80_FR_13713 80 FR 13663 - Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC): Public Meeting

80 FR 13663 - Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC): Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)

Page Range13663-13664
FR Document2015-05940

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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13663-13664]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[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, mcsac@dot.gov.
    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 eran.segev@dot.gov 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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Copies of the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary with respect to the proposed rule Federal Motor Carrier Safety change that are filed with the Notice of Applications for Certificates Administration Commission, and all written of Public Convenience and Necessity communications relating to the and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed [Docket No. FMCSA–2006–26367] proposed rule change between the Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) Commission and any person, other than During the Week Ending February 21, Motor Carrier Safety Advisory those that may be withheld from the 2015 Committee (MCSAC): Public Meeting public in accordance with the AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Administration (FMCSA), DOT. available for Web site viewing and ACTION: Notice of meeting. printing in the Commission’s Public Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that its Washington, DC 20549 on official MCSAC will meet on Monday and business days between the hours of of Transportation’s Procedural Regulations (see 14 CFR 302. 201 et Tuesday, March 30–31, 2015. 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MCSAC is composed of up Transportation, 1200 New Jersey charters pursuant to the prior approval to 20 voting representatives from safety Avenue SE., Room W12–140, requirements; and (v) transportation advocacy, safety enforcement, labor, and Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and authorized by any additional route industry stakeholders of motor carrier 5 p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday, rights made available to European safety. The diversity of the Committee except Federal holidays. Union carriers under the U.S.-EU Air ensures the requisite range of views and Issued on: March 11, 2015. Transport Agreement in the future. expertise necessary to discharge its CityLine also requests an exemption to Larry W. Minor, responsibilities. The Committee the extent necessary to allow it to operates as a discretionary committee Associate Administrator for Policy. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe 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.
ContactMs. 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]
FR Citation80 FR 13663 
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