Drugged Driving Call to Action Meeting

Heidi R. King
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1 March 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8920-8921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04158]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2018-0025]


Drugged Driving Call to Action Meeting

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 as part of the Agency's 
initiative to combat drug-impaired driving on U.S. roads. NHTSA is 
holding this public meeting to facilitate a national dialogue on best 
practices, lessons learned, and to develop a call-to-action with short-
, mid-, and long-term plans to address drug-impaired driving in the 
U.S. NHTSA is bringing together key stakeholders--including safety 
partners; state and local officials; data and policy experts; law 
enforcement and criminal justice professionals; toxicologists; drug 
recognition experts; and others--to join the DOT in setting a course of 
action and taking measurable steps to address drug-impaired driving. 
Registration information for this event will be available at 
www.nhtsa.gov on March 1, 2018. Attendance at the meeting is limited 
because of space limitations of the DOT Conference Center; however, the 
meeting will be available for live public viewing on the NHTSA website 
(www.nhtsa.gov).

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 15, 2018, in Washington, DC. 
The meeting will start at 9:00 a.m. and continue until 4:00 p.m., EST. 
Check-in (through security) will begin at 8:30 a.m. Attendees should 
arrive early enough to enable them to go through security by no later 
than 8:50 a.m. to allow sufficient time to enter the building.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Atrium of the West Building 
of the U.S. Department of Transportation, located at 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 (Green Line Metro Station at Navy 
Yard). 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 on www.NHTSA.gov. NHTSA is committed to providing 
equal access to this event for all participants. Accessibility requests 
should be submitted to Caroline Cash at Caroline.Cash@dot.gov or 202-
366-9712 by close of business on March 2, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Cash at caroline.cash@dot.gov 
or 202-366-9712.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) 
is against the law in all 50 States. Early data and anecdotal reports 
indicate that drug-impaired driving is on the rise, potentially 
responsible for thousands of driving-related fatalities. As a result, 
NHTSA and its partners are prioritizing the elimination of drug-
impaired driving to ensure U.S. roads, communities, and families are 
safe. The event is open to the public. The invited speakers include 
representatives with backgrounds in traffic and highway safety, public 
health, and representatives from diverse organizations including state 
government, and other Federal Agencies. Written statements may be 
submitted to the public docket.
    NHTSA will use this meeting to launch a call to action to develop 
plans to combat the growing problem of drug impaired driving. Saving 
lives by preventing traffic deaths is NHTSA's top priority. Please go 
to the NHTSA

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website (www.NHTSA.gov) on March 1st for an updated agenda.
    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 meeting informally. Thus, technical rules of 
evidence will not apply. The meeting will consist of presentations and 
panels. Each panel will have two or three short presentations, a 
discussion among the panel members, and questions from the other 
participants to be discussed by the meeting participants.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30182.

Heidi R. King,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018-04158 Filed 2-28-18; 8:45 am]
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