81 FR 21951 - Developing Evidence Based Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services: First Expert Panel Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 71 (April 13, 2016)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 71 (April 13, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-08464 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 21951-21952] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08464] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Docket No. NHTSA-2015-0121] Developing Evidence Based Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services: First Expert Panel Meeting AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is announcing the first in a series of expert panel meetings to develop evidence based guidelines for fatigue management in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) community. This meeting will focus on generating research questions germane to fatigue mitigation in EMS settings as well as inclusion criteria for the evidence based guideline literature review. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the meeting and make comments about the topic during times set aside specifically [[Page 21952]] for this purpose. Due to space limitations, attendance at the meeting is limited to invited participants and those who register in advance at www.emsfatigue.org. Written comments can also be made on http://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. NHTSA-2015-0121). DATES: The meeting will be held on April 26th, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and April 27th, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Conference Center of the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. J. Stephen Higgins, Telephone: 202-366-3976; email address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA recently announced its new initiative with the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) to develop evidence based voluntary fatigue risk management guidelines and resources tailored to the EMS occupation. NHTSA has already held one stakeholder meeting (February 2, 2016) where the project team and subject matter experts presented on the potential dangers of fatigued driving and the work of EMS practitioners, a summary of the project goals and methods for coming to consensus on EBG fatigue risk management guidelines, the plan for dissemination of EBGs, and additional project related activities and information. A majority of the time in the meeting was set aside to accept questions and comments from attendees and NHTSA heard a number of suggestions. These suggestions will feed into the current panel meeting and will help direct the development of research questions and the eventual evidence based fatigue management guidelines. The goal of the first panel meeting will be to generate research questions germane to fatigue mitigation in EMS settings as well as inclusion criteria for the evidence based guideline literature review. The tentative agenda topics are as follows:Background on Fatigue in EMS and our approach to EBG development Overview of the GRADE methodology Expert Panel & Research Team presentations Panel Discussion Public Comment Due to space limitations, attendance at the meeting is limited to invited participants and those who register in advance. All attendees must bring government issued identification to gain admittance to the DOT Building and should arrive at least 30 minutes in advance of the meeting to have sufficient time to clear DOT security. Those who do not register in advance may not be able to attend because of limited space in the DOT Conference Center. To register please visit www.emsfatigue.org or contact Dr. Higgins by phone: 202-366-3976 (web registration preferred). Public Comment: Members of the public are encouraged to comment either in person at the meeting or at http://www.regulations.gov. In order to allow as many people as possible to provide comments at the meeting, speakers are requested to limit their remarks to 5 minutes. You may submit written comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number NHTSA-2015-0121 using any of the following methods: Electronic submissions: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 1-(202) 493-2251. Instructions: Each submission must include the Agency name and the Docket number for this Notice. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30182; 23 U.S.C. 403. Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 2016. Jeff Michael, Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development. [FR Doc. 2016-08464 Filed 4-12-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-59-P
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addition, any person may, upon improve access to and from the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
appointment and request, inspect the community of Kake (Federal Register
application, notice and other documents Volume 78, Number 14). The Western National Highway Traffic Safety
determined by the FAA to be related to Federal Lands Highway Division of Administration
the application in person at the FHWA was the lead Federal agency for
Humboldt Municipal Airport. Reports, Forms and Record Keeping
the project. A draft purpose and need
Requirements; Agency Information
Issued in Kansas City, MO, on April 7, statement was prepared in June 2013.
2016.
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Scoping meetings were held on the
Jim A. Johnson, purpose and need statement and AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
Manager, Airports Division. preliminary alternatives. Following the Safety Administration, U.S. Department
[FR Doc. 2016–08507 Filed 4–12–16; 8:45 am] public meeting, FHWA and ADOT&PF of Transportation.
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P determined that the purpose and need ACTION: Notice; correction.
statement should be better defined.
SUMMARY: This document corrects the
To refine the project’s purpose and docket number in a Federal Register
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
need statement, a public phone survey notice published on Friday, December 4,
Federal Highway Administration and a transportation needs assessment 2015, that announced a request for
were completed to provide more public comment on proposed collection
Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent information about current travel of information.
for an Environmental Impact Statement patterns between Kake and surrounding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
for the Kake Access Project in communities. The needs assessment Walter Culbreath, U.S. Department of
Southeast Alaska summarized prior work on the Kake Transportation, NHTSA, Room W51–
AGENCY: Federal Highway Access Project, analyzed travel patterns, 316, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Administration, Department of documented perceptions of project Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Culbreath’s
Transportation. benefits and potential negative effects, telephone number is (202) 366–1566.
