[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9243]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
23 CFR Part 655
[FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2005-23182]
RIN 2125-AF16
Traffic Control Devices on Federal-Aid and Other Streets and
Highways; Standards
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is extending the comment period for a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and request for comments, which was
published on April 25, 2006, at 71 FR 23877. The original comment
period is set to close on June 26, 2006. The extension is based on
concern expressed by the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices (NCUTCD) that the June 26 closing date does not provide
sufficient time for discussion of the issues in committee and a
subsequent comprehensive response to the docket. The FHWA recognizes
that others interested in commenting may have similar time constraints
and agrees that the comment period should be extended. Therefore, the
closing date for comments is changed to July 21, 2006, which will
provide the NCUTCD and others interested in commenting additional time
to discuss, evaluate, and submit responses to the docket.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, or submit electronically at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit or fax comments to (202) 493-2251. All comments
should include the docket number that appears in the heading of this
document. All comments received will be available for examination at
the above address from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. Those desiring notification of receipt of
comments must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard or print the
acknowledgement page that appears after submitting comments
electronically. Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments in any one of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, or labor union). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Linda Brown, Office of
Transportation Operations, (202) 366-2192; or Mr. Raymond W. Cuprill,
Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366-0791, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access and Filing
You may submit or retrieve comments online through the Document
Management System (DMS) at: http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. Electronic
submission and retrieval help and guidelines are available under the
help section of the Web site. Alternatively, internet users may access
all comments received by the DOT Docket Facility by using the universal
resource locator (URL) http://dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours
each day, 365 days each year. Please follow the instructions. An
electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded by accessing
the Office of the Federal Register's home page at: http://www.archives.gov or the Government Printing Office's Web page at:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara.
Background
On April 25, 2006, the FHWA published in the Federal Register a
notice of proposed rulemaking proposing changes to 23 CFR 655, the
regulations for traffic control devices on Federal-aid and other
streets and highways. The NPRM proposed, along with other
administrative changes, to update these regulations by deleting
references to obsolete reference materials; clarifying the phrase
``open to public travel'' by providing examples of roads and other
facilities meant to be covered by the regulations; clarifying that
``substantial conformance'' with the National MUTCD, as required under
the regulations, means that the State MUTCD or supplement shall conform
as a minimum to the standard statements included in the National MUTCD
unless a variation is approved by the FHWA Division Administrator or
FHWA Associate Administrator of the Federal Lands Highway Program; and,
allowing States to adopt the National MUTCD within two years from the
effective date of the final rule making such changes, rather than the
issuance date of the final rule.
The original comment period for the NPRM closes on June 26, 2006.
The NCUTCD has expressed concern that this closing date does not
provide sufficient time to review and discuss the proposed changes; and
then, develop and submit complete responses to the docket. To allow
time for this organization and others to submit comprehensive comments,
the closing date is changed from June 26, 2006, to July 21, 2006.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 101(a), 104, 109(d), 114(a), 217, 315, and
402(a); 23 CFR 1.32 and 49 CFR 1.48(b).
Issued on: June 7, 2006.
Frederick G. Wright, Jr.,
Federal Highway Executive Director.
[FR Doc. E6-9243 Filed 6-13-06; 8:45 am]
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