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This rulemaking would improve safety on the Nation's highways by reducing the prevalence of distracted driving-related crashes, fatalities, and injuries involving drivers of CMVs.","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2010/12/21/2010-31736.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":383,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":384,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":390,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":391,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":392,"title":49}],"citation":"75 FR 80014","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FMCSA-2010-0096-0001","comments_close_on":"2011-03-21","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"FMCSA will be accepting both initial comments and reply comments in response to this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Send your initial comments on or before February 22, 2011 and reply comments on or before March 21, 2011. Initial comments may address any issue raised in the NPRM and the background documents in the docket (e.g., regulatory evaluation, studies, environmental assessment, etc.). Initial comments will be made available promptly electronically, online on http://www.regulations.gov, or for public inspection in room W12- 140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. In order to allow sufficient opportunity for interested parties to prepare and submit any reply comments, late-filed initial comments will not be considered. 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