News Release - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

FMCSA Public Listening Session on Plans to Improve Monitoring and Assessing the Safety Performance of Commercial Motor Carriers Slated for Washington, DC, on November 16

WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), looking to improve the way it monitors and assesses the safety performance of the rapidly growing commercial vehicle industry, is developing a new approach that focuses on interacting with more carriers on a regular basis through its Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 initiative. A public listening session to obtain feedback on the latest progress of the initiative will be held in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2006.

A notice summarizing the safety initiative and announcing the listening session was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, October 17, 2006. The listening session will take place from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20001; register online at http://www.csa2010.com.

Written comments must be submitted by December 18, 2006. Comments can be submitted online at the Department of Transportation's Docket Management System at http://dmses.dot.gov. Reference docket number FMCSA-2004-18898.

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