[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13663-13664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05940]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-26367]
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC): Public Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that its MCSAC will meet on Monday and
Tuesday, March 30-31, 2015. The MCSAC will meet to discuss and analyze
data to support the potential benefits and feasibility of voluntary
compliance and ways to credit carriers and drivers who initiate and
establish programs that promote safety beyond the standards established
in FMCSA regulations. The meeting will be open to the public for its
entirety with a public comment period at the end of each day.
Times and Dates: The meeting will be held Monday--Tuesday, March
30-31, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), at
the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 418-1234. Copies of the MCSAC Task Statement
and an agenda for the entire meeting will be made available in advance
of the meeting at http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior Policy
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Advisor, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 385-2395, [email protected].
Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For information on
facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request
special assistance at the meeting, please contact Mr. Eran Segev at
(617) 494-3174 or [email protected] by Wednesday, March 25, 2015.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
MCSAC was established to provide FMCSA with advice and
recommendations on motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier
safety regulations. MCSAC is composed of up to 20 voting
representatives from safety advocacy, safety enforcement, labor, and
industry stakeholders of motor carrier safety. The diversity of the
Committee ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary
to discharge its responsibilities. The Committee operates as a
discretionary committee under the authority of the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), established in accordance with the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
See FMCSA's MCSAC Web site for additional information about the
committee's activities at http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov/.
Voluntary Compliance Task
The truck and motorcoach industries and the DOT have invested
significant resources to research, develop, and test strategies and
technologies to reduce truck and bus crashes. In September 2014, the
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance submitted a request to FMCSA to
consider initiating a pilot program to investigate the benefits and
feasibility of voluntary compliance. Citing research that has been
underway for several years, the Agency established an Alternative
Compliance initiative the goal of which is to analyze the concept and
gather data to support how this concept might be developed and
implemented. The Agency will request that the MCSAC, with its
collective expertise on transportation safety, identify options for the
motor carrier safety community to promote programs that could improve
safety beyond the standards established in FMCSA regulations.
II. Meeting Participation
Oral comments from the public will be heard during the last half-
hour of the meetings each day. Should all public comments be exhausted
prior to the end of the specified period, the comment period will
close. Members of the public may submit written comments on the topics
to be considered during the meeting by Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 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 W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued on: March 11, 2015.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-05940 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
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