Public Meeting Regarding NHTSA's Research Portfolio |
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Nathaniel Beuse
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1 March 2018
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8919-8920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04122]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2018-0016]
Public Meeting Regarding NHTSA's Research Portfolio
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 where the agency's
Vehicle Safety Research and Behavioral Safety Research offices will
present information on activities related to priority research programs
in vehicle and behavioral safety, including a focused overview session
on NHTSA's research in Automated Driving Systems (ADSs).
Representatives from multiple research offices will present the
research program area activities, near-term expected deliverables, and
accept questions from the audience at the end.
DATES: NHTSA will hold the public meeting on March 16, 2018 from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. Check-in (through security)
will begin at 7:30 a.m. Attendees should arrive early enough to enable
them to go through security by 8:30 a.m. The public docket will remain
open until April 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The public 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) in the [West Building Atrium].
This facility is accessible to individuals with disabilities. The
meeting will also be webcast live, and a link to the webcast will be
made available to registrants prior to the event.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public
meeting, please contact Lisa Floyd at 202-366-4697, by email at
Lisa.Floyd@dot.gov, or by U.S. Mail at U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Registration is necessary for all attendees.
Attendees should register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHTSAPUBLICMEETING by March 9, 2018. Please provide name, affiliation,
email, and indicate whether you will be attending in person and whether
you require special accommodations. Space is limited, so advanced
registration is highly encouraged.
NHTSA DOT is committed to providing equal access to this meeting
for all participants. If you need an accommodation because of a
disability, please contact Lisa Floyd at 202-366-4697, or via email at
Lisa.Floyd@dot.gov, with your request by close of business March 9,
2018. Should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule 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 to obtain copies of the transcript directly with
the court reporter, and the transcript will also be posted in the
docket when it becomes available.
Written Comments: Written comments on the presented information can
be submitted during the 30-day comment period. Please submit all
written comments no later than April 2, 2018 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: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, 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.
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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 can search the electronic form for comments
published in the docket 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
https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice.
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
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 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: Each year, NHTSA executes a broad array of research
programs in support of agency priorities. The agency's research
portfolio covers program areas pertaining to vehicle safety, including
safety countermeasures implemented through the vehicle, components,
operation and use, among others, and behavioral safety, which includes
safety countermeasures that pertain to the behavior and actions of the
driver, occupant, and other road users.
The public meeting is intended to provide public outreach regarding
the priority research activities at NHTSA for both vehicle and
behavioral safety, including expected near-term deliverables. One of
the key priority program areas for NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Research is
Automated Driving Systems; thus, the public meeting will allocate
dedicated time to discuss research in this program area.
For each of the areas of discussion at this public meeting, NHTSA
will briefly discuss the work underway and allow time to answer
questions from participants.
The agency invites comments on the information presented regarding
research priorities, research goals, and additional research gaps/needs
the public may believe NHTSA should be addressing. Slides presented at
the public meeting will be posted to the docket subsequently. The
webcast will also be made available for off-line viewing after the
public meeting.
Draft Agenda
Friday, March 16, 2018
7:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m. Arrival/Check-In
8:45 a.m.-9 a.m. Housekeeping
9 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Overview
9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Public Meeting Session--Crash Avoidance and
Electronic Systems Safety Research
10:45 a.m.-11 a.m. Break
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Public Meeting Session--Biomechanics and
Crashworthiness
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch Break
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Automated Driving Systems Research
2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Behavioral Safety Research
Closing
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated by 49 CFR
1.95.
Nathaniel Beuse,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2018-04122 Filed 2-28-18; 8:45 am]
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