[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77000-77001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26674]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2016-0206]
Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of establishment of Advisory Committee on Transportation
Equity (ACTE).
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), and in accordance with Title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations, Section 102-3.65, and following consultation with the
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration,
notice is hereby given that the ACTE will be established for a 2-year
period.
The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Transportation on comprehensive, interdisciplinary issues
related to transportation equity from a variety of stakeholders
involved in transportation planning, design, research, policy, and
advocacy. Specifically, the ACTE will inform the Department about
efforts to (1) institutionalize the U.S. DOT Opportunity principles
into Agency programs, policies, regulations, and activities; (2)
strengthen and establish partnerships with other governmental agencies,
including other Federal agencies and State, tribal, or local
governments, regarding opportunity issues; (3) promote economic and
related forms of opportunity by empowering communities to have a
meaningful voice in local and regional transportation decisions; and
(4) sharpen enforcement tools to ensure compliance with
nondiscrimination programs, policies, regulations, and activities.
The U.S. DOT Opportunity principles are to:
(1) Support transportation projects that connect people to economic
and related forms of opportunity and revitalize communities;
(2) Ensure that current and future transportation projects connect
and strengthen communities; and
(3) Develop transportation facilities that meaningfully reflect and
incorporate the input of all the people and communities they touch.
Additionally, the establishment of the ACTE is necessary for the
Department to carry out its mission and in the public interest. The
Committee will operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and the rules and regulations issued in
implementation of that Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara McCann, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Policy, Room W84-
310, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; phone (202) 366-
8016; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Transportation will appoint
up to 15 voting members to the ACTE. Members will be selected with a
view toward achieving varied perspectives on transportation equity,
including (1) academia; (2) community groups; (3) industry/business;
(4) non-government organizations; (5) State and local governments; and
(6) federally recognized tribal governments and indigenous groups. The
Secretary of Transportation will seek a membership that is fairly
balanced in terms of points of view of the affected interests.
The Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity's efforts will
include evaluation of the Department's work in using the principles
above to achieve Opportunity objectives when carrying out its
strategic, research, technological, regulatory, community engagement,
and economic policy activities related to transportation and
opportunity.
The Committee shall act solely in an advisory capacity and will not
exercise program management responsibilities. Decisions directly
affecting implementation of transportation policy will remain with the
Secretary.
Members of the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity may be
selected to serve either as representative members or as members
appointed solely for their expertise. The latter will serve as special
Government employees and will be subject to certain ethical
restrictions, and such members will be required to submit certain
information in connection with the appointment process.
Committee members may serve for a term of 2 years or less and may
be reappointed for successive terms, with no more than 2 successive
terms. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee will be appointed by
the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy from among the
selected members, and the Committee is expected to meet
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approximately two times per year or as necessary. Subcommittees may be
formed to address specific transportation equity issues.
The Committee will make recommendations that provide timely,
comprehensive, inclusive advice to the Secretary on transportation
opportunity public policy issues that advance the principles of
providing opportunity and access to everyone.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 27, 2016.
Blair C. Anderson,
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-26674 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
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