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and incorporated herein; (2) the
exemption has resulted in a lower level
of safety than was maintained before it
was granted; or (3) continuation of the
exemption would not be consistent with
the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C.
31136(e) and 31315(b).
VII. Preemption
During the period the exemption is in
effect, no State shall enforce any law or
regulation that conflicts with this
exemption with respect to a person
operating under the exemption.
VIII. Conclusion
Based on its evaluation of the six
exemption renewal applications,
FMCSA renews the exemptions of the
aforementioned drivers from the
epilepsy and seizure disorders
prohibition in § 391.41(b)(8). In
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315(b), and FMCSA’s policy of
issuing medical exemptions for a 2-year
period to correspond with the medical
certificate, each exemption will be valid
for 2 years unless revoked earlier by
FMCSA.

and processing questions, please contact
FRA-NOFO-Support@dot.gov.
DATES: The full text of the NOFO can be
found at www.Grants.gov using the
funding opportunity ID FR–FSP–25–006
and on FRA’s website at https://
railroads.dot.gov/partnership-program.
Applications for funding under this
solicitation are due no later than 11:59
p.m. ET on February 6, 2026.
Applications that are incomplete or
received after 11:59 p.m. ET on
February 6, 2026 will not be considered
for funding. FRA reserves the right to
modify this deadline. See Section 4 of
the NOFO for additional information on
the application process.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
extension of the NOFO application
submission deadline modifies the
January 7, 2025 deadline stated in the
DATES section of two prior notices
published in the Federal Register, at 90
FR 45976 (Sep. 24, 2025) and 90 FR
48164 (Oct. 8, 2025).
David A. Fink,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025–22060 Filed 12–4–25; 8:45 am]

Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

[FR Doc. 2025–21973 Filed 12–4–25; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Request for Comment;
5-Star Safety Ratings Label
Quantitative Concept Testing

Notice of Deadline Extension for
Notice of Funding Opportunity for
Projects Located Off the Northeast
Corridor for the Fiscal Years 2024–
2025 Federal-State Partnership for
Intercity Passenger Rail Program
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of submission deadline
extension.
On September 24, 2025, FRA
published in the Federal Register a
notice announcing the reissuance of a
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
announcing the availability of funding
for eligible projects located off the
Northeast Corridor for the Fiscal Years
2024–2025 Federal-State Partnership for
Intercity Passenger Rail Program. FRA is
extending the application submission
deadline from 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
(ET) on January 7, 2026 to 11:59 p.m. ET
on February 6, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information concerning this
notice, grant application submission,

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National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
a new information collection.
AGENCY:

AGENCY:

SUMMARY:

[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0041]

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden.
NHTSA is seeking OMB approval for a
new information collection to conduct
consumer research to enhance the
usefulness of vehicle safety rating
information and guide the potential
redesign of the Government 5-Star
Safety Ratings section of the Monroney
label (vehicle window sticker). A

SUMMARY:

