Use of Wireless Mobile Data Devices as Transponders for the Commercial Motor Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Electronic Screening Systems, 43262-43263 [2013-17418]
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Issued in Washington, DC on July 16, 2013.
Patricia Lawton,
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of the Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Use of Wireless Mobile Data Devices
as Transponders for the Commercial
Motor Vehicle Information Systems
and Networks (CVISN) Electronic
Screening Systems
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; announcement of policy.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces that
Commercial Mobile Radio Services
(CMRS) network devices can be used as
transponders for the purposes of CVISN
electronic screening truck inspection
and weigh station bypass systems.
CMRS network devices such as
smartphones, tablets, fleet management
systems, global positioning system
(GPS) navigational units, and onboard
telematics devices (referred to
collectively as ‘‘wireless mobile data
devices’’) have the capability of
transmitting and receiving the same
information between the driver and the
inspection site as the dedicated shortrange communication (DSRC)-enabled
transponders operating at the 915 MHz
frequency currently used to fulfill the
CVISN electronic screening requirement
for core compliance. This policy does
not affect the applicability or
enforcement of FMCSA’s regulations
prohibiting texting and the use of handheld wireless mobile phones by
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
drivers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information concerning this notice or
this activity, contact Mr. Jose M.
Rodriguez, CVISN Technical Program
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Manager, Technology Division of
FMCSA, (202) 366–3517,
jose.rodriguez@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The purpose of the CVISN program is
to advance technological capability and
promote the deployment of Intelligent
Transportation System applications for
commercial vehicle operations,
including commercial vehicle,
commercial driver, and carrier specific
information systems and networks.
CVISN is divided into core and
expanded deployment. Before a State is
eligible for expanded deployment
funding, it must complete core
deployment. In order to complete core
deployment, States must install an
electronic system to screen transponderequipped commercial vehicles at a
minimum of one fixed or mobile
inspection site in the State and replicate
this screening at other sites. The
objective of electronic screening is to
identify enrolled vehicles; to screen
vehicles based on safety history, weight,
and credential status (e.g., registration,
fuel tax payment, operating authority);
and to allow enrolled vehicles that meet
the State’s criteria to bypass inspection
sites. By allowing compliant vehicles to
bypass weigh stations and inspection
sites without stopping, FMCSA and its
State partners are able to increase the
effectiveness of enforcement efforts by
targeting high risk motor carriers.
Currently, weigh stations and inspection
sites electronically screen DSRCenabled transponder-equipped CMVs to
determine if an inspection is necessary
or if the driver should bypass the weigh
station or inspection site.
In the past, States have installed only
DSRC electronic screening transponder
systems to satisfy the CVISN core
electronic screening requirement
because that was the prevalent
technology at the time the CVISN
program was authorized. States or
private companies providing the DSRC
screening services were required to
install DSRC infrastructure to
participate in the information sharing
between roadside activities and the
vehicles required to be in compliance
with Core CVISN deployment. States
may continue to deploy DSRC electronic
screening transponder systems
operating at the 915 MHz frequency to
fulfill the CVISN electronic screening
requirement for core compliance.
Use of CMRS To Comply With CVISN
Since the CVISN program began, there
has been a significant expansion of
CMRS networks in North America.
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States may now use available CMRS
networks to screen trucks equipped
with wireless mobile data devices used
as transponders. CMRS network devices
such as smartphones, tablets, fleet
management systems, GPS navigational
units, and onboard telematics devices
are capable of transmitting and
receiving multiple forms of wireless
mobile data and thus, are considered
transponders for the purposes of the
CVISN program.
CMRS transponders use commercially
available mobile radio transmission
frequencies to access cellular data
networks and exchange carrier and
vehicle credentials utilizing web-based
technologies. Triggered via GPS
signaling, CMRS transponders
communicate through the internet to
electronic screening systems that issue
traditional red light/green light
responses for in-cab displays mounted
on the dashboard. Because CMRS
transponders are hardware neutral,
drivers can install a variety of cellularenabled GPS-connected devices (such as
smartphones, tablets, fleet management
systems, GPS navigational units, and
onboard telematics devices) in vehicles.
This policy announcement does not
affect the applicability or enforcement
of FMCSA’s regulations under 49 CFR
part 392 prohibiting texting and the use
of hand-held wireless mobile phones by
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
drivers.
