[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 5, 2008)] [Notices] [Pages 45516-45519] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: E8-17858] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of denials. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its denial of 381 applications from individuals who requested exemptions 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: Dr. Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical Programs, 202-366-4001, U.S. Department of Transportation, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W64-224, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 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 two-year period if it finds ``such an exemption would likely achieve a 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 out in 49 CFR part 381. Accordingly, FMCSA evaluated these 381 individual exemption requests on their merits and made the determinations 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 his/her exemption [[Page 45517]] request. Those decision letters fully outlined the basis for the denial and constitute final Agency action. The list published today summarizes the Agency's recent denials as required under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(4) by periodically publishing names and reasons for denials. The following 55 applicants lacked sufficient driving experience during the three-year period prior to the date of their application: Balsman, Stanley W. Barr, Michael J. Berheimer, Mark S. Biddison, Jr., William G. Bishop, Jr., Raymond E. Brown, Dean N. Burgess, James W. Burns, Jerry A. Campos, Basiliom Cox, Michael L. Crosby, Blake L. Dunn, Darby K. Dykes, Robert L. Dykman, David L. Eaton, Matthew C. Edenfield, Christopher S. Ellis, Jeffery K. Freeman, Jr., George Furcht, Thomas C. Gaither, Larry N. Gary, Dean A. Goodapple, Jeanette Hand, Terry O. Hankins, Gerald W. Harper, Larry Hickman, James W. Higgins, David N. Ingram, George M. Lair, Christopher Lanuez, Richard A. Mans, David R. Martinez, Michael M. McKinley, Haley E. Morris, Richan A. Ottens, John P. Penner, Stuart Phillips, Leonoth J. Prill, Robert J. Prouty, Norman L. Ramirez, Blas Rhodes, Jerry W. Rodriguez, Juan Ruzicka, Kent W. Sarphie, Jeffrey E. Schmidt, Jr., Herbert J. Screws, John Sharp, Richard Shultz, Rodney A. Sida, Jose M. Smallman, David S. Swann, III, George S. Ward, Lawrence R. Watts, Gary L. Williamson, Jeremy D. Zehner, Jon T. The following 49 applicants did not have any experience operating a CMV. Alvarado, Roberto Ashford, Michael Batteiger, Alan S. Bodie, Jay M. Broyles, Carl D. Buck, Donald H. Butry, William N. Carter, Richard L. Cozart, Ste'phon J. Dempsey, John D. DeSmith, Robert D. Dixon, Daryl D. Doman, Gary Easton, James A. Frandin, Kelvin Hansell, Brad Hartzell, Sean M. Haymon, Roland L. Hudgins, James M. Hurst, Bryan E. Ivery, Mathias Jensen, John Jones, Anleka E. Jones, Dale A. Kadlec, Mark J. Knapp, Gerald W. Lacosse, Chad Langford, Harry D. Main, Stacy A. McIntosh, Thomas P. McWilliams, Joseph B. Moore, Arthur L. Moreno, Salvador P. Moultrie, Jr., Moses Nesto, Gina M. Paynter, Paul S. Ratcliff, Jr., Robert Rexhaj, Avni Rhoads, Matthew S. Rogers, Adam E. Scanlon, David Shuff, William H. Silva, Hector Steemblock, Pam J. Thomas, James Townsend, Dewayne K. Ugarte, Salvador Veloz, Richard S. Weems, Timothy M. The following 82 applicants did not have 3 years of experience driving a CMV on public highways with the vision deficiency. Alford, David Anderson, Victor A. Arendt, Dennis Bard, James B. Batton, Ralph S. Bejarano, Luis A. Bellon, Steven