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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0106]
America’s Supply Chains and the
Transportation Industrial Base
Notice of request for
information.
ACTION:
On February 24, 2021,
President Biden issued an Executive
Order, ‘‘America’s Supply Chains,’’
which directs several Federal agency
actions to secure and strengthen
America’s supply chains. On June 8,
2021, the President also established a
Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force—
co-chaired by the Secretaries of
Transportation, Agriculture, and
Commerce—to address near term supply
chain challenges, with a focus on
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alleviating bottlenecks and supply
constraints in the transportation sector,
particularly for ports, rail, and trucking.
The Executive Order requires the
Secretary of Transportation to submit,
within one year, a report to the
President on supply chains for the
transportation industrial base. DOT’s
one-year assessment will build off the
work of the Supply Chains Disruption
Task Force and focus on the freight and
logistics sector, with the goal of
strengthening resilience among
transportation supply chains. This
notice requests information from the
public to assist the Department of
Transportation in preparing the report
required by the Executive Order and
solicits practical solutions from a broad
range of stakeholders to address current
and future challenges to supply chain
resilience in the freight and logistics
sector.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 18, 2021. DOT will
consider comments filed after this date
to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Number DOT–
OST–2021–0106 by any of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submission: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Search by using
the docket number (provided above).
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the electronic docket site.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor (W12–140), Washington,
DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: W12–140 of the
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
numbers.
Note: All comments received, including
any personal information, will be posted
without change to the docket and is
accessible via https://www.regulations.gov.
Input submitted online via
www.regulations.gov is not immediately
posted to the site. It may take several
business days before your submission is
posted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Endorf at ryan.endorf@dot.gov or
at 202–366–4835.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On February 24, 2021,
President Biden issued Executive Order
14017, ‘‘America’s Supply Chains’’ (86
FR 11849) (E.O. 14017). E.O. 14017
focuses on the need for resilient,
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diverse, and secure supply chains to
ensure U.S. economic prosperity and
national security. Such supply chains
are needed to address conditions that
can reduce critical manufacturing
capacity and the availability and
integrity of critical goods, products, and
services. Section 4 of E.O. 14017 directs
that within one year, the Secretary of
Transportation shall submit a report to
the President, through the Assistant to
the President for National Security
Affairs (APNSA) and the Assistant to
the President for Economic Policy
(APEP), on supply chains for the
transportation industrial base. Per the
Executive Order, the Secretary shall
determine what constitutes the
‘‘transportation industrial base’’ for
purposes of the report. President Biden
has also established a Supply Chain
Disruptions Task Force—co-chaired by
the Secretaries of Transportation,
Agriculture, and Commerce—to address
near term supply chain challenges, with
a focus on alleviating bottlenecks and
supply constraints in the transportation
sector, particularly for ports, rail, and
trucking.
The transportation industry in the
U.S. is both vast and varied and
underpins much of the economic
activity that takes place in other sectors.
It includes both the vehicles required to
move goods and people and the roads,
rails, waterways, and airways over
which those vehicles travel. It includes
cargo and passenger terminals that
provide for the transfer of people and
goods between vehicles and modes. It
includes the control and information
systems that allow the network to
operate smoothly and efficiently and
enable users to make the most
advantageous choices about their use of
that network. It includes public and
private providers of transportation
services and the operation of privately
owned personal vehicles.
In fulfilling this requirement, the
Department intends to produce a report
on the Nation’s freight and logistics
sector, focused on how the freight
system supports supply chains and any
challenges and resilience issues within
that system. DOT has heard from many
stakeholders about issues related to
bottlenecks on highways, rail, and at
ports, as well as severe container/
chassis shortages and lack of adequate
warehousing capacity, particularly
around the nation’s largest ports. The
resiliency of the freight system is also a
key aspect of supply chain resiliency
across the rest of the economy,
including the critical products being
addressed in the one-year reports being
developed by other agencies.
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The Department is currently engaged
with stakeholders and public agency
partners in addressing current issues in
freight and logistics through President’
Biden’s Supply Chain Disruptions Task
Force. DOT’s E.O. 14017 report will
build on those efforts, focusing on
challenges and solutions over the
medium and longer term while also
addressing DOT’s goals of safety,
economic strength, climate resilience,
equity, and transformation.
This notice requests comments and
information from the public to assist the
Department of Transportation in
preparing the report required by E.O.
14017. In developing this report, the
Secretary will consult with the heads of
appropriate agencies, and will be
assisted by the relevant operating
administrations of the Department of
Transportation.
Written Comments
The Department seeks information
from the public on the current
challenges faced within the freight and
logistics sector, including, but not
limited to, the following topics:
1. The identification of major
infrastructure or operational bottlenecks
and chokepoints across all aspects of the
freight and logistics supply chain—
including shipping/receiving,
intermodal transfer, rail/water/truck
transportation, warehousing, etc.—that
slow or impede efficient cargo
movement within the freight and
logistics sector, and the most effective
investments and management practice
improvements that could be made to
alleviate those bottlenecks.
