81_FR_69382 81 FR 69189 - Meeting Notice-U.S. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee

81 FR 69189 - Meeting Notice-U.S. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 193 (October 5, 2016)

Page Range69189-69190
FR Document2016-23989

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces a public meeting of the U.S. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC) to discuss advice and recommendations for the U.S. Department of Transportation on issues related to the maritime transportation system. The MTSNAC will consider new bylaws, form subcommittees and working groups, and develop work plans and recommendations.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23989]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


Meeting Notice--U.S. Maritime Transportation System National 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces a public meeting 
of the U.S. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee 
(MTSNAC) to discuss advice and recommendations for the U.S. Department 
of Transportation on issues related to the maritime transportation

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system. The MTSNAC will consider new bylaws, form subcommittees and 
working groups, and develop work plans and recommendations.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from 8:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, October 19, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the St. Louis City Center Hotel, 
400 South 14th Street, St. Louis, MO 63103.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Shen, Co-Designated Federal 
Officer at: (202) 308-8968, or Capt. Jeffrey Flumignan, Co-Designated 
Federal Official at (212) 668-2064 or via email: [email protected] or 
visit the MTSNAC Web site at http://www.marad.dot.gov/ports/marine-transportation-system-mts/marine-transportation-system-national-advisory-committee-mtsnac/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MTSNAC is a Federal advisory committee 
that advises the U.S. Department of Transportation and MARAD on issues 
related to the marine transportation system. The MTSNAC was originally 
established in 1999 and mandated in 2007 by the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007. The MTSNAC operates in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

Agenda

    The agenda will include: (1) Welcome, opening remarks and 
introductions; (2) consideration of new bylaws, (3) formation of 
subcommittees or work groups; (4) development of work plans and 
proposed recommendations; and (5) public comment. The meeting agenda 
will be posted on the MTSNAC Web site at http://www.marad.dot.gov/ports/marine-transportation-system-mts/marine-transportation-system-national-advisory-committee-mtsnac/ .
    The Maritime Administration has requested that the MTSNAC consider 
the following issues for potential recommendations:
    a. How MARAD, state and local governments, and industry could 
address impediments hindering effective use of short sea 
transportation, including the expansion of America's Marine Highways;
    b. approaches to expand the use of the Marine Transportation System 
for freight and passengers;
    c. methods to grow the capacity of U.S. international gateway ports 
to accommodate larger vessels;
    d. potential improvements to waterborne transport that would reduce 
congestion and increase mobility throughout the domestic transportation 
system;
    e. actions designed to strengthen maritime capabilities essential 
to economic and national security;
    f. ways to modernize the maritime workforce and inspire and educate 
the next generation of mariners;
    g. actions designed to encourage the continued development of 
maritime innovation and;
    h. any other actions MARAD could take to meet its mission to 
foster, promote, and develop the maritime industry of the United 
States.

Public Participation

    The meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public who 
wish to attend in person must RSVP to [email protected] with your name and 
affiliation no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on October 7, 2016, in order to 
facilitate entry. Seating will be extremely limited and available on a 
first-come-first-serve basis.
    Services for Individuals with Disabilities: The public meeting is 
physically accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals 
requiring accommodations, such as sign language interpretation or other 
ancillary aids are asked to notify Eric Shen at: (202) 308-8968, or 
Jeffrey Flumignan at (212) 668-2064 or [email protected] five (5) business 
days before the meeting.
    Public Comments: A public comment period will commence at 9:00 a.m. 
on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. To provide time for as many people to 
speak as possible, speaking time for each individual will be limited to 
three minutes. Members of the public who would like to speak are asked 
to contact the Designated Federal Officers via email: [email protected]. 
Commenters will be placed on the agenda in the order in which 
notifications are received. If time allows, additional comments will be 
permitted. Copies of oral comments must be submitted in writing at the 
meeting or preferably emailed to [email protected]. Additional written 
comments are welcome and must be filed as indicated below.
    Written comments: Persons who wish to submit written comments for 
consideration by the Committee must email [email protected], or send them 
to MTSNAC Designated Federal Officers via email: [email protected], 
Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE. W21-307, Washington, DC 20590 no later than 5:00 p.m. 
EDT on October 7, 2016 to provide sufficient time for review.

