Hazardous Materials: New York City Permit Requirements for Transportation of Certain Hazardous Materials, 68382-68383 [2015-28012]

Download as PDF 68382 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 213 / Wednesday, November 4, 2015 / Notices the EIS are invited from all interested parties and should be directed to the FRA at the address provided above. Issued in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2015. David Valenstein, Division Chief, Environment and Corridor Planning. [FR Doc. 2015–28079 Filed 11–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration [FTA Docket No. 2015–0031] Notice of Request for the Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT. ACTION: Notice of request for comments. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew the following information collection: SUMMARY: asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Bus Testing Program OMB Control No.: 2132–0550. The information to be collected for the Bus Testing Program is necessary to ensure that buses have been tested at the Bus Testing Center for maintainability, reliability, safety, performance (including breaking performance), structural integrity, fuel economy, emissions, and noise. Specifically, this notice invites comment on FTA’s proposal to adopt new streamlined online procedures for accepting and reviewing applications for entry into the New Bus Model Testing Program. DATES: Comments must be submitted before January 4, 2016. ADDRESSES: To ensure that your comments are not entered more than once into the docket, submit comments identified by the docket number by only one of the following methods: 1. Web site: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the U.S. Government electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic docket is no longer accepting electronic comments.) All electronic submissions must be made to the U.S. Government electronic docket site at www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the directions below for mailed and hand-delivered comments. 2. Fax: 202–493–2251. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:00 Nov 03, 2015 Jkt 238001 3. Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number for this notice at the beginning of your comments. Submit two copies of your comments if you submit them by mail. For confirmation that FTA has received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. 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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or a draft copy of the application for entry into the New Bus Model Testing Program should be directed to—Mr. Gregory Rymarz, Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (202) 366–6410, or email: gregory.rymarz@ dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties are invited to send comments regarding any aspect of this information collection, including: (1) The necessity and utility of the information collection for the proper performance of the functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of the collected information. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection. PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Respondents: Bus manufacturers and FTA grantees. Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 28 partial testing determination requests at 1.71 hours each and 18 test requests at 9 hours each. Estimated Total Time to Complete New Bus Model Testing Application: 45 mins. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 210 hours. Frequency: On occasion. Matthew Crouch, Associate Administrator for Administration and Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–28000 Filed 11–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket No. PHMSA–2014–0003; PDA– 37(R)] Hazardous Materials: New York City Permit Requirements for Transportation of Certain Hazardous Materials Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice, and extension of comment period. AGENCY: PHMSA is extending the period for comments on the American Trucking Associations, Inc.’s (ATA) application for a preemption determination concerning the requirements of the New York City Fire Department for a permit to transport certain hazardous materials by motor vehicles through New York City, or for transshipment from New York City, and the fee for the permit. DATES: Comments received on or before December 4, 2015 will be considered before an administrative determination is issued by PHMSA’s Chief Counsel. ADDRESSES: All documents in this proceeding, including the comments submitted by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), may be reviewed in the Docket Operations Facility (M– 30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. All documents in this proceeding are also available on the U.S. Government Regulations.gov Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Comments must refer to Docket No. PHMSA–2014–0003 and may be submitted to the docket in writing or SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\04NON1.SGM 04NON1 asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 213 / Wednesday, November 4, 2015 / Notices electronically. Mail or hand deliver three copies of each written comment to the above address. If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your comments, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard. To submit comments electronically, log onto the U.S. Government Regulations.gov Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Use the Search Documents section of the home page and follow the instructions for submitting comments. 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 (70 FR 19477–78), or you may visit https://www.dot.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vincent Lopez, Office of Chief Counsel, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; Telephone No. 202–366–4400; Facsimile No. 202–366–7041. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATA applied for an administrative determination concerning whether Federal hazardous material transportation law, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq., preempts requirements of the New York City Fire Department for a permit to transport certain hazardous materials by motor vehicle through New York City, or for transshipment from New York City, and the fee for the permit. PHMSA published notice of ATA’s application in the Federal Register on April 17, 2014. 79 FR 21838. On June 2, 2014, the comment period closed without any interested parties submitting comments. On April 27, 2015, we published a notice of delay in processing ATA’s application in order to conduct additional fact-finding and legal analysis in response to the application. 80 FR 23328. In order to ensure PHMSA has all of the relevant information before making a determination, we sent a letter to the FDNY and requested that it submit comments as to whether Federal hazardous material transportation law preempts the New York City requirements that are the subject of this proceeding. On August 20, 2015, the FDNY submitted its comments on ATA’s application. Therefore, on October 1, 2015, we published a notice announcing that we were reopening the comment period in the proceeding to provide interested parties the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:00 Nov 03, 2015 Jkt 238001 opportunity to address any of the issues raised by the FDNY in its comments. 80 FR 59244. On October 21, 2015, ATA asked us for an extension of time in which to file comments, and after review of ATA’s request, we have granted its request. Issued in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2015. Joseph Solomey, Senior Assistant Chief Counsel. [FR Doc. 2015–28012 Filed 11–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35947] Cicero Central Railroad, L.L.C.—Lease Exemption—Illinois Central Railroad Company Cicero Central Railroad, L.L.C. (CCR),1 a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease from Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC), and to operate, approximately 5,675 feet of rail line between the western edge of Cicero Avenue and the eastern edge of the Central Avenue overpass at or near Stickney, Ill. This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice of exemption in Watco Holdings, Inc.— Continuance in Control Exemption— Cicero Central Railroad, Docket No. FD 35948, wherein Watco Holdings, Inc. seeks Board approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of CCR, upon CCR’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. CCR states that the agreement between CCR and IC does not contain any provision that prohibits CCR from interchanging traffic with a third party or limits CCR’s ability to interchange with a third party. CCR has certified that its projected annual revenues as a result of this transaction will not result in CCR’s becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier, and that its projected annual revenues as a result of this transaction will not exceed $5 million. This transaction may be consummated on or after November 18, 2015, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed). If the notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of 1 CCR is a wholly owned subsidiary of Watco Holdings, Inc. PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 68383 a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than November 10, 2015 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35947 must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. In addition, one copy of each pleading must be served on Karl Morell, Karl Morell & Associates, 655 Fifteenth Street NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: October 30, 2015. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Tia Delano, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2015–28044 Filed 11–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35948] Watco Holdings, Inc.—Continuance in Control Exemption—Cicero Central Railroad, L.L.C. Watco Holdings, Inc. (Watco), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of Cicero Central Railroad, L.L.C. (CCR), upon CCR’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. Watco owns, indirectly, 100 percent of the issued and outstanding stock of CCR, a limited liability company. This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice of exemption in Cicero Central Railroad— Lease Exemption—Illinois Central Railroad, Docket No. FD 35947, wherein CCR seeks Board approval to lease and operate approximately 5,675 feet of rail line between the western edge of Cicero Avenue and the eastern edge of the Central Avenue overpass at or near Stickney, Ill. The transaction may be consummated on or after November 18, 2015, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the notice of exemption was filed). Watco is a Kansas corporation that currently controls, indirectly, one Class II rail carrier and 32 Class III rail carriers, collectively operating in 23 states. For a complete list of these rail carriers, and the states in which they E:\FR\FM\04NON1.SGM 04NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-28012]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2014-0003; PDA-37(R)]