ACTION: Notice to rescind a Notice of and estimated potential annual average
Correction
Intent for an Environmental Impact daily traffic counts for round trips
Statement. between Kake and Petersburg. Public In the Federal Register of December 4,
meetings were held in Kake and 2015, in FR Doc. NHTSA–2015–0115,
SUMMARY: A Notice of Intent (NOI) to Petersburg in March 2014 to present the on page 75894, column 2 needs to read:
prepare an Environmental Impact results and to give residents an (1) OMB Control Number: 2127–0003.
Statement (EIS) was published in the
opportunity to provide input and ask Kevin Mahoney,
Federal Register on January 22, 2013.
questions about the proposed project. A Director, Office of IT Services.
The FHWA is issuing this notice to
revised purpose and need statement was [FR Doc. 2016–08405 Filed 4–12–16; 8:45 am]
advise the public that FHWA and the
Alaska Department of Transportation drafted in May 2015. The FHWA and BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will ADOT&PF studied project alternatives
no longer prepare an EIS for the Kake and began narrowing down the list to a
Access project. The purpose of the Kake reasonable range of alternatives to be DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Access project was to provide Kake analyzed in the EIS. Public meetings
were held in Kake and Petersburg in National Highway Traffic Safety
residents with more frequent, faster and
September 2015 and another public Administration
cost effective surface transportation
access to medical facilities, goods and survey was completed November 2015 [Docket No. NHTSA–2015–0121]
services, education facilities, and through January 2016 to collect public
economic opportunities not available in input on the project. Developing Evidence Based Fatigue
Kake. Risk Management Guidelines for
In February 2016, ADOT&PF decided
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emergency Medical Services: First
to close the Kake Access project. The Expert Panel Meeting
Mike Traffalis, Project Manager, Federal principal factors supporting the
Highway Administration-Western decision to close the project is that the AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
Federal Lands, 610 E. 5th St., Federal project is not fully funded and Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Vancouver, WA 98661. 360–619–7700. the need to operate and maintain a Department of Transportation (DOT).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2004 shuttle ferry would add significantly to ACTION: Notice.
Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan ADOT&PF’s annual maintenance and
(SATP) identified the need to improve operating expense. SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic
the transportation system between Safety Administration (NHTSA) is
communities in southeast Alaska. One The purpose of this notice is to announcing the first in a series of expert
improvement includes providing local rescind the January 22, 2013 NOI to panel meetings to develop evidence
access between the community of Kake prepare an EIS for the Kake Access based guidelines for fatigue
and a major transportation and project. management in the Emergency Medical
commercial hub. The 2012 Alaska Services (EMS) community. This
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.
Legislature appropriated $40 million to meeting will focus on generating
Issued on: April 7, 2016.
ADOT&PF for construction of a roadway research questions germane to fatigue
connecting the communities of Kake Sandra L. Otto, mitigation in EMS settings as well as
and Petersburg. Division Director, Western Federal Lands inclusion criteria for the evidence based
On January 22, 2013, FHWA issued a Highway Division, Federal Highway guideline literature review. Members of
Notice of Intent (NOI) to advise the Administration. the public are encouraged to attend the
public that it intended to prepare an EIS [FR Doc. 2016–08456 Filed 4–12–16; 8:45 am] meeting and make comments about the
for a proposed transportation project to BILLING CODE 4910–22–P topic during times set aside specifically
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for this purpose. Due to space should arrive at least 30 minutes in (IRSAC). Nominations should describe
limitations, attendance at the meeting is advance of the meeting to have and document the proposed member’s
limited to invited participants and those sufficient time to clear DOT security. qualification for IRSAC membership,
who register in advance at Those who do not register in advance including the applicant’s knowledge of
www.emsfatigue.org. Written comments may not be able to attend because of Circular 230 regulations and the
can also be made on http:// limited space in the DOT Conference applicant’s past or current affiliations
www.regulations.gov (Docket No. Center. To register please visit and dealings with the particular tax
NHTSA–2015–0121). www.emsfatigue.org or contact Dr. segment(s) of the community that the
DATES: The meeting will be held on Higgins by phone: 202–366–3976 (web applicant wishes to represent on the
April 26th, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 registration preferred). Council. Applications will be accepted
p.m. and April 27th, 2016 from 8:00 Public Comment: Members of the from qualified individuals and from
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. public are encouraged to comment professional and public interest groups
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in either in person at the meeting or at that wish to have representatives on the
the Conference Center of the U.S. http://www.regulations.gov. In order to IRSAC. The IRSAC is comprised of up
Department of Transportation, 1200 allow as many people as possible to to thirty-five (35) members.
