82_FR_49677 82 FR 49472 - Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety; Listening Session

82 FR 49472 - Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety; Listening Session

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 205 (October 25, 2017)

Page Range49472-49473
FR Document2017-23198

NHTSA is announcing a public meeting to seek input regarding the recently released Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety. In this document, NHTSA provides Voluntary Guidance to support the automotive industry and other key stakeholders as they consider and design best practices for the testing and deployment of Automated Driving Systems (ADSs), Best Practices for Legislatures, as well as a framework for States to develop procedures and considerations for the safe operation of ADSs on public roadways. The objective of the public meeting is to identify if further clarification is necessary to support voluntary implementation of the new Voluntary Guidance. The public meeting will be an open listening session style to provide as great an opportunity for comment as possible. All comments will be oral and any presentations should be submitted to the docket for consideration.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49472-49473]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23198]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0082]


Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety; Listening 
Session

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NHTSA is announcing a public meeting to seek input regarding 
the recently released Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for 
Safety. In this document, NHTSA provides Voluntary Guidance to support 
the automotive industry and other key stakeholders as they consider and 
design best practices for the testing and deployment of Automated 
Driving Systems (ADSs), Best Practices for Legislatures, as well as a 
framework for States to develop procedures and considerations for the 
safe operation of ADSs on public roadways.
    The objective of the public meeting is to identify if further 
clarification is necessary to support voluntary implementation of the 
new Voluntary Guidance. The public meeting will be an open listening 
session style to provide as great an opportunity for comment as 
possible. All comments will be oral and any presentations should be 
submitted to the docket for consideration.

DATES: NHTSA will hold the public meeting on November 6, 2017, in 
Washington, DC. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. and continue until 12 
a.m., local time. Check-in (through security) will begin at 8 a.m. 
Attendees should arrive early enough to enable them to go through 
security by 8:50 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DOT headquarters building 
located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (Green Line 
Metro station at Navy Yard) on the [Ground Floor Atrium]. This facility 
is accessible to individuals with disabilities. The meeting will also 
be webcast live, and a link to the actual webcast will be available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public 
meeting, please contact us at [email protected] or Debbie Sweet at 
202-366-7179.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Registration is necessary for all attendees. Attendees should 
register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyIZcOtsNUO3gU8adVWWsVVYjXFqhAkSyOviIh90DbZn51Cg/viewform?usp=sf_link by November 1, 2017. Please provide your name, 
email address, and affiliation. Also indicate if you wish to offer 
technical remarks (speaking would be limited to 5 minutes per agenda 
topic) and please indicate whether you require accommodations such as a 
sign language interpreter. Space is limited, so advanced registration 
is highly encouraged.
    Although attendees will be given the opportunity to offer technical 
remarks, there will not be time for attendees to make audio-visual 
presentations during the meeting. Note: We may not be able to 
accommodate all attendees who wish to make oral remarks. Should it be 
necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement weather or other 
emergency, NHTSA will take all available measures to notify registered 
participants.
    NHTSA will conduct the public meeting informally, and technical 
rules of evidence will not apply. We will arrange for a written 
transcript of the meeting and keep the official record open for 30 days 
after the meeting to allow submission of supplemental information. You 
may make arrangements for copies of the transcripts directly with the 
court reporter, and the transcript will also be posted in the docket 
when it becomes available.

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    Written Comments: Written statements and supporting information 
submitted during the comment period will be considered with the same 
weight as oral comments and supporting information presented at the 
public meeting. Please submit all written comments no later than 
November 14, 2017, by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility: DOT, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
     Fax: 202-366-1767.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act discussion below.
    Docket: For access to the docket go to http://www.regulations.gov 
at any time or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 202-366-
9826.
    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, (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78), or you may 
visit http://www.regulations.gov/privacy.html.
    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 Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at 
the address given under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, 
you should submit two copies, from which you have deleted the claimed 
confidential business information, to Docket Management at the address 
given above. When you send a comment containing information claimed to 
be confidential business information, you should submit a cover letter 
setting forth the information specified in our confidential business 
information regulation (49 CFR part 512).

