief,
Medical Programs Division, (202) 366-4001, [email protected], FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W64-113,
Washington, DC 20590-0001. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA may grant an exemption
from the Federal vision standard for a renewable 2-year period if it
finds ``such an exemption would likely achieve a
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level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than the level that
would be achieved absent such an exemption.'' The procedures for
requesting an exemption are set forth in 49 CFR part 381.
Accordingly, FMCSA evaluated 114 individual exemption requests on
their merit and made a determination that these applicants do not
satisfy the criteria eligibility or meet the terms and conditions of
the Federal exemption program. Each applicant has, prior to this
notice, received a letter of final disposition on the exemption
request. Those decision letters fully outlined the basis for the denial
and constitute final Agency action. The list published in this notice
summarizes the Agency's recent denials as required under 49 U.S.C.
31315(b)(4) by periodically publishing names and reasons for denial.
Drew S. Buss (IN), does not have sufficient driving experience of
the past 3 years under normal highway operating conditions (limited
hours).
The following 33 applicants had no experience operating a CMV:
Teressa J. Banaei (OH)
Edmund J. Burke (WI)
Charles K. Collins (ID)
Jermaine B. Davis (NY)
Bryan G. Felling (MN)
John T. Ferguson (IN)
Lee J. Gaffney (OH)
Porfirio Guzman (NY)
Davey Harris (IL)
Casey G. Harvie (CO)
Jay A. Hendrick (TX)
Clayton S. Howard (IL)
Michael J. Klein (IA)
Lonnie R. Liles (MI)
Anthony R. Lomangino (CT)
Jonathan Marin (NJ)
Peter Markee (NJ)
Michael D. Mitchell (OK)
Jack T. Moyers (GA)
Christopher C. Mullings (CT)
Michael C. Pitt (MI)
Antonio J. Potts (FL)
Bruce A. Robinson (GA)
Larry D. Robinson (GA)
David A. Rossman (IL)
Derrick P. Rotherham (OR)
Jerry W. Sennett (OK)
Frances M. Simmonette (PA)
Jacob A. Smith (TN)
Clifford C. Stamm (CT)
Jerry Vance (IL)
Jeffrey Varner (NC)
Nathaniel C. Volk (IL)
The following 11 applicants did not have 3 years of experience
driving a CMV on public highways with their vision deficiencies:
Norman E. Howes (MN)
Jose A. Mercedes (OH)
Charles W. Ohman (IA)
Jay S. Peck (WA)
Timothy J. Shaver (IA)
Robert F. Swartrout (OR)
Robert J. Trinkle (PA)
Clifford B. Webb III (VA)
Richard E. Wells (CA)
John A. Wilbert (OH)
Leslie M. Wilson (MO)
The following 6 applicants did not have 3 years of recent
experience driving a CMV with the vision deficiency:
Ahmed M. Gutale (MN)
Deborah Hughes (CA)
Mia T. Jones (DC)
Jimmy R. Kite (TN)
Mariano Marez (NM)
Marlin D. Stoltzfus (PA)
The following 11 applicants did not have sufficient driving
experience during the past 3 years under normal highway operating
conditions (gaps in driving record):
Baltazar Arreola-Evangelista (GA)
Paul R. Beckett (MN)
Larry G. Bell (MI)
Joseph S. Byler (NC)
Darin V. Davis (MD)
William G. Gamble (IN)
Jonathen M. Gilligan (NY)
Roger D. Grunert (KS)
Sait Hernandez (UT)
David G. Segall (WY)
Benjamin H. Tafolla (IL)
The following applicant 2 applicants were charged with moving
violations in conjunction with CMV accidents:
Randol C. Hoefner (WI)
Mark A. Matthies (IL)
The following 3 applicants did not have optometrists or
ophthalmologists willing to make statements that they are able to
operate CMVs from a vision standpoint:
Joshua Kline (PA)
Robert E. McMahon (NV)
Jeremy E. Studebaker (IN)
The following 7 applicants were denied for multiple reasons:
Arcardio D. Booze (MD)
Cody R. Chase (VT)
Tammy C. Clark (FL)
Scott R. Engler (KY)
Richard Ikey (OH)
Tyler J. Lung (OR)
Jorge Maldonado (NY)
The following 8 applicants have not had stable vision for the
preceding 3-year period:
Hani Abiyounes (CA)
William H. Baelz (IN)
Richard W. Boger (MD)
Jason A. Holland (IA)
Michael Lendzin (NY)
Eugene R. Ruchti (MN)
Francis J. Toth (PA)
Tim R. Washburn (AZ)
Jason J. Merrifield (IA) does not meet the vision standard in his
better eye.
The following 11 applicants met the current federal vision
standards. Exemptions are not required for applicants who meet the
current regulations for vision:
Jose Francisco Briones Hernandez (FL)
Dylan Incha (WI)
Bradley A. Katzenberger (IA)
Preston J. Lefeber (WI)
Kenneth Meyer (TN)
Haley J. O'Neal (GA)
Barbara A. Pace (TX)
Duffield M. Rose (SC)
John P. Smith (MD)
Mark A. Walters (NC)
David E. Zetsch (TN)
The following 2 applicants drove interstate while restricted to
intrastate driving:
Gary K. Sparks (NC)
William E. Tyler (IL)
The following 17 applicants will not be driving interstate,
intrastate commerce, or are not required to carry a DOT medical card:
Timothy J. Baszak (NJ)
Daniel A. Bell (MD)
George U. Clendenny (IN)
Jerry Collado (NY)
John D. Davidson (TX)
Nicholas P. Graab (WI)
Donald N. Hjuler (IA)
Gary N. Keathley (AR)
Roy L. Long (OK)
Jacqueline A. Mason (TN)
Michael D. Mattingly (KY)
William W. Nichols (NV)
Angel A. Rizo (CA)
Brian T. Sullivan (NY)
Timothy Tupa (MN)
James P. Weir (FL)
Kevin E. Wenndt (IA)
Yolanda P. Davis (NJ) performs transportation for the Federal
government, state, or any political sub-division of the state.
Issued on: April 11, 2017.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-07888 Filed 4-18-17; 8:45 am]
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