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

Alex B. Leath
Unified Carrier Registration Plan
17 May 2021

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 93 (Monday, May 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26779-26780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10479]


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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN


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

TIME AND DATE: May 20, 2021, 12 p.m. to 2 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: 974 4919 4997, 
to listen and participate in this meeting. The website to participate 
via Zoom Meeting and Screenshare is https://kellen.zoom.us/j/97449194997.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Finance 
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

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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
    [rtarr8] Subcommittee action only to be taken in designated areas 
on agenda.
IV. Review and Approval of Subcommittee Minutes from the March 25, 2021 
Meeting--Subcommittee Chair
    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action
    Draft minutes from the March 25, 2021 Subcommittee meeting via 
teleconference will be reviewed. The Subcommittee will consider action 
to approve.
V. 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 the 
UCR Plan and the progress made with participating states. States may 
opt into the program. States that opt in will remain engaged in the 
audit process but may have a lesser burden of having to attend to 
unresponsive/unproductive retreat audits.
VI. Non-Participating States Unregistered Solicitation Campaign--
Subcommittee Chair and DSL Transportation
    The Subcommittee Chair and DSL Transportation will lead a 
discussion regarding the non-participating states unregistered 
solicitation campaign and the option to hire a contractor to perform 
this service.
VII. 2020 State UCR Audit Reports--Subcommittee Chair
    The Subcommittee Chair will lead a discussion regarding the states 
upcoming obligations regarding 2020 audit reports and issue a reminder 
that the 2020 UCR state annual audit reports have been subject to UCR 
review starting on April 1, 2021.
VIII. 2020 and 2021 State UCR Registration Percentages--Subcommittee 
Chair and Vice Chair
    The Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair will lead a discussion 
regarding the national and states registration percentages and ways to 
increase the percentages.
IX. 2021 Inspection Audits--Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair
    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action
    The Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair will lead a discussion 
regarding possibly requiring participating states to audit 100% of the 
motor carriers identified through roadside inspection. The Subcommittee 
may take action to recommend to the Board that participating states 
audit all unregistered motor carriers identified through roadside 
enforcement.
X. Review the Current Focused Anomaly Reviews (FARs) Audits Assigned to 
the States--Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair
    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action
    The Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair will lead a discussion 
regarding the current number of FARs assigned to the states and 
consider options to increase the number of FARs assigned to the states. 
The Subcommittee may take action to recommend to the Board an increase 
in the number of FARs required to be processed annually by each 
participating state.
XI. Definition of Commercial Motor Vehicle for UCR Purposes--
Subcommittee Chair and UCR Executive Director
    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action
    The Subcommittee Chair and the UCR Executive Director will provide 
potential adjustments to the definition of a ``Commercial Motor 
Vehicle'' for UCR purposes. The adjustments are clarifying language 
that retains the definition as set forth by reference in the UCR Act 
(49 U.S. Code 31101.) The Subcommittee may take action to adopt the 
clarifying language and recommend to the Board that it be used in the 
Handbook.
XII. State Compliance Reviews--UCR Depository Manager
    The UCR Depository Manager will provide an update on plans to 
conduct state compliance reviews and will remind states that have been 
selected for reviews in 2021.
XIII. UCR Depository Audit for 2019--UCR Depository Manager
    The UCR Depository Manager will provide an update on the financial 
statement audit of the Depository for each of the years ended December 
31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.
XIV. Other Business--Subcommittee Chair
    The Subcommittee Chair will call for any other items Subcommittee 
members would like to discuss.
XV. Adjournment--Subcommittee Chair
    The Subcommittee Chair will adjourn the meeting.
    The agenda will be available no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, 
May 12, 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. 2021-10479 Filed 5-13-21; 4:15 pm]
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