Background

    On September 12, 2017, DOT released Automated Driving Systems 2.0: 
A Vision for Safety and requested public comment. NHTSA has issued 2.0 
as the next step on the path forward for the safe testing and 
deployment of ADSs. Together, the Voluntary Guidance for ADS and 
Technical Assistance to States serve to support industry, Government 
officials, safety advocates, and the public. By replacing the Federal 
Automated Vehicles Policy, 2.0 responds to public comments, continues 
the voluntary guidance framework, and assures industry, the States, and 
the public that the Agency will remain a leader in innovation and 
safety. The full Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety can 
be found at www.nhtsatransportation.gov/av.

Meeting and Draft Agenda

    This public meeting is being held during the open comment period 
and provides an opportunity for individuals and stakeholders to express 
feedback regarding both Section 1: Voluntary Guidance for Automated 
Driving Systems and Section 2: Technical Assistance to States. Input 
received at the public meeting will be used to make any necessary 
clarifications to 2.0, in support of its voluntary implementation. As 
appropriate, NHTSA will post clarification information on the NHTSA Web 
site in the Frequently Asked Questions section. The meeting agenda 
follows:

8-9 a.m.--Arrival/Check-In
9-10:30 a.m.--Section 1: Voluntary Guidance for ADSs
10:30-10:45 a.m.--Break
10:45-12 a.m.--Section 2: Technical Assistance to States
12 a.m.--Adjourn

