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All comments/questions will be posted 

electronically without change or edits, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments/ 

questions filed in our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment or question (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, corporation, business 

entity, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.J. 

Fiocco, Office of Research, Development 

and Technology, Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration, 

Telephone Number (202) 366–8018, or 

E-mail—mj.fiocco@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy 

for Users (SAFETEA–LU) enacted in 

2005 called for the U.S. DOT to develop 

a strategic plan to guide its RD&T 

activities. The strategic plan being 

pursued as outlined in this notice 

addresses this requirement and also 

responds to feedback from the National 

Research Council’s review (http:// 

onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/reports/ 

letterreport_usdotrd&tplan.pdf) of an 

earlier plan, published in 2006, 

‘‘Transportation Research, Development 

and Technology Strategic Plan 2006– 

2010’’ (http://www.rita.dot.gov/ 

publications/ 

transportation_rd_t_strategic_plan/pdf/ 

entire.pdf), and the recommendations of 

the GAO report published in 2006, 

‘‘Transportation Research: Opportunities 

for Improving the Oversight of DOT’s 

Research Programs and User 

Satisfaction with Transportation’’ 

(http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ 

d06917.pdf). 

The U.S. DOT, with leadership and 

coordination from its Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration 

(RITA), is engaged in an ongoing 

collaborative process involving all of the 

U.S. DOT operating administrations. 

Two cross-modal bodies participate in 

this process: the RD&T Planning 

Council (composed of the heads of the 

operating administrations, the Under 

Secretary for Policy, and other senior 

U.S. DOT leaders) and the RD&T 

Planning Team, which includes the 

Associate Administrators for RD&T in 

each operating administration. Through 

this Federal Register notice, the U.S. 

DOT is seeking input from stakeholders 

including individual citizens, members 

of the private sector, the academic 

community, non-governmental 

organizations, and other interested 

parties. 

Stakeholder suggestions for strategic 

research direction, research priority 

areas and performance metrics for 

research outcomes should be aligned, if 

possible, with the new key priorities for 

the Department, that will be set forth in 

the U.S. DOT’s 2010–2015 Strategic 

Plan (which is still in development) for 

all federal transportation programs and 

activities. Other high priority research 

areas also are invited. Stakeholder 

suggestions also should provide overall 

guidance for DOT RD&T activities over 

the next five years and provide a high 

level view of appropriate research areas. 

Suggestions for longer term research 

needs also are welcome. These DOT key 

priorities include: 

• Safety—Fostering a safety culture in 

our daily work and encouraging our 

partners, stakeholders and the public to 

redouble their efforts to reduce 

transportation-related fatalities and 

injuries. 

• Livable Communities—Creating 

livable communities that provide 

residents with affordable transportation 

options to promote increased access to 

jobs, school, health services, and other 

activities for our citizens while 

improving the quality of life in their 

communities. 

• State of Good Repair—Adequately 

maintaining and modernizing our vast, 

existing infrastructure to maximize its 

reliability, capacity and performance, to 

reduce operational and replacement 

costs and to extend the system’s useful 

life. 

• Economic Competitiveness— 

Achieving the maximum economic 

impact from our transportation 

investments and lay the groundwork for 

long-term economic growth and 

prosperity. 

• Environmental Sustainability— 

Advancing transportation policies and 

investments that reduce carbon 

emissions and consumption of fossil 

fuels as well as protecting and 

enhancing natural resources. 

The RD&T strategic planning process 

is collaborative, cross-modal, and 

forward looking, focusing on 

articulating the U.S. DOT’s key research 

priorities with measurable outcomes 

over the next five years. The process is 

taking a department-wide, systems-level 

view of the multimodal transportation 

system, and is setting strategies to 

address research areas that stress a 

multi-modal-oriented perspective as 

well as a modal-specific and modalfunded perspective. The strategies 

described in the plan will be designed 

to ensure that RD&T resources are 

invested wisely to achieve measurable 

improvements in our Nation’s 

transportation system. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 23, 

2009. 

