[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15551-15552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06185]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0116]
Household Goods (HHG) Consumer Protection Working Group Second
Public Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Congress mandated the establishment of the HHG Working Group
in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The group is
charged with providing recommendations on how to better educate and
protect HHG moving customers (consumers) during interstate HHG moves.
DATES: The second HHG Working Group meeting will be held on May 2 and
3, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and May 4, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. at the USDOT Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Members of the public planning to attend should
email FMCSA at the contact information listed below by April 15, 2017.
Members of the Working Group and the public should arrive at 8:30 a.m.
to facilitate clearance through DOT security. Copies of the agenda will
be made available at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/fastact/household-goods-consumer-protection-working-group.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial
Enforcement and Investigations Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Phone (202) 366-0073; Email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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FAST Act
Section 5503 of the FAST Act (Pub. L. 114-94) (December 4, 2015)
requires the HHG Working Group to provide recommendations to the
Secretary of Transportation, through the FMCSA Administrator. The
Working Group will operate in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
As required by Section 5503 of the FAST Act, the Working Group will
make recommendations in three areas relating to ``how to best convey to
consumers relevant information with respect to the Federal laws
concerning the interstate transportation of household goods by motor
carrier.'' Those areas are:
1. How to condense the FMCSA ``Ready to Move ?'' tips published in
April 2006 (FMCSA-ESA-03-005) into a more consumer friendly format;
2. How best to use state-of-the-art education techniques and
technologies (including how to optimize use of the Internet as an
educational tool); and
3. How to reduce and simplify the paperwork required of motor
carriers and shippers in interstate transportation.
Section 5503 mandates that the Secretary of Transportation appoint
a Working Group that is comprised of (i) individuals with expertise in
consumer affairs; (ii) educators with expertise in how people learn
most effectively; and (iii) representatives of the FMCSA regulated
interstate HHG moving industry.
On April 20, 2016, FMCSA solicited applications and nominations of
interested persons to serve on the HHG Working Group. Applications and
nominations were due on or before May 20, 2016 [81 FR 23354]. The HHG
Working Group met for the first time on January 4-5, 2017.
The Working Group will terminate one year after the date its
recommendations are submitted to the Secretary of Transportation.
Meeting Information
Meetings will be open to the general public, except as provided
under FACA. Notice of each meeting will be published in the Federal
Register at least 15 calendar days prior to the date of the meeting.
For the May 2-4, 2017, meeting, oral comments from the public will
be heard from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on May 4, 2017. Should all
public comments be exhausted prior to the end of the specified oral
comment period, the comment period will close.
Issued on: March 23, 2017.
William A. Quade,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2017-06185 Filed 3-28-17; 8:45 am]
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