81 FR 4738 - Decision; Notice of Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council Vacancy

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 17 (January 27, 2016)

Page Range		4738-4739
FR Document		2016-01642

The Board hereby gives notice of a vacancy for a small railroad representative on RSTAC. The Board is soliciting suggestions for candidates to fill this vacancy.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 7)]


Decision; Notice of Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory 
Council Vacancy

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board (Board).

ACTION: Notice of vacancy on the Railroad-Shipper Transportation 
Advisory Council (RSTAC) and solicitation of nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Board hereby gives notice of a vacancy for a small 
railroad representative on RSTAC. The Board is soliciting suggestions 
for candidates to fill this vacancy.

DATES: Nominations are due on February 22, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Suggestions may be submitted either via the Board's e-filing 
format or in the traditional paper format. Any person using e-filing 
should attach a document and otherwise comply with the instructions at 
the E-FILING link on the Board's Web site, at http://www.stb.dot.gov. 
Any person submitting a filing in the traditional paper format should 
send an original and 10 copies to: Surface Transportation Board, Attn: 
Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 7), 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001 (if sending via express company or private courier, please use zip 
code 20024). Please note that submissions will be available to the 
public at the Board's offices and posted on the Board's Web site under 
Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 7).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Lyons at 202-245-0536. 
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board, created in 1996 to take over many 
of the functions previously performed by the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, exercises broad authority over transportation by rail 
carriers, including regulation of railroad rates and service (49 U.S.C. 
10701-47, 11101-24), as well as the construction, acquisition, 
operation, and abandonment of rail lines (49 U.S.C. 10901-07) and 
railroad line sales, consolidations, mergers, and common control 
arrangements (49 U.S.C. 10902, 11323-27).
    RSTAC was established upon the enactment of the ICC Termination Act 
of 1995 (ICCTA), on December 29, 1995, to advise the Board's Chairman, 
the Secretary of Transportation, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives with respect to rail 
transportation policy issues RSTAC considers significant. RSTAC focuses 
on issues of importance to small shippers and small railroads, 
including car supply, rates, competition, and procedures for addressing 
claims. ICCTA directs RSTAC to develop private-sector mechanisms to 
prevent, or identify and address, obstacles to the most effective and 
efficient transportation system practicable. RSTAC also prepares an 
annual report concerning its activities and recommendations on whatever 
regulatory or legislative relief it considers appropriate. RSTAC is not 
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    Nine members of RSTAC are voting members and are appointed from 
senior executive officers of organizations engaged in the railroad and 
rail shipping industries. At least four of the voting members must be 
representatives of small shippers as determined by the Chairman, and at 
least four of the voting members must be representatives of Class II or 
III railroads. The remaining six members to be appointed--three 
representing Class I railroads and three representing large shipper 
organizations--serve in a nonvoting, advisory capacity, but are 
entitled to participate in RSTAC deliberations.
    RSTAC is required by statute to meet at least semi-annually. In 
recent years, RSTAC has met four times a year. Meetings are generally 
held at the Board's headquarters in Washington, DC, although some are 
held in other locations.
    RSTAC members receive no compensation for their services and are 
required to provide for the expenses incidental to their service, 
including travel expenses, as the Board cannot provide for these 
expenses. RSTAC may solicit and use private funding for its activities, 
again subject to certain restrictions in ICCTA. RSTAC members currently 
have elected to submit annual dues to pay for RSTAC expenses.
    RSTAC members must be citizens of the United States and represent 
as broadly as practicable the various segments of the railroad and rail 
shipper industries. They may not be full-time employees of the United 
States. According to revised guidance issued by the Office of 
Management and Budget, it is permissible for federally registered 
lobbyists to serve on advisory committees, such as RSTAC, as long as 
they do so in a representative capacity, rather than an individual 
capacity. See Revised Guidance on Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal 
Advisory Committees, Boards, and Commissions, 79 FR 47482 (Aug. 13, 
2014). Members of RSTAC are appointed to serve in a representative 
capacity.
    RSTAC members are appointed for three-year terms. A member may 
serve after the expiration of his or her term until a successor has 
taken office. No member will be eligible to serve in excess of two 
consecutive terms.
    Due to the expiration of one RSTAC member's second term, a vacancy 
exists for a small railroad representative. Upon appointment by the 
Chairman, the new representative will serve for three years, and may be 
eligible to serve a second three-year term following the end of their 
first term.
    Suggestions for candidates to fill the vacancy should be submitted 
in letter form, identify the name of the candidate, provide a summary 
of why the candidate is qualified to serve on RSTAC, and contain a 
representation that the candidate is willing to serve as a member of 
RSTAC effective immediately upon appointment. RSTAC candidate 
suggestions should be filed with the Board by February 22, 2016. 
Members selected to serve on RSTAC are chosen at the discretion of the 
Board's Chairman. Please note that submissions will be available to the 
public at the Board's offices and posted on the Board's Web site under 
Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 7).

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 726.

    Decided: January 22, 2016.


