80 FR 17542 - First Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 234, Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 62 (April 1, 2015)
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 62 (April 1, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-07511 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 17542] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-07511] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration First Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 234, Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Meeting notice of RTCA Special Committee 234, Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the first meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 234, Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs). DATES: The meeting will be held May 6th to 7th, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: RTCA Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 200036. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 330- 0652/(202) 833-9339, fax at (202) 833-9434, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org. Additional contact information: RTCA contact is Karan Hofmann, [email protected], (202) 330-0680. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby given for a meeting of Special Committee 234. The agenda will include the following: Wednesday May 6thWelcome Administrative Remarks Introductions Agenda Review RTCA Overview Presentation SC-234 Scope and Terms of Reference review WG-99 Progress Presentation Presentation on PED ARC Outcome SC-234/WG-99 Structure and Organization of Work Proposed Schedule RTCA workspace presentation Other Business Date and Place of Next Meeting Adjourn Thursday, May 7th Continuation of Plenary or Working Group Session Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may present a written statement to the committee at any time. Issued in Washington, DC, on March 27, 2015. Mohannad Dawoud, Management Analyst, NextGen, Program Oversight and Administration, Federal Aviation Administration. [FR Doc. 2015-07511 Filed 3-31-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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Washington, DC 20423–0001. In • WG–99 Progress Presentation circumstances by a qualified medical
addition, a copy of each pleading must • Presentation on PED ARC Outcome examiner. The Agency concluded that
be served on applicant’s representative, • SC–234/WG–99 Structure and granting exemptions for these CMV
Roger A. Serpe, General Counsel, Organization of Work drivers will provide a level of safety that
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, • Proposed Schedule is equivalent to or greater than the level
55 W. Monroe Street Suite 1600, • RTCA workspace presentation of safety maintained without the
Chicago, IL 60603. • Other Business exemptions. FMCSA grants exemptions
Board decisions and notices are • Date and Place of Next Meeting that will allow these 6 individuals to
available on our Web site at • Adjourn operate CMVs in interstate commerce
‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ Thursday, May 7th for a 2-year period. The exemptions
Decided: March 27, 2015. • Continuation of Plenary or Working preempt State laws and regulations and
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Group Session may be renewed.
Director, Office of Proceedings. DATES: The exemptions are effective
Attendance is open to the interested
Jeffrey Herzig, public but limited to space availability. April 1, 2015. The exemptions expire on
Clearance Clerk. With the approval of the chairman, April 1, 2017.
[FR Doc. 2015–07560 Filed 3–31–15; 8:45 am] members of the public may present oral FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P statements at the meeting. Persons Charles A. Horan, III, Director, Office of
wishing to present statements or obtain Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety, (202)
information should contact the person 366–4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FMCSA, Department of Transportation,
CONTACT section. Members of the public 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room
Federal Aviation Administration W64–224, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
may present a written statement to the
committee at any time. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t.,
First Meeting: RTCA Special
Committee 234, Portable Electronic Monday through Friday, except Federal
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 27,
Devices (PEDs) 2015.
holidays.
Mohannad Dawoud, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), U.S. Department Management Analyst, NextGen, Program A. Electronic Access
Oversight and Administration, Federal
of Transportation (DOT). You may see all the comments online
Aviation Administration.
ACTION: Meeting notice of RTCA Special through the Federal Document
[FR Doc. 2015–07511 Filed 3–31–15; 8:45 am]
Committee 234, Portable Electronic Management System (FDMS) at: http://
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
Devices (PEDs). www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice read background documents or
to advise the public of the first meeting DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
comments, go to http://
of the RTCA Special Committee 234, www.regulations.gov and/or Room
Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs). Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration W12–140 on the ground level of the
DATES: The meeting will be held May West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
6th to 7th, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 [Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0216] SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
p.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
ADDRESSES: RTCA Inc., 1150 18th Street except Federal holidays.
Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
Disorders
200036. U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety from the public to better inform its
RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Administration (FMCSA), DOT. rulemaking process. DOT posts these
Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by ACTION: Notice of final disposition. comments, without edit, including any
telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833– personal information the commenter
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site
decision to grant requests from 6 described in the system of records
at http://www.rtca.org. Additional
individuals for exemptions from the notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
contact information: RTCA contact is
regulatory requirement that interstate be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
Karan Hofmann, khofmann@rtca.org,
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
(202) 330–0680. B. Background
drivers have ‘‘no established medical
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal or any other condition which is likely 31315(b), FMCSA may grant an
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– to cause loss of consciousness or any exemption from the safety regulations
463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby loss of ability to control a CMV.’’ The for a 2-year period if it finds ‘‘such
given for a meeting of Special regulation and the associated advisory exemption would likely achieve a level
Committee 234. The agenda will include criteria published in the Code of Federal of safety that is equivalent to or greater
the following: Regulations as the ‘‘Instructions for than the level that would be achieved
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Wednesday May 6th Performing and Recording Physical absent such exemption.’’ The statute
• Welcome Examinations’’ have resulted in also allows the Agency to renew
• Administrative Remarks numerous drivers being prohibited from exemptions at the end of the 2-year
• Introductions operating CMVs in interstate commerce period.
• Agenda Review based on the fact that they have had one FMCSA grants 6 individuals an
• RTCA Overview Presentation or more seizures and are taking anti- exemption from the regulatory
• SC–234 Scope and Terms of Reference seizure medication, rather than an requirement in§ 391.41(b)(8), to allow
review individual analysis of their these individuals who take anti-seizure
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| Action | Meeting notice of RTCA Special Committee 234, Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs). | |
| Dates | The meeting will be held May 6th to 7th, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. | |
| Contact | The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 330- 0652/(202) 833-9339, fax at (202) 833-9434, or Web site at http:// www.rtca.org. Additional contact information: RTCA contact is Karan Hofmann, [email protected], (202) 330-0680. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 17542 |
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