    Authority: 49 CFR part 1.93(a); 5 U.S.C. 552b; 41 CFR parts 102-
3; 5 U.S.C. app. Sections 1-16

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: September 29, 2016.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-23989 Filed 10-4-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 5, 2016 / Notices 69189 some companies with extremely high similar group of carriers with high crash the Q&A sessions, participants can view utilization’ ’’ and felt more information rates as the current Crash Indicator a video presentation outlining the was needed to comment on this BASIC. While this change does not proposed enhancements and how to use proposal. substantively impact the effectiveness of the preview site and review slides and the Crash Indicator BASIC, the greater a transcript of that presentation. All of FMCSA Response data sufficiency standard of this BASIC these reference materials are available in In regard to OOIDA’s concern, this would yield greater confidence that this the SMS Preview Help Center at: proposed enhancement to the BASIC is identifying carriers with https://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMSPreview/ Utilization Factor will benefit all high- established patterns of crashes thereby HelpCenter/Index.aspx. Each session utilization carriers regardless of their enabling the Agency to further focus its will end once all questions have been size, as the Utilization Factor is based investigative resources on carriers with answered. All sessions will have closed on the VMT to average PU ratio, not the more crash involvement. captioning. The sessions are scheduled number of PUs. This approach allows for the following dates and times: the SMS to account for carriers of 2. Carriers With Recent Violations 1. Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 10:00– different sizes and hold them to a Currently, FMCSA assigns percentiles 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) similar standard. As a result, large to carriers in the HOS Compliance, 2. Thursday, October 13, 2016, 2:00– carriers and small carriers with high Vehicle Maintenance, HM Compliance, 3:30 p.m. ET VMT per average PU ratios can receive and Driver Fitness BASICs if they meet 3. Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 3:00–4:30 adjustments that reflect their increased the following criteria: The most recent p.m. ET exposure. inspection in the previous 24 months 4. Thursday, October 20, 2016, 11:00 resulted in a violation. Recently, a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET IV. Additional Enhancements FMCSA reviewed its data sufficiency FMCSA encourages all stakeholders to In addition to the proposed standards to make them more effective enhancements outlined above, FMCSA participate in these Q&A sessions and at prioritizing carriers that pose the submit questions ahead of time via the proposes two additional changes based greatest safety risk. Based on this on issues identified and analysis CSA Feedback form at: https:// assessment, the Agency proposes csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/CSA_feedback.aspx? conducted during the development of assigning BASIC percentiles only to the preview. Detailed analysis on these defaulttag=SMSPREVIEWQA. Interested carriers that have had an inspection parties should register for one of these changes is available in the Foundational with a violation in the past year. This Document at: https://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/ sessions through FMCSA’s National change will increase the Agency’s focus Documents/SMS-Preview-Foundational- Training Center at: https:// on carriers with recent violations and Document.pdf. Carriers and other connectdotcqpub1.connect remove carriers with no violations in interested stakeholders can review these