Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel SEA MISS; Invitation for Public Comments, 61447-61448 [2013-23737]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2013 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket Number FRA–2013–0085] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD 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 June 12, 2013, the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority (Metra) and its operating company, the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, jointly with its contract carriers, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and BNSF Railway (BNSF), have petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR Part 236, Rules, Standards, and Instructions Governing the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and Train Control Systems, Devices, and Appliances. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA–2013–0085. Metra seeks a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 236.566, Locomotive of each train operating in train stop, train control, or cab signal territory; equipped. Specifically, Metra requests that the application of § 236.566 allow trains with failures of automatic train stop (ATS), automatic train control (ATC), or automatic cab signal (ACS) on passenger equipment at outlying facilities to proceed into ATS-, ATC-, or ACS-equipped territory and operate to their respective designated repair points under the same provisions allowed for in § 236.567, Restrictions imposed when device fails and/or is cut out en route. This will require § 236.829, Terminal, initial, to be defined in a manner that allows the initial terminal to be the designated ‘‘repair point’’ as defined in § 238.5, Definitions: ‘‘A location designated by a railroad where repairs of the type necessary occur on a regular basis. A repair point has, or should have, the facilities, tools, and personnel qualified to make the necessary repairs. A repair point need not be staffed continuously.’’ This waiver petition applies to five Metra lines where ATS, ATC, or ACS is in effect. Those lines are Metra’s Rock Island Line (ACS), UP’s North and Northwest Lines (ATS), UP’s West Line (ATC), and BNSF’s Aurora Line (ACS). The Metra lines described in this waiver petition operate across three Metra districts. Each of these districts has a single, designated repair point, located near a downtown terminal (LaSalle Street, Ogilvie Transportation Center, VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:29 Oct 02, 2013 Jkt 232001 and Chicago Union Station). The outlying facilities (Joliet, Blue Island, Elburn, Harvard, McHenry, Crystal Lake, Barrington, Waukegan, Kenosha, and Aurora) are currently used for overnight storage in preparation of morning service. These outlying facilities are intended for minimal maintenance and are not designed to handle major repairs. As a result, any failures of train stop, train control, or cab signal must be corrected at the designated repair points, not the outlying facilities. Typically, when failures occur, the equipment must be moved in nonrevenue service to the designated repair point in order to be repaired. However, this only applies to those repairs that cannot be readily performed at outlying facilities. When possible, minor repairs are made at outlying facilities and this will continue to remain true if the waiver is granted. 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. 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 November 18, 2013 will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 61447 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). Robert C. Lauby, Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations. [FR Doc. 2013–24135 Filed 10–2–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration [Docket No. MARAD–2013 0111] Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel SEA MISS; Invitation for Public Comments Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a brief description of the proposed service, is listed below. DATES: Submit comments on or before November 4, 2013. ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD–2013–0111. Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M–30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. All comments will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection and copying at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An electronic version of this document and all documents entered into this docket is available on the World Wide Web at https:// www.regulations.gov. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\03OCN1.SGM 03OCN1 61448 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2013 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: As described by the applicant the intended service of the vessel SEA MISS is: INTENDED COMMERCIAL USE OF VESSEL: Charter, kids sport fishing, sight seeing. GEOGRAPHIC REGION: ‘‘California’’ The complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD–2013–0111 at https://www.regulations.gov. Interested parties may comment on the effect this action may have on U.S. vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part 388, that the issuance of the waiver will have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a waiver will not be granted. Comments should refer to the docket number of this notice and the vessel name in order for MARAD to properly consider the comments. Comments should also state the commenter’s interest in the waiver application, and address the waiver criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Privacy Act 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). By Order of the Maritime Administrator. Dated: September 24, 2013. Julie P. Agarwal, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 2013–23737 Filed 10–2–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–81–P tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8834 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. AGENCY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:31 Oct 02, 2013 Jkt 232001 Notice and request for comments. ACTION: Linda Williams, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W23–453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@ dot.gov. 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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 8834, Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit. DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 2, 2013 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Yvette Lawrence, Internal Revenue Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the form and instructions should be directed to Kerry Dennis at Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit. OMB Number: 1545–1374. Form Number: Form 8834. Abstract: Form 8834 is used to claim any qualified electric vehicle passive activity credit allowed for the current tax year. The IRS uses the information on the form to determine that the credit is allowable and has been properly computed. Current Actions: There are changes being made to the form. The changes to the form are a result of the expiration of the qualified plugin electric vehicle credit for vehicles acquired after 2011 (IRC 30(f)). As a result of the expiration, Form 8834 is only used to claim any qualified electric vehicle passive activity credit allowed for the current tax year. Changes to the form will decrease burden by 16,495 hours (31,517 to 15,022 hours). The department has increased its estimate of the annual number of responses by 2,636 (from 500 to 3,136). This will increase burden by 26,492 hours. The combined effect of these changes will have an overall hourly increase of burden to 9,997 (from 5,025 to 15,022 hours). Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Individuals or households and businesses or other forprofit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,136. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 hours, 47 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,022. The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of information covered by this notice: An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Approved: September 25, 2013. Joseph Durbala, IRS Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2013–24260 Filed 10–2–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Forms 1120–L and SCH M–3 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. 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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\03OCN1.SGM 03OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2013 0111]


Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: 
Vessel SEA MISS; Invitation for Public Comments

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of 
Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 
is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the 
coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver 
has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a brief description of the 
proposed service, is listed below.

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 4, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number MARAD-2013-0111. 
Written comments may be submitted by hand or by mail to the Docket 
Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the 
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. All comments will become part 
of this docket and will be available for inspection and copying at the 
above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, 
except federal holidays. An electronic version of this document and all 
documents entered into this docket is available on the World Wide Web 
at https://www.regulations.gov.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Williams, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Room W23-453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202-366-0903, Email 
Linda.Williams@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended 
service of the vessel SEA MISS is:
    INTENDED COMMERCIAL USE OF VESSEL: Charter, kids sport fishing, 
sight seeing.
    GEOGRAPHIC REGION: ``California''
    The complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD-2013-0111 at 
https://www.regulations.gov. Interested parties may comment on the 
effect this action may have on U.S. vessel builders or businesses in 
the U.S. that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in accordance 
with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR Part 388, that 
the issuance of the waiver will have an unduly adverse effect on a 
U.S.-vessel builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in that 
business, a waiver will not be granted. Comments should refer to the 
docket number of this notice and the vessel name in order for MARAD to 
properly consider the comments. Comments should also state the 
commenter's interest in the waiver application, and address the waiver 
criteria given in Sec.  388.4 of MARAD's regulations at 46 CFR Part 
388.

Privacy Act

    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).

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: September 24, 2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-23737 Filed 10-2-13; 8:45 am]
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