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Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
the following information collection
was published on March 7, 2025.
NHTSA received three comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 5, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or
use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Mike
Joyce, Marketing Specialist, Office of
Communications and Consumer
Information (NCO–0200), National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W52–238,
Washington, DC 20590. Mike Joyce’s
email address is Mike.Joyce@dot.gov.
Contact by phone at: 202–366–9550.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal
agency must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) before it collects certain
information from the public and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request will be
submitted OMB.
Title: 5-Star Safety Ratings Label
Quantitative Concept Testing.
OMB Control Number: New.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Form Nos.
2026, 2027, 2028.
Type of Request: Request for approval
of a new information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information:
NHTSA is seeking approval of a new
information collection request for four
information collections that NHTSA
will use as part of a one-time study
gather data to enhance the usefulness of
the safety rating information provided
under the New Car Assessment Program
(NCAP) and guide the potential redesign
of the Government 5-Star Safety Ratings
section of the Monroney label.
The one-time research study will
include two components. The first
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online webcam interviews that will
collect qualitative feedback that will be
used to improve the content included in
the second component, a quantitative
survey. Each of the two components
will also include a screener
questionnaire. The quantitative survey
will be administered online and by
phone (and potentially supplemented
by mail if needed). Participants in the
quantitative survey will be asked to
evaluate design concepts that contain
new information and improvements to
the Government 5-Star Safety Ratings
section of the Monroney label. The
intent is to identify the clearest, most
communicative and helpful way to
display information related to vehicle
safety. NHTSA will use the findings
from this research to support planned
changes to the label requirements and to
inform future consumer
communications on vehicle safety
ratings and safety technology system
performance assessments to assist the
public when making vehicle purchasing
decisions.
This collection of information will be
voluntary. Respondents will include
U.S. adult licensed drivers who are
shared or primary decision-makers for
their households’ vehicle purchasing
decisions and who are in the ‘‘new
vehicle purchasing mindset’’—that is,
they have purchased a new vehicle in
the last six months or plan to do so in
the next 12 months. Qualitative
reporting will deidentify respondents
and no personally identifiable
information (PII) will be shared with
NHTSA. Reports highlighting findings
from the qualitative and quantitative
research will be delivered to and
maintained by NHTSA.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information:
The purpose of this research is to
obtain critical information that will
allow NHTSA and NCAP to fulfill a
congressional mandate to improve
highway traffic safety. NCAP is
responsible for providing consumers
with important safety information to
assist them in their vehicle purchase

decisions. The proposed research will
gather necessary data to guide the
redesign of the Government 5-Star
Safety Ratings section of the Monroney
label and enhance the usefulness of that
safety rating information. This
collection of information will allow
NHTSA to obtain critical information to
assist the agency in fulfilling the 2015
FAST Act’s requirement that NHTSA
issue a rule to ensure that crashavoidance information is provided next
to crashworthiness information on
vehicle windows stickers.1 Specifically,
the data from this collection will be
used to not only enhance consumer
understanding of NHTSA’s vehicle
safety ratings and advanced driver
assistance systems performance
assessments, but also guide the
development of communications that
will help consumers as they consider
this information in their vehicle
purchase decisions.
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on March 7, 2025.2 NHTSA
received three comments, two from
anonymous commenters and a third
from the Alliance for Automotive
Innovation (Auto Innovators).
NHTSA received comments on a
variety of topics, including the urgent
need for a revised safety label and the
lack of comparative ratings on the
existing safety label. NHTSA also
received comments asking about the
need to conduct additional research
after conducting research in 2022.
NHTSA also received comments
regarding providing environmental
information on the label as well as
issues regarding diversity, equity, and
inclusion. After considering the
comments, NHTSA has decided not to
make changes to the planned research
study and information collection in
response to those comments. Detailed
responses to the comments are provided
in NHTSA’s submission to OMB.
Affected Public: U.S. Residents ages
18 years or older with a driver’s license,
who are a decision-maker for vehicle

purchases for their household, and are
in the vehicle buying mindset (has
either purchased or leased a vehicle in
the last six months or is planning to do
so in the next 12 months).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Varies by individual collection.
For this information collection,
NHTSA plans to conduct an initial
cognitive test as a pilot to assess the
survey instrument and ensure the
content is clear, easy to understand and
includes the appropriate questions and
response options to evaluate concepts
for a new design for the section of the
window sticker that contains safety
information. The research team will
partner with a market research recruiter
and will use their proprietary database
to find and recruit participants to
complete the cognitive test. NHTSA
estimates that they will be recruited
using online outreach (and
supplemented with other forms of
outreach such as phone or mail as
needed). A total of 9 respondents will
participate in the qualitative phase (a
cognitive test of the survey instrument).
Past experience shows that nine
interviews serve as a sufficient number
for cognitive testing.
For the quantitative phase, 1,000
respondents will complete an online
survey with screening questions.
Frequency: One time for each of the
two phases (cognitive test and
quantitative survey).
Number of Responses: The
quantitative survey will exlude
participants from the cognitive test, so
each respondent will participate once.
The research will collect 9 responses for
the cognitive test and 1,000 responses
for the quantitative survey resulting in
a total of 1,009 responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 708 hours.
Because the number of respondents
and the amount of time required is
different for each phase of the research,
burden estimates are calculated based
on each phase and then summed to
create a total.