2. Current and potential future
shortages and/or distribution limitations
of essential cargo-handling equipment,
such as chassis and shipping containers,
and how these challenges can be or are
likely to be addressed by the freight and
logistics industry over both the medium
and longer term.
3. Warehouse capacity and
availability, and any challenges faced in
operating and siting/constructing those
facilities, as well as challenges faced by
third-party logistics service providers
and other stakeholders in the logistic
system.
4. Major risks to resilience within the
freight and logistics sector (including
defense, intelligence, cyber, homeland
security, health, climate, environmental,
natural, market, economic, geopolitical,
human-rights, or labor-management
risks). What factors help to mitigate, or
conversely exacerbate, these risks?
5. The effects of climate change on
transportation and logistics
infrastructure and its implications for
supply chain resiliency.
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6. Technology issues, including
information systems, cybersecurity
risks, and interoperability, that affect
the safe, efficient, and reliable
movement of goods. Would greater
standardization of those technologies
help address those challenges?
7. Key opportunities and challenges
with respect to the existing and future
workforce to ensure a well-functioning
freight and logistics supply chain and
achieve the President’s goal of
increasing good-paying jobs with the
choice of a union. Are there additional
workforce or skill set opportunities and
needs currently, or expected in the
future?
8. Current barriers (including
statutory, regulatory, technological,
institutional, labor and workforce,
management, existing business models/
practices issues) that inhibit supply
chain performance. For any barriers
identified, please address the actors
involved and potential outcomes should
those barriers be removed.
9. Critical assets that the sector relies
upon and their expected future
availability. Would increasing domestic
production of these assets be desirable
or feasible as a means of ensuring
greater supply chain resiliency (chassis,
containers, etc.)?
10. Technological practices, including
data sharing, that are being
implemented at various levels across the
supply chain sector. What are the
upsides, challenges, and drawbacks of
further adoption?
11. Actions that DOT or other
agencies in the U.S. Government (USG)
could take under existing authorities or
in partnership with States, local
governments, the private sector, or labor
to address current and evolving
challenges within the freight and
logistics sector.
12. Other policy recommendations or
suggested executive, legislative, or
regulatory changes to ensure a resilient
supply chain that DOT/USG should
consider, including means to collaborate
more effectively across government
agencies and suggestions based on state
and international models.
13. Recommended actions by nonFederal entities, including State and
local governments, private firms, labor,
and other participants in the freight and
logistics sector that could be encouraged
by DOT/USG.
Dated: September 10, 2021.
Michael Shapiro,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic
Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
[Docket No. TTB–2021–0003]
Proposed Information Collections;
Comment Request (No. 83)
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau (TTB); Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of our continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
we invite comments on the proposed or
continuing information collections
listed below in this notice.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before November 15,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments on
the information collections described in
this document using one of the two
methods described below—
• Internet: To submit comments
electronically, use the comment form for
this document posted on the
‘‘Regulations.gov’’ e-rulemaking website
at https://www.regulations.gov within
Docket No. TTB–2021–0003.
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Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
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Washington, DC 20005.
Please submit separate comments for
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You may view copies of this
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forms, and any comments received by
contacting TTB’s Paperwork Reduction
Act Officer at the addresses or telephone
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Hoover, Regulations and
Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street
NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005;
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informationcollections@ttb.gov (please
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0106]
America's Supply Chains and the Transportation Industrial Base
ACTION: Notice of request for information.
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SUMMARY: On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive
Order, ``America's Supply Chains,'' which directs several Federal
agency actions to secure and strengthen America's supply chains. On
June 8, 2021, the President also established a Supply Chain Disruptions
Task Force--co-chaired by the Secretaries of Transportation,
Agriculture, and Commerce--to address near term supply chain
challenges, with a focus on alleviating bottlenecks and supply
constraints in the transportation sector, particularly for ports, rail,
and trucking. The Executive Order requires the Secretary of
Transportation to submit, within one year, a report to the President on
supply chains for the transportation industrial base. DOT's one-year
assessment will build off the work of the Supply Chains Disruption Task
Force and focus on the freight and logistics sector, with the goal of
strengthening resilience among transportation supply chains. This
notice requests information from the public to assist the Department of
Transportation in preparing the report required by the Executive Order
and solicits practical solutions from a broad range of stakeholders to
address current and future challenges to supply chain resilience in the
freight and logistics sector.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 18, 2021. DOT
will consider comments filed after this date to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number DOT-OST-
2021-0106 by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submission: Go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Search by using the docket number (provided above). Follow the
instructions for submitting comments on the electronic docket site.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor
(W12-140), Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: W12-140 of the Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket numbers.
Note: All comments received, including any personal
information, will be posted without change to the docket and is
accessible via https://www.regulations.gov. Input submitted online
via www.regulations.gov is not immediately posted to the site. It
may take several business days before your submission is posted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Endorf at [email protected] or
at 202-366-4835.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: On February 24, 2021, President
Biden issued Executive Order 14017, ``America's Supply Chains'' (86 FR
11849) (E.O. 14017). E.O. 14017 focuses on the need for resilient,
diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure U.S. economic prosperity
and national security. Such supply chains are needed to address
conditions that can reduce critical manufacturing capacity and the
availability and integrity of critical goods, products, and services.
