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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2007–0108]
National Task Force To Develop Model
Contingency Plans To Deal With
Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground
Delays
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of meeting of advisory
committee.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the National Task Force to
Develop Model Contingency Plans to
Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board
Ground Delays.
DATES: The Task Force meeting is
scheduled for June 16, 2008, from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The Task Force meeting
will be held at the U.S. Department of
Transportation (U.S. DOT), 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, in
the Oklahoma City Conference Room on
the lobby level of the West Building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO
CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING
THE TASK FORCE: Livaughn Chapman, Jr.,
or Kathleen Blank-Riether, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., W–96–429, Washington, DC 20590–
0001; Phone: (202) 366–9342; Fax: (202)
366–7152; E-mail:
Livaughn.Chapman@dot.gov, or
Kathleen.Blankriether@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services
Administration regulations covering
management of Federal advisory
committees, 41 CFR part 102–3, this
notice announces a meeting of the
National Task Force to Develop Model
Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy
Airline On-Board Ground Delays. The
Meeting will be held on June 16, 2008,
between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., at the
U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S.
DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC, in the Oklahoma City
Conference Room on the lobby level of
the West Building.
DOT’s Office of Inspector General
recommended, in its audit report,
entitled ‘‘Actions Needed to Minimize
Long, On-Board Flight Delays,’’ issued
on September 25, 2007, that the
Secretary of Transportation establish a
national task force of airlines, airports,
and the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to coordinate and
develop contingency plans to deal with
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lengthy delays, such as working with
carriers and airports to share facilities
and make gates available in an
emergency. To effectuate this
recommendation, on January 3, 2008,
the Department, consistent with the
requirements of the FACA, established
the National Task Force to Develop
Model Contingency Plans to Deal with
Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground
Delays. The first meeting of the Task
Force took place on February 26, 2008.
The agenda topics for the June 16,
2008, meeting will include the
following: (1) A briefing by the
Contingency Plan Working Group, the
working group that is tasked with
reviewing existing airline and airport
contingency plans for extended tarmac
delays for best practices and developing
a model contingency plan; and (2) one
or more presentations on recent tarmac
delay events and efforts to avoid them.
Attendance is open to the public, and
time will be provided for comments by
members of the public. Since access to
the U.S. DOT headquarters building is
controlled for security purposes, any
member of the general public who plans
to attend this meeting must notify the
Department contact noted above ten (10)
calendar days prior to the meeting.
Attendance will be necessarily limited
by the size of the meeting room.
Members of the public may present
written comments at any time and, at
the discretion of the Chairman and time
permitting, oral comments at the
meeting. Any oral comments permitted
must be limited to agenda items and
will be limited to five (5) minutes per
person. Members of the public who
wish to present oral comments must
notify the Department contact noted
above via e-mail that they wish to attend
and present oral comments at least ten
(10) calendar days prior to the meeting.
For this June 16, 2008, meeting, no more
than one hour will be set aside for oral
comments. Although written material
may be filed in the docket at any time,
comments regarding upcoming meeting
topics should be sent to the Task Force
docket, (10) calendar days prior to the
meeting. Members of the public may
also contact the Department contact
noted above to be placed on the Task
Force mailing list.
Persons with a disability requiring
special accommodations, such as an
interpreter for the hearing impaired,
should contact the Department contact
noted above at least seven (7) calendar
days prior to the meeting.
Notice of this meeting is provided in
accordance with the FACA and the
General Services Administration
regulations covering management of
Federal advisory committees.
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Issued on: May 28, 2008.
Samuel Podberesky,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation
Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department
of Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Transportation Border Congestion
Relief Program
AGENCY:
Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION:
Notice; request for applications.
