SUMMARY: FMCSA announces the appointment of 15 members to the Household Goods (HHG) Consumer Protection Working Group (HHG Working Group). This group will meet for the first time on January 4–5, 2017. 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 first HHG Working Group meeting will be held on January 4, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and January 5, 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 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/householdgoods-consumer-protection-workinggroup.

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: kenneth.rodgers@dot.gov.