Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 18 / Thursday, January 27, 2022 / Notices 4199 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Standards and Performance Metrics 

for On-Road Autonomous Vehicles: 

Workshop 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; Public Workshop. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) will 

be hosting a virtual workshop on the 

development of Standards and 

Performance Metrics for On-Road 

Autonomous Vehicles on March 8–9, 

2022. During this two-day event, 

attendees will have an opportunity to 

actively provide feedback in facilitated 

discussions regarding technical focus 

areas for NIST to develop standards, 

measurement science, and performance 

metrics for on-road autonomous vehicle 

technology. NIST will release a 

discussion draft that addresses the 

following technology areas: Artificial 

Intelligence, Cybersecurity, 

Communication, Perception, 

Infrastructure, and Safety, prior to the 

workshop. NIST will use stakeholder 

feedback from the workshop to revise 

the discussion draft. 

DATES: The workshop will begin on 

March 8, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern 

Time, and will adjourn on March 9, 

2022, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Registration will be open until midnight 

on March 7, 2022, or until registration 

reaches capacity. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

virtually via webinar. For instructions 

on how to participate in the workshop, 

please see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this workshop contact: 

Vinh Nguyen, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 

Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 

telephone (301) 975–2455, email 

autonomousvehicles@nist.gov. Please 

direct media inquiries to NIST’s Office 

of Public Affairs at (301) 975–2762. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Registration 

The workshop schedule and 

registration information are posted 

online at: https://www.nist.gov/newsevents/events/2022/03/standards-andperformance-metrics-road-autonomousvehicles. 

Engagement 

Other opportunities to engage in the 

development of standards and 

performance metrics in autonomous 

vehicles will be posted on the NIST 

Autonomous Vehicles web page as they 

become available (https://www.nist.gov/ 

programs-projects/nist-andautonomous-vehicles), and will be 

announced through the NIST 

Autonomous Vehicles mailing list 

(https://groups.google.com/a/ 

list.nist.gov/g/autonomousvehicles). 

Objectives 

On-road autonomous vehicles are 

projected to influence key aspects of 

everyday life including transportation, 

goods delivery, manufacturing, public 

safety, and security. However, 

autonomous vehicles can pose a risk in 

the event of unexpected system 

performance. Goals of this workshop 

include the following: 

• Solicit stakeholder feedback to 

identify key areas where NIST can 

develop standards and performance 

metrics to help advance the autonomous 

vehicle field. 

• Foster a multidisciplinary 

community consisting of stakeholders 

from a variety of disciplines and 

domains in autonomous vehicles. 

During the workshop, attendees will 

have an opportunity to actively provide 

feedback in facilitated discussions 

regarding technical focus areas for NIST 

to develop standards, measurement 

science, and performance metrics for 

on-road autonomous vehicle 

technology. NIST will release a 

discussion draft that addresses the 

following technology areas: Artificial 

Intelligence, Cybersecurity, 

Communication, Perception, 

Infrastructure, and Safety, prior to the 

workshop. NIST will then use 

stakeholder feedback from the panel and 

breakout sessions at the workshop to 

revise the discussion draft. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b) & (c). 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB750] 

East Coast Fisheries of the United 

States; Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings via 

webinar. 

SUMMARY: Several fishery management 

bodies on the East Coast of the U.S. are 

convening three public webinars to 

continue work on an initiative called 

East Coast Climate Change Scenario 

Planning. This is a joint effort of the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission (ASMFC), the New 

England Fishery Management Council 

(NEFMC), the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (MAFMC), the 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (SAFMC), and NOAA Fisheries. 

The focus of the webinars will be to 

explore the key drivers of change that 

could shape East Coast fisheries over the 

next 20 years. There will be opportunity 

for questions and engagement from the 

public as well as a brief update on this 

multi-year initiative. 

DATES: These webinars will be held on 

Monday, February 14, 2022, at 3 p.m.– 

4:30 p.m.; Wednesday, February 23, 

2022, at 3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.; and 

Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 3 p.m.– 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

via webinar. 

All meeting participants and 

interested parties are asked to register 

for each webinar individually from this 

website: https://www.mafmc.org/ 

climate-change-scenario-planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Climate change is a 

growing threat to marine fisheries 

worldwide. On the East coast of the 

United States, there is evidence of 

climate-related changes in distribution, 

abundance, and/or productivity of 

fishery resources. It is uncertain what 

the next couple of decades will bring, 

and how fishery management programs 

can best prepare to meet the challenges 

ahead. Over the next year, this joint 

effort will bring together researchers, 

fishery managers, fishery participants 

and others to discuss these questions 

and emerge with ideas and 

recommendations for how fishery 

management can potentially adapt to 

climate change. 

The management bodies in this region 

have decided to employ a scenario 

planning framework to discuss these 

issues. Scenario planning is a way of 

exploring how fishery management may 

need to evolve over the next few 

decades as climate change becomes a 


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