System Safety Program, 70409-70410 [2012-28561]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 227 / Monday, November 26, 2012 / Proposed Rules mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS extent that the telephones to which the exemption applies could not be successfully marketed. However, the statute leaves the Commission substantial discretion to implement the mechanisms that most cost-effectively ensure compliance with these requirements. Accordingly, the Bureau invites further comment on the costs and benefits of these mechanisms, particularly as applied to small entities. For example, what are the costs to small entities of accurately and timely completing FCC Form 655 and of responding to the Commission’s enforcement inquiries? What are the benefits to consumers of having the information in the hearing aid compatibility reports available from the smallest service providers as well as the major national and regional carriers? Are there alternative approaches that would achieve substantially the same benefits in a more cost-effective manner? 12. The Bureau also welcomes comment on any other new or changed circumstances relevant to the operation and effect of the hearing aid compatibility rules. Procedural Matters 13. Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of this document. Comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998). • Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: https://fjallfoss.fcc. gov/ecfs2/. • Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). All filings must be addressed to the Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. • All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Suite 110, VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:40 Nov 23, 2012 Jkt 229001 Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. • Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. • U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. One copy of each pleading must be delivered electronically, by email or facsimile, or if delivered as paper copy, by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (according to the procedures set forth above for paper filings), to the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., at FCC@BCPIWEB.COM or (202) 488– 5563 (facsimile). Federal Communications Commission. Jane E. Jackson, Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. [FR Doc. 2012–28494 Filed 11–23–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration 49 CFR Part 270 [Docket No. FRA–2011–0060, Notice No. 2] 2130–AC31 System Safety Program Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Reopening of comment period. AGENCY: By notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on September 7, 2012, FRA proposed regulations to require commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement a system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. The comment period for the NPRM closed November 6, 2012. This document reopens the comment period until December 7, 2012. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published September 7, 2012, at 77 FR 55372, is reopened. Written comments must be received by Friday, December 7, 2012. Comments received after that date will be SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 70409 considered to the extent possible without incurring additional expenses or delays. ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments related to Docket No. FRA–2011–0060 may be submitted by any of the following methods: • Web site: The Federal eRulemaking Portal, www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site’s online instructions for submitting comments. • Fax: 202–493–2251. • Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12– 140, Washington, DC 20590. • Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12–140 on the Ground level of the West Building, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name, docket name, and docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this rulemaking (2130–AC31). Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https://www. regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document for Privacy Act information related to any submitted comments or materials. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to https://www. regulations.gov at any time or visit the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12–140 on the Ground level of the West Building, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Knote, Staff Director, Passenger Rail Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Railroad Safety, Mail Stop 25, West Building 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 631– 965–1827), Daniel.Knote@dot.gov; or Matthew Navarrete, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, West Building 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202– 493–0138), Matthew.Navarrete@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 29 and 30, 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast region of the United States causing significant E:\FR\FM\26NOP1.SGM 26NOP1 70410 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 227 / Monday, November 26, 2012 / Proposed Rules damage, flooding, and loss of power. Many passenger railroads in the Northeast region were affected by Hurricane Sandy and are still making efforts to resume normal service. Due to these extraordinary circumstances, FRA is reopening the comment period and extending the deadline for the NPRM so that the railroads impacted by Hurricane Sandy have an adequate opportunity to submit comments. The comment deadline is reopened and extended from November 6, 2012 to December 7, 2012. Privacy Act Interested parties should be aware that anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any agency docket by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). See https:// www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov or 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 November 19, 2012. Robert C. Lauby, Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations. [FR Doc. 2012–28561 Filed 11–23–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 [Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2012–0095; FXES11130900000–134–FF09E30000] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of Status Review and 5-Year Review of the Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of initiation of status review and 5-year review. AGENCY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), announce the initiation of a status review of the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) (Preble’s) throughout its range. We conduct status reviews to determine whether a species should be listed as endangered or threatened under the Act. Following this status mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:03 Nov 23, 2012 Jkt 229001 review, we will issue a 12-month finding on two petitions to delist Preble’s. Because a status review also is required for the 5-year review of listed species under section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act, we are electing to prepare these reviews simultaneously. At the conclusion of these simultaneous reviews, we will issue the 12-month finding on the petitions, as provided in section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Act, and make the requisite determination under section 4(c)(2)(B) of the Act based on the results of the 5-year review. Through this notice, we encourage all interested parties to provide us information regarding the Preble’s. We also announce the availability of new information relevant to our consideration of the status of the Preble’s. DATES: To allow us adequate time to conduct these reviews, we request that we receive comments and information no later than December 26, 2012. The deadline for submitting an electronic comment using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES section, below) is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on this date. After December 26, 2012, you must submit information using the U.S. mail or hand-delivery option provided in the ADDRESSES section below. Please note that we may not be able to address or incorporate information that we receive after the above requested date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Search for Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2012–0095 and then follow the instructions for submitting comments. • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R6– ES–2012–0095; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. We will post all information received on https://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post any personal information you provide us (see Request for Information section below for more details). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Linner, Field Supervisor, Colorado Ecological Services Office; mailing address P.O. Box 25486, DFC (MS 65412), Denver, CO 80225; telephone (303) 236–4773; office location: 134 Union Boulevard, Suite 670, Lakewood, CO 80228. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 Previous Federal Actions For a detailed description of Federal actions concerning the Preble’s, please refer to the May 13, 1998, listing under the Act (63 FR 26517); the July 10, 2008, final rule amending the listing determination for the Preble’s (73 FR 39790); and our August 5, 2011, reinstatement of listing protections for the Preble’s (76 FR 47490). On December 23, 2003, we received two nearly identical petitions, one from the State of Wyoming’s Office of the Governor and the second from Coloradans for Water Conservation and Development, seeking to remove the Preble’s from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (Freudenthal 2003; Sonnenberg 2003). The petitions maintained that Preble’s should be delisted based on the taxonomic revision suggested by Ramey et al. (2003) and new distribution, abundance, and trends data that suggested the subspecies was no longer endangered or threatened (Freudenthal 2003, p. 1; Sonnenberg 2003, p. 1). On July 10, 2008, we published a final rule amending the listing for the Preble’s by removing protections for the Preble’s in Wyoming (73 FR 39790). In that rule, we determined that the Preble’s was not threatened throughout all of its range, but the portion of its range located in Colorado represented a ‘‘significant portion of the range’’ (SPR) where the Preble’s should retain its threatened status. On June 23, 2009, a petition for review of the 2008 amendment to the listing was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The petitioners challenged, among other things, our interpretation of SPR as applied to the Preble’s decision. The Service filed a motion for voluntary remand and vacatur of the 2008 Preble’s amended listing decision. On July 7, 2011, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado granted this motion and ordered the 2008 amended listing decision vacated and remanded as of August 6, 2011 (Center for Native Ecosystems, et al. v. Salazar, et al., 09– cv–01463–AP–JLK, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72664). On August 5, 2011, the Service issued a final rule complying with the court order and reinstating the regulatory protections under the Act for the Preble’s in Wyoming, effective August 6, 2011 (76 FR 47490). The court also ordered that by June 1, 2013, the Service must complete its status review of the Preble’s and publish a 12-month finding in the Federal Register for the petitions submitted by the State of Wyoming and Coloradans E:\FR\FM\26NOP1.SGM 26NOP1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70409-70410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28561]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 270

[Docket No. FRA-2011-0060, Notice No. 2]
2130-AC31


System Safety Program

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: By notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on September 
7, 2012, FRA proposed regulations to require commuter and intercity 
passenger railroads to develop and implement a system safety program 
(SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. The comment period for 
the NPRM closed November 6, 2012. This document reopens the comment 
period until December 7, 2012.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published September 7, 
2012, at 77 FR 55372, is reopened. Written comments must be received by 
Friday, December 7, 2012. Comments received after that date will be 
considered to the extent possible without incurring additional expenses 
or delays.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments related to Docket No. FRA-2011-0060 may 
be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Web site: The Federal eRulemaking Portal, 
www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site's online instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, Washington, 
DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140 on the 
Ground level of the West Building, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name, docket 
name, and docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for 
this rulemaking (2130-AC31). Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading in 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document for Privacy Act 
information related to any submitted comments or materials.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov at any time or 
visit the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140 on the Ground 
level of the West Building, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Knote, Staff Director, 
Passenger Rail Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal 
Railroad Administration, Office of Railroad Safety, Mail Stop 25, West 
Building 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 
(telephone: 631-965-1827), Daniel.Knote@dot.gov; or Matthew Navarrete, 
Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad 
Administration, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, West Building 
3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 
202-493-0138), Matthew.Navarrete@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 29 and 30, 2012, Hurricane Sandy 
struck the Northeast region of the United States causing significant

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damage, flooding, and loss of power. Many passenger railroads in the 
Northeast region were affected by Hurricane Sandy and are still making 
efforts to resume normal service. Due to these extraordinary 
circumstances, FRA is reopening the comment period and extending the 
deadline for the NPRM so that the railroads impacted by Hurricane Sandy 
have an adequate opportunity to submit comments. The comment deadline 
is reopened and extended from November 6, 2012 to December 7, 2012.

Privacy Act

    Interested parties should be aware that anyone is able to search 
the electronic form of all comments received into any agency docket by 
the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the 
comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor 
union, etc.). See https://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov or 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 November 19, 2012.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-28561 Filed 11-23-12; 8:45 am]
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