[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 185 (Friday, September 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 49068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23200]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-26367]


Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Report

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Report.

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SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces that its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory 
Committee (MCSAC) issued a report to the Agency on September 2, 2009, 
concerning Task 09-03 regarding improving the existing processes, 
procedures, and requirements for ensuring that new entrant motor 
carriers are knowledgeable about Federal safety regulations prior to 
beginning operations in interstate commerce.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeffrey Miller, Chief, Strategic 
Planning and Program Evaluation Division, Office of Policy Plans and 
Regulation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590, (202) 366-1258, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 20, 2009, the MCSAC unanimously 
accepted Task 09-03: Provide advice to FMCSA on approaches that could 
be implemented to improve the existing processes, procedures, and 
requirements for ensuring that new entrant motor carriers are 
knowledgeable about Federal motor carrier safety mandates prior to 
beginning operations in interstate commerce. The MCSAC established a 
workgroup to address the task. The workgroup met in person from August 
31, 2009, through September 2, 2009. On September 2, 2009, the 
workgroup presented its report to MCSAC for review and approval. The 
MCSAC unanimously approved the report on September 2, 2009. The report 
provides advice to FMCSA on approaches or strategies the Agency should 
consider for ensuring that new entrant motor carriers are knowledgeable 
about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Hazardous 
Materials Regulations, and have the ability to implement and maintain 
safety management controls and a safety culture in the workplace to 
achieve full compliance with the regulations and minimize the risks of 
crashes. The report was submitted to FMCSA on September 2, 2009, and 
can be viewed at the MCSAC Web site at http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov. The 
report has also been posted to the rulemaking docket FMCSA 2001-11061, 
concerning FMCSA's August 25, 2009, Advance Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking which requests public comment on the methods the Agency 
should consider implementing to assure that new applicant carriers are 
knowledgeable about Federal safety regulations prior to beginning 
operations in interstate commerce.

    Issued on: September 17, 2009.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E9-23200 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]
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