2014-2018 Strategic Plan, 6671-6672 [2014-02241]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 23 / Tuesday, February 4, 2014 / Notices organization without the repair station with managerial control having all of the same ratings as its satellite repair stations. [FR Doc. 2014–02249 Filed 2–3–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Docket No. NHTSA—2014–0014] 2014–2018 Strategic Plan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of public listening session and request for comment. AGENCY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently finalizing its 2014–2018 strategic plan, and announces that it will hold a public listening session to solicit public comment on emerging or potential traffic safety problems and solutions. Public feedback will assist the agency in preparing to meet the challenges it faces in the next 5 years on improving motor vehicle and traffic safety in the United States. This notice invites comments, suggestions and recommendations from all individuals and organizations that have an interest in motor vehicle and highway safety, consumer programs (e.g., fuel economy, vehicle theft, odometer fraud, tire performance) administered by the agency, and/or other NHTSA activities. NHTSA will give a brief overview of the plan, and then interested organizations will be provided 10 minutes to present comments to the agency. Alternately, organizations and individuals may provide comments to the docket. DATES: The listening session will be held on February 24, 2014, from 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., EDT. If all participants have had an opportunity to comment, the session may conclude earlier. Preregistration is required for in-person participation. Register by emailing your name, organization and contact information to nhtsa_strategic_plan@ dot.gov by February 19, 2014. Written comments must be submitted by February 24, 2014. ADDRESSES: The listening session will be held at the U. S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. In addition to attending the session in person, the Agency offers several ways to provide comments as enumerated below. You may submit comments mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:14 Feb 03, 2014 Jkt 232001 bearing the Federal Docket Management System Docket ID NHTSA–2014–0014 using any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Send comments to: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– 140, Washington, DC 20590. • Fax: Written comments may be faxed to (202) 366–2106 • Hand Delivery: If you plan to submit written comments by hand or courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Whichever way you submit your comments, please remember to mention the agency and the docket number of this document within your correspondence. Please note that all comments received will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading below. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comments (or signing the comments, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78) or you may visit https:// DocketInfo.dot.gov. For information concerning the listening session, please contact Melanie O’Donnell, Office of Governmental Affairs, Policy, and Strategic Planning, NHTSA (telephone: 202–366–0689 or email: melanie.odonnell@dot.gov). Register by emailing your name, organization and contact information to nhtsa_strategic_plan@dot.gov by February 19, 2014. If you need sign language assistance to participate in this listening session, contact Ms. O’Donnell by February 17, 2014, to allow us to arrange for such services. NHTSA cannot guarantee that interpreter services requested on short notice will be provided. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA requests comments, suggestions and recommendations that will assist the agency in assessing and understanding the potential effects and implications that changes in demographic, economic, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6671 environmental, institutional, and technological factors will have on motor vehicle and highway traffic safety. The agency is particularly interested in learning about emerging or potential safety problems, gaps in current strategies and approaches, and in receiving recommendations for addressing traffic safety problems effectively. NHTSA will consider all comments received but may not necessarily include all comments into the strategic plan due to inconsistency with NHTSA’s mission, budget constraints, and data driven priority areas. I. Background NHTSA was established as the successor to the National Highway Safety Bureau in 1970, to carry out safety programs under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Chapter 301 of Title 49, United States Code) and the Highway Safety Act of 1966 (Chapter 4 of Title 23, United States Code). The agency also administers consumer programs established by the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Saving Act of 1972 (Part C of Subtitle VI (Chapters 321, 323, 325, 327, 329 and 331) of Title 49, United States Code). NHTSA’s mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity. In order to address these public health issues and economic costs of highway crashes, the agency seeks to improve public health by helping to make highway travel safer. The agency develops, promotes and implements educational, regulatory, enforcement and emergency medical service programs aimed at ending preventable tragedies and reducing the economic costs associated with motor vehicle use and highway travel. A multidisciplinary approach that draws upon diverse fields such as epidemiology, engineering, biomechanics, emergency medicine, the social sciences, human factors, economics, education, law enforcement, and communication science to address one of the most complex and challenging public health problems facing our society. NHTSA is a leader in collecting and analyzing motor vehicle crash data, in conducting research, and in developing countermeasures designed to prevent and mitigate vehicle crashes, thereby reducing associated fatalities and traumatic