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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2006–25709, Notice No.
93–87; Docket No. FAA–2008–0517, Notice
No. 08–05]
Congestion Management Rules for
John F. Kennedy International Airport,
Newark Liberty International Airport,
and LaGuardia Airport
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limited Slot
Allocation demonstration.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting to hold a demonstration of the
allocation method that the Federal
Aviation Administration will use to
allocate limited slots for its congestion
management rules for John F. Kennedy
International Airport, Newark Liberty
International Airport, and LaGuardia
Airport (Final Congestion Rules).
[Docket No. FAA–2008–0517, Notice
No. 08–05 and Docket No. FAA–2006–
25709, Notice No. 93–87].
DATES: The Limited Slot Allocation
demonstration is scheduled for
December 04, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The demonstration will be
held in the FAA headquarters, 800
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC, in the FAA
auditorium.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, TO RSVP OR
TO CONTACT THE AGENCY REGARDING THE
MEETING: Molly Smith, Office of
Aviation Policy & Plans, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20591; Phone 202–267–3274; Fax:
(202) 267–3278; E-mail:
Molly.w.Smith@faa.gov. Please RSVP by
November 26, 2008.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
discussed in the Final Congestion Rules
all operators with more than 20 slots at
the affected airports will have a
percentage of slots designated as
Limited Slots, which will expire prior to
the expiration of the Final Congestion
Rules. Limited Slot leases will expire
over the first five years of the Final
Congestion Rules. The number of years
of lease duration for Limited Slots
would be distributed in a manner that
fairly distributes the relative length of
lease durations among carriers in
proportion to their initial holdings. The
Final Congestion Rules designate that
carriers identify one-half of their limited
slots by hour of the day; the FAA will
then choose the remaining 50 percent to
fairly distribute the total across the day.
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Thereafter, the slot lives for all limited
slots would be assigned by FAA.
The Limited Slot Allocation
Demonstration is open to the public
although reservations are required by
November 26, 2008. Seating at the
meeting is limited so priority will be
given to the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey and the carriers
operating at the affected airports.
Persons with a disability requiring
special accommodations, such as an
interpreter for the hearing impaired,
should contact the FAA contact noted
above at least ten (10) calendar days
prior to the meeting.
Robert Robeson,
Manager, Systems & Policy Analysis Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Use of Advanced Information
Technologies To Monitor Compliance
With Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), USDOT.
ACTION: Notice of Policy Change.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the
motor carrier community of policy
changes regarding the FMCSA’s use of
advanced information technology.
DATES: Effective Date: This change in
policy is effective December 19, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Lee Zimmerman, Chief, Enforcement
and Compliance Division, MC–ECE,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave,
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–6830. Office hours are from
7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Web site address: https://
www.fmcsa.dot.gov.
Background
Current Policy
In 1997, the FMCSA issued a policy
memorandum which limited the use of
advanced technology during Agency
investigations regarding motor carrier
compliance with the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations. The Agency
recognized the technologies, which
were emerging and being implemented
within the industry in 1997, offered
positive opportunity to advance
operational safety performance.
Therefore, the Agency decided to
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initiate the 1997 policy limiting the use
of technology data and electronically
produced records during reviews and
for regulatory enforcement purposes, in
order to promote and encourage the use
of these new technologies by the
industry. This policy afforded the
industry the opportunity to fully
integrate the technology in its
operations and overall safety
management system.
After more than a decade since the
Agency established its policy, the use of
advanced technology has become
widely accepted and an integral
component of the industry’s logistics
and operations management systems.
The Agency’s policy achieved its
purpose; the once emerging
technologies are today a common and
essential component of the industry’s
logistics, operations and safety
management systems to achieve the safe
and efficient transportation of
passengers and freight. Therefore, with
this notice, the FMCSA rescinds the
1997 policy on Advanced Information
Technology.
Issued on: November 13, 2008.
Dan Hartman,
Associate Administrator, Field Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–26367]
Announcement of Renewal of the
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee Charter; Request for
Nominations
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of advisory
committee charter and reappointment of
members; request for member
nominations.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces the
renewal of the charter for its Motor
Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
(MCSAC) and the reappointment of 13
of the 15 original members of the
Committee, and solicits nominations for
interested persons in the safety
enforcement community to serve on the
Committee. The MCSAC was mandated
by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users, Public Law 109–59;
established on September 8, 2006; and,
renewed on September 8, 2008. The
Committee is charged with providing
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advice and recommendations to the
FMCSA Administrator on the needs,
objectives, plans, approaches, content,
and accomplishments of Federal motor
carrier safety programs and Federal
motor carrier safety regulations.
