Document ID: FMCSA-2013-0161-0134
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings; Sunshine Act
Posted Date: 2019-09-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 47637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19620]

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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN

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

TIME AND DATE: September 19, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern 
daylight time.

PLACE: The Towers at Wildwood, 3200 Windy Hill Road SE, Suite 600W, 
Atlanta, GA 30339. 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 Audit 
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 Publication of Meeting Notice--Chief Legal Officer

    Chief Legal Officer will verify the publication of meeting notice 
on the UCR website and in the Federal Register.

III. Roll Call and Confirmation of Quorum--Operations Manager

    Operations Manager will call roll of the Subcommittee members and 
confirm whether a quorum is present.

IV. Approval of Minutes From June 3, 2019 Meeting--Operations Manager

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

V. Status Report on 2019 Audit Plan--Depository Manager

     Depository Audit: Depository Manager will report on the 
status of the independent financial review recently conducted by a 
third-party accounting firm for the UCR Depository.
     State Compliance Reviews: Depository Manager will provide 
an update on the recent state compliance review conducted in Kansas, as 
well as plans to conduct reviews in Minnesota and Wisconsin later this 
year.

VI. 2020 Proposed Audit Plan--Depository Manager

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action:
     State Compliance Reviews: Subcommittee will review and 
possibly approve recommending to the Board a proposal for conducting 
UCR compliance reviews for eight (8) participating states in 2020.
     National Registration System Financial Review: 
Subcommittee will review and possibly approve recommending to the Board 
a proposed plan to conduct an independent financial review of the 
National Registration System next year.
     Independent State System Interconnection: Subcommittee 
will consider and possibly approve recommending to the Board criteria 
for interconnecting independent UCR registration systems, operated at 
the state level, to the National Registration System.
     Depository Audit: Subcommittee will consider and possibly 
approve recommending to the Board a preferred vendor to conduct the 
independent financial audit of the UCR Depository next year.
     Carrier Audit Procedure for States: Subcommittee will 
consider and possibly approve recommending to the Board a proposal to 
amend the UCR state carrier audit procedure to include a new step that 
would require states to review unregistered carriers based in their 
respective state.

VII. Amendment to UCR Refund Procedure--Subcommittee Chair

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action: Subcommittee will 
consider and possibly approve recommending to the Board a proposal to 
amend the UCR refund procedure for the purpose of establishing the 
timing and criteria for the potential issuance of a refund that may 
result from an audit of a UCR registrant.

VIII. Solicitation of New and Unregistered Motor Carriers--Subcommittee 
Chair

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action: Subcommittee will 
consider and possibly approve a recommendation to the Board concerning 
a plan for solicitation of new and unregistered motor carriers to 
encourage compliance.

IX. Definition of a Commercial Motor Vehicle in UCR Agreement--
Subcommittee Chair

    For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action: Subcommittee will 
consider and possibly approve recommendation to the Board of a revised 
definition of a Commercial Motor Vehicle in the UCR Agreement.

X. 2018 State Carrier Audits

    Subcommittee Chair will report on the number of participating 
states that have completed their 2018 annual carrier audits.

XI. Audit Portal in National Registration System--Seikosoft

    Subcommittee will receive an update on new functionality in the 
National Registration System for states to conduct and manage annual 
carrier audits.

XII. Focused Anomalies Review (FARs)--DSL Transportation

    Subcommittee will receive an update on the amount of registration 
fees collected through the Focused Anomalies Review program in 2019 to 
date.

XIII. 2020 Operating Budget--Depository Manager

    Depository Manager will report on the development of a proposed 
budget for 2020, particularly any expenses related to the UCR audit 
program.

XIV. Other Items--Subcommittee Chair

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

XV. Adjourn--Subcommittee Chair

    Chair will adjourn the meeting.

    This agenda will be available no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
daylight time, September 7, 2019 at: https://plan.ucr.gov.

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

Alex B. Leath,
Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier Registration Plan.
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