solutions.com/content/connect/c1/7/en/ the past year from prioritization. changes during the preview and provide This change will reduce the number events/catalog.html?folder-id=11242338 any additional comments or analysis for of carriers with a BASIC at or above the 86. the Agency to consider in its final Intervention Threshold. Based on recent VI. Request for Comments decision. SMS results, 1,243 carriers will no FMCSA requests additional comments longer have a BASIC at or above the on the proposed SMS enhancements 1. Data Sufficiency Standards for the threshold as a result of this change. outlined above. Commenters are Crash Indicator BASIC After analyzing this subset of carriers requested to provide supporting data In response to comments received to using the SMS ET, the Agency found the Federal Register Notice of January wherever appropriate. that these carriers have a crash rate that 23, 2015, which announced the results is 4.8 times lower than the national Issued on: September 30, 2016. of FMCSA’s study on the feasibility of average (0.71 compared to the national T.F. Scott Darling, III, using a motor carrier’s role in crashes in average of 3.43 crashes per 100 PUs). Administrator. the assessment of the company’s safety Therefore, removing these carriers from [FR Doc. 2016–24114 Filed 10–4–16; 8:45 am] (80 FR 3719), the Agency conducted prioritization will allow the Agency to BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P additional analyses. One of the areas focus its intervention efforts on a set of reconsidered was the minimum number carriers with a much higher crash rate of crashes used to establish the data of 5.20 crashes per 100 PUs. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION sufficiency standard in the Crash Indicator BASIC. Currently, the Agency V. Preview of Proposed SMS Maritime Administration assigns a percentile to carriers in the Enhancements Crash Indicator BASIC if they have at The preview will be available October Meeting Notice—U.S. Maritime least two reportable crashes in the last 4, 2016, on the Compliance Safety Transportation System National two years. The Agency proposes Accountability (CSA) Web site at: Advisory Committee increasing the minimum number of https://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMSPreview/. AGENCY: Maritime Administration, crashes required for a percentile from Motor carriers will be able to log in Department of Transportation. two to three. According to the analysis through the CSA Web site or the Portal ACTION: Notice of advisory committee conducted by FMCSA, the overall crash to see how the proposed enhancements public meeting. rate of the Crash Indicator BASIC may impact their SMS results. The asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES remains about the same as the current public will also be able to view the SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration Crash Indicator BASIC (6.33 vs. 6.34 enhancements using example carriers. (MARAD) announces a public meeting crashes per 100 PUs). While the number To support the preview, FMCSA will of the U.S. Maritime Transportation of crashes covered under this scenario is hold a series of Q&A sessions for the System National Advisory Committee lower than the number of crashes for the industry and the public, where (MTSNAC) to discuss advice and current Crash Indicator BASIC (14,838 participants will be able to ask recommendations for the U.S. vs. 15,638 crashes) the results suggest questions about the proposed changes Department of Transportation on issues that the proposed change identifies a and receive real-time responses. Before related to the maritime transportation VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Oct 04, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05OCN1.SGM 05OCN1

