Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 36861-36862 [2014-15231]
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by Federal regulations. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce
reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below are brief summaries of three
currently approved information
collection activities that FRA will
submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:
Title: Secretary of Transportation
Emergency Order Docket No. DOT–
OST–2014–0067.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0604.
Abstract: As noted in the summary
above, on May 7, 2014, the Secretary of
Transportation issued Emergency Order
Docket No. DOT–OST–2014–0067 (EO),
requiring affected railroad carriers to
provide certain information to the State
Emergency Response Commissions
(SERCs) for each State in which their
trains carrying 1 million gallons or more
of Bakken crude oil travel. This EO is
available through the Department’s
public docket system at
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
DOT–OST–2014–0067. The EO took
effect immediately upon issuance,
although affected railroads were
permitted 30 days to provide the
required information to the SERCs. The
EO is the Department’s direct and
proactive response to a recent series of
train accidents involving the
transportation of petroleum crude oil, a
hazardous material the transportation of
which is regulated by the Department.
The most recent accident occurred on
April 30, 2014, when a train
transporting petroleum crude oil
derailed in Lynchburg, Virginia and
released approximately 30,000 gallons
of its contents into the James River.
Further, the EO explains that, with the
rising demand for rail transportation of
petroleum crude oil throughout the
United States, the risk of rail incidents
has increased commensurate with the
increase in the volume of the material
shipped and that there have been
several significant derailments in both
the U.S. and Canada over the last
several months causing deaths and
property and environmental damage
that involved petroleum crude oil. DOT
Respondent
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(railroads)
Emergency order item No.
emergency orders are rare and the EO
itself describes the most recent
accidents and circumstances leading the
agency to issue the EO. The collection
of information included under this EO
is aimed at ensuring that railroads that
transport in a single train a large
quantity of petroleum crude oil (1
million gallons or more), particularly
crude oil from the Bakken shale
formation in the Williston Basin,
provide certain information to the
relevant SERCs in each State in which
the railroad operates such trains.
Ensuring that railroads provide this
information to SERCs is critical to
ensuring that local and State emergency
responders are aware of the large
quantities of crude oil that are being
transported through their jurisdictions
and are prepared to respond to
accidents involving such trains should
they occur.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
on occasion.
Respondent Universe: 47 Railroad
Carriers; 50 State Emergency Response
Commissions (SERCs).
Reporting Burden:
Total annual responses
Average time
per response
30 hours ...........
4 hours .............
3,600.
100.
60 minutes ........
30 minutes ........
10.
60.
2 hours .............
8.
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(3) Notification Copies to FRA ..............................................
(4) Requests to RRs by SERCs for Information from Local
Emergency Response Agencies Regarding the Volume
and Frequency of Train Traffic Implicated by this Emergency Order within that Agency’s Jurisdiction and RR
Responses.
(5) Petitions to the Secretary/FRA Administrator for Relief
from This Emergency Order.
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(1) RR Notification to SERCs ...............................................
(2) Updated RR Notification to SERCs .................................
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120 written notifications ........
25 updated written notifications.
10 notification copies ............
30 informational assistance
requests + 30 informational
responses.
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4 relief petitions .....................
Total Estimated Responses: 219.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
3,778 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that it may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24,
2014.
Erin McCartney,
Acting Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2011–0093]
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 letter dated May 14,
2014, Peninsula Terminal Railway (PT)
has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for an extension
of its 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–2011–0093.
In its petition, PT seeks relief from 49
U.S.C. 21103(a)(4) that in part requires
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a train employee to receive 48 hours off
duty after initiating an on-duty period
for 6 consecutive days. Specifically, PT
seeks a waiver to allow a train employee
to initiate an on-duty period, each day,
for 6 consecutive days followed by 24
hours off duty. In support of its request,
PT explained that it has five train and
engine service employees covered by
the waiver, and these employees have
set hours, set days off, and do not lay
over at away-from-home locations. PT
provided work schedules for the
employees covered by the waiver,
which shows them working Monday
through Friday, reporting at 7:00 a.m.,
and working an average of 8 hours, with
a crew occasionally working on Sunday
for 4 hours or less. PT also explained
that all employees covered by the
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waiver work well below the Federal
276-hour monthly limit. Finally, PT
stated that all employees covered by the
waiver were provided information about
the waiver extension petition, and that
there were no objections to the waiver
extension by these employees.
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 August
14, 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 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 interested parties may review DOT’s
complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477).
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Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20,
2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014–15231 Filed 6–27–14; 8:45 am]
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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
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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
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
14, 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
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2011-0093]
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 letter dated
May 14, 2014, Peninsula Terminal Railway (PT) has petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an extension of its 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-2011-0093.
In its petition, PT seeks relief from 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4) that in
part requires a train employee to receive 48 hours off duty after
initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days. Specifically, PT
seeks a waiver to allow a train employee to initiate an on-duty period,
each day, for 6 consecutive days followed by 24 hours off duty. In
support of its request, PT explained that it has five train and engine
service employees covered by the waiver, and these employees have set
hours, set days off, and do not lay over at away-from-home locations.
PT provided work schedules for the employees covered by the waiver,
which shows them working Monday through Friday, reporting at 7:00 a.m.,
and working an average of 8 hours, with a crew occasionally working on
Sunday for 4 hours or less. PT also explained that all employees
covered by the
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waiver work well below the Federal 276-hour monthly limit. Finally, PT
stated that all employees covered by the waiver were provided
information about the waiver extension petition, and that there were no
objections to the waiver extension by these employees.
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 August 14, 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 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 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.
[FR Doc. 2014-15231 Filed 6-27-14; 8:45 am]
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