[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34060-34061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11864]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-27357]


Commercial Driver's License Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule for an additional meeting 
of the Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Advisory Committee. Pursuant 
to section 4135 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the 
Secretary of Transportation established this advisory committee to 
study and address current impediments and foreseeable challenges to the 
commercial driver's license program's effectiveness and measures needed 
to realize the full safety potential of the commercial driver's license 
program. Members of the advisory committee include State motor vehicle 
administrators, organizations representing government agencies or 
officials, members of the Judicial Conference, representatives of the 
trucking industry, representatives of labor organizations, and safety 
advocates.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 11-12, 2007.
    Time: The meeting is scheduled to be conducted from 8:30 a.m. until 
5 p.m. The meeting may end early or be extended based on the length of 
the discussions.

ADDRESSES: The committee's meetings are held at the Hilton Arlington, 
950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia 22203. You may submit 
comments, identified by DOT DMS Docket Number FMCSA-2007-27357, by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Agency Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the DOT

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electronic docket site. NOTE: Due to the relocation of the U.S. 
Department of Transportation, the DOT electronic docket site will not 
be available between June 13 and June 17, 2007. During this time you 
may submit comments by one of the alternate methods listed.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number (FMCSA-2007-27357). Note that all comments received will 
be posted without change to http://dms.dot.gov, including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading for further 
information.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to U.S. 
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form for all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lloyd E. Goldsmith, Transportation 
Specialist, CDL Division, at (202) 366-2964 ([email protected]), 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 10, 2005, the President signed 
into law the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Title VI, Pub. L. 109-59). Section 4135 
mandates the establishment of a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Task 
Force to study and address current impediments and foreseeable 
challenges to the commercial driver's license program's effectiveness 
and measures needed to realize the full safety potential of the 
commercial driver's license program. The CDL program was established by 
the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (CMVSA) of 1986 (Title XII, 
Pub. L. 99-570).
    To carry out this requirement, FMCSA formed an advisory committee, 
consistent with the standards of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA). See 71 FR 69605, December 1, 2006. The notice requested 
applications from persons interested in serving as members of the CDL 
Advisory Committee and requested applications not later than January 2, 
2007. After evaluating all applications received by due date, the 
Secretary of Transportation appointed the members of the committee.
    The statutory timetable for this effort is short. Section 4132 of 
the SAFETEA-LU specifies that not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act (e.g., by August 10, 2007), the Secretary, on 
behalf of the task force, shall complete a report of findings and 
recommendations for legislative, regulatory, and enforcement changes to 
improve the commercial drivers license program and submit the report to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives. To meet this deadline, FMCSA conducted a very 
compressed schedule of Committee meetings. The FMCSA held three 
meetings with public comment periods on March 20-22, 2007, April 17-19, 
2007, and May 15-17, 2007.
    The meetings of the committee were open to the public. As a general 
matter, the committee made one hour available for public comments on 
the Thursday of each meeting (March 22, April 19, and May 17) from 1-2 
p.m.
    This fourth meeting is being scheduled to provide the committee 
time to adequately consider the information presented at the first 
three meetings and to review a draft of the report being prepared on 
behalf of the committee. No new topics will be introduced at this 
fourth meeting. This meeting is open to the public but there will be no 
public comment period at this meeting. However, any person may submit 
written comments identified by FMCSA Docket number FMCSA-2007-27357 as 
listed under the ADDRESSES section of this notice. FMCSA will consider 
all comments received to the extent practicable.

    Issued on: June 12, 2007.
William A. Quade,
Acting Associate Administrator, Enforcement and Program Delivery.
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