82 FR 43321 - Automated Driving Systems: A Vision for Safety
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 178 (September 15, 2017)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 178 (September 15, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2017)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 43321-43323] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-19637] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Chapter V [Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0082] Automated Driving Systems: A Vision for Safety AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of public availability and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NHTSA is releasing new voluntary guidance on automated driving systems--Automated Driving Systems: A Vision for Safety. The new voluntary guidance is based on public comments received on the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy (FAVP) released in September 2016. The purpose of this new voluntary guidance is to support industry innovators, States and other key stakeholders as they consider and design best practices relative to the testing and deployment of automated vehicle technologies, while informing and educating the public and improving roadway safety. NHTSA invites public comment on the voluntary guidance and additional ways to improve its usefulness. This new voluntary guidance is an important part of DOT's multi- modal efforts to support the introduction of automation technologies that hold the promise of fulfilling NHTSA's mission of reducing the number of injuries and fatalities on our roads. As an update to the FAVP this new voluntary guidance serves as NHTSA's current operating guidance for Automated Driving Systems (ADSs--SAE International Automation Levels 3-5). NHTSA intends to continue to revise and refine the guidance periodically to reflect continued public input, experience, research, and innovation, and will address significant comments in preparing future iterations of the guidance. This guidance supports that effort. DATES: You should submit your comments early enough to ensure that Docket Management receives them no later than November 14, 2017. ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the docket number above and be submitted by one of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Portal: Please submit one copy to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Please submit two copies to Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590- 0001. Hand Delivery: Please submit two copies to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public Participation heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or to the street address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical issues related to the Voluntary Guidance: Ms. Dee Williams of NHTSA's Office of Vehicle Safety Research at (202) 366-8537 or by email at [email protected]. For legal issues: Mr. Steve Wood of NHTSA's Office of Chief Counsel, at (202) 366-2992 or by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), under the U.S. Department of Transportation, was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970, to carry out safety programs under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the Highway Safety Act of 1966. NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes on our nation's roadways. It accomplishes these tasks by conducting research, setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor [[Page 43322]] vehicle equipment, generating and disseminating comparative safety performance information to encourage the production and purchase of advanced safety features, requiring the recalling and remedying of defective and noncompliant vehicles and equipment, and by distributing highway safety formula grants to state governments to enable them to conduct effective highway safety programs. Additionally, NHTSA issues guidance regarding motor vehicle safety issues. On September 20, 2016, NHTSA developed and published for comment the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy (FAVP). The comment period officially closed on November 22, 2016, but NHTSA continued to receive and consider comments through February 16, 2017. The public docket received 160 unique comments in response to the FAVP representing the traditional motor vehicle industry, the technology sector, public agencies, special interest groups, and private citizens. The agency also held public meetings to seek additional comment. NHTSA analyzed the docket comments, public meeting proceedings and other stakeholder discussions, recent Congressional hearings, and State activities and used this analysis as the foundation for improvements and refinements to develop NHTSA's new voluntary guidance--Automated Driving Systems: A Vision for Safety. In Section 1: Voluntary Guidance for Automated Driving Systems (Voluntary Guidance), NHTSA offers a nonregulatory approach to Automated Driving System (ADS) safety. This Voluntary Guidance supports the automotive industry and other key stakeholders as they consider and design best practices for the testing and safe deployment of ADSs (SAE International Automation Levels 3 through 5--Conditional, High, and Full Automation Systems). Section 1 contains 12 priority safety design elements for consideration, including vehicle cybersecurity, human machine interface, crashworthiness, consumer education and training, and post-crash ADS behavior. Given the developing state of the technology, this Voluntary Guidance provides a flexible framework for industry to use in choosing how to address a given safety design element. In addition, to help support public trust and confidence, the Voluntary Guidance encourages entities engaged in testing to publicly disclose Voluntary Safety Self-Assessments of their systems demonstrating their varied approaches to achieving safety. Vehicles operating on public roads are subject to both Federal and State jurisdictions, and States are continuing to draft legislation to safely deploy emerging ADSs. To support the State work, NHTSA offers Section 2: Technical Assistance to States, Best Practices for Legislatures Regarding Automated Driving Systems (Best Practices). The section clarifies and delineates Federal and State roles in the regulation of ADSs. NHTSA remains responsible for regulating the safety design and performance aspects of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment; States continue to be responsible for regulating the human driver and vehicle operations. The section also provides Best Practices for Legislatures, which incorporates common safety-related components and significant elements regarding ADSs that States should consider incorporating in legislation. In addition, the section provides Best Practices for State Highway Safety Officials, which offers a framework for States to develop procedures and conditions for ADS' safe operation on public roadways. It includes considerations in such areas as applications and permissions to test, registration and titling, working with public safety officials, and liability and insurance. NHTSA emphasizes the importance of Automated Driving Systems: A Vision for Safety as new voluntary guidance in its entirety--a cohesive package that represents the Agency's current position on Automated Driving Systems. As the new voluntary guidance is a result of improvements based on public comments and new information, in the future, it too will be updated to reflect input by the public, advances in technology, increased presence of ADSs on public roadways, new research, and