W. Bohle, Ernest E. Borkholder, Vernon Braswell, Jimmie E. Brenaman, Bradley A. Burnam, Jonathan C. Burns, John Carrington, Randal Carswell, Tracy W. Carter, Ronald Chauhan, Satwinder S. Clark III, Curtis Cleveland, Travis E. Corrales, Ramon A. Courville, Kenneth Dale, Lawerence E. Davidson, John Davis, Donald Dotter, Kurt E. Edwards, Cleveland Ellis, Bruce A. Fierro, Saul Fleming, William D. Garvin, Jay M. Greenfield, Larry L. Hare, Dwight A. Hargrove, Raymond C. Harrison, Timothy E. Heaps, Isaac P. Hendren, Dillon L. Henifin, Mark Hever, Jr., Frank S. Holder, Samuel Honeywell, Verne A. Johnson, William C. Jones, Paul D. Julian, Charles Lab, Kenneth Wade Lampus, Jr., Richard D. Lofthus, Barry G. Makus, Fred A. Messier, Charles D. Miller, Vernie H. Molenaar, Dale R. Moore, Richard E. Nevezi, John Nickel, Jeffrey D. Nowviock, Al V. Parks, Willie L. Perry, Sr., Christopher B. Price, Dean L. Prince, Kenneth W. Proctor, Gilbert D. Quarles, Chad M. Rebhahn, Craig Reece, Tommy R. Rhodes, Clifford W. Rigney, Kevin J. Roberts, Kyle Robertson, Billy D. Shaw, Mark R. Slayton, Johnny J. Stanten, Leonard R. Stanton, Larry E. Stavedahl, Curtis R. Strub, Jeremy M. Survis, Thomas L. Thomas, George W. Thompson, Joe L. Vasquez, Joel Vickerman, Ronald E. Von Haden, Norman L. Warnock, Melvin White, Jeffrey S. Williams, Charles Woosley, Darrell F. The following 32 applicants did not have 3 years of recent experience [[Page 45518]] driving a CMV with the vision deficiency. Boersma, Michael L. Brock, Jim Dahleen, Larry A. Foster, Kelly L. Frank, Bradley D. Frazier, Jr., Willie Furgerson, Danny F. Garza, Jr., Gabino Gelats, Miguel E. Gillespie, Larry D. Gowens, Eddie L. Hettinger, Edward Hill, Jr., Albert J. Jerkovich, Frank Kennedy, John E. Leonard, Richard B. Lococo, Anthony McDaniel, Bobby G. McGrew, Charles E. McLaughlin, James F. Olson, Harold J. Pate, Ronald L. Paulson, Michael A. Perryman, Duane R. Rush, Jr., Kenneth L. Schafer, Justin M. Seagroves, Larry K. Serrano, Manuel A. Smiley, Richard Smith, Matthew Steckmyer, Mark A. Tisdale, Raphis L. The following 51 applicants did not have sufficient driving experience over the past 3 years under normal highway operating conditions. Bennett, Stephen T. Bierschbach, James B. Brawley, Lawrence Clem, Michael G. Cliffe, Terry L. Conner, Harvey D. Cumbee, Eddie L. Dewey, Scott H. Dixon, David J. Espinoza, Miguel H. Fossum, Jr., Kyle K. Games, George J. Goetze, Horst W. Greenwood, James Greil, Bruce J. Hammond, Latashia L. Handy, Kenneth L. Hartigan, Patrick T. Hilmer, Steven H. Isadore, James Johnson, Charles Keeling, Alton A. Kleen, Keith D. Kniesly, Nickolas L. Kushak, Joseph K. Lewis, Christopher W. Maxwell, Brian A. McGinley, Patrick M. Mishler, Manford C. Mozee, Phillip H. Nordrum, Joseph H. Ontiiveros, Joe E. Pagan, Pedro L. Parker, Milton Perry, Suzanne M. Peterson, David A. Popp, Francis Prewett, Paul Prince, Kenneth N. Robbins, Thomas G. Serfass, Eugene A. Simmons, Rodger S. Taylor, Wade D. Terry, Charles A. Toews, Delton D. Varga, Paul G. Walker, Ronald L. West, Andrew F. Whitehead, Hilliard Wilburn, Wesley L. Yeilding, Robert A. One applicant, Larry D. Neely, had more than 2 commercial motor vehicle violations during a 3-year period and/or application process. Each applicant is only allowed 2 moving citations. One applicant, Sean C. Beland, did not have sufficient peripheral vision in the better eye to qualify for an exemption. One applicant, Donald M. Neil, had other medical conditions making applicant otherwise unqualified under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. All applicants must meet all other