DATES: Nominations for the MCSAC
must be received on or before December
4, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jeffrey Miller, Chief, Strategic Planning
and Program Evaluation Division, Office
of Policy Plans and Regulation, (202)
366–1258, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 4144 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
(Pub. L. 109–59, August 10, 2005),
required the Secretary to establish the
MCSAC. The Committee provides
advice and recommendations to the
Administrator of FMCSA on the needs,
objectives, plans, approaches, content,
and accomplishments of motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety
regulations. The Committee may be
comprised of up to 20 members
appointed by the Administrator for up
to two-year terms. They are selected
from among individuals who are not
employees of FMCSA and who are
specially qualified to serve on the
Committee based on their education,
training, or experience. The members
include representatives of the motor
carrier industry, safety advocates, and
safety enforcement officials.
Representatives of a single enumerated
interest group may not constitute a
majority of the Committee members.
The Administrator designates a
chairman of the Committee from among
the members. Committee members must
not be officers or employees of the
Federal Government and will serve
without pay. The Administrator may
allow a member, when attending
meetings of the Committee or a
subcommittee, reimbursement of
expenses authorized under Section 5703
of Title 5, United States Code and the
Federal Travel Regulation, 41 CFR Part
301, relating to per diem, travel and
transportation. FMCSA anticipates
calling Committee meetings at least four
times each year. Meetings will be open
to the general public, except as provided
under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). Notice of each
meeting will be published in the
Federal Register at least 15 calendar
days prior to the date of the meeting.
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On March 5, 2007, the Administrator
appointed motor carrier sector
representatives John M. Bauer (Kohl’s
Corporation), Clyde J. Hart (American
Bus Association), David J. Osiecki
(American Trucking Associations),
Robert G. Petrancosta (Conway Freight),
J. Todd Spencer (Owner Operators
Independent Drivers Association); safety
advocacy representatives Michael T.
Irwin (Michigan Center for Truck
Safety), Stephen C. Owings (Road Safe
America), David R. Parker (Great West
Casualty Company), Lester B.
Sokolowski (National Safety Council),
Judith Lee Stone (Advocates for
Highway and Auto Safety); and safety
enforcement representatives Michael
Greene (Columbia Machine Works,
Incorporated), Lt. Colonel Terry L.
Maple (Kansas Highway Patrol), Captain
Robert R. Powers (Michigan State
Police), Karen Sain (North Carolina
Highway Patrol), and Roger Vanderpool
(Arizona Department of Public Safety) to
the Committee. Their terms expired on
September 30, 2008.
On October 1, 2008, the Administrator
reappointed motor carrier sector
representatives John M. Bauer, Clyde J.
Hart, David J. Osiecki, Robert G.
Petrancosta, J. Todd Spencer; safety
advocacy representatives Michael T.
Irwin, Stephen C. Owings, David R.
Parker, Lester B. Sokolowski, Judith Lee
Stone; and, safety enforcement
representatives Lt. Colonel Terry L.
Maple, Captain Robert R. Powers, and
Roger Vanderpool, for two-year terms,
ending September 30, 2010.
II. Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee Charter [This is the Text of
the Charter That the Department of
Transportation Filed With the General
Services Administration on September
8, 2008.]
1. Purpose: This charter renews the
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee and provides for its
operation in accordance with provisions
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C.); 41 CFR
Part 102–3; DOT Order 1120.3B; and
Section 4144 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users, Pub. L. 109–59.
The charter also sets forth the principles
governing the committee’s operation.
2. Scope and Objectives: The
committee will provide advice and
recommendations to the Administrator
of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) on motor
carrier safety programs and motor
carrier safety regulations.
3. Duties: The members of the
committee shall:
a. Attend committee meetings.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Use of Advanced Information Technologies To Monitor Compliance
With Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), USDOT.
ACTION: Notice of Policy Change.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the motor carrier community of policy
changes regarding the FMCSA's use of advanced information technology.
DATES: Effective Date: This change in policy is effective December 19,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lee Zimmerman, Chief, Enforcement
and Compliance Division, MC-ECE, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202-366-6830. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Web site address:
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov.
Background
Current Policy
In 1997, the FMCSA issued a policy memorandum which limited the use
of advanced technology during Agency investigations regarding motor
carrier compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
The Agency recognized the technologies, which were emerging and being
implemented within the industry in 1997, offered positive opportunity
to advance operational safety performance. Therefore, the Agency
decided to
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initiate the 1997 policy limiting the use of technology data and
electronically produced records during reviews and for regulatory
enforcement purposes, in order to promote and encourage the use of
these new technologies by the industry. This policy afforded the
industry the opportunity to fully integrate the technology in its
operations and overall safety management system.
After more than a decade since the Agency established its policy,
the use of advanced technology has become widely accepted and an
integral component of the industry's logistics and operations
management systems. The Agency's policy achieved its purpose; the once
emerging technologies are today a common and essential component of the
industry's logistics, operations and safety management systems to
achieve the safe and efficient transportation of passengers and
freight. Therefore, with this notice, the FMCSA rescinds the 1997
policy on Advanced Information Technology.
Issued on: November 13, 2008.
Dan Hartman,
Associate Administrator, Field Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-27441 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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