any regulatory action or statutory changes that could occur at both the Federal and State levels. NHTSA encourages collaboration and communication between all government entities and the private sector as the technology evolves, and the Agency will continue to coordinate dialogue among all stakeholders. The Department and NHTSA recognize that regulatory efforts in this arena must promote safety, remove any existing unnecessary barriers, remain technology neutral, and enable a pathway for innovation that has the potential to save lives. Any initiative in the regulatory realm will seek to remove regulatory barriers and burdens that could unnecessarily hinder the safe and efficient implementation of ADSs. The new guidance is available at https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation/automated-vehicles, which will also serve as a central repository of associated references to this and other NHTSA ADS resources, including new frequently asked questions. Additionally, to support manufacturers and other entities looking to request regulatory action from NHTSA, companies can find an informational resource, Understanding NHTSA's Regulatory Tools: Instructions, Practical Guidance, and Assistance for Entities Seeking to Employ NHTSA's Regulatory Tools. The new guidance is also available in the public docket at http://www.regulations.gov (search Docket No. NHTSA-2017- 0082). Public Comment NHTSA is seeking written public comments on the new voluntary guidance--Automated Driving Systems: A Vision for Safety and additional ways to improve its usefulness. The Agency expects and intends the voluntary guidance to continue to be updated based on public comment; the experience of the agency, manufacturers, suppliers, consumers, and others; and further research findings and technological innovations. To inform the next iteration of the voluntary guidance, the Agency may hold public meetings and workshops associated with specific items relevant to the guidance. Once the timing of those meetings has been finalized, the Agency will publish Federal Register notices for those meetings. Given that not all interested persons may have an opportunity to attend such meetings, the Agency's solicitation of written comments will ensure that all persons have a chance to participate. When possible, NHTSA will also arrange for the meetings to be webcast and for written transcripts of the meetings. When available, webcast videos and transcripts will be at https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation/automated-vehicles. Public Participation How do I prepare and submit comments? Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your comments are filed correctly in the docket, please include the docket number of this document in your comments. Your comments must not be more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 553.21). NHTSA established this limit to encourage you to write your primary comments in a concise fashion. However, you may attach necessary additional documents to your [[Page 43323]] comments. There is no limit on the length of the attachments. Please submit one copy (two copies if submitting by mail or hand delivery) of your comments, including the attachments, to the docket following the instructions given above under ADDRESSES. Please note, if you are submitting comments electronically as a PDF (Adobe) file, we ask that the documents submitted be scanned using an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process, thus allowing the agency to search and copy certain portions of your submissions. How do I submit confidential business information? If you wish to submit any information under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit three copies of your complete submission, including the information you claim to be confidential business information, to the Office of the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you may submit a copy (two copies if submitting by mail or hand delivery), from which you have deleted the claimed confidential business information, to the docket by one of the methods given above under ADDRESSES. When you send a comment containing information claimed to be confidential business information, you should include a cover letter setting forth the information specified in NHTSA's confidential business information regulation (49 CFR part 512). Will the agency consider late comments? NHTSA will consider all comments received before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated above under DATES. To the extent possible, the Agency will also consider comments received after that date. Given that we intend for the policy document to be a living document and to be developed in an iterative fashion, subsequent opportunities to comment will also be provided periodically. How can I read the comments submitted by other people? You may read the comments received at the address given above under COMMENTS. The hours of the docket are indicated above in the same location. You may also see the comments on the Internet, identified by the docket number at the heading of this notice, at http://www.regulations.gov. Please note that, even after the comment closing date, NHTSA will continue to file relevant information in the docket as it becomes available. Further, some people may submit late comments. Accordingly, the agency recommends that you periodically check the docket for new material. Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated by 49 CFR 1.95. 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SUMMARY: NHTSA is releasing new SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
voluntary guidance on automated this document. Note that all comments
47 CFR Part 27 driving systems—Automated Driving received will be posted without change
Systems: A Vision for Safety. The new to http://www.regulations.gov, including
[WT Docket No. 06–150; DA 17–810] voluntary guidance is based on public any personal information provided.
comments received on the Federal • Privacy Act: Anyone is able to
Service Rules for the 698–746, 747– Automated Vehicles Policy (FAVP) search the electronic form of all
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Correction purpose of this new voluntary guidance dockets by the name of the individual
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Commission. consider and design best practices association, business, labor union, etc.).
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September 7, 2017. The document listed to improve its usefulness.
incorrect dates by which interested read background documents or
This new voluntary guidance is an comments received, go to http://
parties may file comments and reply important part of DOT’s multi-modal
comments. www.regulations.gov or to the street
efforts to support the introduction of address listed above. Follow the online
DATES:This correction is applicable automation technologies that hold the instructions for accessing the dockets.
promise of fulfilling NHTSA’s mission
September 15, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of reducing the number of injuries and
For technical issues related to the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: fatalities on our roads. As an update to
Voluntary Guidance: Ms. Dee Williams
Anna Gentry, Anna.Gentry@fcc.gov, of the FAVP this new voluntary guidance
of NHTSA’s Office of Vehicle Safety
the Wireless Telecommunications serves as NHTSA’s current operating
Research at (202) 366–8537 or by email
Bureau, Mobility Division, (202) 418– guidance for Automated Driving
at av_info_nhtsa@dot.gov.