69190 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 5, 2016 / Notices system. The MTSNAC will consider congestion and increase mobility Authority: 49 CFR part 1.93(a); 5 U.S.C. new bylaws, form subcommittees and throughout the domestic transportation 552b; 41 CFR parts 102–3; 5 U.S.C. app. working groups, and develop work system; Sections 1–16 plans and recommendations. e. actions designed to strengthen By Order of the Maritime Administrator. DATES: The meeting will be held on maritime capabilities essential to Dated: September 29, 2016. Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from 8:00 economic and national security; T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, f. ways to modernize the maritime Secretary, Maritime Administration. October 19, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 workforce and inspire and educate the [FR Doc. 2016–23989 Filed 10–4–16; 8:45 am] p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time next generation of mariners; (EDT). g. actions designed to encourage the BILLING CODE 4910–81–P continued development of maritime ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at innovation and; the St. Louis City Center Hotel, 400 h. any other actions MARAD could South 14th Street, St. Louis, MO 63103. take to meet its mission to foster, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric promote, and develop the maritime Shen, Co-Designated Federal Officer at: industry of the United States. Office of Foreign Assets Control (202) 308–8968, or Capt. Jeffrey Sanctions Actions Pursuant to Public Participation Flumignan, Co-Designated Federal Executive Orders 13660, 13661, 13662, Official at (212) 668–2064 or via email: The meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public who wish and 13685 MTSNAC@dot.gov or visit the MTSNAC Web site at http://www.marad.dot.gov/ to attend in person must RSVP to AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets ports/marine-transportation-system- MTSNAC@dot.gov with your name and Control, Treasury. mts/marine-transportation-system- affiliation no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on October 7, 2016, in order to facilitate ACTION: Notice. national-advisory-committee-mtsnac/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The entry. Seating will be extremely limited and available on a first-come-first-serve SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s MTSNAC is a Federal advisory Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) committee that advises the U.S. basis. Services for Individuals with is publishing the names of 121 persons Department of Transportation and whose property and interests in MARAD on issues related to the marine Disabilities: The public meeting is physically accessible to people with property are blocked pursuant to one or transportation system. The MTSNAC more of the following authorities: was originally established in 1999 and disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign language Executive Order (E.O.) 13660, E.O. mandated in 2007 by the Energy 13661, and E.O. 13685, or who are Independence and Security Act of 2007. interpretation or other ancillary aids are asked to notify Eric Shen at: (202) 308– subject to the prohibitions of one or The MTSNAC operates in accordance more directives under E.O. 13662. with the provisions of the Federal 8968, or Jeffrey Flumignan at (212) 668– Advisory Committee Act (FACA). 2064 or MTSNAC@dot.gov five (5) DATES: OFAC’s actions described in this business days before the meeting. notice were effective on December 22, Agenda Public Comments: A public comment 2015, as further specified below. The agenda will include: (1) period will commence at 9:00 a.m. on FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Welcome, opening remarks and Wednesday, October 19, 2016. To Associate Director for Global Targeting, introductions; (2) consideration of new provide time for as many people to tel.: 202/622–2420, Associate Director bylaws, (3) formation of subcommittees speak as possible, speaking time for for Sanctions Policy and or work groups; (4) development of each individual will be limited to three Implementation, tel.: 202/622–2480, work plans and proposed minutes. Members of the public who Office of Foreign Assets Control, or recommendations; and (5) public would like to speak are asked to contact Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), comment. The meeting agenda will be the Designated Federal Officers via tel.: 202/622–2410, Office of the General posted on the MTSNAC Web site at email: MTSNAC@dot.gov. Commenters Counsel, Department of the Treasury http://www.marad.dot.gov/ports/ will be placed on the agenda in the (not toll free numbers). marine-transportation-system-mts/ order in which notifications are received. If time allows, additional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: marine-transportation-system-national- advisory-committee-mtsnac/ . comments will be permitted. Copies of Electronic and Facsimile Availability The Maritime Administration has oral comments must be submitted in requested that the MTSNAC consider writing at the meeting or preferably The Specially Designated Nationals the following issues for potential emailed to MTSNAC@dot.gov. and Blocked Persons List and additional recommendations: Additional written comments are information concerning OFAC sanctions a. How MARAD, state and local welcome and must be filed as indicated programs are available on OFAC’s Web governments, and industry could below. site (www.treas.gov/ofac). A complete address impediments hindering Written comments: Persons who wish listing of persons determined to be effective use of short sea transportation, to submit written comments for subject to one or more directives under including the expansion of America’s consideration by the Committee must E.O. 13662, as discussed in detail in this email MTSNAC@dot.gov, or send them Notice, can be found in the Sectoral asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Marine Highways; b. approaches to expand the use of the to MTSNAC Designated Federal Officers Sanctions Identifications List at http:// Marine Transportation System for via email: MTSNAC@dot.gov, Maritime www.treasury.gov/resource-center/ freight and passengers; Transportation System National sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/ssi_list.aspx. c. methods to grow the capacity of Advisory Committee, 1200 New Jersey Certain general information pertaining U.S. international gateway ports to Avenue SE. W21–307, Washington, DC to OFAC’s sanctions programs is also accommodate larger vessels; 20590 no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on available via facsimile through a 24- d. potential improvements to October 7, 2016 to provide sufficient hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/ waterborne transport that would reduce time for review. 622–0077. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Oct 04, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05OCN1.SGM 05OCN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of advisory committee public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, October 19, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT).
ContactEric Shen, Co-Designated Federal Officer at: (202) 308-8968, or Capt. Jeffrey Flumignan, Co-Designated Federal Official at (212) 668-2064 or via email: [email protected] or visit the MTSNAC Web site at http://www.marad.dot.gov/ports/marine- transportation-system-mts/marine-transportation-system-national- advisory-committee-mtsnac/.
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