80 FR 12259 - National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC); Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 44 (March 6, 2015)

Page Range		12259-12260
FR Document		2015-05281

The NHTSA announces a meeting of NEMSAC to be held in the Metropolitan Washington, DC, area. This notice announces the date, time, and location of the meeting, which will be open to the public, as well as opportunities for public input to the NEMSAC. The purpose of NEMSAC, a nationally recognized council of emergency medical services representatives and consumers, is to advise and consult with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (FICEMS) on matters relating to emergency medical services (EMS). Pre-registration is required to attend.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2015-0013]


National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC); 
Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT)

ACTION: Meeting Notice--National Emergency Medical Services Advisory 
Council.

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SUMMARY: The NHTSA announces a meeting of NEMSAC to be held in the 
Metropolitan Washington, DC, area. This notice announces the date, 
time, and location of the meeting, which will be open to the public, as 
well as opportunities for public input to the NEMSAC. The purpose of 
NEMSAC, a nationally recognized council of emergency medical services 
representatives and consumers, is to advise and consult with the U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Interagency 
Committee on EMS (FICEMS) on matters relating to emergency medical 
services (EMS). Pre-registration is required to attend.

DATES: This open meeting will be held on March 31, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 
5:00 p.m. EDT, and on April 1, 2015 from, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT. A 
public comment

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period will take place on March 31, 2015, at approximately 4:30 p.m. 
EDT and April 1, 2015, at approximately 10 a.m. EDT. Written comments 
from the public must be received no later than March 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at DOT Headquarters Building at 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 in the Conference 
Center on the ground floor of the West building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Drew Dawson, Director, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, Office of Emergency Medical Services, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., NTI-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone 202-366-
9966; email [email protected].
    Required Registration and Access Information: This meeting will be 
open to the public, however pre-registration is required to comply with 
security procedures. Government issued photo identification must be 
provided to enter the DOT Building and it is suggested that visitors 
arrive 20-30 minutes early in order to facilitate entry. Members of the 
public wishing to attend must register online at http://events.signup4.com/NEMSACMarch2015 no later than March 26, 2015. Please 
be aware that visitors to DOT are subject to search and must pass 
through a magnetometer. Weapons of any kind are strictly forbidden in 
the building unless authorized through the performance of the official 
duties of your employment (i.e. law enforcement officer).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
App.). The NEMSAC is authorized under Section 31108 of the Moving Ahead 
with Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012.

Tentative Agenda of National EMS Advisory Council Meeting

    The tentative agenda includes the following:

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 (1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT)

(1) Opening Remarks by Council Chair and Administration Officials
(2) Disclosure of Conflicts of Interests by Members
(3) Reports of liaisons from the Departments of Transportation, 
Homeland Security, and Health & Human Services
(4) Presentation and discussion from the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy on the use of naloxone in emergency medical services 
systems
(5) Presentation, Discussion and Possible Adoption of Reports and 
Recommendations from the following NEMSAC Workgroups:
    a. NEMSAC Annual Report 2014-2015
    b. NEMSAC Process Improvement
    c. NEMSAC New-member Orientation
(6) Other Business of the Council
(7) General Public Comment Period (approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT)

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT)

(1) Unfinished Business/Continued Discussion from Previous Day
(2) Public Comment Period (approximately 10 a.m. EDT)
(3) Adoption of NEMSAC Work Products
(4) Next Steps and Adjourn

    A final agenda as well as meeting materials will be available to 
the public online through www.EMS.gov on or before March 24, 2015.
    Public Comment: Members of the public are encouraged to comment 
directly to the NEMSAC. There are two public comment opportunities as 
indicated above. In order to allow as many people as possible to speak, 
speakers are requested to limit their remarks to 5 minutes. Written 
comments from members of the public will be distributed to NEMSAC 
members at the meeting and should reach the NHTSA Office of EMS no 
later than September 5, 2014. Written comments may be submitted by 
either one of the following methods: (1) By email: [email protected] or 
(2) by fax: (202) 366-7149.