Section 4 of E.O. 14017 directs that within one year, the Secretary of
Transportation shall submit a report to the President, through the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA) and
the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (APEP), on supply
chains for the transportation industrial base. Per the Executive Order,
the Secretary shall determine what constitutes the ``transportation
industrial base'' for purposes of the report. President Biden has also
established a Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force--co-chaired by the
Secretaries of Transportation, Agriculture, and Commerce--to address
near term supply chain challenges, with a focus on alleviating
bottlenecks and supply constraints in the transportation sector,
particularly for ports, rail, and trucking.
The transportation industry in the U.S. is both vast and varied and
underpins much of the economic activity that takes place in other
sectors. It includes both the vehicles required to move goods and
people and the roads, rails, waterways, and airways over which those
vehicles travel. It includes cargo and passenger terminals that provide
for the transfer of people and goods between vehicles and modes. It
includes the control and information systems that allow the network to
operate smoothly and efficiently and enable users to make the most
advantageous choices about their use of that network. It includes
public and private providers of transportation services and the
operation of privately owned personal vehicles.
In fulfilling this requirement, the Department intends to produce a
report on the Nation's freight and logistics sector, focused on how the
freight system supports supply chains and any challenges and resilience
issues within that system. DOT has heard from many stakeholders about
issues related to bottlenecks on highways, rail, and at ports, as well
as severe container/chassis shortages and lack of adequate warehousing
capacity, particularly around the nation's largest ports. The
resiliency of the freight system is also a key aspect of supply chain
resiliency across the rest of the economy, including the critical
products being addressed in the one-year reports being developed by
other agencies.
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The Department is currently engaged with stakeholders and public
agency partners in addressing current issues in freight and logistics
through President' Biden's Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. DOT's
E.O. 14017 report will build on those efforts, focusing on challenges
and solutions over the medium and longer term while also addressing
DOT's goals of safety, economic strength, climate resilience, equity,
and transformation.
This notice requests comments and information from the public to
assist the Department of Transportation in preparing the report
required by E.O. 14017. In developing this report, the Secretary will
consult with the heads of appropriate agencies, and will be assisted by
the relevant operating administrations of the Department of
Transportation.
Written Comments
The Department seeks information from the public on the current
challenges faced within the freight and logistics sector, including,
but not limited to, the following topics:
1. The identification of major infrastructure or operational
bottlenecks and chokepoints across all aspects of the freight and
logistics supply chain--including shipping/receiving, intermodal
transfer, rail/water/truck transportation, warehousing, etc.--that slow
or impede efficient cargo movement within the freight and logistics
sector, and the most effective investments and management practice
improvements that could be made to alleviate those bottlenecks.
2. Current and potential future shortages and/or distribution
limitations of essential cargo-handling equipment, such as chassis and
shipping containers, and how these challenges can be or are likely to
be addressed by the freight and logistics industry over both the medium
and longer term.
3. Warehouse capacity and availability, and any challenges faced in
operating and siting/constructing those facilities, as well as
challenges faced by third-party logistics service providers and other
stakeholders in the logistic system.
4. Major risks to resilience within the freight and logistics
sector (including defense, intelligence, cyber, homeland security,
health, climate, environmental, natural, market, economic,
geopolitical, human-rights, or labor-management risks). What factors
help to mitigate, or conversely exacerbate, these risks?
5. The effects of climate change on transportation and logistics
infrastructure and its implications for supply chain resiliency.
6. Technology issues, including information systems, cybersecurity
risks, and interoperability, that affect the safe, efficient, and
reliable movement of goods. Would greater standardization of those
technologies help address those challenges?
7. Key opportunities and challenges with respect to the existing
and future workforce to ensure a well-functioning freight and logistics
supply chain and achieve the President's goal of increasing good-paying
jobs with the choice of a union. Are there additional workforce or
skill set opportunities and needs currently, or expected in the future?
8. Current barriers (including statutory, regulatory,
technological, institutional, labor and workforce, management, existing
business models/practices issues) that inhibit supply chain
performance. For any barriers identified, please address the actors
involved and potential outcomes should those barriers be removed.
9. Critical assets that the sector relies upon and their expected
future availability. Would increasing domestic production of these
assets be desirable or feasible as a means of ensuring greater supply
chain resiliency (chassis, containers, etc.)?
10. Technological practices, including data sharing, that are being
implemented at various levels across the supply chain sector. What are
the upsides, challenges, and drawbacks of further adoption?
11. Actions that DOT or other agencies in the U.S. Government (USG)
could take under existing authorities or in partnership with States,
local governments, the private sector, or labor to address current and
evolving challenges within the freight and logistics sector.
12. Other policy recommendations or suggested executive,
legislative, or regulatory changes to ensure a resilient supply chain
that DOT/USG should consider, including means to collaborate more
effectively across government agencies and suggestions based on state
and international models.
13. Recommended actions by non-Federal entities, including State
and local governments, private firms, labor, and other participants in
the freight and logistics sector that could be encouraged by DOT/USG.
Dated: September 10, 2021.
Michael Shapiro,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy.
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