Hazardous Materials: Emergency Waiver No. 7, 52300-52301 [2018-22423]
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and efficient management (49 U.S.C.
10101(9)). Further, an exemption from
the application process would expedite
regulatory action (49 U.S.C. 10101(2)).
Other aspects of the rail transportation
policy would not be adversely affected.
Regulation of the proposed
transaction is also not necessary to
protect shippers from the abuse of
market power.3 Nothing in the record
indicates that any shipper would lose an
existing rail service option as a result of
the proposed lease transaction.
According to BNSF, the lease will not
affect the routings available to
customers on the Line or customers
whose traffic is routed over the Line.
The record indicates that the transaction
would not result in any material change
in UP’s or BNSF’s operations or
commercial access to customers and
that no customers would experience any
degradation of, or competitive change
in, rail service. Indeed, the lease
transaction should benefit shippers by
allowing BNSF and UP to move traffic
more efficiently following improved
maintenance. Moreover, no shippers or
other parties have filed any objections to
the proposed transaction.
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board
may not use its exemption authority to
relieve a carrier of its statutory
obligation to protect the interests of
employees. Accordingly, as a condition
to granting this exemption, the Board
will impose the standard employee
protective conditions in Norfolk &
Western Railway—Trackage Rights—
Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605
(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast
Railway—Lease & Operate—California
Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
The proposed lease is exempt from
both the environmental reporting
requirements under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)
and the historic reporting requirements
under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
As noted above, BNSF seeks an
expedited effective date so that it can
commence maintenance improvements
as soon as possible to avoid
complications from winter weather
conditions. For that reason, the
exemption will be effective October 31,
2018, and petitions to stay, petitions for
reconsideration, and petitions to reopen
will be due by October 24, 2018.
It is ordered:
1. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board
exempts from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323–25
BNSF’s lease of the Line, subject to the
employee protective conditions in
3 Because the Board concludes that regulation is
not needed to protect shippers from the abuse of
market power, it is unnecessary to determine
whether the transaction is limited in scope. See 49
U.S.C. 10502(a).
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Norfolk & Western Railway—Trackage
Rights—Burlington Northern, Inc., 354
I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in
Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease &
Operate—California Western Railroad,
360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
2. Notice of the exemption will be
published in the Federal Register on
October 16, 2018.
3. The exemption will become
effective on October 31, 2018.
4. Petitions to stay, petitions for
reconsideration, and petitions to reopen
must be filed by October 24, 2018.
Decided: October 10, 2018.
By the Board, Board Members Begeman
and Miller.
Aretha Laws-Byrum,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0100; Notice No.
2018–17]
Hazardous Materials: Emergency
Waiver No. 7
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of emergency waiver
order.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is issuing an
emergency waiver order to persons
conducting operations under the
direction of Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 4 or United States
Coast Guard (USCG) Seventh or Eighth
Districts within the Hurricane Michael
emergency area of Florida. The Waiver
is granted to support the EPA and USCG
in taking appropriate actions to prepare
for, respond to, and recover from a
threat to public health, welfare, or the
environment caused by actual or
potential oil and hazardous materials
incidents resulting from Hurricane
Michael. This Waiver Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
for 30 days from the date of issuance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Horsley, Deputy Assistant Chief
Counsel for Hazardous Materials Safety,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, telephone: (202) 366–
4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 5103(c), the Administrator for
PHMSA, hereby declares that an
emergency exists that warrants issuance
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of a Waiver of the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR, 49 CFR parts 171–
180) to persons conducting operations
under the direction of EPA Region 4 or
USCG Seventh or Eighth Districts
within the Hurricane Michael
emergency area of Florida. The Waiver
is granted to support the EPA and USCG
in taking appropriate actions to prepare
for, respond to, and recover from a
threat to public health, welfare, or the
environment caused by actual or
potential oil and hazardous materials
incidents resulting from Hurricane
Michael.