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, provide comments at the meeting, Applications are currently being
DC 20590. speakers are requested to limit their accepted for approximately four
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. remarks to 5 minutes. You may submit appointments that will begin in January
J. Stephen Higgins, Telephone: 202– written comments identified by DOT 2017. It is important that the IRSAC
366–3976; email address: Docket ID Number NHTSA–2015–0121 continue to represent a diverse taxpayer
james.higgins@dot.gov. using any of the following methods: and stakeholder base. Accordingly, to
Electronic submissions: Go to http:// maintain membership diversity,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line selection is based on the applicant’s
recently announced its new initiative instructions for submitting comments. qualifications as well as areas of
with the National Association of State Mail: Docket Management Facility, expertise, geographic diversity, major
EMS Officials (NASEMSO) to develop M–30, U.S. Department of stakeholder representation and
evidence based voluntary fatigue risk Transportation, 1200 New Jersey customer segments.
management guidelines and resources Avenue SE., West Building Ground The Internal Revenue Service
tailored to the EMS occupation. NHTSA Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC Advisory Council (IRSAC) provides an
has already held one stakeholder 20590. organized public forum for IRS officials
meeting (February 2, 2016) where the Hand Delivery: West Building Ground and representatives of the public to
project team and subject matter experts Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey discuss relevant tax administration
presented on the potential dangers of Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 issues. The Council advises the IRS on
fatigued driving and the work of EMS a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through issues that have a substantive effect on
practitioners, a summary of the project Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 1– federal tax administration. As an
goals and methods for coming to (202) 493–2251. advisory body designed to focus on
consensus on EBG fatigue risk Instructions: Each submission must broad policy matters, the IRSAC reviews
management guidelines, the plan for include the Agency name and the existing tax policy and/or recommends
dissemination of EBGs, and additional Docket number for this Notice. Note that policies with respect to emerging tax
project related activities and all comments received will be posted administration issues. The IRSAC
information. A majority of the time in without change to http:// suggests operational improvements,
the meeting was set aside to accept www.regulations.gov including any offers constructive observations
questions and comments from attendees personal information provided. regarding current or proposed IRS
and NHTSA heard a number of policies, programs, and procedures, and
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30182; 23 U.S.C. 403.
suggestions. These suggestions will feed advises the IRS with respect to issues
into the current panel meeting and will Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8,
2016. having substantive effect on federal tax
help direct the development of research administration.
questions and the eventual evidence Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and DATES: Written applications will be
based fatigue management guidelines. accepted from May 2, 2016 through June
The goal of the first panel meeting Program Development.
24, 2016.
will be to generate research questions [FR Doc. 2016–08464 Filed 4–12–16; 8:45 am]
germane to fatigue mitigation in EMS BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
ADDRESSES: Applications should be
settings as well as inclusion criteria for submitted to the Internal Revenue
the evidence based guideline literature Service, National Public Liaison,
review. The tentative agenda topics are DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY CL:NPL:P, Room 7559 IR, 1111
as follows: Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
Internal Revenue Service DC 20224, Attn: Ms. Anna Millikan.
• Background on Fatigue in EMS and our Applications may also be submitted via
approach to EBG development
• Overview of the GRADE methodology
Internal Revenue Service Advisory email to publicliaison@irs.gov or fax to
• Expert Panel & Research Team Council (IRSAC); Nominations 855–811–8021. Application packages
presentations are available on the IRS Web site’s Tax
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,
• Panel Discussion Professionals’ page, http://www.irs.gov/
• Public Comment
Department of Treasury.
for-tax-pros.
ACTION: Request for applications.
Due to space limitations, attendance FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
at the meeting is limited to invited SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service Anna Millikan, 202–317–6851 (not a
participants and those who register in (IRS) requests applications of toll-free number).
advance. All attendees must bring individuals to be considered for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IRSAC
government issued identification to gain selection as members of the Internal was authorized under the Federal
admittance to the DOT Building and Revenue Service Advisory Council Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
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| Contact | Dr. J. Stephen Higgins, Telephone: | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 21951 |
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