[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77000-77001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26674]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2016-0206]


Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Notice of establishment of Advisory Committee on Transportation 
Equity (ACTE).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA), and in accordance with Title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Section 102-3.65, and following consultation with the 
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, 
notice is hereby given that the ACTE will be established for a 2-year 
period.
    The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Transportation on comprehensive, interdisciplinary issues 
related to transportation equity from a variety of stakeholders 
involved in transportation planning, design, research, policy, and 
advocacy. Specifically, the ACTE will inform the Department about 
efforts to (1) institutionalize the U.S. DOT Opportunity principles 
into Agency programs, policies, regulations, and activities; (2) 
strengthen and establish partnerships with other governmental agencies, 
including other Federal agencies and State, tribal, or local 
governments, regarding opportunity issues; (3) promote economic and 
related forms of opportunity by empowering communities to have a 
meaningful voice in local and regional transportation decisions; and 
(4) sharpen enforcement tools to ensure compliance with 
nondiscrimination programs, policies, regulations, and activities.
    The U.S. DOT Opportunity principles are to:
    (1) Support transportation projects that connect people to economic 
and related forms of opportunity and revitalize communities;
    (2) Ensure that current and future transportation projects connect 
and strengthen communities; and
    (3) Develop transportation facilities that meaningfully reflect and 
incorporate the input of all the people and communities they touch.
    Additionally, the establishment of the ACTE is necessary for the 
Department to carry out its mission and in the public interest. The 
Committee will operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act and the rules and regulations issued in 
implementation of that Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara McCann, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Policy, Room W84-
310, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; phone (202) 366-
8016; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Transportation will appoint 
up to 15 voting members to the ACTE. Members will be selected with a 
view toward achieving varied perspectives on transportation equity, 
including (1) academia; (2) community groups; (3) industry/business; 
(4) non-government organizations; (5) State and local governments; and 
(6) federally recognized tribal governments and indigenous groups. The 
Secretary of Transportation will seek a membership that is fairly 
balanced in terms of points of view of the affected interests.
    The Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity's efforts will 
include evaluation of the Department's work in using the principles 
above to achieve Opportunity objectives when carrying out its 
strategic, research, technological, regulatory, community engagement, 
and economic policy activities related to transportation and 
opportunity.
    The Committee shall act solely in an advisory capacity and will not 
exercise program management responsibilities. Decisions directly 
affecting implementation of transportation policy will remain with the 
Secretary.
    Members of the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity may be 
selected to serve either as representative members or as members 
appointed solely for their expertise. The latter will serve as special 
Government employees and will be subject to certain ethical 
restrictions, and such members will be required to submit certain 
information in connection with the appointment process.
    Committee members may serve for a term of 2 years or less and may 
be reappointed for successive terms, with no more than 2 successive 
terms. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee will be appointed by 
the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy from among the 
selected members, and the Committee is expected to meet

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approximately two times per year or as necessary. Subcommittees may be 
formed to address specific transportation equity issues.
    The Committee will make recommendations that provide timely, 
comprehensive, inclusive advice to the Secretary on transportation 
opportunity public policy issues that advance the principles of 
providing opportunity and access to everyone.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 27, 2016.
Blair C. Anderson,
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-26674 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
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