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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of title 49
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
notice is hereby given that the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) received
a request for a waiver of compliance
with certain requirements of its safety
standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party
seeking relief, the regulatory provisions
involved, the nature of the relief being
requested, and the petitioner’s
arguments in favor of relief.
The Village of Richton Park, Illinois
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[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2010–
0137]
The Village of Richton Park, Illinois
(Village), seeks a permanent waiver of
compliance from a certain provision of
the Use of Locomotive Horns at
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, 49 CFR
part 222. The Village intends to
establish a new quiet zone under the
provisions of 49 CFR 222.39.
Specifically, the Village is seeking a
waiver from the provisions of 49 CFR
222.9, definition of a non-traversable
curb, so that a public crossing that will
be equipped with flashing lights, gates
and medians that complies with all of
the requirements necessary to be a
‘‘gates with medians’’ supplemental
safety measure (SSM) with nontraversable curbs, except for the fact that
the posted highway speed limit is 45
miles per hour (mph) instead of 40 mph
as required in the definition, be deemed
an acceptable SSM.
49 CFR 222.9, the definition of nontraversable curb, reads as follows, ‘‘Nontraversable curb means a highway curb
designed to discourage a motor vehicle
from leaving the roadway. Nontraversable curbs are used at locations
where highway speeds do not exceed 40
mph, and are at least six inches high.
Additional design specifications are
determined by the standard traffic
design specifications used by the
governmental entity constructing the
curb.’’
The Village is in the process of
establishing a new quiet zone along the
Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway’s (EJE)
Joliet Division, Eastern Subdivision,
which would extend from
approximately Milepost (MP) 17.82 to
MP 20.31. The new quiet zone will
consist of three public at-grade
crossings: Ridgeland Avenue (DOT
#260629R), Central Avenue (DOT
#260630K), and Cicero Avenue (DOT
#260632Y). The Village seeks a waiver
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from the requirement that medians with
non-traversable curbing may not be used
where highway speeds exceed 40 mph.
The Cicero Avenue grade crossing is
equipped with standard flashing lights,
gates and medians that are 330 feet in
length north of the crossing, and 1,300
feet in length south of the crossing. The
existing curbing on the medians meets
the state requirements for nontraversable curb but not the
requirements necessary to serve as a
SSM. The Village intends to reconstruct
the medians to meet the SSM
requirement. The posted highway speed
is 45 mph.
The Village provides several reasons
why the 5 mph difference in speed limit
would not diminish the effectiveness of
the SSM, and thus the waiver should be
granted. First, the existing medians are
much wider (12-foot) than the typical
medians used for this application. The
medians also exceed the nominal
required length (100-foot), as they are
330 feet and 1,300 feet in length.
Secondly, the existing curbed median
has not contributed to any prior
incidents or accidents. No accidents
have occurred at the crossing in over 20
years. Thirdly, the Illinois Department
of Transportation (IDOT) was asked by
the Village to review and lower the
speed limit. IDOT conducted a speed
assessment and determined that 45 mph
is the appropriate, safe speed for Cicero
Avenue. Fourthly, the median design to
be used by the Village follows the IDOT
standard, which allows curbed medians
on highways with speed limits of 40 or
45 mph. The Village feels that this
standard should be allowable under the
clause ‘‘Additional design specifications
* * *’’ in the definition.
The Village’s waiver petition
submission included a letter from the
Canadian National Railway Company
(CN) supporting the approval of the
Village’s waiver petition. CN owns the
EJE.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
an opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before
the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2010–
0137) and may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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• Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received within 45
days of the date of this notice will be
considered by FRA before final action is
taken. Comments received after that
date will be considered as far as
practicable. 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://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and 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).
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
28, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010–25006 Filed 10–4–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
notice is hereby given that the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) has
received a request for a waiver of
compliance from certain requirements
of its safety standards. The individual
petition is described below, including
the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the
relief being requested, and the
petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief.
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Fillmore & Western Railroad Co.
mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2010–
0139]
The Fillmore & Western Railroad
Company (FWRY) seeks a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of
the Railroad Freight Car Safety
Standards, 49 CFR 215.303, which
requires stenciling of restricted cars; as
well as 49 CFR 224.3, which requires
Reflectorization for freight cars. FWRY
owns sixteen rail cars that are older than
50 years from their date of original
construction, and are restricted by the
provision of 49 CFR 215.203(a). FWRY
is concurrently seeking special approval
to continue to use these cars under
proceeding according to 49 CFR
215.203(b).
To support its petition to seek relief
from the stenciling and reflectorization
requirements, FWRY states that the cars
subject to this waiver are only used for
tourist passengers, films, movies, props,
still photos and the like. Although
FWRY is considered a general system
railroad, these subject cars are not
interchanged in or with the general
system, and are not freight revenue cars.
FWRY asks for this waiver due to the
fact that the movie and television
companies, still photographers and the
like want the cars to be authentic in
their antiquated and historic look.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
an opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before
the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2010–
0139) and may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
• Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Communications received within 45
days of the date of this notice will be
considered by FRA before final action is
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taken. Comments received after that
date will be considered as far as
practicable. 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://
www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
document (or signing the document, 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 (65 FR
19477) or at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
28, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010–25002 Filed 10–4–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request—Thrift Financial Report:
Schedules SC, SO, VA, PD, LD, CC, CF,
DI, SI, FS, CCR, and VIE
Office of Thrift Supervision
(OTS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other federal agencies to comment on
proposed and continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3507. Today, the Office of Thrift
Supervision within the Department of
the Treasury solicits comments on
proposed changes to the Thrift Financial
Report (TFR), Schedule SC—
Consolidated Statement of Condition,
Schedule SO—Consolidated Statement
of Operations, Schedule VA—
Consolidated Valuation Allowances and
Related Data, Schedule PD—
Consolidated Past Due and Nonaccrual,
Schedule LD—Loan Data, Schedule
CC—Consolidated Commitments and
Contingencies, Schedule CF—
Consolidated Cash Flow Information,
SUMMARY:
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Schedule DI—Consolidated Deposit
Information, Schedule SI—Consolidated
Supplemental Information, Schedule
FS—Fiduciary and Related Services,
and Schedule CCR—Consolidated
Capital Requirement, and on a proposed
new Schedule VIE—Variable Interest
Entities. The changes are proposed to
become effective in March 2011.
At the end of the comment period,
OTS will analyze the comments and
recommendations received to determine
if it should modify the proposed
revisions prior to giving its final
approval. OTS will then submit the
revisions to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval.
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before December 6, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to
Information Collection Comments, Chief
Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20552; send facsimile
transmissions to FAX number (202)
906–6518; send e-mails to
infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov;
or hand deliver comments to the
Guard’s Desk, east lobby entrance, 1700
G Street, NW., on business days
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. All
comments should refer to ‘‘TFR
Revisions—2011, OMB No. 1550–0023.’’
OTS will post comments and the related
index on the OTS Internet Site at
https://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition,
interested persons may inspect
comments at the Public Reading Room,
1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To
make an appointment, call (202) 906–
5922, send an e-mail to
publicinfo@ots.treas.gov, or send a
facsimile transmission to (202) 906–
7755.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: You can
access sample copies of the proposed
2011 TFR forms on OTS’s Web site at
https://www.ots.treas.gov or you may
request them by electronic mail from
tfr.instructions@ots.treas.gov. You can
request additional information about
this proposed information collection
from James Caton, Acting Managing
Director, Economic Policy and Financial
Monitoring and Analysis Division, (202)
906–5680, Office of Thrift Supervision,
1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC
20552.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Thrift Financial Report.
OMB Number: 1550–0023.
Form Number: OTS 1313.
Abstract:
OTS is proposing to revise and extend
for three years the TFR, which is
currently an approved collection of
information.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) has received a request for a waiver of compliance from certain
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.
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Fillmore & Western Railroad Co.
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0139]
The Fillmore & Western Railroad Company (FWRY) seeks a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Railroad Freight Car Safety
Standards, 49 CFR 215.303, which requires stenciling of restricted
cars; as well as 49 CFR 224.3, which requires Reflectorization for
freight cars. FWRY owns sixteen rail cars that are older than 50 years
from their date of original construction, and are restricted by the
provision of 49 CFR 215.203(a). FWRY is concurrently seeking special
approval to continue to use these cars under proceeding according to 49
CFR 215.203(b).
To support its petition to seek relief from the stenciling and
reflectorization requirements, FWRY states that the cars subject to
this waiver are only used for tourist passengers, films, movies, props,
still photos and the like. Although FWRY is considered a general system
railroad, these subject cars are not interchanged in or with the
general system, and are not freight revenue cars. FWRY asks for this
waiver due to the fact that the movie and television companies, still
photographers and the like want the cars to be authentic in their
antiquated and historic look.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2010-0139) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. 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://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the
document, 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 (65 FR 19477) or at
https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-25002 Filed 10-4-10; 8:45 am]
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