Hazardous Materials: New York City Permit Requirements for 
Transportation of Certain Hazardous Materials

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice, and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is extending the period for comments on the American 
Trucking Associations, Inc.'s (ATA) application for a preemption 
determination concerning the requirements of the New York City Fire 
Department for a permit to transport certain hazardous materials by 
motor vehicles through New York City, or for transshipment from New 
York City, and the fee for the permit.

DATES: Comments received on or before December 4, 2015 will be 
considered before an administrative determination is issued by PHMSA's 
Chief Counsel.

ADDRESSES: All documents in this proceeding, including the comments 
submitted by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), may be reviewed 
in the Docket Operations Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. All documents in this 
proceeding are also available on the U.S. Government Regulations.gov 
Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Comments must refer to Docket No. 
PHMSA-2014-0003 and may be submitted to the docket in writing or

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electronically. Mail or hand deliver three copies of each written 
comment to the above address. If you wish to receive confirmation of 
receipt of your comments, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard. 
To submit comments electronically, log onto the U.S. Government 
Regulations.gov Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 
Documents section of the home page and follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 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 (70 FR 19477-78), or you may visit https://www.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vincent Lopez, Office of Chief 
Counsel, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590; Telephone No. 202-366-4400; Facsimile No. 202-366-7041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATA applied for an administrative 
determination concerning whether Federal hazardous material 
transportation law, 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq., preempts requirements of 
the New York City Fire Department for a permit to transport certain 
hazardous materials by motor vehicle through New York City, or for 
transshipment from New York City, and the fee for the permit. PHMSA 
published notice of ATA's application in the Federal Register on April 
17, 2014. 79 FR 21838. On June 2, 2014, the comment period closed 
without any interested parties submitting comments. On April 27, 2015, 
we published a notice of delay in processing ATA's application in order 
to conduct additional fact-finding and legal analysis in response to 
the application. 80 FR 23328. In order to ensure PHMSA has all of the 
relevant information before making a determination, we sent a letter to 
the FDNY and requested that it submit comments as to whether Federal 
hazardous material transportation law preempts the New York City 
requirements that are the subject of this proceeding. On August 20, 
2015, the FDNY submitted its comments on ATA's application. Therefore, 
on October 1, 2015, we published a notice announcing that we were 
reopening the comment period in the proceeding to provide interested 
parties the opportunity to address any of the issues raised by the FDNY 
in its comments. 80 FR 59244. On October 21, 2015, ATA asked us for an 
extension of time in which to file comments, and after review of ATA's 
request, we have granted its request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2015.
Joseph Solomey,
Senior Assistant Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-28012 Filed 11-3-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-60-P

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