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    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Tia Delano,
Clearance Clerk.
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By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, General had conducted a criminal Dated this 20th day of January, 2016, at
Director, Office of Proceedings. investigation that revealed that Mr. Washington, DC.
Tia Delano, Khouri subverted the MRO’s role in the Patrice M. Kelly,
Clearance Clerk. testing process. Specifically, Mr. Khouri Acting Director, Office of Drug and Alcohol
[FR Doc. 2016–01642 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] held out as performing C/TPA services Policy Compliance.
BILLING CODE P and he: Received laboratory confirmed [FR Doc. 2016–01630 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am]
drug test results and falsely certified BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
that those results were reviewed by a
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION qualified MRO; acted as an MRO,
without qualifications to do so, by DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Secretary verifying laboratory confirmed positive
Office of the Secretary
Mounir R. Khouri; Public Interest test results; and prepared false Federal
Exclusion Order Drug Testing Custody and Control List of Countries Requiring
Forms (CCFs) for untested specimens Cooperation With an International
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. and misrepresented that the specimens Boycott
ACTION: Notice. had tested negative. In the United States
District Court for the District of In accordance with section 999(a)(3)
SUMMARY: On January 20, 2016, the of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
Department of Transportation (DOT) Vermont, Mr. Khouri pled guilty and
was convicted for making false the Department of the Treasury is
issued a decision and order under the publishing a current list of countries
Procedures for Transportation statements on a CCF. Those false
statements indicated that an MRO had which require or may require
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing participation in, or cooperation with, an
Programs that excludes a service agent, reviewed a drug test, when Mr. Khouri
international boycott (within the
Mounir R. Khouri, from providing drug knew that had not occurred.
meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the
and alcohol testing services in any Public Interest Exclusion Decision and Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
capacity to any DOT-regulated employer On the basis of the best information
Order
for a period of 5 years. Mr. Khouri currently available to the Department of
provided Consortium/Third Party On January 20, 2016, the Department the Treasury, the following countries
Administrator Services (C/TPA) and issued a PIE against Mounir R. Khouri. require or may require participation in,
Medical Review Officer (MRO) services This PIE prohibits all DOT-regulated or cooperation with, an international
to DOT-regulated trucking companies. employers and service agents from boycott (within the meaning of section
Mr. Khouri pled guilty to criminal utilizing Mounir R. Khouri for drug and 999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
charges that he made materially false alcohol testing services in any capacity of 1986).
statements that an MRO had reviewed for a period of 5 years. A full copy of Iraq
drug test results, when a qualified MRO Kuwait
the Department’s Decision and Order
had not done so. This Federal Register Lebanon
can be found at http://www.dot.gov/
publication serves as notice to the Libya
public that DOT-regulated employers or odapc.
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their service agents must stop using the In accordance with the terms of the Saudi Arabia
services of Mounir R. Khouri for Department’s Decision and Order and Syria
administering their DOT-regulated drug per 49 CFR 40.403(a), Mounir R. Khouri United Arab Emirates
and/or alcohol testing programs. is required to directly notify each of the Yemen
DATES: The effective date of the Public affected DOT-regulated employer clients
Dated: January 19, 2016.
Interest Exclusion is January 20, 2016 in writing about the issuance, scope,
Danielle Rolfes,
and it will remain in effect until January duration, and effect of the PIE. The
20, 2021. Department is notifying employers and International Tax Counsel, (Tax Policy).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the public about this PIE by publishing [FR Doc. 2016–01622 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am]
Patrice M. Kelly, Acting Director, U.S. it in a ‘‘List of Excluded Drug and BILLING CODE 4810–25–P

Department of Transportation, Office of Alcohol Service Agents’’ on its Web site
Drug and Alcohol Policy and at http://www.dot.gov/odapc/ and will
Compliance, 1200 New Jersey Avenue DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
make the list available upon request. As
SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366– required by 49 CFR 40.401(d), the Multiemployer Pension Plan
3784 (voice), (202) 366–3897 (fax), or Department is publishing this Federal Application To Reduce Benefits
patrice.kelly@dot.gov. Register notice to inform the public that
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mounir R. Khouri is subject to a PIE for AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.
Background 5 years. After January 20, 2021, Mounir ACTION:Notice of availability; Request
R. Khouri, will be removed from the list for comments.
In accordance with the provisions of
and the public will be notified of that
the Department’s regulation at 49 CFR SUMMARY: The Board of Trustees of the
removal, also in accordance with 49
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Interest Exclusions (PIE), the Federal CFR 40.401(d). multiemployer pension plan, has
Motor Carrier Safety Administration Any DOT-regulated employer who submitted an application to Treasury to
(FMCSA) issued a Notice of Proposed uses the services of Mounir R. Khouri reduce benefits under the plan in
Exclusion (NOPE) to Mr. Khouri on between January 20, 2016 and January accordance with the Multiemployer
August 27, 2015, notifying him that he 20, 2021 may be subject to a civil Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA).
had engaged in serious noncompliance. penalty for violation of Part 40. The purpose of this notice is to
In the NOPE, the FMCSA stated that the announce that the application submitted
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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 vacancy on the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC) and solicitation of nominations.
Dates		Nominations are due on February 22, 2016.
Contact		Stephanie Lyons at 202-245-0536. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
FR Citation		81 FR 4738