On October 9, 2018, the President
issued an Emergency Declaration for
Hurricane Michael for 35 Florida
counties (EM 3405). This Waiver Order
covers all areas identified in the
declaration, as amended. Pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 5103(c), PHMSA has authority
delegated by the Secretary (49 CFR
1.97(b)(3)) to waive compliance with
any part of the HMR provided that the
grant of the waiver is: (1) In the public
interest; (2) not inconsistent with the
safety of transporting hazardous
materials; and (3) necessary to facilitate
the safe movement of hazardous
materials into, from, and within an area
of a major disaster or emergency that
has been declared under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Given the continuing impacts caused
by Hurricane Michael, PHMSA’s
Administrator has determined that
regulatory relief is in the public interest
and necessary to ensure the safe
transportation in commerce of
hazardous materials while the EPA and
USCG execute their recovery and
cleanup efforts in Florida. Specifically,
PHMSA’s Administrator finds that
issuing this Waiver Order will allow the
EPA and USCG to conduct their
Emergency Support Function #10
response activities under the National
Response Framework to safely remove,
transport, and dispose of hazardous
materials. By execution of this Waiver
Order, persons conducting operations
under the direction of EPA Region 4 or
USCG Seventh or Eighth Districts
within the Hurricane Michael
emergency areas of Florida are
authorized to offer and transport nonradioactive hazardous materials under
alternative safety requirements imposed
by EPA Region 4 or USCG Seventh or
Eighth Districts when compliance with
the HMR is not practicable. Under this
Waiver Order, non-radioactive
hazardous materials may be transported
to staging areas within 50 miles of the
point of origin. Further transportation of
the hazardous materials from staging
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areas must be in full compliance with
the HMR.
This Waiver Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
for 30 days from the date of issuance.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10,
2018.
Howard R. Elliott,
Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018–22423 Filed 10–15–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0100; Notice No.
2018–18]
Hazardous Materials: Emergency
Waiver No. 8
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of emergency waiver
order.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is issuing an
emergency waiver order to persons
conducting operations under the
direction of Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 4 or United States
Coast Guard (USCG) Seventh or Eighth
Districts within the Hurricane Michael
emergency area of Georgia. The Waiver
is granted to support the EPA and USCG
in taking appropriate actions to prepare
for, respond to, and recover from a
threat to public health, welfare, or the
environment caused by actual or
potential oil and hazardous materials
incidents resulting from Hurricane
Michael. This Waiver Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
for 30 days from the date of issuance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Horsley, Deputy Assistant Chief
Counsel for Hazardous Materials Safety,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, telephone: (202) 366–
4400.
SUMMARY:
In
accordance with the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 5103(c), the Administrator for
PHMSA, hereby declares that an
emergency exists that warrants issuance
of a Waiver of the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR, 49 CFR parts 171–
180) to persons conducting operations
under the direction of EPA Region 4 or
USCG Seventh or Eighth Districts
within the Hurricane Michael
emergency area of Georgia. The Waiver
is granted to support the EPA and USCG
in taking appropriate actions to prepare
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for, respond to, and recover from a
threat to public health, welfare, or the
environment caused by actual or
potential oil and hazardous materials
incidents resulting from Hurricane
Michael.
On October 10, 2018, the President
issued an Emergency Declaration for
Hurricane Michael for Georgia for the
counties of Appling, Atkinson, Bacon,
Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb,
Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan,
Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun,
Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham,
Chattahoochee, Clarke, Clay, Clinch,
Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook,
Crawford, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly,
Dougherty, Early, Echols, Effingham,
Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock,
Glynn, Grady, Greene, Hancock,
Houston, Irwin, Jasper, Jeff Davis,
Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones,
Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty,
Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Macon,
Marion, McDuffie, McIntosh, Miller,
Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery,
Morgan, Muscogee, Oconee, Oglethorpe,
Peach, Pierce, Pulaski, Putnam,
Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Schley,
Screven, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter,
Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor,
Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs,
Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Upson, Ware,
Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster,
Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson,
and Worth (EM–3406).
