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[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–36]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption
received.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of 14 CFR.
The purpose of this notice is to improve
the public’s awareness of, and
participation in, this aspect of FAA’s
regulatory activities. Neither publication
of this notice nor the inclusion or
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is intended to affect the legal status of
the petition or its final disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must
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2014.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
identified by Docket Number FAA–
2014–0361 using any of the following
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This notice is published pursuant to
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Brenda D. Courtney,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2014–0361.
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Inc.
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Description of Relief Sought: Gulf and
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pilot in command of the turbojet
airplanes in Part 135 operations to count
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of
Railroad Safety Program Plans and
Product Safety Plans
In accordance with part 236 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides
the public notice that by documents
dated March 31, 2014, the railroads
listed below have petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) for
approval of their Railroad Safety
Program Plans (RSPP) and Product
Safety Plans (PSP) for the Railsoft
TrackAccess system. FRA assigned the
petitions the following docket numbers:
• Kettle Falls International Railway:
FRA–2014–0049.
• Georgia & Florida Railway: FRA–
2014–0050.
• Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado
Railway: FRA–2014–0052.
• Panhandle Northern Railroad:
FRA–2014–0053.
• Illinois Railway: FRA–2014–0051
TrackAccess is a processor-based
dispatch system developed for operation
in autonomous mode (without
dispatcher intervention) for low-density
rail lines. The system provides a
processor-based methodology of
requesting and issuing track authority to
either qualified train crewmembers or
roadway workers. It does so while
increasing railroad productivity and
significantly improving the safety of
train operations, roadway workers, and
other railway equipment.
FRA is providing public notice that
the railroads’ RSPPs and related
documents have been placed in the
dockets listed above and are available
for public inspection. FRA is not
accepting public comment on the RSPP
documents; notice regarding these
documents is provided for information
only.
FRA is accepting comments on the
PSPs for each railroad, which are posted
in the dockets listed above for public
inspection. The railroads assert that
their RSPPs and PSPs contain the same
information and analysis as the
Alabama & Tennessee River Railway’s
(ATN) RSPP Revision 1, dated February
16, 2009, and the ATN PSP Revision 1,
dated March 15, 2012. The ATN RSPP
Revision 1 and the ATN PSP Revision
1 were previously approved by FRA on
January 28, 2014 (Docket FRA–2013–
0088).
The PSPs provide descriptions of the
TrackAccess system. The railroads state
that in the case of ATN, FRA found that
the PSP demonstrates that TrackAccess
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was designed in a highly safe manner
and was sufficiently tested to verify that
fact. FRA approved the use of
TrackAccess in autonomous mode for
ATN. The railroads assert that since
their RSPPs and PSPs contain the same
programmatic and technical information
as the FRA-approved ATN RSPP
Revision 1 and PSP Revision 1,
including autonomous TrackAccess
operations, these railroads should also
be allowed to use TrackAccess in an
autonomous mode.
Copies of the petitions, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petitions, are 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 August
11, 2014 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
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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 June 20,
2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Environmental Impact Statement for
Dallas—Houston High Speed
Passenger Rail Corridor
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
AGENCY:
FRA is issuing this notice to
advise the public that FRA and the
Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) intend to prepare an EIS
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for the
impacts of constructing and operating a
dedicated high-speed rail (HSR) system
(Proposed Action) proposed by the
private company, Texas Central HighSpeed Railway (TCR), for the Central
Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor. The
EIS will evaluate route alternatives for
passenger rail for the corridor between
Dallas and Houston, which currently
has no passenger rail service. FRA will
evaluate alternatives for construction
and operation of the Proposed Action
consisting of a sealed HSR corridor.
DATES: FRA invites the public,
governmental agencies, and all other
interested parties to comment on the
scope of the EIS. All such comments
should be provided in writing, within
ninety (90) days of the publication of
this notice, at the address listed below.
Comments may also be provided orally
or in writing at the scoping meetings.
