National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision

Published date29 December 2020
Citation85 FR 85570
Record Number2020-28494
SectionProposed rules
CourtFederal Highway Administration
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2020)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Page 85570]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-28494]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Federal Highway Administration
                23 CFR Parts 470, 635 and 655
                [FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2020-0001]
                RIN 2125-AF85
                National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on
                Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision
                AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of
                Transportation (DOT).
                ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of proposed amendments; correction (NPA).
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                SUMMARY: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and
                Highways (MUTCD) is incorporated in FHWA regulations and recognized as
                the national standard for traffic control devices used on all public
                roads. FHWA recently published its NPA and placed supplemental
                documents to the docket for the rulemaking. Two of the supplemental
                documents contained the same drafting error. By this notice FHWA is
                correcting that error and providing public notice of the revised
                documents.
                DATES: December 29, 2020.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kevin Sylvester, Office of
                Transportation Operations, (202) 366-2161, [email protected], or
                Mr. William Winne, Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366-1397,
                [email protected], Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey
                Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                Electronic Access and Filing
                 This document and all comments received may be viewed online
                through the Federal eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
                The website is available
                 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of this
                document may also be downloaded by accessing the Office of the Federal
                Register's home page at: https://www.federalregister.gov.
                Background
                 FHWA published its NPA proposing changes to the MUTCD on December
                14, 2020, at 85 FR 80898. FHWA published several supplemental documents
                to the docket for this rulemaking to aid the public review of the
                proposals described in the NPA. Two of those documents, ``MUTCD 11ed
                NPA Text-Mark-up.pdf'' and ``MUTCD 11ed NPA Text-Clean.pdf,'' contained
                a drafting error which suggests that FHWA is making a change to the
                text that was neither intended nor described in the NPA document. The
                phrase ``shall not'' was inadvertently included in a proposed editorial
                deletion in the Standard statement of proposed Section 9A.01. This
                error has been corrected and FHWA has placed the updated version of
                MUTCD Proposed Text.pdf to the docket.
                Nicole R. Nason,
                Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
                [FR Doc. 2020-28494 Filed 12-28-20; 8:45 am]
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