The Federal Government has
an important role to play in facilitating
and accelerating transportation-related
capacity and operational improvements
at international land border crossings
that will improve border travel times
and help reduce associated national and
regional economic costs. To fulfill this
role and to encourage the greater use of
non-traditional transportation project
finance, delivery, and facility operation
mechanisms at the Nation’s critical
international land border crossings, the
DOT is soliciting applications from
interested international land border
States, bridge and tunnel operators, and
private entities to participate in the
Transportation Border Congestion Relief
(TBCR) Program. The goal of the TBCR
Program is to identify and assist
international land border States with
implementing innovative solutions to
help address land border travel time
delay and facilitate trade and travel
without compromising the vital mission
of securing America’s borders. The DOT
intends to select two or more surface
transportation projects, a minimum of
one on the U.S./Mexico border and one
on the U.S./Canada border, which can
help improve border travel times.
DATES: Applications must be received
on or before June 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should
submit applications to Marcus J. Lemon,
Esq., Chief Counsel, Federal Highway
Administration, HCC–1, Room E82–328,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590 or electronically
to transportationbordercongestionrelief
@dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Alla C. Shaw, Esq. (202) 366–1042,
Alla.Shaw@dot.gov, HCC–30, Room
E84–463, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, HCC Team
Leader, or Mr. Roger Petzold, Team
Leader, Border, Interstate, and GIS
Program, (202) 366–4074,
Roger.Petzold@dot.gov, HEPI–10, Room
E74–312, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
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Background
The DOT is establishing a
Transportation Border Congestion Relief
Program to demonstrate how nontraditional transportation project
finance, delivery, and operation
mechanisms can be used to improve
land border travel times and can
facilitate trade and travel without
compromising the vital mission of
securing America’s borders within the
Border Region (A Border Region is
defined in section 1303(g)(1) of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. L. 109–59;
Aug. 10, 2005) as any portion of a U.S.
State that is within 100 miles of an
international land border with Canada
or Mexico). The DOT is seeking
applications from the 15 international
land border States, bridge and tunnel
operators, or from private sector entities
which identify and advance land border
transportation projects that can alleviate
current or forecasted congestion at or
near the U.S. border with Mexico and
with Canada within the border zone.
The DOT envisions a selection of two or
more projects that can serve as models
for land border travel time
improvements.
The DOT is interested in pursuing
projects that can address ways to
improve land border travel times
because of the significance of border
transportation to our Nation. More than
17 million truckloads of freight crossed
America’s borders with Canada and
Mexico in 2005, carrying over half of the
$711 billion in products the U.S. traded
with its North American neighbors.
Since 1990, the value of freight
shipments among the U.S., Canada, and
Mexico has risen by 170 percent,
growing an average of 8 percent
annually. Trade between the U.S. and
Canada is about $2 billion per day. In
addition to the large amounts of daily
trade, at least 2 million people legally
cross our borders in any given day.
These huge numbers are putting a
serious strain on the transportation
network at and near our international
land border crossings. Travel times for
crossing U.S. borders have steadily
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increased since 1996, frustrating
individuals, families, and commerce
with negative impacts on quality of life,
efficiency, and prudent use of resources.
In an effort to combat the growing
problems of transportation congestion,
the DOT launched the ‘‘National
Strategy to Reduce Congestion on
America’s Transportation Network’’
(Congestion Initiative) in May of 2006.1
The Congestion Initiative is designed
both to reduce transportation congestion
in the short-term and to build the
foundation for successful longer-term
congestion reduction efforts.
Objectives
The primary objectives of the TBCR
Program are to:
A. Reduce border travel time delays
by promoting non-traditional
transportation project delivery and
operation approaches at or near
international land border crossings.
B. Illustrate the benefits of alternative
financial models.
C. Promote and support a more
efficient coordination process among
the various Federal and local agencies
that have an interest in our Nation’s
land borders.
D. Improve system connectivity to
facilitate trade and the safe, legitimate,
movement of people and goods across
the U.S. border by decreasing border
travel times without compromising the
vital mission of securing America’s
borders.
E. Demonstrate the viability of
developing land border crossing projects
using an investment model based on
sound economics and market principles.
F. Build on the institutional expertise
in place within the U.S./Mexico Joint
Working Committee for Border Planning
https://www.borderplanning.fhwa.
dot.gov/mexico.asp and the U.S./Canada
Transportation Border Working Group
https://www.thetbwg.org, and
interagency groups related to border
facilitation.