    Issued in Washington, DC under authority delegated by 49 CFR 
1.95.
Nathaniel Beuse,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2017-23198 Filed 10-24-17; 8:45 am]
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49472 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 25, 2017 / Notices related to roadway and interchange (5) Federal Aid Highway Act of 1970; comment as possible. All comments will ramp embankment fill slopes and the (6) Clean Air Act Amendments of be oral and any presentations should be need to eliminate fragmented residual 1990; submitted to the docket for parcels. Additionally, in an email dated (7) Noise Control Act of 1970; consideration. July 28, 2017, the FHWA, Ohio (8) 23 CFR part 772 FHWA Noise Standards, Policies and Procedures; DATES: NHTSA will hold the public Division, upon review of the project’s (9) Department of Transportation Act meeting on November 6, 2017, in Interchange Modification Study, of 1966, Section 4(f); Washington, DC. The meeting will start notified ODOT that the project’s (10) Clean Water Act of 1977 and at 9 a.m. and continue until 12 a.m., preferred alternative constituted the 1987; local time. Check-in (through security) creation of a new interchange, not a (11) Endangered Species Act of 1973; will begin at 8 a.m. Attendees should modification of the existing US 36/SR (12) Migratory Bird Treaty Act; arrive early enough to enable them to go 37 interchange. FHWA also determined (13) National Historic Preservation through security by 8:50 a.m. that the preferred alternative is a partial interchange as a direct connection from Act of 1966, as amended; ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at I–71 southbound to Sunbury Parkway is (14) Historic Sites Act of 1935; and, the DOT headquarters building located (15) Executive Order 13112, Invasive at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., not provided. As part of the required documentation to obtain FHWA Species. Washington, DC 20590 (Green Line approval of the interchange study, (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Metro station at Navy Yard) on the ODOT was required by FHWA to Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning [Ground Floor Atrium]. This facility is consider a full interchange that and Construction. The regulations accessible to individuals with implementing Executive Order 12372 disabilities. The meeting will also be provided all movements, even though it regarding intergovernmental consultation on webcast live, and a link to the actual would not be constructed. ODOT Federal Programs and activities apply to this reconsidered the above changes and program.) webcast will be available. compared them to the findings in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If EA. ODOT conducted additional studies Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) you have questions about the public as needed and summarized the Issued On: October 19, 2017. meeting, please contact us at av_info_ coordination and findings in an Laura S. Leffler, nhtsa@dot.gov or Debbie Sweet at 202– Addendum to the EA, September 20, Division Administrator, Federal Highway 366–7179. 2017 Based upon ODOT’s review and Administration, Columbus, Ohio. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: consideration of the analysis and [FR Doc. 2017–23202 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] Registration is necessary for all evaluation contained in the EA and the BILLING CODE 4910–22–P attendees. Attendees should register at: Addendum to the EA for this project, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ and after careful consideration of all 1FAIpQLSfyIZcOtsNUO3gU8adVWWs social, economic, and environmental DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VVYjXFqhAkSyOviIh90DbZn51Cg/ factors, including input from the state/ viewform?usp=sf_link by November 1, federal agencies, ODOT has determined National Highway Traffic Safety 2017. Please provide your name, email that the changes contained within this Administration address, and affiliation. Also indicate if document do not rise to the level of [Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0082] you wish to offer technical remarks significance and therefore do not (speaking would be limited to 5 minutes required the recirculation of the EA nor Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A per agenda topic) and please indicate the creation of a supplemental EA Vision for Safety; Listening Session whether you require accommodations document. The actions by the Federal agencies, AGENCY: National Highway Traffic such as a sign language interpreter. and the laws under which such actions Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Space is limited, so advanced were taken, are described in the Department of Transportation (DOT). registration is highly encouraged. Environmental Assessment (EA), the ACTION: Notice of public meeting. Although attendees will be given the Addendum to the EA, and the Finding opportunity to offer technical remarks, on No Significant Impact (FONSI), SUMMARY: NHTSA is announcing a there will not be time for attendees to approved on October 16, 2017. The EA, public meeting to seek input regarding make audio-visual presentations during Addendum to the EA, FONSI, and other the recently released Automated Driving the meeting. Note: We may not be able project records are available by Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety. In this to accommodate all attendees who wish contacting ODOT at the address document, NHTSA provides Voluntary to make oral remarks. Should it be provided above and can be viewed and Guidance to support the automotive necessary to cancel the meeting due to downloaded from the project Web site at industry and other key stakeholders as inclement weather or other emergency, https://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/ they consider and design best practices NHTSA will take all available measures D06/projects/71/Pages/default.aspx. for the testing and deployment of to notify registered participants. This notice applies to all Federal agency Automated Driving Systems (ADSs), NHTSA will conduct the public decisions as of the issuance date of this Best Practices for Legislatures, as well as meeting informally, and technical rules notice and all laws under which such a framework for States to develop of evidence will not apply. We will actions were taken, including but not procedures and considerations for the arrange for a written transcript of the limited to: safe operation of ADSs on public meeting and keep the official record open for 30 days after the meeting to sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES (1) Council on Environmental Quality roadways. regulations; The objective of the public meeting is allow submission of supplemental (2) National Environmental Policy Act to identify if further clarification is information. You may make (NEPA); necessary to support voluntary arrangements for copies of the (3) Moving Ahead for Progress in the implementation of the new Voluntary transcripts directly with the court 21st Century Act (MAP–21); Guidance. The public meeting will be reporter, and the transcript will also be (4) Department of Transportation Act an open listening session style to posted in the docket when it becomes of 1966; provide as great an opportunity for available. