[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22329]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Office of International Transportation and Trade; Transportation 
Science and Technology Implementation Arrangement

ACTION: Private sector participation in the U.S. Department of 
Transportation and Japan's Ministry of Transport Transportation Science 
and Technology Implementing Arrangement.

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BACKGROUND: The Department of Transportation Secretary Federico Pena 
and his former counterpart, Japan's Minister of Transport Shigeru Ito, 
signed on February 10, 1994, a Transportation Science and Technology 
Implementing Arrangement to promote mutually beneficial cooperation in 
transportation technology. The Implementing Arrangement is designed to 
establish projects between the U.S. and Japan in all modes of 
transportation, including intermodalism, safety, environment, 
transportation for the handicapped and elderly, information-related 
technology, and other areas as mutually agreed.
    The First Annual Meeting of U.S.-Japan transportation experts 
convened on October 26-27, 1994, in Tokyo, Japan, to discuss/launch 
project activity on areas relating to all fields of transportation. At 
the conclusion of the meeting, both parties agreed to seven priority 
areas for cooperation. These areas are methods to evaluate new design 
of tankers (oil spill prevention from tankers); marine exhaust 
emissions; high speed rail transportation; magnetic levitation in rail 
transport; advanced tunneling technology; transport measures for the 
mobility handicapped; and intermodalism including an automatic 
transportation equipment identification system. In addition to the 
seven priority projects already agreed upon, the United States and 
Japan are exploring another proposed initiative on emergency management 
systems/disaster prevention.

SUMMARY: As the Department prepares for the Second Annual Meeting of 
U.S.-Japan Transportation Experts, this notice sets forth an inquiry to 
U.S. public and private transportation related companies, research 
establishments, and academics who are interested in participating in 
any of the priority areas identified above. Both the U.S. Government 
and the Government of Japan are eager to have their respective private 
sector transportation and related technology companies contribute to 
and benefit from the cooperative exchange.

FOR GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Phyllis Davis, Office of 
International Transportation and Trade, telephone (202) 366-9514, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street SW., Room 10302, 
Washington, DC 20590.

SEND INFORMATION TO: Ms. Phyllis Davis, Office of International 
Transportation and Trade, telephone (202) 366-9514, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th Street SW., Room 10302, Washington, DC 20590.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION: Please provide the Department a 
written summary of the project(s) you may wish to participate in by COB 
September 29, 1995.

    Dated: September 1, 1995.
Nancy K. MacRae,
Deputy Director, Office of International Transportation and Trade.
[FR Doc. 95-22329 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]
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