Document ID: DOT-OST-2016-0206-0002
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity
Posted Date: 2016-12-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 86775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28965]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No.: DOT-OST-2016-0206]

Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Notice of open committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is publishing this notice to 
announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE). The meeting is open 
to the public.

DATES: The Committee will meet from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST on December 
15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara McCann, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Policy, Room W84-
212, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; phone (202) 366-
2234; email: Equity@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee meeting is being held in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
    Purpose of the Committee: The purpose of the Committee is to 
provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation 
on comprehensive, interdisciplinary issues related to transportation 
equity from a variety of stakeholders involved in transportation 
planning, design, research, policy, and advocacy.
    Proposed Agenda: This will be the first meeting of the ACTE. The 
committee will conduct introductions of members, discuss organizational 
details and logistics, and discuss equity in transportation planning, 
design, research, policy and advocacy. Agenda will be as follows:

--Welcome and Mission of ACTE
--Remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx
--Briefing on FACA Rules and Ethics
--Discussion on Transportation Equity
--Public Comments

    Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the 
availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. Seating is 
on a first to arrive basis. Because the meeting of the committee will 
be held in a Federal Government facility, security screening is 
required. Attendees are requested to register by submitting their name, 
affiliation, email address and daytime phone number three business days 
prior to the meeting to Barbara McCann, the committee Designated 
Federal Officer at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. A photo ID is required to enter the premises. Please 
note that parking is limited. DOT Headquarters is fully handicap 
accessible. Wheelchair access is available in front at the main 
entrance of the building. For additional information about public 
access procedures, contact Ms. McCann, the committee's Designated 
Federal Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 
102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or 
statements to the committee in response to the stated agenda of the 
meeting or in regard to the committee's mission in general. Written 
comments or statements should be submitted to Ms. McCann, the committee 
Designated Federal Officer, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of 
submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section. Each page of the comment or statement must include the 
author's name, title or affiliation, address, email address and daytime 
phone number. The Designated Federal Official will review all submitted 
written comments or statements and provide them to members of the 
committee for their consideration. Written comments or statements being 
submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must be 
received by the Designated Federal Official at least three business 
days prior to the meeting to be considered by the committee. Written 
comments or statements received after this date may not be provided to 
the committee until its next meeting.
    Verbal Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.140d, the 
Committee is not obligated to allow a member of the public to speak or 
otherwise address the Committee during the meeting. Members of the 
public are invited to provide verbal comments or statements during the 
Committee meeting only at the time and in the manner described below. 
All requests to speak or otherwise address the Committee during the 
meeting must be submitted to the committee's Designated Federal 
Official at least three days prior to the meeting, via electronic mail, 
the preferred mode of submission, at the address listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The request should include a brief 
statement of the subject matter to be addressed by the comment, and 
should be relevant to the stated agenda of the meeting or in regard to 
the committee's mission in general. The Designated Federal Official 
will log each request in the order received. A 30-minute period will be 
available for verbal public comments. Members of the public who have 
requested to make a verbal comment will be allotted no more than two 
minutes, and will be invited to speak in the order in which their 
requests were received by Designated Federal Official.
    Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying within 60 days at the following Web site: 
www.transportation.gov/acte.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2016.
Anthony R. Foxx,
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-28965 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am]
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