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expressed or are known to have interest
in this proposal. A series of Public
Meetings were held at various locations
in Shreveport in December 2011 and
December 2012 to discuss the four build
alternatives under consideration. An
additional round of Public Meetings
will be held in early 2014 to present the
new build alternative along with the
four original build alternatives. A Public
Hearing will also be held. Public notice
will be given of the time and place of
the meetings and hearing. The draft EIS
will be available for public and agency
review and comment prior to the Public
Hearing. A formal scoping meeting was
held at NLCOG on October 18, 2011,
when the project was approved to move
forward as an Environmental
Assessment. On December 1 2011,
FHWA determined the required class of
action to comply with the NEPA process
as an Environmental Impact Statement.
Additional public scoping was
conducted during the Public Meetings
held in December 2011.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
addressed and all significant issues
identified, comments, and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this
proposed action and the EIS should be
directed to the FHWA at the address
provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: November 8, 2013.
Charles W. Bolinger,
Division Administrator, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[NHTSA–2013–0117]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
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AGENCY:
Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
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(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatements of previously approved
collections. This document describes
one collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to U.S. Department of Transportation
Dockets, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Bonelli, Office of Chief Counsel,
NCC–110, telephone (202) 366–1834,
fax (202) 366–3820; NHTSA, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must first publish a
document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the
public and affected agencies concerning
each proposed collection of information.
OMB has promulgated regulations
describing what must be included in
such a document. Under OMB’s
regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an
agency must ask for public comment on
the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collection of information:
Title: Designation of Agent for Service
of Process.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0040.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: Three years from the
approval date.
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Type of Request: Extension of
previously approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Form Number: N/A.
Abstract: This collection of
information applies to motor vehicle
and motor vehicle equipment
manufacturers located outside of the
United States (‘‘foreign manufacturers’’).
Section 110(e) of the National Traffic
and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966
(49 U.S.C. § 30164) requires a foreign
manufacturer offering a motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment for
importation into the United States to
designate a permanent resident of the
United States as its agent upon whom
service of notices and processes may be
made in administrative and judicial
proceedings. These designations are
required to be filed with NHTSA.
NHTSA requires this information in
case it needs to advise a foreign
manufacturer of a safety related defect
in its products so that the manufacturer
can, in turn, notify purchasers and
correct the defect. This information also
enables NHTSA to serve a foreign
manufacturer with all administrative
and judicial processes, notices, orders,
decisions and requirements.
When NHTSA amended the
regulation implementing that statutory
requirement, codified at 49 CFR part
551, subpart D, NHTSA included an
appendix containing a suggested
designation form for use by foreign
manufacturers and their agents. The
purpose of the suggested designation
format was to simplify the information
collection and submission process, and
thereby reduce the burden imposed on
each covered manufacturer by 49 CFR
Part 551, subpart D. To further
streamline the information collection
process, NHTSA has set up a customer
Web site that may be accessed at
https://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/
manufacture/agent/customer.html.
Estimated Annual Burden: 120 hours.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
240 respondents.
The Comments are invited on:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
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techniques or other forms of information
technology.
David Bonelli,
Attorney Advisor, Legislation and General
Law.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2013–0254; Notice No.
13–09]
Federal Railroad Administration
[Safety Advisory 2013–07]
Safety and Security Plans for Class 3
Hazardous Materials Transported by
Rail
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA) and Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.
AGENCY:
PHMSA and FRA are issuing
this safety advisory as a follow-up to the
agencies’ joint safety advisory published
on August 7, 2013 and FRA’s
Emergency Order No. 28 published that
same day, both of which relate to the
July 6, 2013, catastrophic accident in
´
Lac-Megantic, Quebec. In this safety
advisory, PHMSA and FRA are
reinforcing the importance of proper
characterization, classification, and
selection of a packing group for Class 3
materials, and the corresponding
requirements in the Federal hazardous
materials regulations for safety and
security planning. In addition, we are
reinforcing that we expect offerors by
rail and rail carriers to revise their safety
and security plans required by the
Federal hazardous materials regulations,
including the required risk assessments,
to address the safety and security issues
identified in FRA’s Emergency Order
No. 28 and the August 7, 2013, joint
Safety Advisory.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben
Supko, Standards and Rulemaking
Division, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey
Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
telephone (202) 366–8553; or Karl
Alexy, Staff Director, FRA Hazardous
Materials Division, 1200 New Jersey
Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
telephone (202) 493–6245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 6,
2013, a catastrophic railroad accident
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occurred in Lac-Megantic, Quebec,
Canada when an unattended freight
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train containing hazardous materials
rolled down a descending grade and
subsequently derailed. The derailment
resulted in multiple explosions and
subsequent fires, which caused the
confirmed death of forty-two people and
presumed death of five more, extensive
damage to the town center, clean-up
costs, and the evacuation of
approximately 2,000 people from the
surrounding area. While the
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
(TSB) is still investigating the cause of
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the Lac-Megantic accident, the
catastrophic consequences of the
accident and the known increase over
the last several years in the rail
transportation of Class 3 hazardous
materials has made clear the need to
review existing regulations and industry
practices related to such transportation.
PHMSA and FRA have worked closely
to take a number of actions intended to
prevent similar incidents from occurring
in the United States and the agencies
will continue to do so.
