Document ID: FMCSA-2006-26367-0165
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2021-11-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61386-61387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24245]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-26367]

Meetings: Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC); Notice 
of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department 
of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces a meeting of MCSAC, which will take place via 
videoconference.

DATES: The meeting will be held Monday and Tuesday, December 6 and 7, 
2021, from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time. Requests for 
accommodations because of a disability must be received by Monday, 
November 29. Requests to register and/or to submit written materials to 
be reviewed during the meeting must be received no later than Monday, 
November 29.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via videoconference. Those members 
of the public who would like to participate should go to https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/advisory-committees/mcsac/meetings to access the 
meeting, task statements, a detailed agenda for the entire meeting, 
meeting minutes and additional information on MCSAC and its activities. 
The meeting will be recorded, and a link to the recording will be 
posted on the FMCSA website.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior Advisor 
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) 360-2925, [email protected]. Any 
MSCAC-related request or submission should be sent via email to the 
person listed in this section.
    Information may also be submitted by docket through 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 Operations; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, 
please call (202) 366-9317 or (202) 366-9826 before visiting Docket 
Operations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Purpose of the Committee

    MCSAC was established to provide FMCSA with advice and 
recommendations on motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier 
safety regulations. MCSAC is composed of up to 25 voting 
representatives from the motor carrier safety advocacy, safety 
enforcement, labor, and industry sectors. The diversity of MCSAC 
ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary to 
discharge its responsibilities. MCSAC operates as a discretionary 
committee under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation 
(DOT), established in accordance with the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

Meeting Agenda

    MCSAC will resume consideration of Task 21-1, relating to supply 
chains for the transportation industrial base. Task 21-1 includes 
discussions about workforce skills for the motor carrier sector and 
identified gaps, opportunities, and potential best practices in meeting 
the future workforce needs and driver retention for the motor carrier 
industry. The task also includes discussions about the role of 
transportation systems in supporting existing supply chains and risks

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associated with those transportation systems and the safe and efficient 
transportation of passengers and freight across our Nation. Subsequent 
to its July meeting, MCSAC engaged its Driver Subcommittee for its 
consideration of workforce needs, the results of which are to be 
submitted to MCSAC for its consideration and final recommendations to 
FMCSA.
    Additionally, MCSAC will resume consideration of Task 20-1, which 
relates to changes to the package and small goods delivery sector. A 
number of companies are now using small vehicles (e.g., vehicles with a 
gross vehicle weight rating less than 10,000 pounds) to deliver goods, 
and there appears to be a gap in safety oversight of both drivers and 
vehicles. For this task, members will hear from FMCSA experts on trends 
in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and Motor Carrier 
Management Information System (MCMIS) crash and highway safety data.

II. Meeting Participation

    Advance registration is requested. Please register at 
www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac by the deadline referenced in the DATES 
section. The meeting will be open to the public for its entirety. The 
U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to providing equal 
access to this meeting for all participants. If you need alternative 
formats or services because of a disability, such as sign language, 
interpretation, or other ancillary aids, please contact the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Oral comments from the public will be heard throughout the meeting, 
at the discretion of the MCSAC chairman and designated federal officer. 
FMCSA asks that individuals from the public limit their comments to one 
minute on the issues under consideration only. Members of the public 
may submit written comments to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section on the topics to be considered during the 
meeting by the deadline referenced in the DATES section.

Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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