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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 23, 2025 / Notices
Issued in Oklahoma City, OK on September
19, 2025.
Shantel Young,
Management and Program Analyst, Civil
Aviation Registry, Aircraft Registration
Branch AFB 710.
[FR Doc. 2025–18382 Filed 9–22–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2025–0235]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Renewal of Currently Approved
Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for renewal of
currently approved information
collection.
AGENCY:

The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
renewal an existing information
collection. We are required to publish
this notice in the Federal Register by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
October 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0235 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thy
H. Nguyen, (202) 875–0520, Department
of Transportation, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology (OST–R), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We
published a Federal Register Notice

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with a 60-day public comment period
on this information collection on May
13, 2025, at [90 FR 20338]. There were
no comments received.
Title: Strengthening Mobility and
Revolutionizing Transportation
(SMART) Grants Program.
OMB Control: 2125–0667.
Background: The Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (also known as the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act),
enacted on November 15, 2021,
provides for significant investments in
America’s transportation infrastructure.
A key program of the legislation is the
Strengthening and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants
Program ($100 million per year), under
which ‘‘the Secretary shall provide
grants to eligible entities to conduct
demonstration projects focused on
advanced smart city or community
technologies and systems in a variety of
communities to improve transportation
efficiency and safety’’ (BIL § 25005; 23
U.S.C. 502(b)). More specifically,
SMART Grants may be used to carry out
a project that demonstrates at least one
of the following:
• Coordinated Automation
• Connected Vehicles
• Intelligent Sensor-Based
Infrastructure
• Systems Integration
• Commerce Delivery and Logistics
• Leveraging Use of Innovative Aviation
Technology
• Smart Grid
• Smart Technology Traffic Signals
The Office of the Secretary will issue
a Notice of Funding Opportunity
(NOFO) that describes the requirements
of the SMART Grant program, including
the criteria that will be used to evaluate
applications. The NOFO will provide a
description of the application
requirements. All eligible entities must
submit a completed application in order
to be considered for a grant award.
The applicants who are selected for a
grant (i.e., the grantees) will have
additional reporting requirements
associated with their SMART grant,
outlined below.
• Annual Implementation Reports.
These annual reports document project
progress in meeting its goals.
The first report is submitted not later
than 2 years after the date on which the
SMART grant is received and annually
thereafter until the date on which the
SMART grant is expended.
Æ The Final Implementation Report
will demonstrate how the deployment
and operational costs of the project
compared to the benefits and savings;
the means by which each project has
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data findings on the impacts of the
project (e.g., safety, mobility, access,
system efficiency, etc.) and lessons
learned.
• Evaluation Plan. The evaluation
plan describes how the project will be
evaluated, including the anticipated
impacts of the project (e.g., goals), the
methods that will be used to measure
those impacts, and the performance
measures.
• Data Management Plan. The data
management plan provides more
detailed information on the types of
data being collected by the grantee and
how that data will be managed and
stored (e.g., how privacy is protected,
the entities that have access to the data,
etc.).
Quarterly Progress Reports. The
Quarterly progress reports provide
status updates, including activities
accomplished during the quarter,
financial and schedule reporting, and
anticipated activities for the next
quarter (among other updates, such as
any project challenges).
Respondents: Eligible entities that
may apply for the grant include: (A) a
State; (B) a political subdivision of a
State; (C) a Tribal government; (D) a
public transit agency or authority; (E) a
public toll authority; (F) a metropolitan
planning organization; and (G) a group
of 2 or more eligible entities (A through
F) applying through a single lead
applicant.
Only recipients of SMART Stage One
Planning and Prototyping Grants, or
eligible entities designated by Stage One
SMART recipients, awarded under
previous SMART Stage One NOFOs,
may apply for Stage Two/
Implementation Grant NOFOs.
We anticipate up to 100 applicants
per Stage 1 NOFO, and approximately
30 will be awarded.
We anticipate up to 80 applicants per
Stage 2 NOFO, and approximately 12
will be awarded.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Estimated average burden per
response for the application process is
between 15–20 hours, 15–30 hours for
the grant agreements, 10 hours for the
project management, and 20 hours
project evaluation.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: The estimated total annual
burden is 13,900 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and

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clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: September 19, 2025.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025–18377 Filed 9–22–25; 8:45 am]

II. Legal Basis

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2020–0081]