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES

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Respondents

Qual Screener Responses .......................

180

1 Section 24322 of Part II—Safety Through
Informed Consumers Act of 2015 requires the
Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by delegation)
to issue a rule to ensure that crash-avoidance
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Estimated
burden per
response
(min)

Average
hourly labor
cost
(%)
5

Opportunity
cost per
submission
(%)

$46.29

$3.86

their manufacturers. Public Law 114–94, December
4, 2015.
2 90 FR 22571.

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TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Research phase

Estimated
burden per
response
(min)

Respondents

Average
hourly labor
cost
(%)

Opportunity
cost per
submission
(%)

Total burden
hours
(rounded)

Total labor
costs
(rounded)

Qual Cognitive Testing ............................
Quant Screening ......................................
Quant Fielding ..........................................

9
10,000
1,000

60
*3
11

46.29
46.29
46.29

46.29
2.31
8.49

9
500
183

417
23,100
8,490

Total ..................................................

........................

........................

........................

........................

708

32,702

* Quant screening is a simplified version of qual screener and does not include demographic questions since key demographic data is provided
by the panel with whom we will work; therefore, we estimate 3 minutes for quant screening compared to 5 minutes for qual screening.

Based on projections (708 hours) in
the table on the previous page, the
estimated total annual opportunity cost
associated with the information
collection request is $32,702 (rounded).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$0.
NHTSA does not expect there to be
any cost associated with the information
collections other than the opportunity
cost associated with the time they spend
participating in the study.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29A.

Issued on December 3, 2025.
Juliette Marie Vallese,
Associate Administrator, Office of
Communications and Consumer Information.
[FR Doc. 2025–22057 Filed 12–4–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials: Notice of
Applications For Modification to
Special Permits
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: List of applications for
modification of special permits.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special
permits from the Department of
Transportation’s Hazardous Material
Regulations, notice is hereby given that
the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
has received the application described
herein.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received on
or before December 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration U.S. Department of
Transportation Washington, DC 20590.
Comments should refer to the
application number and be submitted in
DATES:

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of
comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing
the special permit number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Burger, Chief, Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety General
Approvals and Permits Branch, Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, East Building, PHH–13,
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–
4535.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each
mode of transportation for which a
particular special permit is requested is
indicated by a number in the ‘‘Nature of
Application’’ portion of the table below
as follows: (1) Motor vehicle, (2) Rail
freight, (3) Cargo vessel, (4) Cargo
aircraft only, (5) Passenger-carrying
aircraft.
Copies of the applications are
available for inspection in the Records
Center, East Building, PHH–13, 1200
New Jersey Avenue Southeast,
Washington DC or at http://
regulations.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications
for special permit is published in
accordance with part 107 of the Federal
hazardous materials transportation law
(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1,
2025.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits
Branch.

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SPECIAL PERMITS DATA
Application
No.

Applicant

Regulation(s) affected

Nature of the special permits thereof

7694–M .........

173.302a, 175.3 .................................

8757–M .........

Applied Pressure Vessels,
Inc.
Milton Roy, LLC ...................

20646–M .......

Omni Tanker Pty. Ltd ..........

21018 ............

Packaging and Crating
Technologies, LLC.

To modify the special permit to authorize an additional
hazardous material. (modes 1, 2, 4).
To modify the special permit to authorize changes to the
packaging. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4).
To modify the special permit to authorize additional packaging construction specifications and additional hazardous materials. (modes 1, 2, 3).
To modify the special permit to authorize an increased
WH rating. (modes 1, 2, 3).

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173.201(c), 173.202(c), 173.203(c),
173.302a(a)(1), 173.304a(a)(1).
107.503(b), 107.503(c), 178.274(b),
178.274(c), 178.274(d),
172.102(c)(3), 172.102(c)(7)(ii).
173.185(c), 173.185(f) .......................

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