This Waiver Order covers all areas
identified in the declaration, as
amended. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5103(c),
PHMSA has authority delegated by the
Secretary (49 CFR 1.97(b)(3)) to waive
compliance with any part of the HMR
provided that the grant of the waiver is:
(1) In the public interest; (2) not
inconsistent with the safety of
transporting hazardous materials; and
(3) necessary to facilitate the safe
movement of hazardous materials into,
from, and within an area of a major
disaster or emergency that has been
declared under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Given the continuing impacts caused
by Hurricane Michael, PHMSA’s
Administrator has determined that
regulatory relief is in the public interest
and necessary to ensure the safe
transportation in commerce of
hazardous materials while the EPA and
USCG execute their recovery and
cleanup efforts in Georgia. Specifically,
PHMSA’s Administrator finds that
issuing this Waiver Order will allow the
EPA and USCG to conduct their
Emergency Support Function #10
response activities under the National
Response Framework to safely remove,
transport, and dispose of hazardous
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materials. By execution of this Waiver
Order, persons conducting operations
under the direction of EPA Region 4 or
USCG Seventh or Eighth Districts
within the Hurricane Michael
emergency area of Georgia are
authorized to offer and transport nonradioactive hazardous materials under
alternative safety requirements imposed
by EPA Region 4 or USCG Seventh or
Eighth Districts when compliance with
the HMR is not practicable. Under this
Waiver Order, non-radioactive
hazardous materials may be transported
to staging areas within 50 miles of the
point of origin. Further transportation of
the hazardous materials from staging
areas must be in full compliance with
the HMR.
This Waiver Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
for 30 days from the date of issuance.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11,
2018.
Howard R. Elliott,
Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018–22496 Filed 10–15–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection Request Submitted for
Public Comment; Section 6708 Failure
To Maintain List of Advisees With
Respect to Reportable Transactions
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Internal Revenue Service,
as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning
guidance under section 6708, failure to
maintain list of advisees with respect to
reportable transactions.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before December 17, 2018
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Carolyn Brown, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6236, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulations should be
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0100; Notice No. 2018-17]
Hazardous Materials: Emergency Waiver No. 7
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice of emergency waiver order.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is issuing an emergency waiver order to persons
conducting operations under the direction of Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Region 4 or United States Coast Guard (USCG) Seventh or
Eighth Districts within the Hurricane Michael emergency area of
Florida. The Waiver is granted to support the EPA and USCG in taking
appropriate actions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a
threat to public health, welfare, or the environment caused by actual
or potential oil and hazardous materials incidents resulting from
Hurricane Michael. This Waiver Order is effective immediately and shall
remain in effect for 30 days from the date of issuance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Horsley, Deputy Assistant Chief
Counsel for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, telephone: (202) 366-4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 5103(c), the Administrator for PHMSA, hereby declares that an
emergency exists that warrants issuance of a Waiver of the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR, 49 CFR parts 171-180) to persons conducting
operations under the direction of EPA Region 4 or USCG Seventh or
Eighth Districts within the Hurricane Michael emergency area of
Florida. The Waiver is granted to support the EPA and USCG in taking
appropriate actions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a
threat to public health, welfare, or the environment caused by actual
or potential oil and hazardous materials incidents resulting from
Hurricane Michael.
On October 9, 2018, the President issued an Emergency Declaration
for Hurricane Michael for 35 Florida counties (EM 3405). This Waiver
Order covers all areas identified in the declaration, as amended.
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5103(c), PHMSA has authority delegated by the
Secretary (49 CFR 1.97(b)(3)) to waive compliance with any part of the
HMR provided that the grant of the waiver is: (1) In the public
interest; (2) not inconsistent with the safety of transporting
hazardous materials; and (3) necessary to facilitate the safe movement
of hazardous materials into, from, and within an area of a major
disaster or emergency that has been declared under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.).
Given the continuing impacts caused by Hurricane Michael, PHMSA's
Administrator has determined that regulatory relief is in the public
interest and necessary to ensure the safe transportation in commerce of
hazardous materials while the EPA and USCG execute their recovery and
cleanup efforts in Florida. Specifically, PHMSA's Administrator finds
that issuing this Waiver Order will allow the EPA and USCG to conduct
their Emergency Support Function #10 response activities under the
National Response Framework to safely remove, transport, and dispose of
hazardous materials. By execution of this Waiver Order, persons
conducting operations under the direction of EPA Region 4 or USCG
Seventh or Eighth Districts within the Hurricane Michael emergency
areas of Florida are authorized to offer and transport non-radioactive
hazardous materials under alternative safety requirements imposed by
EPA Region 4 or USCG Seventh or Eighth Districts when compliance with
the HMR is not practicable. Under this Waiver Order, non-radioactive
hazardous materials may be transported to staging areas within 50 miles
of the point of origin. Further transportation of the hazardous
materials from staging
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areas must be in full compliance with the HMR.
This Waiver Order is effective immediately and shall remain in
effect for 30 days from the date of issuance.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2018.
Howard R. Elliott,
Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-22423 Filed 10-15-18; 8:45 am]
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