Scoping meeting dates, times and
locations, in addition to related
information about the EIS for the
Central Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor
can be found online at https://
www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0700.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
scope of the EIS may be mailed or
emailed within ninety (90) days of the
publication of this notice to Michael
Johnsen, Lead Environmental Protection
Specialist, Office of Railroad Policy and
Development, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
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Avenue SE., MS–20, Washington, DC
20590, or michael.johnsen@dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Johnsen, Lead Environmental
Protection Specialist at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., MS–20, Washington, DC
20590, telephone (202) 493–1310, email:
Michael.johnsen@dot.gov, or Melissa
Neeley, Director of Project Delivery
Management, Environmental Affairs
Division of the Texas Department of
Transportation, 118 E. Riverside Drive,
Austin, TX 78704. Telephone (512) 416–
3014, email: Melissa.Neeley@txdot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS
will be prepared in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations implementing NEPA and the
FRA’s Procedures for Considering
Environmental Impacts as set forth in 64
FR 28545, dated May 26, 1999
(Environmental Procedures). The EIS
will also address Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act,
Section 4(f) of the U.S. Department of
Transportation Act of 1966 (49 U.S.C.
303), Executive Order 12898 and
USDOT Order 5610.2(a) on
Environmental Justice and other
applicable Federal and state laws and
regulations. The EIS will address
environmental impact issues of concern
and will include:
• Describing the purpose and need for
the Proposed Action.
• Describing the environment likely
to be affected by the Proposed Action.
• Identifying the reasonable
alternatives that satisfy the purpose and
need for the Proposed Action.
• Describing the no-build or no-action
alternative to serve as a baseline for
comparison.
• Describing the potential
environmental impacts associated with
the reasonable alternatives and
mitigation to address significant
impacts.
FRA, in cooperation with TxDOT will
prepare the EIS for the Central Texas
High-Speed Rail Corridor. The Proposed
Action would connect Dallas and
Houston with a dedicated HSR system
and establish connectivity with other
transportation services in Houston and
Dallas. As part of the EIS, the impacts
of various alternative HSR route
alignments will be analyzed including
shared corridors with other existing
linear infrastructure corridors such as
railroads, roads, and electric utility
lines. The HSR system would be
dedicated and would not share track or
infrastructure with existing trains and
rail lines. In addition, the EIS will
analyze the potential impacts of
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of Railroad Safety Program
Plans and Product Safety Plans
In accordance with part 236 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that
by documents dated March 31, 2014, the railroads listed below have
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for approval of
their Railroad Safety Program Plans (RSPP) and Product Safety Plans
(PSP) for the Railsoft TrackAccess system. FRA assigned the petitions
the following docket numbers:
Kettle Falls International Railway: FRA-2014-0049.
Georgia & Florida Railway: FRA-2014-0050.
Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway: FRA-2014-0052.
Panhandle Northern Railroad: FRA-2014-0053.
Illinois Railway: FRA-2014-0051
TrackAccess is a processor-based dispatch system developed for
operation in autonomous mode (without dispatcher intervention) for low-
density rail lines. The system provides a processor-based methodology
of requesting and issuing track authority to either qualified train
crewmembers or roadway workers. It does so while increasing railroad
productivity and significantly improving the safety of train
operations, roadway workers, and other railway equipment.
FRA is providing public notice that the railroads' RSPPs and
related documents have been placed in the dockets listed above and are
available for public inspection. FRA is not accepting public comment on
the RSPP documents; notice regarding these documents is provided for
information only.
FRA is accepting comments on the PSPs for each railroad, which are
posted in the dockets listed above for public inspection. The railroads
assert that their RSPPs and PSPs contain the same information and
analysis as the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway's (ATN) RSPP Revision
1, dated February 16, 2009, and the ATN PSP Revision 1, dated March 15,
2012. The ATN RSPP Revision 1 and the ATN PSP Revision 1 were
previously approved by FRA on January 28, 2014 (Docket FRA-2013-0088).
The PSPs provide descriptions of the TrackAccess system. The
railroads state that in the case of ATN, FRA found that the PSP
demonstrates that TrackAccess
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was designed in a highly safe manner and was sufficiently tested to
verify that fact. FRA approved the use of TrackAccess in autonomous
mode for ATN. The railroads assert that since their RSPPs and PSPs
contain the same programmatic and technical information as the FRA-
approved ATN RSPP Revision 1 and PSP Revision 1, including autonomous
TrackAccess operations, these railroads should also be allowed to use
TrackAccess in an autonomous mode.
Copies of the petitions, as well as any written communications
concerning the petitions, are 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 August 11, 2014 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 June 20, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
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