Notice2022-19020
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September 1, 2022
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Unified Carrier Registration Plan
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53829-53830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19020]
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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION PLAN
Sunshine Act; Meeting
TIME AND DATE: September 8, 2022, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern
time.
PLACE: This meeting will be accessible via conference call and via Zoom
Meeting and Screenshare. Any interested person may call (i) 1-929-205-
6099 (US Toll) or 1-669-900-6833 (US Toll) or (ii) 1-877-853-5247 (US
Toll Free) or 1-888-788-0099 (US Toll Free), Meeting ID: 965 9441 3860,
to listen and participate in this meeting. The website to participate
via Zoom Meeting and Screenshare is <a href="https://kellen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIofu2srzgiHNToYfHwsskxuOVfwq0MUrdg">https://kellen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIofu2srzgiHNToYfHwsskxuOVfwq0MUrdg</a>.
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--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will welcome attendees, call the
meeting to order, call roll for the Audit Subcommittee, confirm whether
a quorum is present, and facilitate self-introductions.
II. Verification of Publication of Meeting Notice--UCR Executive
Director
The UCR Executive Director will verify the publication of the
meeting notice on the UCR website and distribution to the UCR contact
list via email followed by the subsequent publication of the notice in
the Federal Register.
III. Review and Approval of Subcommittee Agenda and Setting of Ground
Rules--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
For Discussion and Possible Audit Subcommittee Action
The agenda will be reviewed and the Subcommittee will consider
adoption.
Ground Rules
[rtarr8] Subcommittee action only to be taken in designated areas on
the agenda.
IV. Review and Approval of Subcommittee Minutes From the June 30, 2022
Meeting--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action
Draft minutes from the June 30, 2022 Subcommittee meeting via
teleconference will be reviewed. The Subcommittee will consider action
to approve.
V. Additional Compliance Evaluation Tools for the Annual State Audit
Progress Report--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
For Discussion and Possible Subcommittee Action
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will lead a discussion regarding
the current evaluation process for the participating states' audit
programs as required by the UCR Agreement. The Subcommittee will
discuss options that may require states to add broker registration
percentages to the annual state audit requirements in addition to the
established compliance requirements set forth in the UCR Agreement. The
Subcommittee may take action to approve such options as may be
discussed.
VI. Audit Compliance Snapshot by State for Registration Years 2021 and
2022--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will present registration
performance statistics and the related compliance percentages, Focused
Anomaly Reviews (FARs), unregistered bracket 5 and 6 motor carriers and
retreat audits for the 2021 and 2022 registration years.
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VII. Review of States Enforcement Efficiency Reports--UCR Audit
Subcommittee Chair
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will review the ``Should-Have-
Been'' (``SHB'') report and discuss ideas regarding how to assist
states to improve their UCR violation issuance rates.
VIII. Update Regarding the Enforcement Video for FMCSA's National
Training Center--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair, UCR Education and
Training Chair, and the UCR Executive Director
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair, the UCR Education and Training
Subcommittee Chair and the UCR Executive Director will provide an
update regarding the progress achieved on the enforcement video for use
in the FMCSA's National Training Center.
IX. State Compliance Review Program--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair and
UCR Depository Manager
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair and the UCR Depository Manager
will lead a discussion on program objectives and states scheduled for
review in 2022.
X. Maximizing the Value of the Should Have Been (SHB) and Enforcement
Efficiency Tools--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair, UCR Audit Subcommittee
Vice-Chair and DSL Transportation Services, Inc. (DSL)
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair, UCR Audit Subcommittee Vice-Chair
and DSL will provide an update on the value achieved by utilizing
Shadow MCMIS and other tools in the National Registration System (NRS).
The discussion will highlight the financial value to the states of
vetting businesses for UCR compliance, commercial registration, IFTA,
intrastate, and interstate operating authority.
XI. Audit Subcommittee Meetings in 2023--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
and UCR Executive Director
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair and UCR Executive Director will
discuss tentative plans for Audit Subcommittee meetings virtually and
in-person during calendar year 2023.
XII. Future Auditor Training Opportunities--UCR Audit Subcommittee
Chair, UCR Audit Vice-Chair and DSL
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair, UCR Audit Subcommittee Vice-Chair
and DSL will direct a discussion regarding the value added to state
enforcement efforts by developing short virtual audit training
sessions.
XIII. Audit Subcommittee Consideration of Future Education and Training
Products--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair and UCR Education and Training
Subcommittee Chair
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair and the UCR Education and Training
Subcommittee Chair may discuss recommendations for future state
training products intended to increase states UCR registration
efficiency.
XIV. Presentation From Warren Averett (the UCR Depository Independent
Auditors)--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair and UCR Depository Manager
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair and the UCR Depository Manager
will introduce the independent auditors of the UCR Depository and allow
them to address issues of significance to the subcommittee, in
fulfillment of the subcommittee's fiduciary responsibility to the UCR
Plan. The Audit Subcommittee may ask any questions to the external and
independent auditors that they may have of the UCR Plan.
XV. Other Items--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will call for any other items
Subcommittee members would like to discuss.
XVI. Adjournment--UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair
The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair will adjourn the meeting.
The agenda will be available no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time,
August 31, 2022 at: <a href="https://plan.ucr.gov">https://plan.ucr.gov</a>.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Elizabeth Leaman, Chair, Unified
Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors, (617) 305-3783,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caafa6afaba7aba48aa8a5abb8aee4bfa9b8e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bedbd2dbdfd3dfd0fedcd1dfccda90cbddcc90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>.
Alex B. Leath,
Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier Registration Plan.
[FR Doc. 2022-19020 Filed 8-30-22; 4:15 pm]
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