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[Federal Register: November 19, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 224)]
[Notices]
[Page 69717-69718]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr19no08-140]
----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Use of Advanced Information Technologies To Monitor Compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), USDOT.
ACTION: Notice of Policy Change. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the motor carrier community of policy
changes regarding the FMCSA's use of advanced information technology.
DATES: Effective Date: This change in policy is effective December 19, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lee Zimmerman, Chief, Enforcement
and Compliance Division, MC-ECE, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202-366-6830. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Web site address:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov.
Background
Current Policy
In 1997, the FMCSA issued a policy memorandum which limited the use
of advanced technology during Agency investigations regarding motor
carrier compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
The Agency recognized the technologies, which were emerging and being
implemented within the industry in 1997, offered positive opportunity
to advance operational safety performance. Therefore, the Agency
decided to
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initiate the 1997 policy limiting the use of technology data and
electronically produced records during reviews and for regulatory
enforcement purposes, in order to promote and encourage the use of
these new technologies by the industry. This policy afforded the
industry the opportunity to fully integrate the technology in its
operations and overall safety management system.
After more than a decade since the Agency established its policy,
the use of advanced technology has become widely accepted and an
integral component of the industry's logistics and operations
management systems. The Agency's policy achieved its purpose; the once
emerging technologies are today a common and essential component of the
industry's logistics, operations and safety management systems to
achieve the safe and efficient transportation of passengers and
freight. Therefore, with this notice, the FMCSA rescinds the 1997
policy on Advanced Information Technology.
Issued on: November 13, 2008.
Dan Hartman,
Associate Administrator, Field Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-27441 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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