Notice2024-28236
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC); Notice of Public Meeting
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Published
December 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Abstract
This notice announces a virtual meeting of the MCSAC, which will take place via videoconference.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95897-95898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28236]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-26367]
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC); Notice of Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a virtual meeting of the MCSAC, which
will take place via videoconference.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 17 and Wednesday,
December 18, 2024, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET each day. Requests for
accommodations for a disability must be received by Friday, December 6.
Requests to submit written materials for consideration during the
meeting must be received no later than Friday, December 6.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in a virtual format for its entirety.
Please register in advance of the meeting at <a href="http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac">www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac</a>. A
copy of the agenda will be made available at <a href="http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac">www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac</a> 1
week in advance of the meeting. Once approved, copies of the meeting
minutes will be available at the website following the meeting. You may
visit the MCSAC
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website at <a href="http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac">www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac</a> for further information on the
committee and its activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Deputy
Designated Federal Officer, MCSAC, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 360-2925, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#076a647466644763687329606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91fcf2e2f0f2d1f5fee5bff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>. Any committee-
related request should be sent to the person listed in this section.
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 20 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 statutory 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. ch. 10).
Meeting Agenda
Agenda topics for the meeting will include:
<bullet> Ethics Briefing--An attorney from FMCSA's Office of Chief
Counsel will conduct MCSAC's annual ethics training;
<bullet> Truck Parking--FMCSA will provide a presentation of
Federal and State efforts to increase truck parking, and task the MCSAC
to provide recommendations concerning additional government and private
sector actions that should be considered to increase parking; and
<bullet> CMV Crash Data Trends and Seat Belt Usage--FMCSA will
present a review of truck crash data and, truck occupant fatality/
injury data and the percentage of these drivers that were not wearing
their seat belts. The Agency will engage the MCSAC to identify
opportunities to promote greater levels of seat belt usage among CMV
drivers.
II. Meeting Participation
Advance registration is required. Please register at
<a href="http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac">www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac</a> 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 during a public comment
period at the discretion of the MCSAC chair and Designated Federal
Officer. FMCSA asks individuals to limit their comments to two minutes
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.
[FR Doc. 2024-28236 Filed 12-2-24; 8:45 am]
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