physical qualifications standards in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(1-13). One applicant, Danny F. Ahlgren, had more than 2 serious CMV violations within a three-year period. Each applicant is allowed a total of 2 moving violations, one of which can be serious. The following 11 applicants had commercial driver's licenses suspensions during the three-year review period in relation to a moving violation. Applicants do not qualify for an exemption with a suspension during the three-year period. Carman, Mitchell L. Couch, John L. Day, Richard R. MacInnis, Robert J. Pellom, Jr., Evert Potthast, Michael D. Skinner, Shane Turley, Douglas M. Turner, Emerson J. Vidal, Moises L. Witzel, Michaell The following 7 applicants did not have verifiable proof of commercial driving experience over the past 3 years under normal highway operating conditions that would serve as an adequate predictor of future safe performance. Farrow, Harold J. Harris, Dave N. Hough, Norman Ochse, Raymond K. Raley, Johnnie Staley, Ronald W. Wood, Wayne The following 11 applicants did not hold a license which allowed operation of vehicles over 10,000 pounds for all or part of the three- year period. Barnes, Matthew D. Harris, Richard J. Howell, David Lins, James P. Loebrick, Elvin E. Lopez, Daniel L. Rounsley, Michael W. Routin, Kevin L. Sancho, Mark Updegrove, Greggory Young, Walter H. Two applicants, James W. Harris and Gene Schipper, were denied because their optometrist/ophthalmologist was not willing to state that Mr. Harris and Mr. Schipper are able to operate a CMV from a vision standpoint. The following 27 applicants were denied for miscellaneous reasons. Austin, David Bottorff, Robert M. Brown, Charlene Bryan, Elvis J. Campbell, Richard Eakin, Bobby D. Engle, Denice M. Gardner, Eric W. Gardner, James Grant, Paul Hilliard, James Houle, Douglas F. Jones, Dennis W. Koceja, Douglas Lake, Joseph Lambert, Kevin R. Livingston, Jr. Donald R. Lowe, Jerry Lowery, Eric R. Moser, Gary P. Oestmann, Ronald L. Reed, Jr., James C. Reid, Robert C. Schreifels, Eldred Sherman IV, Charles A. Vazquez, Santos Williams, Roy G. One applicant, Thomas Williams, has not had stable vision for a 3- year period. Two applicants, Plynie A. Deen and Leonard L. LaChance, never submitted required documents. One applicant, Taylor B. Villeneuve, was a Canadian applicant. Two applicants, Gene R. Foss and Earnest M. Meeks, did not meet the vision standard in the better eye. Finally, the following 44 applicants met the current federal vision standards. [[Page 45519]] Exemptions are not required for applicants that meet the current regulations for vision. Abadie, Ronald G. Ashe, Harry R. Barr, Frank H. Beier, Roger H. Benton, Thomas F. Bickers, Larry M. Biggs, Dwayne A. Brooks, Sherry L. Brown, Bruce S. Butler, Steven Caldwell, Kenneth Caluen, Robert G. Costlow, James K. Crachy, Mark S. Czarneski, Franklyn J. Downey, Michael Duby, James C. Ericson, Matthew A. Farr, Thomas W. Gallardo, Julio Hambrick, Gary J. Hoffman, Daryl A. Jackson, Eddie, L. Johnson, Donald Johnson, Nicholas Krill, Harold J. Leary, Kevin C. Ledford, David L. Leriche, Samson Majewski, Mariusz Mann, Jonathan D. McGaffey, Wesley L. Myers, Michael Nyman, Timothy C. Oldacker, Edward Peterson, Donald T. Porter, Larry H. Pringle, Juanita F. Savely, Danny W. Schwab, Charles F. Stokes, Jr., Linwood L. Tibbetts, Norman Tousignant, Daniel Whall, David Issued on: July 30, 2008. Larry W. Minor, Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development. [FR Doc. E8-17858 Filed 8-4-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P