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(a) None. If all sensors report no fault,
the truck may bypass the station.
(b) Would still need/want USDOT
registration number to check carrier
history.
(c) Would still need/want CDL or
other license information to check
driver history.
(d) For trucks randomly sampled for
inspection, no matter what information
about the carrier, driver or truck was
transmitted, the truck would still need
to pass in front of inspectors at slow
speed to allow for quick visual
inspection.
(e) Other.
9. Please rank the following concerns/
challenges with implementing an
‘‘automated’’ wireless type of safety
inspection concept, with 1 being the
greatest concern and 5 being the least
concern.
(a) lPrivacy concerns
(b) lElectronic falsification of data
(c) lAccuracy of measured data
(d) lOperator resistance to
implementation
(e) lAdded operational and
maintenance requirements
(f) lOther (please specify)
10. Regarding driver HOS violations,
what would be sufficient to transmit to
the inspection station? (select one)
(a) A simple ‘‘in-violation’’ versus
‘‘no-violation’’ signal.
(b) Information that indicates if an
operator is approaching a violation
threshold.
(c) The actual HOS for each rule (e.g.,
60-hr., 70 hr., etc.).
(d) The complete logbook regardless
of status of violation.
(e) Other.
11. Regarding the options described
below, which would you deem more
helpful for improving the overall
screening, inspection process, and
safety of commercial vehicles and why?
(select one)
Option 1: Utilize on-board vehicle
sensors to monitor brake wear, tire
pressure, and other critical parameters.
Also, electronically identify the driver
CDL information using smart cards/
readers and electronically coded U.S.
DOT and license numbers. Combine all
electronic information (vehicle health,
CDL, and carrier identifier data) to form
a ‘‘safety data message set’’ that could be
wirelessly transmitted from the vehicle
to a fixed or mobile roadside inspection
station, or other locations as needed.
This data could be used to eliminate
portions of a manually-performed
vehicle inspection, reduce the amount
of time spent inspecting each truck,
improve effectiveness, and assist in
identifying which trucks to inspect.
Information could be sent to carriers as
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well to provide vehicle diagnostic and
driver data for fleet safety management
purposes. In the future, when sufficient
accuracy and system security (antitampering) can be assured, a new
automated inspection level could be
defined, i.e., ‘‘Level 7,’’ where citations
would be given to the drivers and
automatically sent to carriers.
Option 2: Implement a screening
procedure whereby vehicle, carrier, and
driver identifier-only information (i.e.,
no ‘‘real-time’’ vehicle health or driver
status data) could be downloaded
wirelessly from each vehicle well in
advance of the weigh/inspection station.
The information could then be used to
query databases containing driver
history and credentialing data, past
vehicle inspection history, and carriersafety-rating data. Vehicle weight would
be monitored using in-road (WIM)
equipment and correlated with the
identifier information obtained
wirelessly.
Option 3: Similar to Option 2, except
carrier and vehicle identifier data are
obtained from roadside equipment only
(no transponder on vehicle) using highaccuracy video that reads DOT and
license numbers. Vehicle weight would
be monitored using in-road (WIM)
equipment and correlated with the
identifier data.
Option 4: Maintain the same
procedures currently used, but increase
the number of trucks inspected through
use of additional manpower and
facilities.
lOption 1 l Option 2 l Option 3 l
Option 4
Comments:
12. What technology for wirelessly
transmitting data from the vehicle to the
roadside inspection site should be
favored and why? (select one)
lWi-FilCellularlSatellitelOther
lAny and all of the above
Comments:
13. As noted earlier, on average, a
heavy duty commercial vehicle (tractortrailer) is likely to receive an inspection
approximately once per year with trucks
from higher risk carriers often inspected
more frequently. How frequently would
inspections need to occur before carriers
and operators (particularly high-risk
carriers) would begin to significantly
modify their behavior relative to vehicle
maintenance and driver compliance?
Once a month? Once a week? Other? If
a subset of inspection information could
be electronically screened at all
inspection sites (i.e., brake, tire, and
lighting system diagnostic data;
electronic hours-of-service record; CDL
information; and carrier and vehicle
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identification data), how would this
impact carrier and operator behavior?
