[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31641-31642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13482]


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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, June 15-16, 2015, to complete its recommendations concerning 
the Agency's Beyond Compliance initiative, provide ideas the Agency 
should consider for updating its strategic plan, and receive a briefing 
concerning FMCSA's current research projects. The meeting is open to 
the public and there will be a period of time at the end of each day 
for the public to submit oral comments.
    Times and Dates: The meeting will be held Monday-Tuesday, June 15-
16, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), at the 
Hilton Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. 
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 
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, June 10, 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. During its March 2015 meeting, the Agency tasked the 
MCSAC, with its collective expertise on transportation safety, with 
identifying options for the motor carrier safety community to promote 
programs that could improve safety beyond the standards established in 
FMCSA regulations.

Strategic Plan Discussion

    FMCSA is updating its Strategic Plan to align with the new FY2014-
FY2018 DOT Strategic Plan that was released in November 2014. The new 
FMCSA Plan would extend to FY2018; the current Plan ends in FY2016. The 
revised Plan would include the status on strategies FMCSA employed in 
the FY2012-FY2016 plan as well as new programs and strategies FMCSA 
plans to implement by FY2018. FMCSA is presenting an overview of the 
draft Strategic Plan to the MCSAC to obtain stakeholder feedback. FMCSA 
plans to publish the updated Strategic Plan by September 30, 2015.

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Research and Technology Conversation

    FMCSA maintains an active research program to promote the Agency's 
understanding of factors impacting safe driver behavior and carrier 
operations. The Agency also examines new technologies for their 
potential to improve motor carrier safety and the enforcement of 
commercial motor vehicle safety regulations. At the June 2015 MCSAC 
meeting, FMCSA plans to present its portfolio of current and planned 
research activities for committee members' information and comment. 
FMCSA will also use the opportunity to solicit Committee input on 
additional areas of safety research.

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, June 10, 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.

    Dated: May 27, 2015.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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