North County Transit District; Supplementary Notice of Waiver Request; Notice of Public Hearing; and Extension of Comment Period, 34807 [05-11763]
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—Follow-up to UNCED and WSSD;
—Technical cooperation program;
—Future role of formal safety
assessment and human element
issues; and
—Work program of the Committee and
subsidiary bodies.
Immediately following the meeting,
there will be an extended technical
discussion on the topic of greenhouse
gases, which is part of the agenda item
regarding prevention of air pollution
from ships. The focus of this discussion
will be on draft voluntary guidelines for
developing carbon dioxide indexes for
ships. These draft guidelines were
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discussed at MEPC 53.
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Dated: June 9, 2005.
Clay Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating
Committee, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05–11820 Filed 6–14–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2002–
11809]
North County Transit District;
Supplementary Notice of Waiver
Request; Notice of Public Hearing; and
Extension of Comment Period
As a supplement to North County
Transit District’s (NCTD) Petition for
Approval of Shared Use and Waiver of
Certain Federal Railroad Administration
Regulations (the Waiver was granted by
the FRA on June 24, 2003), NCTD seeks
permanent waiver of compliance from
additional sections of Title 49 of the
CFR for operation of its SPRINTER rail
line between Oceanside, CA., and
Escondido, CA. See Statement of
Agency Policy Concerning Jurisdiction
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Over the Safety of Railroad Passenger
Operations and Waivers Related to
Shared Use of the Tracks of the General
Railroad System by Light Rail and
Conventional Equipment, 65 FR 42529
(July 10, 2000). See also Joint Statement
of Agency Policy Concerning Shared
Use of the Tracks of the General
Railroad System by Conventional
Railroads and Light Rail Transit
Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July 10, 2000).
In this regard, NCTD has advanced
the design and construction of the
SPRINTER rail line towards
implementation and in the process, has
identified the following additional
regulations from which it hereby seeks
waivers: 49 CFR part 223 Safety Glazing
Standards—Locomotives, Passenger
Cars and Cabooses, Section 223.9(c);
and part 229 Railroad Locomotive
Safety Standards, Section 229.125(a).
As a result of the comments received
by FRA concerning this waiver petition,
FRA has determined that a public
hearing is necessary before a final
decision is made on this petition.
Accordingly, a public hearing is set to
begin at 9 a.m., on July 27, 2005, in the
Room 3328 at the Department of
Transportation Headquarters Nassif
Building, 400 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. Interested
parties are invited to present oral
statements at this hearing.
The hearing will be informal and will
be conducted in accordance with FRA’s
Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25) by a
representative designated by FRA.
FRA’s representative will make an
opening statement outlining the scope
of the hearing, as well as any additional
procedures for the conduct of the
hearing. The hearing will be a nonadversarial proceeding in which all
interested parties will be given the
opportunity to express their views
regarding this waiver petition, without
cross-examination. After all initial
statements have been completed, those
persons wishing to make a brief rebuttal
will be given an opportunity to do so in
the same order in which initial
statements were made. Additional
procedures, if necessary for the conduct
of the hearing, will be announced at the
hearing.
In addition, FRA is extending the
comment period in this proceeding until
August 12, 2005. FRA reserves the right
to announce a further extension of the
comment period for the purpose of
receiving post-hearing submissions
should that appear appropriate in the
judgment of the Federal Railroad
Administration Safety Board based on
testimony received at the public
hearing. All communications
concerning these proceedings should
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identify the appropriate docket number
(Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–
2002–11809), and must be submitted to
the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket
Management Facility, Room PL–401
(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. All written
communications concerning these
proceedings are available for
examination during regular business
hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the above
facility. All documents in the public
docket are also available for inspection
and copying on the Internet at the
docket facility’s web site at https://
dms.dot.gov.
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.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000, (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). The
Statement may also be found at https://
dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC. on June 8, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 05–11763 Filed 6–14–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket Number 2005–21427]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Invitation for public comments
on a requested administrative waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel
BLACK PEARL.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–
383 and Pub. L. 107–295, the Secretary
of Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.build requirement of the coastwise laws
under certain circumstances. A request
for such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below. The complete application
is given in DOT docket 2005–21427 at
https://dms.dot.gov. Interested parties
may comment on the effect this action
may have on U.S. vessel builders or
businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag
vessels. If MARAD determines, in
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2002-11809]
North County Transit District; Supplementary Notice of Waiver
Request; Notice of Public Hearing; and Extension of Comment Period
As a supplement to North County Transit District's (NCTD) Petition
for Approval of Shared Use and Waiver of Certain Federal Railroad
Administration Regulations (the Waiver was granted by the FRA on June
24, 2003), NCTD seeks permanent waiver of compliance from additional
sections of Title 49 of the CFR for operation of its SPRINTER rail line
between Oceanside, CA., and Escondido, CA. See Statement of Agency
Policy Concerning Jurisdiction Over the Safety of Railroad Passenger
Operations and Waivers Related to Shared Use of the Tracks of the
General Railroad System by Light Rail and Conventional Equipment, 65 FR
42529 (July 10, 2000). See also Joint Statement of Agency Policy
Concerning Shared Use of the Tracks of the General Railroad System by
Conventional Railroads and Light Rail Transit Systems, 65 FR 42626
(July 10, 2000).
In this regard, NCTD has advanced the design and construction of
the SPRINTER rail line towards implementation and in the process, has
identified the following additional regulations from which it hereby
seeks waivers: 49 CFR part 223 Safety Glazing Standards--Locomotives,
Passenger Cars and Cabooses, Section 223.9(c); and part 229 Railroad
Locomotive Safety Standards, Section 229.125(a).
As a result of the comments received by FRA concerning this waiver
petition, FRA has determined that a public hearing is necessary before
a final decision is made on this petition. Accordingly, a public
hearing is set to begin at 9 a.m., on July 27, 2005, in the Room 3328
at the Department of Transportation Headquarters Nassif Building, 400
7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Interested parties are invited
to present oral statements at this hearing.
The hearing will be informal and will be conducted in accordance
with FRA's Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25) by a representative
designated by FRA. FRA's representative will make an opening statement
outlining the scope of the hearing, as well as any additional
procedures for the conduct of the hearing. The hearing will be a non-
adversarial proceeding in which all interested parties will be given
the opportunity to express their views regarding this waiver petition,
without cross-examination. After all initial statements have been
completed, those persons wishing to make a brief rebuttal will be given
an opportunity to do so in the same order in which initial statements
were made. Additional procedures, if necessary for the conduct of the
hearing, will be announced at the hearing.
In addition, FRA is extending the comment period in this proceeding
until August 12, 2005. FRA reserves the right to announce a further
extension of the comment period for the purpose of receiving post-
hearing submissions should that appear appropriate in the judgment of
the Federal Railroad Administration Safety Board based on testimony
received at the public hearing. All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the appropriate docket number (Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA-2002-11809), and must be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. All written
communications concerning these proceedings are available for
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above
facility. All documents in the public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's web
site at https://dms.dot.gov.
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.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000, (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Statement
may also be found at https://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC. on June 8, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-11763 Filed 6-14-05; 8:45 am]
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