Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group

The purpose of the committee meeting will be to discuss the objective and scope of the VIS effort, lessons learned from past incidents, best practices, examples of existing information-sharing systems, safety management systems, and the establishment of subcommittees. The goal of this committee is to provide recommendations to the Secretary as required and specifically outlined in Section 10 of Public Law 114-183.

The meeting will not be web cast; however, any documents presented, will be available on the meeting website and posted on the E-Gov website: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number PHMSA-2016-0128 within 30 days following the meeting.

This meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public who wish to attend in person are asked to register at this web page now, to facilitate entry and guarantee seating. Members of the public who attend in person will also be provided an opportunity to make a statement during the meeting.

Hand Delivery: Room W12—140 on the ground level of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

Instructions: Identify the docket number PHMSA-2016-0128 at the beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). Therefore, you may want to review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477) or view the Privacy Notice at http://www.regulations.gov before submitting any such comments.

Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12—140 on the ground level of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the following statement: ''Comments on PHMSA— 2016-0128.'' The Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the meeting, contact Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-4431 or by e-mail at cheryl.whetsel @ dot.gov.