81 FR 22365 - Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 73 (April 15, 2016)

Page Range		22365-22365
FR Document		2016-08865

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 22365]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08865]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration


Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of 
Directors

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors 
Meeting.

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DATES: The meeting will be held on May 12, 2016, from 12:00 Noon to 
3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

PLACE: This meeting will be open to the public via conference call. Any 
interested person may call 1-877-422-1931, passcode 2855443940, to 
listen and participate in this meeting.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board 
of Directors (the Board) will continue its work in developing and 
implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement and to 
that end, may consider matters properly before the Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 
Carrier Registration Board of Directors at (505) 827-4565.

    Issued on: April 11, 2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-08865 Filed 4-13-16; 11:15 am]
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medium-lift launches, including the meeting on October 7, 2014. The public DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
construction of a launch pad and comment period for the Draft EA ended
associated facilities. As part of the on November 1, 2014. After taking into National Highway Traffic Safety
Proposed Action addressed in the EA, consideration the nature of public Administration
AAC would make improvements to the comments received on the Draft EA, the [Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0036]
KLC to add both solid and liquid- FAA issued a Second Draft EA and
propellant, medium-lift launch provided the public with an opportunity Guidelines for the Safe Deployment
capability, and to operate the KLC in the to review and comment on updates and and Operation of Automated Vehicle
future as a small-lift and medium-lift clarification information that had since Safety Technologies
launch complex. Proposed construction been added to the EA in response to
at KLC includes six primary public comments. The FAA published a AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
modifications: Construction of Launch NOA of the Second Draft EA in the Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Pad 3 (LP3), a vehicle processing Federal Register on December 7, 2015. Department of Transportation (DOT).
facility, rocket staging facility, liquid Interested parties were invited to submit ACTION: Announcement of public
fuel facility, mission control center and comments on the Second Draft EA by meeting.
improvements to Pasagshak Point Road. January 11, 2016. Public comments on
Proposed launch operations would the Second Draft EA resulted in minor SUMMARY: NHTSA is announcing a
include up to six orbital small-lift changes to the EA. second public meeting to seek input on
launches and three medium-lift planned guidelines for the safe
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11,
launches per year from the existing 2016. deployment and operation of automated
launch pads and from the proposed LP3; Daniel Murray,
vehicles. NHTSA held its first public
however, to be conservative in the meeting on this topic on April 8, 2016,
Manager, Space Transportation Development
analysis of potential environmental Division.
in Washington, DC. The intent of the
impacts, the EA assumes a maximum of operational guidelines is to encourage
[FR Doc. 2016–08746 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am]
nine medium-lift launches per year. innovative and safe deployment of
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The EA addresses the potential automated vehicle technologies. At this
environmental impacts of implementing meeting, NHTSA is seeking public input
the Proposed Action and the No Action DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION on those aspects of automated vehicle
Alternative. Under the No Action (AV) systems that would benefit from
Alternative, the FAA would not modify Federal Motor Carrier Safety operational guidelines. For example, of
AAC’s Launch Site Operator License to Administration high importance to the Agency is
include medium-lift launch capability information on the roadway scenarios
and AAC would not proceed with the Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier and operational environments highly
construction of medium-lift launch Registration Plan Board of Directors automated vehicles will need to address
support infrastructure at KLC. Existing and the associated design and
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
launch activities for up to nine orbital evaluation processes and methods
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
small-lift class launches per year from needed to ensure that AV systems can
the existing launch pads would ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier
detect and appropriately react to these
continue. Registration Plan Board of Directors scenarios such that a high level of safety
The impact categories considered in Meeting.
is assured when these systems are
the EA include air quality; compatible deployed on US roadways.
land use; Department of Transportation DATES: The meeting will be held on May
12, 2016, from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m., Also of interest to the Agency is input
Act: Section 4(f); fish, wildlife, and on aspects of automated vehicle
plants; hazardous materials, pollution Eastern Daylight Time.
technology that may not be suitable or
prevention, and solid waste; historical, PLACE: This meeting will be open to the
ready for guidelines. For these areas,
architectural, archaeological, and public via conference call. Any
information would be useful on
cultural resources; light emissions and interested person may call 1–877–422–
alternative approaches to assure safety.
visual impacts; natural resources and 1931, passcode 2855443940, to listen
and participate in this meeting. DATES: NHTSA will hold the public
energy supply; noise; socioeconomic, meeting on April 27, 2016, in Stanford,
environmental justice, and children’s STATUS: Open to the public.
CA. The meeting will start at 9:00 a.m.
environmental health and safety risk; MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified
and continue until 4:00 p.m., local time.
water quality; and wetlands. The EA Carrier Registration Plan Board of
Check-in will begin at 8 a.m.
also considers potential cumulative Directors (the Board) will continue its Location: The meeting will be held at
environmental impacts. work in developing and implementing the CARS Facility at Stanford
The FAA has posted the Final EA and the Unified Carrier Registration Plan University, 473 Oak Rd, Stanford, CA
FONSI/ROD on the FAA Office of and Agreement and to that end, may 94305. This facility is accessible to
Commercial Space Transportation Web consider matters properly before the individuals with disabilities. The
site: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_ Board. meeting will also be webcast live, and
org/headquarters_offices/ast/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. a link to the actual webcast will be
environmental/nepa_docs/review/ Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified available through http://www.nhtsa.gov/
operator/.
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Carrier Registration Board of Directors at Research/Crash+Avoidance/
The FAA published a Notice of
(505) 827–4565. Automated+Vehicles.
Availability (NOA) of the Draft EA in
the Federal Register on September 15, Issued on: April 11, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
2014. An electronic version was also Larry W. Minor, you have questions about the public
made available on the FAA Web site. In Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, meeting, please contact us at av_info_
addition, the FAA printed and mailed a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. nhtsa@dot.gov.
copy of the Draft EA to local libraries. [FR Doc. 2016–08865 Filed 4–13–16; 11:15 am] Registration is necessary for all
The FAA held an open house public BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P attendees. Attendees should register at

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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		Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors Meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on May 12, 2016, from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
Contact		Mr. Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified Carrier Registration Board of Directors at (505) 827-4565.
FR Citation		81 FR 22365

81 FR 22365 - Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 73 (April 15, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration