81 FR 9078 - Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 35 (February 23, 2016)
Office of the Secretary
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 35 (February 23, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-03702 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 9078-9079] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-03702] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice of Establishment of Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 6314 of title 49, United States Code, as codified by section 6018 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114-94; 129 Stat. 1312) and section 9(a)(1) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group (hereafter, ``Working Group'') will be established and make its recommendations on or before December 4, 2016. Further, this notice serves as a request for nominations for representatives to the Working Group. The establishment of the Working Group is necessary for the Department to carry out its mission and in the best interest of the public. The Working Group will operate in accordance with the provisions of the FACA and the rules and regulations issued in implementation of that Act. DATES: The deadline for nominations for Working Group representatives must be received on or before March 24, 2016. ADDRESSES: All nomination material should be emailed to the BTS Director Patricia Hu at: [email protected] or mailed to Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Attn: Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room # E34-429, Washington, DC 20590. Any person requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at (202) 366-1270; or email BTS Director Patricia Hu at: [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Attn: Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room # E34-429, Washington, DC 20590; phone: (202) 366-1270; or email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of meeting the requirement under 49 U.S.C. 6314(c), the BTS Director is establishing the Working Group to receive recommendations on matters related to port performance measures, including: (a) Identifying a generally accepted industry standard for port data collection and reporting. (b) Specifying standards for collecting data and reporting nationally consistent port performance measures. (c) Making recommendations for statistics measuring on U.S. port capacity and throughput. (d) Developing a process for the U.S. Department of Transportation (hereafter, ``Department'') to collect timely and consistent data, including identifying safeguards to protect proprietary information. The Department is hereby soliciting nominations for Working Group representatives. The BTS Director on behalf of the Secretary of Transportation will appoint the Working Group members. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 6314(c), the Working Group shall be comprised of representatives from a number of Federal agencies, organizations, and industries. The Department is seeking nominations to fill the following positions on the Working Group:1 representative from the rail industry; 1 representative from the trucking industry; 1 representative from the maritime shipping industry; 1 representative from a labor organization for each industry [rail, trucking, and maritime shipping]; 1 representative from the International Longshoremen's Association; 1 representative from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union; 1 representative from a port authority; 1 representative from a terminal operator; and representatives of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In establishing the Working Group, the Department shall establish a Chair and Vice Chair of the Working Group from among those selected representatives, and the Working Group is expected to meet as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was established. Working Group representatives shall serve without compensation and those who are not Government employees shall be appointed as Special Government Employees, subject to certain ethics restrictions, and required to submit certain information in connection with the appointment process. The Working Group may seek subject matter experts (SMEs) from organizations which are not represented on the Working Group to serve on subcommittees. These SMEs who are called upon solely for their expertise may also be appointed as Special Government Employees and will be subject to certain ethics restrictions, and such subcommittee members will be required to submit certain information in connection with the appointment process. Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Qualified individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by any individual or organization. To be considered for the Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group, [[Page 9079]] nominators should submit the following information: (1) Name, title, and relevant contact information (including phone, fax, and email address) of the individual under consideration; (2) A letter, on letterhead, from a company, union, trade or membership association, or non-profit organization containing a brief description why the nominee should be considered for membership; (3) Short biography of nominee including professional and academic credentials; (4) An affirmative statement that the nominee meets all Working Group eligibility requirements. Please do not send company, trade association, or organization brochures or any other information. Materials submitted should total two pages or less. Should more information be needed, Departmental staff will contact the nominee, obtain information from the nominee's past affiliations, or obtain information from publicly available sources, such as the Internet. Nominations may be emailed to BTS Director Patricia Hu at: [email protected] or mailed to Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Attn: Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room # E34-429, Washington, DC 20590. Nominations must be received before March 24, 2016. Nominees selected for appointment to the Working Group will be notified by return email and receive a letter of appointment. A selection team comprising representatives from several Department operating administrations will review the nomination packages. The selection team will make recommendations regarding membership to the BTS Director based on criteria including: (1) Professional or academic expertise, experience, and knowledge; (2) stakeholder representation; (3) availability and willingness to serve; and (4) skills working collaboratively on committees and advisory panels. Based upon the selection team's recommendations, the BTS Director on behalf of the Secretary of Transportation will select representatives. In the selection of members for the advisory committee, the Department will seek to ensure a balanced representation and consider a cross-section of those directly affected, interested, and qualified, as appropriate to the nature and functions of the advisory committee. Nominations are open to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, or sexual orientation. To ensure that recommendations to the Secretary take into account the needs of the diverse groups served by the Department, membership shall include, to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to represent minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Rolf R. Schmitt, Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. [FR Doc. 2016-03702 Filed 2-22-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118 (c)(1) and 49 Secretary for Research and Technology, • 1 representative from the rail
CFR 1.97 Bureau of Transportation Statistics, industry;
Alan K. Mayberry, Attn: Port Performance Freight Statistics • 1 representative from the trucking
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy
Working Group, U.S. Department of industry;
and Programs. Transportation, 1200 New Jersey • 1 representative from the maritime
Avenue SE., Room # E34–429, shipping industry;
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Washington, DC 20590. Any person • 1 representative from a labor
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requiring accessibility accommodations organization for each industry [rail,
should contact the Bureau of trucking, and maritime shipping];
Transportation Statistics at (202) 366– • 1 representative from the
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1270; or email BTS Director Patricia Hu International Longshoremen’s
Office of the Secretary at: portstatistics@dot.gov. Association;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • 1 representative from the
Port Performance Freight Statistics Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Longshore and Warehouse
Working Group Research and Technology, Bureau of Union;
Transportation Statistics, Attn: Port • 1 representative from a port
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation authority;
Performance Freight Statistics Working
Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant • 1 representative from a terminal
Group, U.S. Department of
Secretary for Research and Technology, operator; and
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
U.S. Department of Transportation.
Avenue SE., Room # E34–429, • representatives of the
ACTION: Notice of Establishment of Port Washington, DC 20590; phone: (202) Transportation Research Board of the
Performance Freight Statistics Working 366–1270; or email: portstatistics@ National Academies of Sciences,
Group and Solicitation of Nominations dot.gov. Engineering, and Medicine.
for Membership. In establishing the Working Group,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
the Department shall establish a Chair
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 6314 of meeting the requirement under 49 and Vice Chair of the Working Group
title 49, United States Code, as codified U.S.C. 6314(c), the BTS Director is from among those selected
by section 6018 of the Fixing America’s establishing the Working Group to representatives, and the Working Group
Surface Transportation (FAST) Act receive recommendations on matters is expected to meet as necessary to
(Pub. L. 114–94; 129 Stat. 1312) and related to port performance measures,
fulfill the purpose for which it was
section 9(a)(1) of the Federal Advisory including:
established. Working Group
Committee Act (FACA), and following (a) Identifying a generally accepted
industry standard for port data representatives shall serve without
consultation with the Committee compensation and those who are not
Management Secretariat, General collection and reporting.
(b) Specifying standards for collecting Government employees shall be
Services Administration, notice is appointed as Special Government
hereby given that the Port Performance data and reporting nationally consistent
port performance measures. Employees, subject to certain ethics
Freight Statistics Working Group restrictions, and required to submit
(hereafter, ‘‘Working Group’’) will be (c) Making recommendations for
statistics measuring on U.S. port certain information in connection with
established and make its the appointment process.
recommendations on or before capacity and throughput.
(d) Developing a process for the U.S. The Working Group may seek subject
December 4, 2016. Further, this notice matter experts (SMEs) from
Department of Transportation (hereafter,
serves as a request for nominations for organizations which are not represented
‘‘Department’’) to collect timely and
representatives to the Working Group. on the Working Group to serve on
consistent data, including identifying
The establishment of the Working subcommittees. These SMEs who are
safeguards to protect proprietary
Group is necessary for the Department called upon solely for their expertise
information.
to carry out its mission and in the best The Department is hereby soliciting may also be appointed as Special
interest of the public. The Working nominations for Working Group Government Employees and will be
Group will operate in accordance with representatives. The BTS Director on subject to certain ethics restrictions, and
the provisions of the FACA and the behalf of the Secretary of Transportation such subcommittee members will be
rules and regulations issued in will appoint the Working Group required to submit certain information
implementation of that Act.
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members. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. in connection with the appointment
DATES: The deadline for nominations for 6314(c), the Working Group shall be process.
Working Group representatives must be comprised of representatives from a Process and Deadline for Submitting
received on or before March 24, 2016. number of Federal agencies, Nominations: Qualified individuals may
ADDRESSES: All nomination material organizations, and industries. The self-nominate or be nominated by any
should be emailed to the BTS Director Department is seeking nominations to individual or organization. To be
Patricia Hu at: portstatistics@dot.gov or fill the following positions on the considered for the Port Performance
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nominators should submit the following dot.gov or mailed to Office of the will select representatives. In the
information: Assistant Secretary for Research and selection of members for the advisory
(1) Name, title, and relevant contact Technology, Bureau of Transportation committee, the Department will seek to
information (including phone, fax, and Statistics, Attn: Port Performance ensure a balanced representation and
email address) of the individual under Freight Statistics Working Group, U.S. consider a cross-section of those directly
consideration; Department of Transportation, 1200 affected, interested, and qualified, as
(2) A letter, on letterhead, from a New Jersey Avenue SE., Room # E34– appropriate to the nature and functions
company, union, trade or membership 429, Washington, DC 20590. of the advisory committee.
association, or non-profit organization Nominations must be received before
containing a brief description why the March 24, 2016. Nominees selected for Nominations are open to all
nominee should be considered for appointment to the Working Group will individuals without regard to race,
membership; be notified by return email and receive color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
(3) Short biography of nominee a letter of appointment. mental or physical disability, marital
including professional and academic A selection team comprising status, or sexual orientation. To ensure
credentials; representatives from several Department that recommendations to the Secretary
(4) An affirmative statement that the operating administrations will review take into account the needs of the
nominee meets all Working Group the nomination packages. The selection diverse groups served by the
eligibility requirements. team will make recommendations Department, membership shall include,
Please do not send company, trade regarding membership to the BTS to the extent practicable, individuals
association, or organization brochures or Director based on criteria including:
any other information. Materials with demonstrated ability to represent
(1) Professional or academic expertise, minorities, women, and persons with
submitted should total two pages or experience, and knowledge;
less. Should more information be disabilities.
(2) stakeholder representation;
needed, Departmental staff will contact (3) availability and willingness to Rolf R. Schmitt,
the nominee, obtain information from serve; and Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation
the nominee’s past affiliations, or obtain (4) skills working collaboratively on Statistics.
information from publicly available committees and advisory panels.
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sources, such as the Internet. Based upon the selection team’s
Nominations may be emailed to BTS recommendations, the BTS Director on BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
Director Patricia Hu at: portstatistics@ behalf of the Secretary of Transportation
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| Action | Notice of Establishment of Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership. | |
| Dates | The deadline for nominations for Working Group representatives must be received on or before March 24, 2016. | |
| Contact | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Attn: Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room # E34-429, Washington, DC 20590; phone: (202) 366-1270; or email: [email protected] | |
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