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[Federal Register: May 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 85)]
[Notices]
[Page 26170-26171]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr03my06-131] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA-2005-23239] Proposed Improvements to the Motor Carrier Safety Status
(SafeStat) Measurement System AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). ACTION: Notice; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
proposes improvements to its Motor Carrier Safety Status (SafeStat)
Measurement System algorithm. The SafeStat system analyzes current and
historical safety performance and compliance information to rank the
relative safety fitness of commercial motor carriers. SafeStat enables
FMCSA to quantify and monitor trends in the safety status of individual
motor carriers. FMCSA focuses compliance review and roadside inspection
resources on carriers posing the greatest potential safety risk. The
proposed improvements are intended to make the algorithm more effective
in identifying motor carriers posing a high crash risk. DATES: Submit comments on or before July 3, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the proposed changes through the
SafeStat Online section of FMCSA's Analysis & Information Online Web
site: http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafeStat/SafeStatMain.asp. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bryan Price, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Suite 305, Pittsburgh, PA
15222. Telephone 412-395-4816. E-mail bryan.price@fmcsa.dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SafeStat is an automated, data-driven
analysis system designed by FMCSA. It combines current and historical
carrier-based safety performance information to measure the relative
(peer-to-peer) safety fitness of interstate commercial motor carriers
and intrastate commercial motor carriers that transport hazardous
materials. This information includes Federal and State data on crashes
and roadside inspections, on-site compliance review results, and
enforcement history. SafeStat enables FMCSA to quantify and monitor the
safety status of individual motor carriers on a monthly basis, and
thereby focus compliance review and roadside inspection resources on
carriers posing the greatest potential safety risk. [[Page 26171]] SafeStat can be accessed through the SafeStat Online portion of
FMCSA's A&I Online Web site: http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafeStat/SafeStatMain.asp. The Agency has proposed improvements to the SafeStat
system that would simplify the Accident Safety Evaluation Area (SEA),
increase the relevance of moving violations in the Driver SEA, include
in the Vehicle SEA vehicle out-of-service violations from inspections
marked as driver-only, and shorten the data exposure time period
considered by SafeStat from 30 months to 24 months. The proposed
changes are also consistent with FMCSA's Comprehensive Safety Analysis
2010 (CSA 2010) reform initiative. The ultimate goal of CSA 2010 is
development of an optimal operational model that will allow FMCSA to
focus its limited resources on improving the performance of high-risk
operators. For more information about CSA 2010, visit http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/safety-initiatives/csa2010listening.htm. Revisions to the SafeStat system are exempt from notice and comment
under the Administrative Procedure Act because they are both matters
"relating to agency management" and "general statements of policy,
or rules of agency * * * procedure, or practice" under 5 U.S.C.
553(a)(2) and (b)(A), respectively. Nonetheless, FMCSA encourages the
public to review the details of the proposed SafeStat improvements by
accessing SafeStat Online, and to submit comments directly to the Web
site. The Agency will give careful consideration to all comments
received, and provide appropriate notice regarding the changes to its
safety measurement system at http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafeStat/SafeStatMain.asp. Issued on: April 24, 2006.
William A. Quade,
Acting Associate Administrator, Enforcement and Program Delivery.
[FR Doc. E6-6647 Filed 5-2-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P
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