14. If such a program were
implemented on a national scale
(together with high-speed WIM
technology), it could reduce the amount
of time vehicles spend at roadside
inspection facilities. Depending on the
cost of implementing such technology
from the motor carrier’s perspective, the
increase in efficiency may well be cost
beneficial. However, it has been argued
that such new technology systems are
often adopted by ‘‘good carriers’’ and, as
such, they do little to improve the safety
of poorer performing carriers. Please
comment on possible strategies and
approaches for implementing a
nationwide wireless vehicle inspection
program that would encourage broadbased participation from a significant
percentage of motor carriers. Could a
voluntary program with incentives be
successful (identify and explain
potential incentives)? Should a phasedin regulatory approach be considered?
Other?
15. Please provide any other
comments on the safety benefits,
technical barriers, institutional
challenges and/or costs of
implementation associated with a
wireless, automated safety inspection
program.
Issued on: August 5, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05–16163 Filed 8–15–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
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
a 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
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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. A
public hearing was originally scheduled
for July 27, 2005. However, due to the
unavailability of some of the interested
parties, FRA opened the public hearing
and announced that a second public
hearing would be scheduled in this
matter. Accordingly, a public hearing is
set to begin at 9:30 a.m. on September
14, 2005, in Rooms 4438 and 4440 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
conducted in accordance with FRA’s
Rules of Practice (49 CFR part 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
September 23, 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 Board based on
testimony received at the public
hearing.
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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 August 11,
2005.
Michael Logue,
Deputy Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05–16282 Filed 8–15–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2005–21015]
Central New York Railroad
Corporation, Norfolk Southern
Corporation, and New York,
Susquehanna and Western Railway
Corporation; Notice of Public Hearing
and Extension of Comment Period
The Central New York Railroad
Corporation, Norfolk Southern
Corporation, and New York,
Susquehanna and Western Railway
Corporation have jointly petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
seeking approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the
interlocking, automatic block signal,
and traffic control systems, on the single
and double main tracks, between CP
Sparrow Bush, milepost 89.9, near Port
Jervis, New York, and, CP BD, milepost
213.0, near Binghamton, New York, a
distant of approximately 123 miles. This
block signal application proceeding is
identified as Docket Number FRA–
2005–21015.
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FRA has issued a public notice
seeking comments of interested parties
and is conducting its own field
investigation in this matter. However,
after examining the carrier’s proposal
and numerous letters of comments from
interested parties; FRA has determined
that a public hearing is necessary before
a final decision is made on this
proposal. FRA is also extending the
comment period to one week beyond
the date of the public hearing. If
information received at the public
hearing warrants the need to extend the
comment period further, a separate
notice will be published indicating such
extension.
Accordingly, a public hearing is
hereby set for 9 a.m. daylight-saving
time, on Wednesday, September 28,
2005, in Conference Room 1, on the
18th floor, of the State Office Building,
at 44 Hawley Street, in Binghamton,
New York 13901. Interested parties are
invited to present oral statements at the
hearing.
The hearing will be an informal one
and will be conducted in accordance
with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of
Practice (49 CFR part 211.25), by a
representative designated by the FRA.
The hearing will be a non adversary
proceeding and, therefore, there will be
no cross-examination of persons
presenting statements. The FRA
representative will make an opening
statement outlining the scope of the
hearing. After all initial statements have
been completed, those persons wishing
to make brief rebuttal statements will be
given the opportunity to do so in the
same order in which they made their
initial statements. Additional
procedures, if necessary for the conduct
of the hearing, will be announced at the
hearing.
In addition, FRA is extending the
comment period to October 5, 2005. All
communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2005–
21015) 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
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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 a 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
[[Page 48232]]
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. A public hearing was
originally scheduled for July 27, 2005. However, due to the
unavailability of some of the interested parties, FRA opened the public
hearing and announced that a second public hearing would be scheduled
in this matter. Accordingly, a public hearing is set to begin at 9:30
a.m. on September 14, 2005, in Rooms 4438 and 4440 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 conducted in accordance with FRA's
Rules of Practice (49 CFR part 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 September 23, 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 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 August 11, 2005.
Michael Logue,
Deputy Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-16282 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