Application Process
A land border State, bridge or tunnel
operator, or private sector entity
(Applicant) interested in the TBCR
Program should submit a TBCR
Application to the DOT. The
1 Speaking before the National Retail Federation’s
annual conference on May 16, 2006, in Washington,
DC, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman
Mineta unveiled a new plan to reduce congestion
plaguing America’s roads, rails, and airports. The
National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on
Amerca’s Transportation Network includes a
number of initiatives designed to reduce
transportation congestion. The transcript of these
remarks is available at: https://www.dot.gov/affairs/
minetasp051606.htm. Additional information may
be located at: https://www.fightgridlocknow.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2007-0108]
National Task Force To Develop Model Contingency Plans To Deal
With Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of meeting of advisory committee.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Task Force to
Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board
Ground Delays.
DATES: The Task Force meeting is scheduled for June 16, 2008, from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The Task Force meeting will be held at the U.S. Department
of Transportation (U.S. DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC, in the Oklahoma City Conference Room on the lobby level of the West
Building.
For Further Information or to Contact the Department Concerning the
Task Force: Livaughn Chapman, Jr., or Kathleen Blank-Riether, Office of
the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Ave., SE., W-96-429, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Phone: (202) 366-9342;
Fax: (202) 366-7152; E-mail: Livaughn.Chapman@dot.gov, or
Kathleen.Blankriether@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services Administration regulations
covering management of Federal advisory committees, 41 CFR part 102-3,
this notice announces a meeting of the National Task Force to Develop
Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground
Delays. The Meeting will be held on June 16, 2008, between 8:30 a.m.
and 5 p.m., at the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, in the Oklahoma City Conference
Room on the lobby level of the West Building.
DOT's Office of Inspector General recommended, in its audit report,
entitled ``Actions Needed to Minimize Long, On-Board Flight Delays,''
issued on September 25, 2007, that the Secretary of Transportation
establish a national task force of airlines, airports, and the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) to coordinate and develop contingency
plans to deal with lengthy delays, such as working with carriers and
airports to share facilities and make gates available in an emergency.
To effectuate this recommendation, on January 3, 2008, the Department,
consistent with the requirements of the FACA, established the National
Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy
Airline On-Board Ground Delays. The first meeting of the Task Force
took place on February 26, 2008.
The agenda topics for the June 16, 2008, meeting will include the
following: (1) A briefing by the Contingency Plan Working Group, the
working group that is tasked with reviewing existing airline and
airport contingency plans for extended tarmac delays for best practices
and developing a model contingency plan; and (2) one or more
presentations on recent tarmac delay events and efforts to avoid them.
Attendance is open to the public, and time will be provided for
comments by members of the public. Since access to the U.S. DOT
headquarters building is controlled for security purposes, any member
of the general public who plans to attend this meeting must notify the
Department contact noted above ten (10) calendar days prior to the
meeting. Attendance will be necessarily limited by the size of the
meeting room.
Members of the public may present written comments at any time and,
at the discretion of the Chairman and time permitting, oral comments at
the meeting. Any oral comments permitted must be limited to agenda
items and will be limited to five (5) minutes per person. Members of
the public who wish to present oral comments must notify the Department
contact noted above via e-mail that they wish to attend and present
oral comments at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the meeting. For
this June 16, 2008, meeting, no more than one hour will be set aside
for oral comments. Although written material may be filed in the docket
at any time, comments regarding upcoming meeting topics should be sent
to the Task Force docket, (10) calendar days prior to the meeting.
Members of the public may also contact the Department contact noted
above to be placed on the Task Force mailing list.
Persons with a disability requiring special accommodations, such as
an interpreter for the hearing impaired, should contact the Department
contact noted above at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the
meeting.
Notice of this meeting is provided in accordance with the FACA and
the General Services Administration regulations covering management of
Federal advisory committees.
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Issued on: May 28, 2008.
Samuel Podberesky,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S.
Department of Transportation.
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