Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Comment Period, 19579 [E7-7301]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2006–24646]
Union Pacific Railroad Company;
Notice of Public Hearing and Extension
of Comment Period
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UP) has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking relief
from the requirements of the Rules,
Standards and Instructions found in
Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Section 236.586, Daily or aftertrip test. Specifically, UP is seeking to
change the administration of the first
sentence in paragraph (a) from
‘‘intervals of not more than 2 months’’
to ‘‘intervals of not more than 92 days’’
for all cab signal devices on locomotives
operated by UP. This waiver application
is identified as Docket Number FRA–
2006–24646.
FRA issued a public notice seeking
comments from interested parties. After
examining the carrier’s proposal and the
submitted letters of protest from
interested parties, FRA has determined
that a public hearing is necessary before
a final decision will be made on this
proposal. Accordingly, a public hearing
is hereby set for 9 a.m. on Thursday,
May 31, 2007, at the Holiday Inn
Express Hotel & Suites, 300 Holiday
Frontage Road, in North Platte,
Nebraska 69101. Interested parties are
invited to present oral statements at the
hearing.
The hearing will be informal and will
be conducted by a representative
designated by FRA in accordance with
Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of Practice (49
CFR Section 211.25). The hearing will
be a non-adversary proceeding and, as
such, 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,
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. Any
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additional procedures, if necessary, will
be announced at the hearing.
FRA is also extending the comment
period to June 10, 2007. 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.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g.),
Docket Number FRA–2006–24646) 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 April 12,
2007.
Michael J. Logue,
Deputy Associate of Administrator for Safety
Compliance and Program Implementation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2006-24646]
Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and
Extension of Comment Period
The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking relief from the requirements of
the Rules, Standards and Instructions found in Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Section 236.586, Daily or after-trip test.
Specifically, UP is seeking to change the administration of the first
sentence in paragraph (a) from ``intervals of not more than 2 months''
to ``intervals of not more than 92 days'' for all cab signal devices on
locomotives operated by UP. This waiver application is identified as
Docket Number FRA-2006-24646.
FRA issued a public notice seeking comments from interested
parties. After examining the carrier's proposal and the submitted
letters of protest from interested parties, FRA has determined that a
public hearing is necessary before a final decision will be made on
this proposal. Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 9 a.m.
on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites,
300 Holiday Frontage Road, in North Platte, Nebraska 69101. Interested
parties are invited to present oral statements at the hearing.
The hearing will be informal and will be conducted by a
representative designated by FRA in accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA
Rules of Practice (49 CFR Section 211.25). The hearing will be a non-
adversary proceeding and, as such, 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, 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. Any additional procedures, if
necessary, will be announced at the hearing.
FRA is also extending the comment period to June 10, 2007. 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.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g.), Docket Number FRA-2006-24646) 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 April 12, 2007.
Michael J. Logue,
Deputy Associate of Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program
Implementation.
[FR Doc. E7-7301 Filed 4-17-07; 8:45 am]
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