Sunshine Act Meeting Notice; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board Subcommittee Meeting

Alex B. Leath
Unified Carrier Registration Plan
24 March 2021

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 15771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06151]


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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice; Unified Carrier Registration Plan 
Board Subcommittee Meeting

TIME AND DATE: March 25, 2021, from Noon to 2:00 p.m., Eastern time.

PLACE: This meeting will be accessible via conference call and via Zoom 
Meeting and Screenshare. Any interested person may call (i) 1-929-205-
6099 (US Toll) or 1-669-900-6833 (US Toll) or (ii) 1-877-853-5247 (US 
Toll Free) or 1-888-788-0099 (US Toll Free), Meeting ID: 988 1565 4454, 
to listen and participate in this meeting. The website to participate 
via Zoom Meeting and Screenshare is https://kellen.zoom.us/j/98815654454.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Audit 
Subcommittee (the ``Subcommittee'') will continue its work in 
developing and implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and 
Agreement. The subject matter of this meeting will include:

Proposed Agenda

I. Call to Order--Subcommittee Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair will welcome attendees, call the meeting to 
order, call roll for the Subcommittee, confirm whether a quorum is 
present, and facilitate self-introductions.

II. Verification of Publication of Meeting Notice--UCR Executive 
Director

    The UCR Executive Director will verify the publication of the 
meeting notice on the UCR website and distribution to the UCR contact 
list via email followed by the subsequent publication of the notice in 
the Federal Register.

III. Review and Approval of Subcommittee Agenda and Setting of Ground 
Rules--Subcommittee Chair

For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action

    The Agenda will be reviewed, and the Subcommittee will consider 
adoption.
Ground Rules
    [ssquf] Subcommittee action only to be taken in designated areas on 
agenda.

IV. Review and Approval of Minutes from the December 3, 2020 Meeting--
Subcommittee Chair

For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action

    Draft minutes from the December 3, 2020 Subcommittee meeting via 
teleconference will be reviewed. The Subcommittee will consider action 
to approve.

V. Update on the Tracking of Audit Data in the DSL Focused Anomaly 
Reviews (FARs)--Subcommittee Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair will discuss the merits of the Subcommittee 
having an oversight role in the audit notes on closed audits regarding 
the FARs and MCS-150 databases when there is an indication of an error 
or insufficient documentation to close the audit.

VI. MCS-150 Retreat Audit Program--Subcommittee Chair and DSL 
Transportation

    The Subcommittee Chair and DSL Transportation will lead a 
discussion regarding the MCS-150 retreat audit program provided by UCR 
and the progress made with participating states. States may opt into 
the program. States will remain engaged in the audit process but may 
have a lesser burden of having to attend to unresponsive/unproductive 
retreat audits.

VII. Review the Leasing Company Guidance for Large Leasing Companies 
(Penske)--Subcommittee Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair will lead a discussion regarding potential 
conflicting guidance for these companies.

VIII. Intrastate Carriers Processing Payment--Subcommittee Chair and 
Subcommittee Vice Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair and Subcommittee Vice Chair will lead a 
discussion regarding these carriers contacting their financial 
institution to withdraw payment and how this action leaves those 
carriers permanently on the UCR Suspension Report. The states have no 
way of removing them from the report. The Subcommittee may discuss 
options for resolution of these issues.

IX. Motor Carriers with Repeated Suspended Payments for a Registration 
Year--Subcommittee Chair and Subcommittee Vice Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair and Subcommittee Vice Chair will lead a 
discussion regarding the resolution of these suspended payments.

X. Motor Carriers Suspended in a Prior Year, May be Reported Suspended 
for the Current Year--Subcommittee Chair and Subcommittee Vice Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair and Subcommittee Vice Chair will lead a 
discussion regarding carriers that were suspended in a prior 
registration year, then properly paid registration fees for the current 
year, may now show suspended for both years. The Subcommittee will 
discuss options for the resolution of these suspended payments.

XI. Allowing Motor Carrier to Process 2020/2021 UCR on Inactive USDOT 
(inactivated 2014)--Subcommittee Chair and Subcommittee Vice Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair and Subcommittee Vice Chair will lead a 
discussion regarding the suspended payments.

XII. Review the Requirements for the 2020 Annual State Audit Report--
Subcommittee Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair will lead a discussion regarding the reports 
and percentages for the annual report to the Board which is due by June 
1, 2021.

XIII. Other Items--Subcommittee Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair will call for any other items the committee 
members would like to discuss.

XIV. Adjournment--Subcommittee Chair

    The Subcommittee Chair will adjourn the meeting.
    The agenda will be available no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, 
March 18, 2021 at: https://plan.ucr.gov.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Elizabeth Leaman, Chair, Unified 
Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors, (617) 305-3783, 
eleaman@board.ucr.gov.

Alex B. Leath,
Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier Registration Plan.
[FR Doc. 2021-06151 Filed 3-22-21; 11:15 am]
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