Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC); Public Meeting

Larry W. Minor
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
28 August 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45201-45202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18578]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-26367]


Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC); Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces a meeting of the MCSAC.

DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, September 30 and Tuesday, 
October 1, 2019, from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time 
(EDT).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Oklahoma City Rooms A, B, and C, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC 20590. Copies of the MCSAC Task Statements and an 
agenda for the entire meeting will be made available in advance of the 
meeting at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior Advisor 
to the Associate Administrator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, at (202) 385-2395, 
or via email at mcsac@dot.gov.
    Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For information on 
facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request 
special assistance at the meeting, contact Ms. Watson by Friday, 
September 6, 2019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

Purpose of the Committee

    MCSAC was established to provide FMCSA with advice and 
recommendations on motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier 
safety regulations. MCSAC is composed of up to 20 voting 
representatives from safety advocacy, safety enforcement, labor, and 
industry stakeholders of motor carrier safety. The diversity of the 
Committee ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary 
to discharge its responsibilities. The Committee operates as a 
discretionary committee under the authority of the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), established in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 
See FMCSA's MCSAC website for additional information about the 
committee's activities at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac.

Meeting Agenda

    The MCSAC will return to the topic of Automated Driving Systems 
(ADS) for commercial vehicles, for which it made preliminary 
recommendations at its last meeting in July 2018. Given the 
Department's publication of its ADS 3.0 document subsequent to that 
meeting and other developments in the Agency's ADS efforts, the Agency 
tasks the MCSAC with providing specific recommendations on regulatory 
provisions the Agency should revise, workforce issues, and other 
concerns the Agency should consider and address in a potential 
rulemaking. A complete agenda for the meeting will be posted in advance 
at www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac.

II. Meeting Participation

    The meeting will be open to the public for its entirety. Oral 
comments from the public will be heard throughout the meeting, at the 
discretion of the MCSAC chairman and designated federal officer. 
Members of the public may submit written comments on the topics to be 
considered during the meeting by Friday, September 6, 2019, to Federal 
Docket Management System (FDMC) Docket Number FMCSA-2006-26367 using 
any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.

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     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued on: August 21, 2019.
 Larry W. Minor,
 Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-18578 Filed 8-27-19; 8:45 am]
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