Robert L. Bertini, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–30944 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Government/ 

Industry Air Traffic Management 

Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 11, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 1 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

FAA Headquarters, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Bessie Coleman 

Conference Center (2nd Floor), 

Washington, DC 20591. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

METRO: L’Enfant Plaza Station (Use 7th 

& Maryland Exit). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for the Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee 

meeting. The agenda will include: 

• Opening Plenary (Welcome and 

Introductions) 

• Trajectory Operations (TOps) Work 

Group Status Report 

• NextGen Implementation Work 

Group (NGIWG) Report, Discussion, and 

Next Steps 

• Airspace Work Group Annual 

Report and Recommendations 

• Closing Plenary (Other Business, 

Adjourn) 

Note: Please arrive in the FAA lobby by 

9:30 a.m. to allow ample time for security 

and check in procedures. 


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Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

29, 2009. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2010–147 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2009–0191; Notice 1] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 2005 

and 2006 Mercedes Benz S-Class 

Passenger Cars Manufactured Before 

September 1, 2006, Are Eligible for 

Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 2005 and 

2006 Mercedes Benz S-Class passenger 

cars manufactured before September 1, 

2006, are eligible for importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 2005 and 

2006 Mercedes Benz S-Class passenger 

cars manufactured before September 1, 

2006, that were not originally 

manufactured to comply with all 

applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards (FMVSS) are eligible for 

importation into the United States 

because they are substantially similar to 

vehicles that were originally 

manufactured for importation into and 

sale in the United States and that were 

certified by their manufacturer as 

complying with the safety standards 

(the U.S.-certified version of the 2005 

and 2006 Mercedes Benz S-Class 

passenger cars manufactured before 

September 1, 2006,) and they are 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to the standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is February 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket and notice numbers above 

and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking 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: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

written in the English language, and be 

no greater than 15 pages in length, 

although there is no limit to the length 

of necessary attachments to the 

comments. If comments are submitted 

in hard copy form, please ensure that 

two copies are provided. If you wish to 

receive confirmation that your 

comments were received, please enclose 

a stamped, self-addressed postcard with 

the comments. 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 heading 

below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets 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 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

How to Read Comments submitted to 

the Docket: You may read the comments 

received by Docket Management at the 

address and times given above. You may 

also view the documents from the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the dockets. The docket ID 

number and title of this notice are 

shown at the heading of this document 

notice. Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically search the Docket for new 

material. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–3151). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a 

motor vehicle that was not originally 

manufactured to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS shall be refused 

admission into the United States unless 

NHTSA has decided that the motor 

vehicle is substantially similar to a 

motor vehicle originally manufactured 

for importation into and sale in the 

United States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 

30115, and of the same model year as 

the model of the motor vehicle to be 

compared, and is capable of being 

readily altered to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS. 

Petitions for eligibility decisions may 

be submitted by either manufacturers or 

importers who have registered with 

NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR Part 592. As 

specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA 

publishes notice in the Federal Register 

of each petition that it receives, and 

affords interested persons an 

opportunity to comment on the petition. 

At the close of the comment period, 

NHTSA decides, on the basis of the 

petition and any comments that it has 

received, whether the vehicle is eligible 

for importation. The agency then 

publishes this decision in the Federal 

Register. 

J.K. Technologies, LLC (‘‘JK’’), of 

Baltimore, Maryland (Registered 

Importer 90–006) has petitioned NHTSA 

to decide whether nonconforming 2005 

and 2006 Mercedes Benz S–Class 

passenger cars manufactured before 

September 1, 2006 are eligible for 

importation into the United States. The 

vehicles which JK believes are 

substantially similar are 2005 and 2006 

Mercedes Benz S–Class passenger cars 

manufactured before September 1, 2006 

that were manufactured for sale in the 

United States and certified by their 

manufacturer as conforming to all 

applicable FMVSS. 

The petitioner states that it compared 

non-U.S. certified 2005 and 2006 

Mercedes Benz S–Class passenger cars 

manufactured before September 1, 2006 

to their U.S.-certified counterparts, and 

found the vehicles to be substantially 

similar with respect to compliance with 

most FMVSS. 

JK submitted information with its 

petition intended to demonstrate that 

non-U.S. certified 2005 and 2006 

Mercedes Benz S–Class passenger cars 

manufactured before September 1, 2006, 

as originally manufactured, conform to 

many FMVSS in the same manner as 

their U.S. certified counterparts, or are 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to those standards. 

Specifically, the petitioner claims that 

non-U.S. certified 2005 and 2006 


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