[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2923-2924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-828]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-26367]


Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory 
Committee (MCSAC) will hold a committee meeting on February 1-2, 2010 
to complete its work of providing information, concepts and ideas to 
the Agency relating to the hours-of-service (HOS) requirements for 
drivers of property-carrying vehicles.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 1-2, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
    Location: This meeting is open to the public via conference call. 
Any interested person may call 1-800-593-0737, passcode 1997315, to 
listen to the entire meeting.
    Matters To Be Considered: The MCSAC will complete its work on Task 
10-01, provide information, concepts and ideas to FMCSA relating to the 
HOS requirements for drivers of property-carrying vehicles.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Kostelnik, Acting 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) 366-5721, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

MCSAC

    Section 4144 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. L. 
109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, August 10, 2005) required the Secretary of 
Transportation to establish a Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee. 
The committee provides advice and recommendations to the FMCSA 
Administrator on motor carrier safety programs and regulations, and 
operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App 2).

Hours-of-Service Task

    On October 26, 2009, Public Citizen, et al., (the Petitioners) and 
FMCSA entered into a settlement agreement pursuant to which the parties 
agreed to seek to have the petition for judicial review of the November 
19, 2008, Final Rule on hours of service of drivers held in abeyance 
pending the publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The 
settlement agreement states that FMCSA will submit the draft NPRM to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within nine months of the 
date of the settlement, and will publish a Final Rule within 21 months 
of the date of the settlement agreement. The settlement agreement does 
not include any guidance, direction(s) or restrictions on the scope and 
content of the forthcoming NPRM or make any commitments on the outcome 
of the notice-and-comment rulemaking process. The current rule will 
remain in effect during the rulemaking proceedings.
    The MCSAC began work on Task 10-01 at its December 7-9, 2009, 
meeting. Information from that meeting has been posted to the 
Committee's Web site, http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov.
    The MCSAC task is one of several steps that FMCSA is taking as it 
revisits the HOS requirements for drivers of property-carrying 
vehicles. Other steps will include holding public listening

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sessions across the country beginning on January 19, 2009 and the 
opportunity for public comment on the forthcoming NPRM.

II. Meeting Participation

    The February 1-2 MCSAC meeting is open to the public via 
teleconference so that all interested parties, including safety 
advocacy groups, State safety agencies, motor carriers, motor carrier 
associations, owner-operators, drivers, and labor unions may listen to 
the discussion.
    For information on services for individuals with disabilities or to 
request special assistance, please e-mail your request to [email protected] 
by Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
    Please note that because of time limitations, oral comments will 
not be accepted via the teleconference line. However, members of the 
public are invited to participate in one of the public listening 
sessions announced on January 5, 2010 (75 FR 285), and elsewhere in 
today's Federal Register, and to provide oral and/or written comments, 
information, concepts and ideas the Agency should consider in 
developing the forthcoming HOS NPRM during one of those public 
listening sessions.
    Interested parties may also submit written comments on this topic 
to Federal Docket Management System (FDMC) Docket Number FMCSA-2006-
26367 using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room WI2-
140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Room WI2-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued on: January 13, 2010.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-828 Filed 1-15-10; 8:45 am]
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