Benefits
Use of wireless mobile data devices as
transponders with CMRS provides
benefits to FMCSA and key stakeholders
including State CMV enforcement
agencies, industry, and participating
motor carriers:
1. All of the remaining 11 States that
have not yet achieved CVISN core
deployment status because they have
not met the CVISN electronic screening
requirement will have another option to
achieve CVISN core deployment status.
This makes States eligible for the
expanded CVISN funding deployment
milestone and improves data sharing
among States and FMCSA.
2. The electronic screening system
enables State enforcement agencies to
identify CMV drivers and check their
safety status at highway speeds and
enables FMCSA and State partners to
more efficiently utilize resources to
target high risk carriers.
3. The capability to check the safety
status of drivers and vehicles at
highway speeds will decrease
congestion and vehicle emissions at
inspection sites. Motor carriers will
avoid fuel costs associated with idling at
weigh stations and inspection sites.
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4. State agencies can add additional
electronic screening sites, both fixed
and mobile, with no infrastructurerelated costs. CMRS-enabled systems
give States significant flexibility in
activating and de-activating geofences
(the virtual perimeter for the real-world
geographic area in which truck station
bypass systems electronically screen
CMVs).
5. For participating motor carriers,
available CMRS-based electronic
screening systems are technologyplatform neutral and could be operated,
on wireless mobile data devices, as well
as onboard fleet management systems.
The use of the system is consistent with
FMCSA’s prohibition against the use of
hand-held mobile phones and texting
and complements existing DSRC-based
screening systems.
Issued on: July 8, 2013.
Anne S. Ferro,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013–17418 Filed 7–18–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2013–0124, Notice No.
13–7]
Paperless Hazard Communications
Pilot Program
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
PHMSA invites volunteers for
a pilot program to evaluate the
effectiveness of paperless hazard
communications systems and comments
on an information collection activity
associated with the pilot program.
‘‘Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st
Century Act’’ (MAP–21) authorizes
PHMSA to conduct a pilot program to
evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness
of using paperless hazard
communications systems. In accordance
with MAP–21, in conducting the pilot
projects, PHMSA may not waive the
current shipping paper requirements. In
addition, MAP–21 indicates that
PHMSA must consult with
organizations representing fire and other
emergency responders, law
enforcement, and regulated entities.
Upon completion of the pilot projects,
PHMSA must evaluate the feasibility
and effectiveness of paperless hazard
communications systems and make a
recommendation to Congress regarding
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regulatory changes that would
permanently authorize the use of
paperless hazard communications
systems. The report is due to Congress
by October 1, 2014. The intent of this
notice is to: (1) Describe the current
regulatory requirements for shipping
papers; (2) describe authority granted
under MAP–21; (3) explain the goal,
scope, and intent of the pilot program;
(4) seek volunteers to participate in the
pilot projects and describe criteria for
selecting pilot participants from the
volunteers; and (5) seek comment on the
request for information to be collected
in conducting the pilot projects and in
consulting with organizations
representing fire and other emergency
responders, law enforcement, and
regulated entities. Information gathered
will enable PHMSA to generate a report
to Congress detailing: (1) The
performance of each paperless hazard
communications system tested during
the pilot projects; (2) PHMSA’s
assessment of the safety and security
impacts on stakeholders; (3) the
associated costs and benefits; and (4)
PHMSA’s regulatory
recommendation(s).
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 17, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
and statements of interest to volunteer,
identified by the docket number
(PHMSA–2013–0124) by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• FAX: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management System,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, Routing Symbol M–
30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Docket Operations,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice at the beginning
of the comment. To avoid duplication,
please use only one of these four
methods. All comments received will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov and will include
any personal information you provide.
Docket: For access to the dockets to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
DATES:
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[FR Doc No: 2013-17418]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Use of Wireless Mobile Data Devices as Transponders for the
Commercial Motor Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)
Electronic Screening Systems
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; announcement of policy.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS)
network devices can be used as transponders for the purposes of CVISN
electronic screening truck inspection and weigh station bypass systems.
CMRS network devices such as smartphones, tablets, fleet management
systems, global positioning system (GPS) navigational units, and
onboard telematics devices (referred to collectively as ``wireless
mobile data devices'') have the capability of transmitting and
receiving the same information between the driver and the inspection
site as the dedicated short-range communication (DSRC)-enabled
transponders operating at the 915 MHz frequency currently used to
fulfill the CVISN electronic screening requirement for core compliance.