injury. The agency improves traffic safety through its regulation and enforcement of motor vehicle and motor E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1 6672 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 23 / Tuesday, February 4, 2014 / Notices vehicle equipment; develops evidencebased education and enforcement programs and promotes their use by States, localities, and other safety partners; sponsors critical research; conducts innovative projects to improve traffic and motor vehicle safety; provides leadership in understanding and assessing the safety impact of advanced technologies; and, works to develop harmonized international safety standards. All aspects of engineering, education, enforcement and evaluation are incorporated into programs to address the challenges of crash and injury prevention involving people, vehicles, and the roadway environment. II. Meeting Participation and Information NHTSA Seeks From the Public The listening session is open to the public. NHTSA will open the meeting by providing a brief presentation on the current status of the strategic plan. Speakers’ remarks will be limited to 10 minutes each. Pre-registration is required for in-person participation. Register by emailing your name, organization and contact information to nhtsa_strategic_plan@dot.gov by February 19, 2014. For questions contact Melanie O’Donnell at melanie.odonnell@dot.gov or 202–366– 0689. In-person participants need to bring photo identification and should plan to arrive 45 minutes before the session starts to allow time to clear building security. The public may submit material to the NHTSA staff at the session for inclusion in the public docket, NHTSA–2014–0014. Chan Lieu, Director, Office of Governmental Affairs, Policy and Strategic Planning. [FR Doc. 2014–02241 Filed 2–3–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–59–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY United States Mint United States Mint, Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Notice of Stakeholder Meeting. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:14 Feb 03, 2014 Jkt 232001 Pursuant to the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 302), the United States Mint announces a stakeholder meeting for the purpose of obtaining direct, first-hand input on the impacts of alternative metal compositions for circulating coinage from interested members of businesses, industries, and agencies. Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014. Time: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT). Location: United States Mint; 801 Ninth Street NW.; Washington, DC, 2nd floor. Subject: The purpose of this meeting is to invite members of stakeholder organizations to directly share their perspectives concerning circulating coins and the impacts of alternative metal compositions. This input will support the Secretary of the Treasury in understanding the balance of interests and impacts to the public, private industry stakeholders, and the Government. Information: Attendees are invited to the following link for a copy of the United States Mint’s bi-annual report to Congress, December 2012 and the Alternatives Metals study, completed August 2012. https://www.usmint.gov/ about_the_mint/?action=biennialreport. The study discusses alternative metals that could potentially change the following attributes: Weight, color, electromagnetic signature. The study also touches on implementation and transition periods. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010, in conducting research and development on circulating coins, the Secretary of the Treasury is required to consider: (A) Factors relevant to the potential impact of any revisions to the composition of the material used in coin production on the current coinage material suppliers; (B) Factors relevant to the ease of use and ability to co-circulate new coinage materials, including the effect on vending machines and commercial coin processing equipment and making certain, to the greatest extent practicable, that any new coins work SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 without interruption in existing coin acceptance equipment without modification; and (C) Such other factors that the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with merchants who would be affected by any change in the composition of circulating coins, vending machine, and other coin acceptor manufacturers; vending machine owners and operators; transit officials; municipal parking officials; depository institutions; coin and currency handlers; armored-car operators; car wash operators; and American-owned manufacturers of commercial coin processing equipment, considers to be appropriate and in the public interest. Special Accommodations: This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other related accommodations should be directed to the Office of Coin Studies (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) as soon as possible but no later than March 3, 2014. This is not a public meeting. Attendance is by invitation only. Persons interested in attending the meeting should use the contact information provided in this notice no later than Monday, March 10, 2014 to request an invitation and obtain additional meeting information. Seating will be available on a first-come, firstserved basis. Input will be gathered orally, at the stakeholder meeting, and in writing via a subsequent Federal Register notice requesting comment. The oral comments will be documented by a transcription service provider. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Schwager, Office of Coin Studies at OfficeofCoinStudies@usmint. treas.gov, or by calling 202–354–6600. Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(3)(A); Public Law 111–302, section 2(a)(2). Dated: January 29, 2014. Richard A. Peterson, Deputy Director, United States Mint. [FR Doc. 2014–02332 Filed 2–3–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6671-6672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02241]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA--2014-0014]