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 25, 2017 / Notices 49473 Written Comments: Written business information, you should DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION statements and supporting information submit a cover letter setting forth the submitted during the comment period information specified in our National Highway Traffic Safety will be considered with the same weight confidential business information Administration as oral comments and supporting regulation (49 CFR part 512). [Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0081] information presented at the public meeting. Please submit all written Background Traffic Records Program Assessment comments no later than November 14, Advisory; Public Comment On September 12, 2017, DOT released 2017, by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Portal: Go to Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A AGENCY: National Highway Traffic http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the Vision for Safety and requested public Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. online instructions for submitting comment. NHTSA has issued 2.0 as the Department of Transportation (DOT). comments. next step on the path forward for the ACTION: Request for public comment. • Mail: Docket Management Facility: safe testing and deployment of ADSs. DOT, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Together, the Voluntary Guidance for SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic West Building Ground Floor, Room ADS and Technical Assistance to States Safety Administration (NHTSA) is in W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. serve to support industry, Government the process of reviewing the Traffic • Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 officials, safety advocates, and the Records Program Assessment Advisory, New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building public. By replacing the Federal DOT HS 811 644, (Advisory) and Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Automated Vehicles Policy, 2.0 requests comments to determine if Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. responds to public comments, continues updates or improvements are and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, the voluntary guidance framework, and appropriate. States need timely, except Federal Holidays. assures industry, the States, and the accurate, complete, and uniform traffic • Fax: 202–366–1767. records to identify and prioritize traffic Instructions: All submissions must public that the Agency will remain a safety issues and to choose appropriate include the Agency name and docket leader in innovation and safety. The full safety countermeasures and evaluate number. Note that all comments Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A their effectiveness. The Advisory received will be posted without change Vision for Safety can be found at provides information on the contents, to http://www.regulations.gov, including www.nhtsatransportation.gov/av. capabilities, and data quality attributes any personal information provided. Meeting and Draft Agenda of an effective traffic records system, Please see the Privacy Act discussion and includes assessment questions that below. This public meeting is being held qualified independent assessors use to Docket: For access to the docket go to during the open comment period and evaluate the capabilities of a State’s http://www.regulations.gov at any time provides an opportunity for individuals traffic records systems. Based on the or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West and stakeholders to express feedback input received in response to this Building, Ground Floor, Room regarding both Section 1: Voluntary notice, and NHTSA’s experience in W12–140, Washington, DC 20590, Guidance for Automated Driving applying the previous Advisory to between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday Systems and Section 2: Technical conduct assessments in the past, we through Friday, except Federal Assistance to States. Input received at anticipate issuing a revised Advisory by Holidays. Telephone: 202–366–9826. June 2018. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the public meeting will be used to make any necessary clarifications to 2.0, in DATES: Written comments may be the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the support of its voluntary submitted to this agency and must be name of the individual submitting the implementation. As appropriate, received no later than December 26, comment (or signing the comment, if NHTSA will post clarification 2017. submitted on behalf of an association, information on the NHTSA Web site in ADDRESSES: You may submit comments business, labor union, etc.). You may the Frequently Asked Questions section. identified by DOT Docket ID number review DOT’s complete Privacy Act The meeting agenda follows: NHTSA–2017–0081 by any of the Statement in the Federal Register following methods: published on April 11, 2000, (Volume 8–9 a.m.—Arrival/Check-In Electronic Submissions: Go to http:// 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78), or you 9–10:30 a.m.—Section 1: Voluntary www.regulations.gov. Follow the online may visit http://www.regulations.gov/ Guidance for ADSs instructions for submitting comments. privacy.html. 10:30–10:45 a.m.—Break Fax: 202–366–2746. Confidential Business Information: If Mail: Docket Management Facility, you wish to submit any information 10:45–12 a.m.—Section 2: Technical M–30 U.S. Department of under a claim of confidentiality, you Assistance to States Transportation, West Building, Ground should submit three copies of your 12 a.m.—Adjourn floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey complete submission, including the Issued in Washington, DC under authority Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590. information you claim to be confidential delegated by 49 CFR 1.95. Hand Delivery or Courier: Docket business information to the Chief Management Facility, M–30, U.S. Nathaniel Beuse, Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given Department of Transportation, West under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Building, Ground floor, Room W12–140, sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES CONTACT. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesNHTSA will hold the public meeting on November 6, 2017, in Washington, DC. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. and continue until 12 a.m., local time. Check-in (through security) will begin at 8 a.m. Attendees should arrive early enough to enable them to go through security by 8:50 a.m.
ContactIf you have questions about the public meeting, please contact us at [email protected] or Debbie Sweet at 202-366-7179.
FR Citation82 FR 49472 
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