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For legal issues: Mr. Steve Wood of
Automation Levels 3–5). NHTSA
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. NHTSA’s Office of Chief Counsel, at
intends to continue to revise and refine
2017–18987 appearing on page 42263 of (202) 366–2992 or by email at
the guidance periodically to reflect
the Federal Register of September 7, steve.wood@dot.gov.
continued public input, experience,
2017, the following corrections are research, and innovation, and will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
made: address significant comments in Background
preparing future iterations of the
Dates [Corrected] guidance. This guidance supports that The National Highway Traffic Safety
effort. Administration (NHTSA), under the
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corrected to read ‘‘Interested parties DATES: You should submit your established by the Highway Safety Act
may file comments on or before comments early enough to ensure that of 1970, to carry out safety programs
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submitted by one of the following injuries, and economic losses resulting
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information? Administration any other address or individual, or
If you wish to submit any information received after the end of the comment
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should submit three copies of your RIN 0648–BG81 comments received are a part of the
complete submission, including the public record and will generally be
information you claim to be confidential Fisheries Off West Coast States; posted for public viewing on
business information, to the Office of Highly Migratory Fisheries; www.regulations.gov without change.
the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the Amendment 5 to the Highly Migratory All personal identifying information
address given above under FOR FURTHER Species Fishery Management Plan; (e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted
INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you California Drift Gillnet Fishery; voluntarily by the sender will be
may submit a copy (two copies if Implementation of a Federal Limited publicly accessible. Do not submit
submitting by mail or hand delivery), Entry Drift Gillnet Permit confidential business information, or
from which you have deleted the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries otherwise sensitive or protected
claimed confidential business Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and information. NMFS will accept
information, to the docket by one of the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
methods given above under ADDRESSES. Commerce. the required fields if you wish to remain
When you send a comment containing anonymous).
ACTION: Notice of availability of an
information claimed to be confidential Copies of Amendment 5 and other
amendment to a fishery management supporting documents are available via
business information, you should
plan; request for comments. the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
include a cover letter setting forth the
information specified in NHTSA’s SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the www.regulations.gov, docket NOAA–
confidential business information Pacific Fishery Management Council NMFS–2017–0052 or by contacting the
regulation (49 CFR part 512). (Council) has submitted Amendment 5 Regional Administrator, Barry Thom,
to the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. NMFS West Coast Region, 1201 NE
Will the agency consider late
West Coast Fisheries for Highly Lloyd Blvd., Portland, OR 97232–2182,
comments?
Migratory Species (HMS FMP) for or RegionalAdministrator.WCRHMS@
NHTSA will consider all comments review by the Secretary of Commerce. noaa.gov.
received before the close of business on The intent of Amendment 5 is to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyle
the comment closing date indicated implement a federal limited entry (LE) Enriquez, NMFS, West Coast Region,
above under DATES. To the extent permit for the California/Oregon large- 562–980–4025, or Lyle.Enriquez@
possible, the Agency will also consider mesh drift gillnet (DGN) fishery. The noaa.gov.
comments received after that date. amendment would bring the State of
Given that we intend for the policy SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
California’s LE DGN permit program The HMS FMP was prepared by the
document to be a living document and under Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
to be developed in an iterative fashion, Council and is implemented under the
Conservation and Management Act authority of the MSA by regulations at
subsequent opportunities to comment (MSA) authority. All current California
will also be provided periodically. 50 CFR part 660. Although it adopted all
DGN permit holders would be eligible to conservation and management measures
How can I read the comments submitted apply for, and receive, a federal DGN in place under various federal statutes
by other people? permit and no additional DGN permits (e.g., Marine Mammal Protection Act,
You may read the comments received would be created. The amendment is Endangered Species Act) and state
at the address given above under administrative in nature and is not regulations, the HMS FMP did not
COMMENTS. The hours of the docket anticipated to result in increased incorporate the LE DGN permit
are indicated above in the same activity, effort, or capacity in the programs of California and Oregon.
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location. You may also see the fishery. Currently, the large-mesh DGN fishery
comments on the Internet, identified by DATES: Comments on Amendment 5 (14″ minimum mesh size) is federally
the docket number at the heading of this must be received by November 14, 2017. managed under the HMS FMP and via
notice, at http://www.regulations.gov. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments regulations of the states of California
Please note that, even after the identified by NOAA–NMFS–2017–0052, and Oregon to conserve target and non-
comment closing date, NHTSA will by any one of the following methods: target stocks, including protected
continue to file relevant information in • Electronic Submissions: Submit all species that are incidentally captured.
the docket as it becomes available. electronic public comments via the California has an active LE DGN
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| Contact | For technical issues related to the Voluntary Guidance: Ms. Dee Williams of NHTSA's Office of Vehicle Safety Research at (202) 366-8537 or by email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 43321 |
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