Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 29, 2012 / Notices 12355 

Work Program for 2008–2011, identifies 

long-term goals and specifies activities 

in four priority areas. The long-term 

goals are to achieve: (1) Compliance 

with obligations in Article 5 

(Environment) of the U.S.-Jordan FTA; 

(2) improved protection and 

conservation of the environment, 

including natural resources; (3) 

transparency and meaningful public 

participation in environmental decisionmaking; and (4) a culture of 

environmental protection and 

compliance with environmental laws 

through, among other things, the 

promotion of economic opportunities, 

voluntary measures to enhance 

environmental performance, and job 

creation. The priority areas are: (1) 

Institutional and policy strengthening; 

(2) biodiversity conservation and 

improved management of protected 

areas; (3) improved private sector 

environmental performance; and (4) 

environmental education, transparency, 

and public participation in 

environmental decision-making and 

enforcement. For the 2012–2013 Work 

Program, we anticipate building upon 

the cooperative work initiated under the 

previous two plans, while focusing on 

creating green jobs and other economic 

opportunities that promote green growth 

and sustainable development. 

Dated: February 23, 2012. 

George N. Sibley, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4857 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Enabling a Secure Environment for 

Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-toInfrastructure Transactions Workshop; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent 

Transportation System Joint Program 

Office (ITS JPO) will hold a free Policy 

Research Workshop on Enabling a 

Secure Environment for Vehicle-toVehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-toInfrastructure (V2I) Transactions on 

April 19–20, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. at 

the Capital Hilton, 1001 16th Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20036, 202–393– 

1000. This two-day workshop will give 

participants an opportunity to learn 

about and provide input into research 

being conducted on potential 

organizational and business models for 

supporting security and data transaction 

needs for V2V and V2I crash avoidance 

and other applications. The workshop 

takes place mid-point for two related 

research efforts and will be structured 

primarily around breakout sessions for 

discussing critical issues and obtaining 

participant feedback. Final results of 

this research will be presented in 

August 2012 during the annual 

Connected Vehicle Safety public 

meeting and via other publicly available 

forums and on the ITS JPO Web site. 

Persons planning to attend the 

workshop should register online no later 

than April 13, 2012 at http:// 

www.itsa.org/policyworkshop. For 

additional questions, please contact 

Adam Hopps at Ahopps@ITSA.org. 

About the Connected Vehicle Secure 

Environment 

Establishing a secure trust 

environment among vehicles and other 

legitimate equipment is a key challenge 

for V2V and V2I crash avoidance and 

other applications. Currently a public 

key infrastructure approach to security 

involving the exchange of digital 

certificates among legitimate trusted 

vehicles and/or equipment is being 

analyzed and tested. USDOT’s 

Connected Vehicle Policy Research 

Program is concerned with defining 

requirements to implement such a 

system on a national scale, including 

such questions as: 

• What are the functional 

requirements for certificate exchange 

and other processes? 

• What communications links and 

networks could support these 

requirements? 

• What are the organizational 

requirements for supporting back end 

processes? 

• What are estimated costs for 

supporting these requirements? 

• What are potential business models 

for supporting such a network, to attract 

users and revenue to finance such a 

system? 

• What do different approaches 

imply, in terms of potential levels of 

security protection? 

• What do different ownership 

options imply? 

• How could the certificate 

management system be rolled out across 

the nation over time? 

• Are there opportunities to integrate 

needed functions into existing systems 

or organizations? 

Issued in Washington, DC, on the 22th day 

of February 2012. 

John Augustine, 

Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4809 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0376] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: 

Underwater Construction Corporation 

Application for Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA has received an 

application from the Underwater 

Construction Corporation (‘‘UCC’’) for 

an exemption for 165 of its drivers from 

the hours-of-service (HOS) record of 

duty status provision in 49 CFR 395.8 

that requires every commercial motor 

vehicle driver to record his/her duty 

status for each 24 hour period using 

methods prescribed in that section. UCC 

claims that approximately 88 percent of 

its work is performed for utilities, and 

that such driving operations fall under 

the ‘‘Utility Service Vehicle’’ (USV) 

exemption in 49 CFR 395.1(n). UCC 

would like to use its payroll system, 

which it claims tracks an employee’s 

time spent driving and working, to 

record drivers’ record of duty status for 

driving operations not covered by the 

USV exemption. UCC states that if 

granted an exemption from 49 CFR 

395.8, it would continue to track 

employee hours through its payroll 

system to ensure compliance with the 

HOS rules. UCC believes its payroll 

system provides a reliable proactive 

approach to tracking employee hours. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2011–0376 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• 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– 


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