Document ID: FMCSA-2013-0161-0132
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings; Sunshine Act
Posted Date: 2019-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 39892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17340]

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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN

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

TIME AND DATE: August 20, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Mountain 
daylight time.

PLACE: Fairfield Inn & Suites, 1293 West Broadway, Idaho Falls, ID 
83402. This meeting will also be accessible via conference call. Any 
interested person may call 1-866-210-1669, passcode 5253902#, to listen 
and participate in the meeting.

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified Carrier Registration Plan 
Registration System 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

    Chair will call the meeting to order.

II. Verification of Meeting Notice--Chief Legal Officer

    Chief Legal Officer will verify the publication of meeting notice 
in the Federal Register.

III. Approval of Minutes From June 3, 2019 Meeting--Subcommittee Chair

    Minutes from the June 3, 2019 Registration System Subcommittee 
meeting will be reviewed and the Subcommittee will consider approval.

IV. Independent State System Transitions--Subcommittee Chair

    Chair will report on status of the Missouri Department of 
Transportation's transition to the UCR National Registration System. 
The Chair will also report on the status of the ongoing discussions 
regarding the possibility of the Kansas Corporation Commission 
transitioning to the UCR National Registration System.

V. Independent State System Interconnection--Subcommittee Chair

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action: Subcommittee will 
consider and possibly recommend to the Board criteria for 
interconnecting the remaining independent UCR registration systems 
(Illinois, Maine, and Kansas) to the National Registration System.

VI. Amendment to UCR Refund Procedure--Subcommittee Chair

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action: Subcommittee will 
consider and possibly approve a recommendation to the Board amending 
the UCR refund procedure to require confirmation from permit agents 
that they are authorized to register their clients for UCR using the 
National Registration System.

VII. List of Non-Registered Carriers

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action: Subcommittee will 
consider the development of a policy concerning the periodic public 
release of those commercial entities eligible for UCR but not 
registered. Subcommittee will also consider whether to recommend to the 
Board the adoption of such a policy in an effort to increase UCR 
compliance.

VIII. Merchant Service Provider--Subcommittee Chair

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action: Subcommittee will 
consider and possibly approve a recommendation to the Board authorizing 
and directing the Administrator to contract with a new merchant service 
provider for improved terms.

IX. Permit Agent Module--Subcommittee Chair

    The Chair will lead a discussion on the outstanding issues which 
must be resolved in order to complete development of a new module 
specifically designed for use by third-party permit agents to register 
clients subject to UCR.

X. National Registration System--Seikosoft

 Registrations YTD
    Subcommittee will receive an update on total carrier registrations 
year to date.
 Administrator Tools
    Subcommittee will receive an update on the utilization to date of 
new tools for administrators within the National Registration System, 
including new functionality for conducting annual carrier audits and 
soliciting carriers by email.
 Administrator Dashboard
    Subcommittee will receive a report on the development of a 
dashboard for use by state administrators within the National 
Registration System.

XI. Feedback on Reports Produced by National Registration System--
Subcommittee Chair

    Chair will open the floor and solicit feedback on potential 
modifications to the reports currently provided by the National 
Registration System.

XII. Education & Training Topics--Subcommittee Chair

    Chair will open the floor for discussion of potential topics, 
specific to the National Registration System, to be included in the 
curriculum for the forthcoming UCR Education & Training Program.

XIII. Other Items--Subcommittee Chair

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

XIV. Adjourn--Subcommittee Chair

    Chair will adjourn the meeting.
    The agenda will be available no later than 5:00 p.m. Mountain 
daylight time, August 9, 2019 at: https://plan.ucr.gov.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Elizabeth Leaman, Acting Chair, 
Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors, (617) 305-3783, 
elizabeth.leaman@state.ma.us.

Alex B. Leath,
Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier Registration Plan.
[FR Doc. 2019-17340 Filed 8-8-19; 4:15 pm]
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