Inspection, Repair and Maintenance;
Inspector Qualifications; Intermodal
Association of North America (IANA)
Application for Renewal of Exemption
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of final disposition;
renewal of exemption.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces its final
decision to renew an exemption
requested by the Intermodal Association
of North America (IANA) to allow an
individual who completes a training
program consistent with IANA’s
Intermodal Recommended Practices
(IRPs) to be considered a qualified
inspector for purposes of the periodic
inspection of intermodal equipment
(IME), or a qualified brake inspector, for
purposes of the brake system inspection,
repair, and maintenance requirements of
IME.
DATES: This renewed exemption is
effective from August 18, 2025, and
expires on August 17, 2030.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Sutula, Chief, FMCSA Vehicle
and Roadside Operations Division,
Office of Carrier, Driver, and Vehicle
Safety Standards; (202) 366–9209;
MCPSV@dot.gov. If you have questions
on viewing or submitting material to the
docket, call Dockets Operations at (202)
366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Public Participation
Viewing Comments and Documents
To view any documents mentioned as
being available in the docket, go to

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https://www.regulations.gov/docket/
FMCSA-2020-0081/document and
choose the document to review. To view
comments, click this notice, then click
‘‘Browse Comments.’’ If you do not have
access to the internet, you may view the
docket online by visiting Dockets
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
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FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C.
31136(e) and 31315(b) to grant
exemptions from the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs).
FMCSA must publish a notice of each
exemption request in the Federal
Register (49 CFR 381.315(a)). The
Agency must provide the public an
opportunity to inspect the information
relevant to the application, including
the applicant’s safety analyses. The
Agency must also provide an
opportunity for public comment on the
request.
The Agency reviews the application,
safety analyses, and public comments
submitted and determines whether
granting the exemption would likely
achieve a level of safety equivalent to,
or greater than, the level that would be
achieved absent such exemption,
pursuant to the standard set forth in 49
U.S.C. 31315(b)(1). The Agency must
publish the decision in the Federal
Register (49 CFR 381.315(b)). If granted,
the notice will identify the regulatory
provision from which the applicant will
be exempt and the effective period and
will explain all terms and conditions of
the exemption (49 CFR 381.315(c)(1)). If
the exemption is denied, the notice will
explain the reason for the denial (49
CFR 381.315(c)(2)). The exemption may
be renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)).
III. Background
Current Regulatory Requirements
The FMCSRs require individuals
performing (1) annual inspections of
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs)
under 49 CFR 396.17, or (2) inspections,
maintenance, repairs, or service to the
brake systems on CMVs under § 396.25,
to be properly qualified to perform such
inspections. Under §§ 396.19(a)(3)(ii)
and 396.25(d)(3)(ii), an individual who
has a combination of training or
experience totaling at least 1 year as
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to be qualified to conduct those
inspections.
IV. Application for Renewal of
Exemption
The initial exemption application
from IANA was described in detail in a
Federal Register notice on August 18,
2020 (85 FR 50876) and will not be
repeated here as the facts have not
changed since that time. FMCSA
published a Federal Register notice
announcing the application for
exemption renewal on July 1, 2025 (90
FR 28858).
V. Public Comments
The Agency received two comments
to the public docket, one opposing the
exemption renewal and one that is not
relevant to the exemption application.
AWM Associates, LLC (AWM)
contends that ‘‘Since 2005 the IANA, its
members, and non-members have
continued to neglect intermodal chassis
dispatching chassis [sic] that fall short
of the FMCSR causing a negative impact
to carriers’ CSA scores.’’ AWM
references a 2005 crash at the
Hampshire Illinois Toll Booth.
VI. Agency Decision
FMCSA has evaluated IANA’s
application and the public comment.
For the reasons discussed below,
FMCSA has determined that granting
the exemption renewal to continue
allowing individuals who successfully
complete a performance-based training
program consistent with the IRPs and
associated requirements developed by
IANA, instead of the time-based training
and experience requirements specified
in the FMCSRs, would likely achieve a
level of safety equivalent to or greater
than the level of safety provided by
compliance with the regulations.
In 2015, IANA established a
Mechanics Training Task Force as part
of its Maintenance & Repair Committee.
As an initial step, the Task Force
evaluated the processes necessary for
the inspection and repair of intermodal
equipment, and developed
recommended practices and training for
the mechanics who inspect and work on
the equipment. These recommendations
were based on IANA’s analysis of
FMCSA inspection data for intermodal
equipment over a 5-year period that
identified specific vehicle components
that routinely are the subject of out-ofservice violations.
IANA stated that the goal of the Task
Force was to develop processes and
procedures to assist the industry in
complying with the requirements in part
393, part 396, and Appendix G (now
recodified as Appendix A to part 396)

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