Document ID: FMCSA-2010-0143-0002
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Meetings: Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2010-08-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 158)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2010-0143]

 
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory 
Committee (MCSAC) will hold a three-day committee meeting concerning 
fatigue management of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators, from 
August 30 through September 1, 2010. This meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES: Meeting dates: The meeting will be held on the following dates: 
Monday, August 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday, August 31, from 
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Wednesday, September 1, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
    Location: Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Washington and Jefferson 
Rooms, 2nd Floor, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (located 
across the street from the King Street Metrorail Station).
    Subject: FMCSA will request that MCSAC provide information, 
concepts, and ideas on ways to develop a safe and efficient fatigue 
management system for commercial motor vehicle operators in the United 
States. For this meeting, the MCSAC will hear presentations from 
fatigue management experts and government officials from Australia, 
Canada, Mexico, and the United States, on efforts to manage how fatigue 
affects operators of CMVs on their roadways. The MCSAC will draw on the 
experiences of these other nations and studies performed by the United 
States and Canada to recommend tenets of fatigue management for the 
United States. The MCSAC will present a report on its findings and 
recommendations to Anne Ferro, FMCSA Administrator, at its December 
2010 meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior 
Management Analyst, Strategic Planning and Program Evaluation Division, 
Office of Policy Plans and Regulation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 385-2395, or e-mail 
mcsac@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Section 4144 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. L. 
109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, August 10, 2005) required the Secretary of 
Transportation to establish a Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee. 
The committee provides advice and recommendations to the FMCSA 
Administrator on motor carrier safety programs and regulations and 
operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App 2).

II. Meeting Participation

    For information on services for individuals with disabilities or to 
request special assistance, please e-mail your request to mcsac@dot.gov 
by Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Comments from the public will be heard 
orally during the last hour of each day's meeting. To be assured of 
timely consideration, interested parties may submit written comments on 
the subject topic by Wednesday, August 18, 2010, to the Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) in Docket Number FMCSA-2010-0143 using either 
of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.

    Issued on: August 11, 2010.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-20222 Filed 8-16-10; 8:45 am]
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