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 112 STAT. 408 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: "(e) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Information in the information system shall be made available and subject to review and correction in accordance with the policy developed under section 31106(e). "; (6) in subsection (f) by striking "If the Secretary establishes an information system under this section, the" and inserting "The"; (7) by striking "shall" in the first sentence of subsection (f) and inserting "may"; and (8) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively. (e) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE PARTICIPATION.— Section 31311(a) is amended— (1) in paragraph (15) by striking "section 31310(b)-(e) of this title" and inserting "subsections (b)-(e), (g)(1)(A), and (g)(2) of section 31310"; (2) by striking paragraph (17); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (18) as paragraph (17). (f) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE GRANT PROGRAMS.— Sections 31312 and 31313, and the items relating to such sections in the analysis for chapter 313, are repealed. (g) UPDATING AMENDMENTS. —Section 31314 is amended— (1) by striking "(2), (5), and (6)" each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting "(3), and (5)"; (2) in subsection (c) by striking "(1) Amounts" and all that follows through "(2) Amounts" and inserting "Amounts"; (3) by striking subsection (d); and (4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d). SEC. 4012. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REGULATIONS FOR UTILITY SERVICE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 31502 is amended by adding at the end the following: " (e) EXCEPTION.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations issued under this section or section 31136 regarding— "(A) maximum driving and on-duty times applicable to operators of commercial motor vehicles, "(B) physical testing, reporting, or recordkeeping, and "(C) the installation of automatic recording devices associated with establishing the maximum driving and onduty times referred to in subparagraph (A), shall not apply to any driver of a utility service vehicle during an emergency period of not more than 30 days declared by an elected State or local government official under paragraph (2) in the area covered by the declaration. "(2) DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY. — An elected State or local government official or elected officials of more than one State or local government jointly may issue an emergency declaration for purposes of paragraph (1) after notice to the Regional Director of the Federal Highway Administration with jurisdiction over the area covered by the declaration. "(3) INCIDENT REPORT.— Within 30 days after the end of the declared emergency period the official who issued the emergency declaration shall file with the Regional Director a report

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