2014-2018 Strategic Plan

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of public listening session and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is 
currently finalizing its 2014-2018 strategic plan, and announces that 
it will hold a public listening session to solicit public comment on 
emerging or potential traffic safety problems and solutions. Public 
feedback will assist the agency in preparing to meet the challenges it 
faces in the next 5 years on improving motor vehicle and traffic safety 
in the United States. This notice invites comments, suggestions and 
recommendations from all individuals and organizations that have an 
interest in motor vehicle and highway safety, consumer programs (e.g., 
fuel economy, vehicle theft, odometer fraud, tire performance) 
administered by the agency, and/or other NHTSA activities. NHTSA will 
give a brief overview of the plan, and then interested organizations 
will be provided 10 minutes to present comments to the agency. 
Alternately, organizations and individuals may provide comments to the 
docket.

DATES: The listening session will be held on February 24, 2014, from 
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., EDT. If all participants have had an opportunity 
to comment, the session may conclude earlier. Pre-registration is 
required for in-person participation. Register by emailing your name, 
organization and contact information to nhtsa_strategic_plan@dot.gov 
by February 19, 2014. Written comments must be submitted by February 
24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The listening session will be held at the U. S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. In 
addition to attending the session in person, the Agency offers several 
ways to provide comments as enumerated below. You may submit comments 
bearing the Federal Docket Management System Docket ID NHTSA-2014-0014 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Send comments to: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: Written comments may be faxed to (202) 366-2106
     Hand Delivery: If you plan to submit written comments by 
hand or courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
    Whichever way you submit your comments, please remember to mention 
the agency and the docket number of this document within your 
correspondence. Please note that all comments received will be posted 
without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. Please see the ``Privacy Act'' heading below.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comments (or signing the comments, if submitted on 
behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review 
DOT's complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal Register published 
on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit https://DocketInfo.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the 
listening session, please contact Melanie O'Donnell, Office of 
Governmental Affairs, Policy, and Strategic Planning, NHTSA (telephone: 
202-366-0689 or email: melanie.odonnell@dot.gov). Register by emailing 
your name, organization and contact information to nhtsa_strategic_plan@dot.gov by February 19, 2014.
    If you need sign language assistance to participate in this 
listening session, contact Ms. O'Donnell by February 17, 2014, to allow 
us to arrange for such services. NHTSA cannot guarantee that 
interpreter services requested on short notice will be provided.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA requests comments, suggestions and 
recommendations that will assist the agency in assessing and 
understanding the potential effects and implications that changes in 
demographic, economic, environmental, institutional, and technological 
factors will have on motor vehicle and highway traffic safety. The 
agency is particularly interested in learning about emerging or 
potential safety problems, gaps in current strategies and approaches, 
and in receiving recommendations for addressing traffic safety problems 
effectively. NHTSA will consider all comments received but may not 
necessarily include all comments into the strategic plan due to 
inconsistency with NHTSA's mission, budget constraints, and data driven 
priority areas.

I. Background

    NHTSA was established as the successor to the National Highway 
Safety Bureau in 1970, to carry out safety programs under the National 
Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Chapter 301 of Title 49, 
United States Code) and the Highway Safety Act of 1966 (Chapter 4 of 
Title 23, United States Code). The agency also administers consumer 
programs established by the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Saving 
Act of 1972 (Part C of Subtitle VI (Chapters 321, 323, 325, 327, 329 
and 331) of Title 49, United States Code). NHTSA's mission is to save 
lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and 
other economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, 
research, safety standards, and enforcement activity.
    In order to address these public health issues and economic costs 
of highway crashes, the agency seeks to improve public health by 
helping to make highway travel safer. The agency develops, promotes and 
implements educational, regulatory, enforcement and emergency medical 
service programs aimed at ending preventable tragedies and reducing the 
economic costs associated with motor vehicle use and highway travel. A 
multi-disciplinary approach that draws upon diverse fields such as 
epidemiology, engineering, biomechanics, emergency medicine, the social 
sciences, human factors, economics, education, law enforcement, and 
communication science to address one of the most complex and 
challenging public health problems facing our society.
    NHTSA is a leader in collecting and analyzing motor vehicle crash 
data, in conducting research, and in developing countermeasures 
designed to prevent and mitigate vehicle crashes, thereby reducing 
associated fatalities and traumatic injury. The agency improves traffic 
safety through its regulation and enforcement of motor vehicle and 
motor

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vehicle equipment; develops evidence-based education and enforcement 
programs and promotes their use by States, localities, and other safety 
partners; sponsors critical research; conducts innovative projects to 
improve traffic and motor vehicle safety; provides leadership in 
understanding and assessing the safety impact of advanced technologies; 
and, works to develop harmonized international safety standards. All 
aspects of engineering, education, enforcement and evaluation are 
incorporated into programs to address the challenges of crash and 
injury prevention involving people, vehicles, and the roadway 
environment.

II. Meeting Participation and Information NHTSA Seeks From the Public

    The listening session is open to the public. NHTSA will open the 
meeting by providing a brief presentation on the current status of the 
strategic plan. Speakers' remarks will be limited to 10 minutes each. 
Pre-registration is required for in-person participation. Register by 
emailing your name, organization and contact information to nhtsa_strategic_plan@dot.gov by February 19, 2014. For questions contact 
Melanie O'Donnell at melanie.odonnell@dot.gov or 202-366-0689. In-
person participants need to bring photo identification and should plan 
to arrive 45 minutes before the session starts to allow time to clear 
building security. The public may submit material to the NHTSA staff at 
the session for inclusion in the public docket, NHTSA-2014-0014.

Chan Lieu,
Director, Office of Governmental Affairs, Policy and Strategic 
Planning.
[FR Doc. 2014-02241 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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