This Safety Advisory is intended to
follow-up on PHMSA and FRA’s actions
to date to address the safety and security
of the rail transportation of Class 3
hazardous materials, including FRA’s
Emergency Order No. 28 (78 FR 48218
(EO 28)); the agencies’ Joint Safety
Advisory published on August 7, 2013
(78 FR 48224) (First Joint Advisory); the
initiation of a comprehensive review of
operational factors that affect the
transportation of hazardous materials by
rail (78 FR 42998); the referral of safety
issues related to EO 28 and the First
Joint Advisory to FRA’s Railroad Safety
Advisory Committee (78 FR 48931); and
the publication of an advance notice of
proposed rulemaking responding to
eight petitions for rulemaking related to
the transportation of hazardous
materials by rail (78 FR 54849). In this
Safety Advisory, PHMSA and FRA are
once again reinforcing the importance of
proper characterization, classification,
and selection of a hazardous materials
packing group as required by the
Federal hazardous materials law (49
U.S.C. 5101–5128) and Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR
parts 171–180). The agencies are also
emphasizing that offerors of hazardous
materials by rail and rail carriers should
have reviewed and revised, as
appropriate, their safety and security
plans required under Subpart I of Part
172 of the HMR, including the required
risk assessments, to address the safety
and security issues identified in EO 28
and the First Joint Advisory.
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I. Safety and Security Plans as They
Pertain to Class 3 Materials
Each person who offers for
transportation in commerce or
transports in commerce certain
hazardous materials, including Class 3,
packing group (PG) I or II materials that
are offered for transportation or
transported in a large bulk quantity,
must develop and adhere to a
transportation safety and security plan
that conforms to the requirements of the
HMR. See 49 CFR part 172, subpart I. A
large bulk quantity, is defined in
§ 172.800(b), for a Class 3, PG I or II
material as a quantity of 792 gallons
(3,000 liters) or more in a single bulk
packaging (e.g., cargo tank motor
vehicle, portable tank, tank car, or other
bulk container).
A safety and security plan must
include components addressing
personnel security, unauthorized access,
and en route security. See 49 CFR
172.802. The HMR set forth general
requirements for a safety and security
plan’s components rather than a
prescriptive list of specific items that
must be included. The HMR establish a
performance standard providing offerors
and rail carriers with the flexibility
necessary to develop safety and security
plans addressing their individual
circumstances and operational
environments. Accordingly, each safety
and security plan may differ because it
will be based on an offeror’s or a
carrier’s individual assessment of the
safety and security risks associated with
the specific hazardous materials it ships
or transports and its unique
circumstances and operational
environment.
II. Responsibilities of Offerors of
Hazardous Materials and Rail Carriers
As stated above, PHMSA and FRA
expect that as a result of EO 28 and the
First Joint Advisory, hazmat offerors by
rail and railroad carriers have reviewed
and revised, as appropriate, their safety
and security plans, including the
required underlying risk assessments, to
address the safety and security issues
identified in FRA’s Emergency Order
No. 28 and the First Joint Advisory.
A. Offerors
As applied to offerors of hazardous
materials by rail, PHMSA and FRA
expect that in light of EO 28 and the
First Joint Advisory, offerors have
reviewed their safety and security plans
to ensure that all materials subject to the
regulatory requirement are, in fact,
properly classified, described, and
packaged in accordance with the HMR.
The HMR require offerors of hazardous
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[NHTSA-2013-0117]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit
public comment on proposed collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatements of previously approved collections. This
document describes one collection of information for which NHTSA
intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to U.S. Department of
Transportation Dockets, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Bonelli, Office of Chief
Counsel, NCC-110, telephone (202) 366-1834, fax (202) 366-3820; NHTSA,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information. OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must be
included in such a document. Under OMB's regulation (at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(iv) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collection of information:
Title: Designation of Agent for Service of Process.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0040.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from the
approval date.
Type of Request: Extension of previously approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Form Number: N/A.
Abstract: This collection of information applies to motor vehicle
and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers located outside of the United
States (``foreign manufacturers''). Section 110(e) of the National
Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 30164)
requires a foreign manufacturer offering a motor vehicle or motor
vehicle equipment for importation into the United States to designate a
permanent resident of the United States as its agent upon whom service
of notices and processes may be made in administrative and judicial
proceedings. These designations are required to be filed with NHTSA.
NHTSA requires this information in case it needs to advise a foreign
manufacturer of a safety related defect in its products so that the
manufacturer can, in turn, notify purchasers and correct the defect.
This information also enables NHTSA to serve a foreign manufacturer
with all administrative and judicial processes, notices, orders,
decisions and requirements.
When NHTSA amended the regulation implementing that statutory
requirement, codified at 49 CFR part 551, subpart D, NHTSA included an
appendix containing a suggested designation form for use by foreign
manufacturers and their agents. The purpose of the suggested
designation format was to simplify the information collection and
submission process, and thereby reduce the burden imposed on each
covered manufacturer by 49 CFR Part 551, subpart D. To further
streamline the information collection process, NHTSA has set up a
customer Web site that may be accessed at https://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/manufacture/agent/customer.html.
Estimated Annual Burden: 120 hours.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 240 respondents.
The Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
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techniques or other forms of information technology.
David Bonelli,
Attorney Advisor, Legislation and General Law.
[FR Doc. 2013-27805 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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