    Dated: March 3, 2015.
Jeffrey P. Michael,
Associate Administrator for Research and Program Development.
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approved by FHWA after coordination Administrator regarding each competition, recipients and
with the DOT Office of General Counsel. application. The FTA Administrator subrecipients that plan to utilize in-state
will provide a final written or local geographic labor hiring
FTA
determination to each applicant, on a preferences must notify their FTA
For contracts to be funded by FTA rolling basis, regarding whether an Regional Office prior to advertising
(including federal financial assistance application has been accepted into the contracts that use such preferences. For
under any FTA formula or discretionary pilot program. in-state or local geographic hiring
program), State and local recipients and For projects involving the use of local preferences proposed for inclusion in
subrecipients must request prior and other geographic labor hiring contracts advertised after September 30,
approval from the FTA to use a specific preferences, economic-based labor 2015, recipients and subrecipients must
contracting requirement pursuant to hiring preferences, and/or labor hiring request prior approval from the FTA to
FTA’s research and assistance preferences for veterans, FTA may utilize such hiring preferences through
authorities discussed above. In making approve, at the request of the recipient the above-described process unless
such requests, recipients and or subrecipient, the use of such provisions similar to section 418 are
subrecipients must submit an requirements for a specific contract, a included in a new appropriations or re-
application to their FTA Regional specific group of, or on a more general authorization act. Requests to use
Office. In their application, recipients programmatic basis. The use of other requirements other than in-state or local
should address, at a minimum, the contracting requirements may be geographic preferences for construction
following points: approved by FTA after coordination hiring, including requirements
(1) Describe the contracting with the DOT Office of General Counsel. involving the procurement of rolling
opportunity, including the schedule for With respect to in-state or local stock, must request prior FTA approval
the type of project and type of asset geographic labor hiring preferences, as described above.
being constructed and the amount of please note that Section 418 of the
FTA funding involved in the project as Consolidated and further Continuing Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24,
well as the estimated total project cost. 2015.
Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law
(2) Describe the contracting 113–235 (FY 2015 Appropriations Act), Anthony R. Foxx,
requirement that may otherwise be prohibits FTA from using FY 2015 Secretary of Transportation.
found to be inconsistent with the funds to implement, administer, or [FR Doc. 2015–05204 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am]
general requirement for full and open enforce 49 CFR 18.36(c)(2), for BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
competition. construction hiring. Section 18.36(c)(2)
(3) Describe how they will evaluate prohibits the use of statutorily or
the effects of relevant contracting administratively imposed in-State or DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
requirements on competitive bidding. In local geographical preferences in the
doing so, the recipient and subrecipient evaluation of bids or proposals.3 National Highway Traffic Safety
should, at a minimum, provide Accordingly, for construction contracts Administration
comparisons of bids received for the awarded or advertised in FY 2015, FTA [Docket No. NHTSA–2015–0013]
projects utilizing the relevant contract recipients may use in-state or local
requirements to other projects of similar geographic preferences for construction National Emergency Medical Services
size and scope and in the same labor hiring. Additional guidance on Advisory Council (NEMSAC); Notice of
geographic area not utilizing such FTA’s implementation of Section 418 Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
requirements. If a reduction in the pool may be found on FTA’s Web site at
of bidders is evident, explain the www.fta.dot.gov. AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
potential offsetting benefits resulting As a result of the enactment of Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
from the use of the requirement. Section 418, recipients and Department of Transportation (DOT)
(4) Describe how the relevant subrecipients do not need to submit ACTION: Meeting Notice—National
contracting requirement would lead to applications for participation in the Emergency Medical Services Advisory
increases in the effectiveness and pilot program for the use of in-state or Council.
efficiency of Federal funds for the local geographic labor hiring
project. preferences for contracts awarded or SUMMARY: The NHTSA announces a
(5) Describe and quantify how the advertised on or before September 30, meeting of NEMSAC to be held in the
experimental contracting technique 2015. In other words, prior FTA Metropolitan Washington, DC, area.
would protect the integrity of the approval is not required to use such This notice announces the date, time,
competitive bidding process either in requirements, and FTA recipients and and location of the meeting, which will
connection with the particular contract subrecipients may impose such be open to the public, as well as
or when considered over the long term requirements for their contracts at their opportunities for public input to the
for that agency’s program. discretion. Such projects will receive NEMSAC. The purpose of NEMSAC, a
An evaluation committee comprised automatic admission into the pilot nationally recognized council of
of FTA staff will evaluate applications program. However, in order to assess the emergency medical services
for inclusion in the pilot program. The effect of such preferences on representatives and consumers, is to
evaluation committee reserves the right advise and consult with the U.S.
to evaluate applications it receives and 3 Effective December 26, 2014, 49 CFR part 18 Department of Transportation (DOT)
will apply only to grants obligated on or before and the Federal Interagency Committee
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to seek clarification from any proposer
December 25, 2014. Grants obligated on or after on EMS (FICEMS) on matters relating to
about any statement that is made in an December 26, 2014 will be subject to 2 CFR part
application. FTA also may request 200. This provision (18.36(c)(2)) has been recodified
emergency medical services (EMS). Pre-
additional documentation or at 2 CFR 200.319(b) and is substantively the same registration is required to attend.
information to be considered during the as 18.36(c)(2). Although Congress did not address DATES: This open meeting will be held
the change in codification in section 418, FTA
evaluation process. The evaluation intends to apply section 418 to grants obligated on
on March 31, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 5:00
committee will provide a or after December 26, 2014 and subject to 2 CFR p.m. EDT, and on April 1, 2015 from, 9
recommendation to the FTA 200.319(b). a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT. A public comment

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Meeting Notice--National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.
Dates		This open meeting will be held on March 31, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT, and on April 1, 2015 from, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT. A public comment period will take place on March 31, 2015, at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT and April 1, 2015, at approximately 10 a.m. EDT. Written comments from the public must be received no later than March 26, 2015.
Contact		Drew Dawson, Director, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Emergency Medical Services, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., NTI-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone 202-366- 9966; email [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 12259

80 FR 12259 - National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC); Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 44 (March 6, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration