Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 14876-14877 [2013-05323]

Download as PDF 14876 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 45 / Thursday, March 7, 2013 / Notices 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 document, 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 interested parties may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477). Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013. Robert C. Lauby, Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations. [FR Doc. 2013–05338 Filed 3–6–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket Number FRA–2013–0012] emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Petition for Waiver of Compliance In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document dated December 10, 2012, the Temple and Central Texas Railway (TC) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal hours of service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA–2013–0012. In its petition, TC seeks relief from 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), which, in part, requires a train employee to receive 48 hours off duty after initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days. Specifically, TC seeks a waiver to allow a train employee to initiate an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days followed by 24 hours off duty. In support of its request, TC submitted documents demonstrating employee support for the waiver and a description of its employee work schedules. Additionally, TC states that the total time on duty per month for its train service employees would be well below the 276 hours maximum time on duty that is permitted by law. A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications concerning the petition, is available for review online at www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:43 Mar 06, 2013 Jkt 229001 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. 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 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 by April 22, 2013 will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. 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 document, 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 interested parties may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477). Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013. Robert C. Lauby, Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations. [FR Doc. 2013–05321 Filed 3–6–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket Number FRA–2009–0078] Petition for Waiver of Compliance In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 this document provides the public notice that by a document dated February 5, 2013, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), on behalf of the Garden City Western Railway Company, the Georgia Southern Railway Company, the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, the Port Bienville Railroad, and Railserve, has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an amended waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal hours of service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), which require a train employee to receive 48 hours off duty after initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA–2009– 0078. In its petition, ASLRRA seeks to amend Exhibit A of its previously filed petition for extension of the waiver to add the six railroads referenced above, which did not participate in ASLRRA’s original petition for a waiver extension. FRA had granted ASLRRA’s petition for a waiver extension in a letter dated February 27, 2012. The waiver allows a train employee to initiate an on-duty period each day for 6 consecutive days followed by 24 hours, rather than 48 hours, off duty. Each railroad that seeks to be added to the waiver has executed a compliance letter, which attests that the railroad has complied with all of the employee consent requirements that FRA had originally set forth in its initial decision letter dated March 5, 2010. Additionally, each railroad will maintain in its files for FRA inspection the underlying employee consent or employee representative consent documents. A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications concerning the petition, is available for review online at www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. 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. E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 45 / Thursday, March 7, 2013 / Notices All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the appropriate docket number 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 by April 22, 2013 will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. 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 document, 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 interested parties may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477). Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013. Robert C. Lauby, Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations. [FR Doc. 2013–05323 Filed 3–6–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket ID PHMSA–2013–0028] Pipeline Safety: Incident and Accident Reports Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of online availability of revised incident and accident report forms and request for supplemental reports. emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: In December 2012, PHMSA revised forms PHMSA F 7100.2— Incident Report—Natural and Other Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:43 Mar 06, 2013 Jkt 229001 14877 Systems and PHMSA F 7000–1— Accident Report—Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems. These revised forms are now available for electronic submittal in the PHMSA Portal. As described in this notice, PHMSA requests supplemental reports to improve the quality of the incident and accident data. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blaine Keener by telephone at 202–366– 0970 or by email at blaine.keener@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requires that an operator of a covered pipeline facility file a written report within 30 days of certain adverse events, defined by regulation as either an incident or accident, 49 CFR part 191 and part 195, subpart B.1 PHMSA further requires that gas transmission and gathering pipeline operators and hazardous liquid pipeline operators file those reports on the following forms respectively: (1) PHMSA Form F 7100.2, Incident Report—Natural and Other Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems; and (2) PHMSA Form F 7000– 1—Accident Report—Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems. PHMSA uses the information collected from these forms to identify trends in the occurrence of safety-related problems, to appropriately target its performance of risk-based inspections, and to assess the overall effectiveness of its regulatory program. PHMSA published a Federal Register notice on April 13, 2012, (77 FR 22387) inviting public comment on a proposal to make several minor revisions to the ‘‘Accident Report—Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems’’ and the ‘‘Incident Report—Natural and Other Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems’’ forms. On September 21, 2012, PHMSA published a subsequent Federal Register notice (77 FR 58616) to respond to comments requested by (77 FR 22387), provide the public with an additional 30 days to comment on the proposed revisions to the forms and instructions, and announce that the revised Information Collections would be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. On December 5, 2012, OMB approved revisions to the gas transmission and gathering incident report form under OMB control number 2137–0522 and the hazardous liquid accident report form under OMB control number 2137–0047. The revised forms and instructions are available at https:// www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/ forms, and should be used for all incidents/accidents that have occurred on or after January 1, 2010. 1 Reportable events are referred to as ‘‘incidents’’ for gas pipelines, 49 CFR 191.3, and ‘‘accidents’’ for hazardous liquid pipelines, 49 CFR 195.50. An operator may also be required to file a supplemental report in certain circumstances. Jeffrey D. Wiese, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 Form PHMSA F 7100.2—Incident Report—Natural and Other Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipeline Systems PHMSA requests supplemental reports from operators who submitted reports for incidents occurring after January 1, 2010, with any of the following: (1) ‘‘Pipe girth weld’’ was selected as the ‘‘item involved in incident’’ in Part C3 of the report. The revised report collects data about the pipe adjacent to the girth weld. (2) ‘‘Function of pipeline system’’ is null in Part E5f of the report. The revised report collects the function of the pipeline system for all incidents. Form PHMSA F 7000–1—Accident Report—Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems PHMSA requests supplemental reports from operators who submitted reports for accidents occurring after January 1, 2010, with any of the following: (1) The commodity value in Part A8 is crude oil, refined and/or petroleum product, or biofuel and the ‘‘estimated volume of intentional and/or controlled release/blowdown’’ is greater than zero. Volume of intentional release is not reported for these commodities. The revised instructions include guidance for reporting release volumes. (2) Volume of commodity consumed by fire was included in the ‘‘estimated volume of commodity released unintentionally’’ in Part A9 of the report. The revised instructions include guidance for reporting release volumes. (3) ‘‘Pipe girth weld’’ was selected as the ‘‘item involved in incident’’ in Part C3 of the report. The revised report collects data about the pipe adjacent to the girth weld. (4) ‘‘Function of pipeline system’’ is null in Part E5f of the report. The revised report collects the function of the pipeline system for all accidents. [FR Doc. 2013–05336 Filed 3–6–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–P E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14876-14877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05323]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2009-0078]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document 
dated February 5, 2013, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad 
Association (ASLRRA), on behalf of the Garden City Western Railway 
Company, the Georgia Southern Railway Company, the Great Smoky 
Mountains Railroad, the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, the Port 
Bienville Railroad, and Railserve, has petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an amended waiver of compliance from certain 
provisions of the Federal hours of service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 
21103(a)(4), which require a train employee to receive 48 hours off 
duty after initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days. FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2009-0078.
    In its petition, ASLRRA seeks to amend Exhibit A of its previously 
filed petition for extension of the waiver to add the six railroads 
referenced above, which did not participate in ASLRRA's original 
petition for a waiver extension. FRA had granted ASLRRA's petition for 
a waiver extension in a letter dated February 27, 2012. The waiver 
allows a train employee to initiate an on-duty period each day for 6 
consecutive days followed by 24 hours, rather than 48 hours, off duty.
    Each railroad that seeks to be added to the waiver has executed a 
compliance letter, which attests that the railroad has complied with 
all of the employee consent requirements that FRA had originally set 
forth in its initial decision letter dated March 5, 2010. Additionally, 
each railroad will maintain in its files for FRA inspection the 
underlying employee consent or employee representative consent 
documents.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation's Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 
W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    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.

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    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
appropriate docket number 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 by April 22, 2013 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered as far as practicable.
    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 document, 
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 interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-05323 Filed 3-6-13; 8:45 am]
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