This policy does not affect the applicability or enforcement of FMCSA's
regulations prohibiting texting and the use of hand-held wireless
mobile phones by commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this notice
or this activity, contact Mr. Jose M. Rodriguez, CVISN Technical
Program Manager, Technology Division of FMCSA, (202) 366-3517,
jose.rodriguez@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The purpose of the CVISN program is to advance technological
capability and promote the deployment of Intelligent Transportation
System applications for commercial vehicle operations, including
commercial vehicle, commercial driver, and carrier specific information
systems and networks. CVISN is divided into core and expanded
deployment. Before a State is eligible for expanded deployment funding,
it must complete core deployment. In order to complete core deployment,
States must install an electronic system to screen transponder-equipped
commercial vehicles at a minimum of one fixed or mobile inspection site
in the State and replicate this screening at other sites. The objective
of electronic screening is to identify enrolled vehicles; to screen
vehicles based on safety history, weight, and credential status (e.g.,
registration, fuel tax payment, operating authority); and to allow
enrolled vehicles that meet the State's criteria to bypass inspection
sites. By allowing compliant vehicles to bypass weigh stations and
inspection sites without stopping, FMCSA and its State partners are
able to increase the effectiveness of enforcement efforts by targeting
high risk motor carriers. Currently, weigh stations and inspection
sites electronically screen DSRC-enabled transponder-equipped CMVs to
determine if an inspection is necessary or if the driver should bypass
the weigh station or inspection site.
In the past, States have installed only DSRC electronic screening
transponder systems to satisfy the CVISN core electronic screening
requirement because that was the prevalent technology at the time the
CVISN program was authorized. States or private companies providing the
DSRC screening services were required to install DSRC infrastructure to
participate in the information sharing between roadside activities and
the vehicles required to be in compliance with Core CVISN deployment.
States may continue to deploy DSRC electronic screening transponder
systems operating at the 915 MHz frequency to fulfill the CVISN
electronic screening requirement for core compliance.
Use of CMRS To Comply With CVISN
Since the CVISN program began, there has been a significant
expansion of CMRS networks in North America.
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States may now use available CMRS networks to screen trucks equipped
with wireless mobile data devices used as transponders. CMRS network
devices such as smartphones, tablets, fleet management systems, GPS
navigational units, and onboard telematics devices are capable of
transmitting and receiving multiple forms of wireless mobile data and
thus, are considered transponders for the purposes of the CVISN
program.
CMRS transponders use commercially available mobile radio
transmission frequencies to access cellular data networks and exchange
carrier and vehicle credentials utilizing web-based technologies.
Triggered via GPS signaling, CMRS transponders communicate through the
internet to electronic screening systems that issue traditional red
light/green light responses for in-cab displays mounted on the
dashboard. Because CMRS transponders are hardware neutral, drivers can
install a variety of cellular-enabled GPS-connected devices (such as
smartphones, tablets, fleet management systems, GPS navigational units,
and onboard telematics devices) in vehicles.
This policy announcement does not affect the applicability or
enforcement of FMCSA's regulations under 49 CFR part 392 prohibiting
texting and the use of hand-held wireless mobile phones by commercial
motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
Benefits
Use of wireless mobile data devices as transponders with CMRS
provides benefits to FMCSA and key stakeholders including State CMV
enforcement agencies, industry, and participating motor carriers:
1. All of the remaining 11 States that have not yet achieved CVISN
core deployment status because they have not met the CVISN electronic
screening requirement will have another option to achieve CVISN core
deployment status. This makes States eligible for the expanded CVISN
funding deployment milestone and improves data sharing among States and
FMCSA.
2. The electronic screening system enables State enforcement
agencies to identify CMV drivers and check their safety status at
highway speeds and enables FMCSA and State partners to more efficiently
utilize resources to target high risk carriers.
3. The capability to check the safety status of drivers and
vehicles at highway speeds will decrease congestion and vehicle
emissions at inspection sites. Motor carriers will avoid fuel costs
associated with idling at weigh stations and inspection sites.
4. State agencies can add additional electronic screening sites,
both fixed and mobile, with no infrastructure-related costs. CMRS-
enabled systems give States significant flexibility in activating and
de-activating geofences (the virtual perimeter for the real-world
geographic area in which truck station bypass systems electronically
screen CMVs).
5. For participating motor carriers, available CMRS-based
electronic screening systems are technology-platform neutral and could
be operated, on wireless mobile data devices, as well as onboard fleet
management systems. The use of the system is consistent with FMCSA's
prohibition against the use of hand-held mobile phones and texting and
complements existing DSRC-based screening systems.
Issued on: July 8, 2013.
Anne S. Ferro,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-17418 Filed 7-18-13; 8:45 am]
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