Document ID: FMCSA-2011-0131-0002
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Joint Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Board
Posted Date: 2011-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49527-49528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20295]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket Nos. FMCSA-2006-26367 and FMCSA-2011-0131]

Joint Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review 
Board Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Joint Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) 
and Medical Review Board (MRB) meeting.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that the Agency's MCSAC and MRB will hold a 
joint meeting on Monday, August 29, 2011. The MCSAC will continue to 
meet on Tuesday, August 30-Wednesday, August 31, with the afternoon of 
August 31 being used for a meeting of the Cross-Border Trucking Pilot 
Program subcommittee. All three days of the meeting will be open to the 
public for their duration.

TIME AND DATES: The MCSAC-MRB meeting will be held on Monday, August 
29, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time (E.T.), and the MCSAC 
meeting will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 30-31, from 8:30 
a.m. to 1 p.m., E.T. The last hour of each day of the full committee 
meeting will be reserved for public comment. At 1:30 p.m., E.T., on 
Wednesday, August 31, the MCSAC Cross Border Trucking Pilot Program 
subcommittee will meet until 5 p.m., E.T., with a public comment period 
from 4:30-5 p.m., E.T. The meeting will be held at the Hilton 
Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 in the 
Washington and Jefferson Rooms on the 2nd floor.
    Matters to be considered: The MCSAC and MRB will consider expert 
presentations on obstructive sleep apnea during the joint meeting on 
Monday. On Tuesday, the MCSAC will consider the report of its 
Electronic On-Board Recorder (EOBR) Implementation Subcommittee 
established in response to Task 11-04, with relevant expert 
presentations on the topic. On Wednesday, the MCSAC will return to its 
Task 11-02 regarding roadside violation severity weightings in the 
Carrier Safety Measurement System in FMCSA's Compliance, Safety, 
Accountability (CSA) program. That afternoon, the MCSAC Subcommittee 
established in response to Task 11-03, regarding the Agency's Cross 
Border Trucking Pilot Program, will meet. Copies of all MCSAC Task 
Statements

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are available at http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior Adviser 
to the Associate Administrator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 385-2395, mcsac@dot.gov.
    Information on services for individuals with disabilities:
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
Elizabeth Turner at 617-494-2068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

MCSAC

    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 (FACA, 5 
U.S.C. App 2).

MRB

    Section 4116 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU, Pub. L. 109-
59) requires the Secretary of Transportation with the advice of the MRB 
to ``establish, review, and revise medical standards for operators of 
Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) that will ensure that the physical 
condition of operators is adequate to enable them operate the vehicles 
safely.'' On November 2, 2010, the Secretary of Transportation 
announced the five medical experts who serve on the MRB. FMCSA is 
planning revisions to the physical qualification regulations of CMV 
drivers, and the MRB will provide the necessary science-based guidance 
to establish realistic and responsible medical standards. The MRB 
operates in accordance with FACA.

Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep Disorders

    The MCSAC and the MRB will discuss ideas and concepts the Agency 
should consider for regulatory guidance or future rulemaking on 
obstructive sleep apnea.

EOBR Implementation Task

    The MCSAC EOBR Implementation Subcommittee will report back to the 
full committee on its work on Task 11-04, to examine technical issues 
relating to the electronic transfer of hours-of-service information 
from trucks to law enforcement personnel at the roadside.

Roadside Violation Severity Weightings Task

    The MCSAC will continue its deliberations on Task 11-02, concerning 
violation severity weightings under the Compliance, Safety, 
Accountability (CSA) program.

 Cross Border Trucking Pilot Program Task

    The MCSAC Subcommittee will continue its work on Task 11-03 
concerning the opening of the Southern Border to long-haul Mexican 
trucks.

II. Meeting Participation

    Oral comments from the public will be heard during the last hour of 
each day of this meeting. Members of the public may submit written 
comments on this topic by Wednesday, August 24, 2011, to Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMC) Docket Number FMCSA-2006-26367 using any of 
the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room WI2-
140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Room WI2-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued on: August 5, 2011.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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