81 FR 76412 - U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 212 (November 2, 2016)

Page Range		76412-76412
FR Document		2016-26391

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces that the following U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Academy) Board of Visitors (BOV) meeting will take place: 1. Date: November 14, 2016. 2. Time: TBD (est 10:00-10:30) a.m. 3. Location: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point, NY; Schuyler Otis Bland Library, Crabtree Room. 4. Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of this meeting is to brief BOV members on the State of the Academy and the Sea Year Stand Down. 5. Public Access to the Meeting: This meeting is open to the public. Seating is on a first-come basis. Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting will need to show photo identification in order to gain access to the meeting location.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration


U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors Meeting

AGENCY: Maritime Administration.

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration 
(MARAD) announces that the following U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 
(Academy) Board of Visitors (BOV) meeting will take place:
    1. Date: November 14, 2016.
    2. Time: TBD (est 10:00-10:30) a.m.
    3. Location: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 300 Steamboat Road, 
Kings Point, NY; Schuyler Otis Bland Library, Crabtree Room.
    4. Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of this meeting is to brief 
BOV members on the State of the Academy and the Sea Year Stand Down.
    5. Public Access to the Meeting: This meeting is open to the 
public. Seating is on a first-come basis. Members of the public wishing 
to attend the meeting will need to show photo identification in order 
to gain access to the meeting location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The BOV's Designated Federal Officer 
and Point of Contact Brian Blower; 202 366-2765; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any member of the public is permitted to 
file a written statement with the Academy BOV. Written statements 
should be sent to the Designated Federal Officer at: Brian Blower; 1200 
New Jersey Ave. SE., W28-314, Washington, DC 20590 or via email at 
[email protected]. (Please contact the Designated Federal Officer 
for information on submitting comments via fax.) Written statements 
must be received no later than three working days prior to the next 
meeting in order to provide time for member consideration. By rule, no 
member of the public attending open meetings will be allowed to present 
questions from the floor or speak to any issue under consideration by 
the BOV.


    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 51312; 5 U.S.C. app. 552b; 41 CFR parts 
102-3.140 through 102-3.165.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: October 27, 2016.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-26391 Filed 11-1-16; 8:45 am]
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HUDs have been incorporated and An investigation of alternative A subjective measure of workload,
researched extensively in aviation and technologies that increase forward-track such as the NASA TLX, will be utilized
motor vehicle applications because of viewing time is worth pursuing. in this study and provided to the train
their relative advantage over head-down To test the hypothesis that display engineers after the simulator
displays (HDDs). Research in the Cab communications on a HUD can reduce experiment. In addition, usability of the
Technology Integration Lab (CTIL), system will be rated with a usability
workload and distractions while
FRA’s locomotive simulator at the Volpe scale by the train engineers. Analysis of
increasing the time the engineer keeps
Center in Cambridge, MA, has shown the simulator data, workload data, and
that in-cab displays, such as moving his or her eyes on the forward track, an usability survey data will allow FRA to
maps, can lead to prolonged heads- experiment will be run in the CTIL with assess whether the HUD has a relative
down time (Young, et al., 2015). four different conditions: HUD presence advantage over the HDD in rail, and if
Additionally, research done in the field (present or absent) will be crossed with it could mitigate performance declines
in naturalistic studies using passenger radio communications (present or related to the radio communications.
vehicles has also shown that looking absent). Forty train engineers will Affected Public: Railroad Workers.
inside a vehicle for interface control participate in the simulator study and Respondent Universe: 40 Railroad
features increases the risk of an accident survey data collection. The HUD will be Engineers.
(Liang, Lee, & Yekhsatyan, 2012). Thus, developed and installed by the Frequency of Submission: On
a HUD has real advantages over an HDD. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. occasion.
REPORTING BURDEN
Average Total
Total
Respondent time annual
Form No. annual
universe per response burden
responses (hours) hours

Form FRA F 6180.168—Simulator Survey ...................................... 40 Engineers ......... 40 surveys ............. 6.5 260

Total Responses: 40. 3. Location: U.S. Merchant Marine Authority: 46 U.S.C. 51312; 5 U.S.C. app.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 260 Academy, 300 Steamboat Road, Kings 552b; 41 CFR parts 102–3.140 through 102–
hours. Point, NY; Schuyler Otis Bland Library, 3.165.
Type of Request: Approval of a new Crabtree Room. By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
information collection. Dated: October 27, 2016.
Status: Regular Review. 4. Purpose of the Meeting: The
purpose of this meeting is to brief BOV T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA members on the State of the Academy Secretary, Maritime Administration.
informs all interested parties that FRA and the Sea Year Stand Down. [FR Doc. 2016–26391 Filed 11–1–16; 8:45 am]
may not conduct or sponsor, and a 5. Public Access to the Meeting: This BILLING CODE 4910–81–P
respondent is not required to respond meeting is open to the public. Seating is
to, a collection of information unless it on a first-come basis. Members of the
displays a currently valid OMB control public wishing to attend the meeting DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
number. will need to show photo identification National Highway Traffic Safety
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. in order to gain access to the meeting Administration
location.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 26,
2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The [Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0067; Notice 2]
Patrick Warren, BOV’s Designated Federal Officer and
Acting Executive Director. Point of Contact Brian Blower; 202 366– Michelin North America, Inc., Grant of
[FR Doc. 2016–26414 Filed 11–1–16; 8:45 am] 2765; Brian.Blower@dot.gov. Petition for Decision of
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
Inconsequential Noncompliance
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any
member of the public is permitted to file AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
a written statement with the Academy Safety Administration (NHTSA),
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BOV. Written statements should be sent Department of Transportation (DOT).
Maritime Administration to the Designated Federal Officer at: ACTION: Grant of petition.
Brian Blower; 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board W28–314, Washington, DC 20590 or via SUMMARY: Michelin North America, Inc.
of Visitors Meeting email at Brian.Blower@Dot.gov. (Please (MNA), has determined that certain
AGENCY: Maritime Administration. contact the Designated Federal Officer MNA tires do not fully comply with
for information on submitting comments paragraph S5.5.1(b) of Federal Motor
ACTION: Meeting notice.
via fax.) Written statements must be Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime days prior to the next meeting in order vehicles. MNA filed a report dated May
Administration (MARAD) announces to provide time for member 5, 2016, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573,
that the following U.S. Merchant Marine consideration. By rule, no member of Defect and Noncompliance
Academy (Academy) Board of Visitors the public attending open meetings will Responsibility and Reports. MNA then
(BOV) meeting will take place: be allowed to present questions from the petitioned NHTSA under 49 CFR part
1. Date: November 14, 2016. floor or speak to any issue under 556 requesting a decision that the
2. Time: TBD (est 10:00–10:30) a.m. consideration by the BOV. subject noncompliance is

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Meeting notice.
Dates		November 14, 2016.
Contact		The BOV's Designated Federal Officer and Point of Contact Brian Blower; 202 366-2765; [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 76412

81 FR 76412 - U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONMaritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 212 (November 2, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration