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which the comment applies, and
provide a reason for suggestions or
recommendations. You may submit
your comments and material online or
by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
please use only one of these means.
FMCSA recommends that you include
your name and a mailing address, an
email address, or a phone number in the
body of your document so the Agency
can contact you if it has questions
regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
www.regulations.gov and put the docket
number (‘‘FMCSA–2022–0139’’) in the
‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.’’
When the new screen appears, click on
the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type
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II. Legal Basis
FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C.
31136(e) and 31315(b) to grant
exemptions from certain Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations. FMCSA must
publish a notice of each exemption
request in the Federal Register (49 CFR
381.315(a)). The Agency must provide
the public an opportunity to inspect the
information relevant to the application,
including any safety analyses that have
been conducted. The Agency must also
provide an opportunity for public
comment on the request.
The Agency reviews safety analyses
and public comments submitted and
determines whether granting the
exemption would likely achieve a level
of safety equivalent to, or greater than,
the level that would be achieved by the
current regulation (49 CFR 381.305).
The decision of the Agency must be
published in the Federal Register (49
CFR 381.315(b)) with the reasons for
denying or granting the application and,
if granted, the name of the person or
class of persons receiving the
exemption, and the regulatory provision
from which the exemption is granted.
The notice must also specify the
effective period (up to 5 years) and
explain the terms and conditions of the
exemption. The exemption may be
renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)).
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III. Applicant’s Request
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Ronnie Brown III requests a five-year
exemption from the Federal hours of
service (HOS) regulations including the
following sections: § 395.3(a)(1), (10
consecutive hour off-duty time
requirement); § 395.3(a)(3)(i), (11-hour
driving limit); § 395.3(a)(2), (14-hour
‘‘driving window’’), § 395.3(b)(1) and
(2); (respectively, 60 hour in 7 day and
70 hour in 8-day limits) and the
electronic logging device (ELD)
regulations in 49 CFR part 395 subpart
B. Mr. Brown has been operating
commercial motor vehicles for over 15
years. The requested exemption is solely
for the applicant, who states that the
HOS regulations present ‘‘safety
concerns’’ and are a ‘‘one size fits all set
of rules.’’ He further adds that the ELD
and HOS regulations are a ‘‘control
mechanism by the government’’ and a
violation of his ‘‘constitutional right to
free movement.’’ He states he ‘‘can
safely drive . . . no matter the amount
of sleep [he] get[s] or the length of drive
time.’’
A copy of Ronnie Brown III’s
application for exemption is included in
the docket for this notice.
Federal Railroad Administration
IV. Request for Comments
In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
31315(b), FMCSA requests public
comment from all interested persons on
Ronnie Brown III’s application for an
exemption from various provisions in
the Federal HOS and ELD regulations in
49 CFR part 395. All comments received
before the close of business on the
comment closing date indicated at the
beginning of this notice will be
considered and will be available for
examination in the docket at the
location listed under the Addresses
section of this notice. Comments
received after the comment closing date
will be filed in the public docket and
will be considered to the extent
practicable. In addition to late
comments, FMCSA will continue to file,
in the public docket, relevant
information that becomes available after
the comment closing date. Interested
persons should continue to examine the
public docket for new material.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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Request for Information for the
Interstate Rail Compacts Program
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
AGENCY:
On November 5, 2021,
President Biden signed into law the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,
also known as the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL). The BIL
provides historic appropriations for the
railroad transportation grant programs
administered by FRA and authorizes
new programs to enhance rail safety and
to repair, restore, improve, and expand
the nation’s rail network. A new
program established under the BIL is the
Interstate Rail Compacts Grant Program
(the Program), which provides financial
assistance to existing interstate rail
compacts (IRCs) to strengthen their
capability to advance intercity
passenger rail service within their
regions. The BIL requires the Secretary
of Transportation to establish the
Program; this responsibility is delegated
to FRA. In this RFI, FRA seeks
comments on the Program.
DATES: Written comments on this RFI
must be received on or before
September 19, 2022. FRA will consider
comments filed after this date to the
extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number FRA–2022–0064 and be
submitted at https://
www.regulations.gov. Search by using
the docket number and follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number (FRA–2022–0064) for this RFI.
Note: All comments received,
including any personal information,
will be posted without change to the
docket and will be accessible to the
public at https://www.regulations.gov.
You should not include information in
your comment that you do not want to
be made public. Input submitted online
via https://www.regulations.gov is not
immediately posted to the site. It may
take several business days before your
submission is posted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information related to this RFI,
please contact Wynne Davis,
Supervisory Transportation Analyst,
Program Development and Strategy
Division, by email: Wynne.Davis@
dot.gov or by telephone: 202–493–6122.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Program allows FRA to provide
financial assistance to existing IRCs,
which are established in law by member
States passing identical or near identical
legislation, to develop and advance
intercity passenger rail service. The
Program can fund the technical and
administrative functions of IRCs in
addition to supporting coordination and
promotion activities for rail services
within a region.
IRCs have a history of promoting
intercity passenger rail projects within
their regions and encouraging policies
that foster the efficient development of
intercity passenger rail projects. IRCs
have also served as a means of regional
coordination of rail projects sponsored
by the departments of transportation in
their member States. Furthermore, as
investment in intercity passenger rail
from State and Federal governments
over the past decade has created
increasingly robust rail networks, a
greater need has emerged for increased
cooperation across state lines to
coordinate intercity passenger rail
services and project delivery. Certain
regions have also expressed a desire for
strong leadership to represent regional
needs. IRCs present an opportunity to
fulfill these needs. The Program is
designed to support IRCs by providing
financial assistance to facilitate their
administrative and technical functions
and encourage IRCs to build greater
organizational capacity.
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Information Requested
FRA is seeking input on how the
Program can best support existing IRCs
so they are able to take a more central
role in advancing the development of
intercity passenger rail service.
Additionally, although only established
IRCs are eligible for financial assistance
under the Program, FRA is considering
whether offering other types of
assistance outside of the Program, such
as technical support, to States interested
in developing IRCs would be beneficial.
Therefore, in addition to questions
about the Program, FRA is seeking
comments about how it may be able to
assist States in those endeavors.
FRA requests that responses to the
RFI be organized by the topics outlined
below, including references, as
applicable, to the numbered questions.
Respondents are encouraged to address
in their responses any topic they believe
to be relevant to the Program and not
limited to addressing only those topics
and questions outlined below.
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Program Eligible Activities
Under the Program, financial
assistance is available to established
IRCs for—
• Cost of Administration;
• Systems Planning, including the
impact on freight operations and
ridership; 1
• Promotion of Intercity Passenger
Rail Operations;
• Preparation of applications for
competitive Federal grant programs; and
• Operations Coordination.
1. What administrative costs need
funding?
2. How would IRCs use funding for
systems planning studies?
3. What promotional activities for
intercity passenger rail operations
require funding?
4. What preparation activities for
Federal grant programs require funding?
5. What operations coordination
activities require funding?
6. Of the eligible activities listed
above, are there activities that are
particularly important or helpful to
support an IRC’s work?
7. What deliverables should FRA
require for tasks associated with these
activities?
8. How should FRA measure
performance for these activities?
Sequencing of Eligible Activities
FRA anticipates that established IRCs
at various stages of development may
focus on different activities based on
issues relevant to the compact, and their
capacities. Longer-established, more
active compacts may have a greater need
to focus on operations coordination
while newly-developed compacts may
focus more on securing administrative
and technical staff and establishing the
basic parameters of the compact, such as
a mission statement and bylaws. The
eligible activities allow for range of
endeavors to provide support to IRCs at
different stages of development.
Providing a framework to sequence
the eligible activities could assist IRCs
in identifying key actions to support the
development of intercity passenger rail
within their region. For example,
encouraging the development of a
regional rail planning study as a first
deliverable could be helpful, because
regional rail plans can act as a roadmap
to determine how and when corridors
services should be implemented. A
1 Systems planning is a high-level planning
process that occurs prior to project specific
planning studies and identifies potential solutions
to transportation challenges. Regional rail plans are
an example of a systems planning study and
identify a network of corridors that may have the
potential to support intercity passenger rail service
within a region.
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regional rail plan can still provide this
benefit in instances where State
departments of transportation have
advanced more detailed corridor
planning studies, because the analysis
completed in a regional rail plan can
describe network benefits of operating a
region of connected corridors. Some
eligible activities, such as the cost of
administration, would not be tied to a
sequencing framework as these costs are
required to support the interstate rail
compact throughout the lifecycle of the
grant.
9. Would providing a framework for
the sequencing of eligible activities be
helpful? If so, what should the
sequencing framework look like?
10. What are the potential drawbacks
of establishing a sequencing framework
for eligible activities?
11. What are the potential benefits of
establishing a sequencing framework for
eligible activities?
IRC Development and Dormant IRCs
As mentioned above, FRA is
considering assisting States interested in
establishing an IRC to better coordinate
developing intercity passenger rail
service within a region. Although FRA
is unable to offer financial assistance to
establish an IRC, FRA is considering
providing other types of assistance, such
as technical assistance, for this purpose.
Additionally, FRA recognizes that
restarting the activities of a dormant IRC
is a significant undertaking and the
authorized activities of the IRC may no
longer reflect present day needs and
priorities. FRA is considering how it
may assist in these endeavors as well.
Feedback from stakeholders and the
public on the below questions will
assist FRA in this regard.
12. In what instances should States
consider establishing an IRC?
13. What are the specific issues States
are seeking to resolve through the
establishment of an IRC?
14. What States should consider
establishing an IRC?
15. What issues or challenges make it
difficult to establish an interstate
compact or IRC?
16. How can FRA most effectively
facilitate establishing a new IRC?
17. How can FRA best facilitate
coordination of project development
among States to achieve better service
and performance than project
development conducted by individual
States?
18. In what instances should States
consider resuming activities under a
dormant IRC?
19. In what instances should States
consider legislative action to expand the
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authorized activities an interstate
compact can undertake?
20. What type of assistance from FRA
would be helpful in restarting the work
of a dormant IRC?
Maritime Administration
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
specific docket number. All comments
received will be posted without change
to the docket at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments, or to submit
comments that are confidential in
nature, see the section entitled Public
Participation.
[Docket No. MARAD–2022–0184]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Paul Nissenbaum,
Associate Administrator, Office of Railroad
Policy and Development.
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AGENCY:
The Secretary of
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authorized to issue coastwise
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A request for such a determination has
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or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. Information about the
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September 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket Number
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following methods:
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MARAD–2022–0184 and follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
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Management Facility is in the West
Building, Ground Floor of the U.S.
Department of Transportation. The
Docket Management Facility location
address is: U.S. Department of
Transportation, MARAD–2022–0184,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building, Room W12–140, Washington,
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except on
Federal holidays.
SUMMARY:
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your name and a mailing address, an email
address, or a telephone number in the body
of your document so that we can contact you
if we have questions regarding your
submission.
Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your
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Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W23–459,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–5723, Email James.Mead@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
described in the application, the
intended service of the vessel LADY
LILA is:
—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘Time charters.’’
—Geographic Region Including Base of
Operations: ‘‘Florida, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
York.’’ (Base of Operations: Brooklyn,
NY)
—Vessel Length and Type: 39.3′ Motor
The complete application is available
for review identified in the DOT docket
as MARAD 2022–0184 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Interested parties
may comment on the effect this action
may have on U.S. vessel builders or
businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag
vessels. If MARAD determines, in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388, that the employment of the vessel
in the coastwise trade to carry no more
than 12 passengers will have an unduly
adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or
a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in
that business, MARAD will not issue an
approval of the vessel’s coastwise
endorsement eligibility. Comments
should refer to the vessel name, state the
commenter’s interest in the application,
and address the eligibility criteria given
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regulations at 46 CFR part 388.
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comments must be written in English.
We encourage you to provide concise
comments and you may attach
additional documents as necessary.
There is no limit on the length of the
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and find supporting information?
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www.regulations.gov, keyword search
MARAD–2022–0184 or visit the Docket
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hours of operation). We recommend that
you periodically check the Docket for
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If you wish to submit comments
under a claim of confidentiality, you
should submit the information you
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dot.gov. Include in the email subject
heading ‘‘Contains Confidential
Commercial Information’’ or ‘‘Contains
CCI’’ and state in your submission, with
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2022-0064]
Request for Information for the Interstate Rail Compacts Program
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: On November 5, 2021, President Biden signed into law the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL). The BIL provides historic appropriations for
the railroad transportation grant programs administered by FRA and
authorizes new programs to enhance rail safety and to repair, restore,
improve, and expand the nation's rail network. A new program
established under the BIL is the Interstate Rail Compacts Grant Program
(the Program), which provides financial assistance to existing
interstate rail compacts (IRCs) to strengthen their capability to
advance intercity passenger rail service within their regions. The BIL
requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Program; this
responsibility is delegated to FRA. In this RFI, FRA seeks comments on
the Program.
DATES: Written comments on this RFI must be received on or before
September 19, 2022. FRA will consider comments filed after this date to
the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to docket number FRA-2022-0064 and be
submitted at https://www.regulations.gov. Search by using the docket
number and follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number (FRA-2022-0064) for this RFI.
Note: All comments received, including any personal information,
will be posted without change to the docket and will be accessible to
the public at https://www.regulations.gov. You should not include
information in your comment that you do not want to be made public.
Input submitted online via https://www.regulations.gov is not
immediately posted to the site. It may take several business days
before your submission is posted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information related to
this RFI, please contact Wynne Davis, Supervisory Transportation
Analyst, Program Development and Strategy Division, by email:
[email protected] or by telephone: 202-493-6122.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Program allows FRA to provide financial assistance to existing
IRCs, which are established in law by member States passing identical
or near identical legislation, to develop and advance intercity
passenger rail service. The Program can fund the technical and
administrative functions of IRCs in addition to supporting coordination
and promotion activities for rail services within a region.
IRCs have a history of promoting intercity passenger rail projects
within their regions and encouraging policies that foster the efficient
development of intercity passenger rail projects. IRCs have also served
as a means of regional coordination of rail projects sponsored by the
departments of transportation in their member States. Furthermore, as
investment in intercity passenger rail from State and Federal
governments over the past decade has created increasingly robust rail
networks, a greater need has emerged for increased cooperation across
state lines to coordinate intercity passenger rail services and project
delivery. Certain regions have also expressed a desire for strong
leadership to represent regional needs. IRCs present an opportunity to
fulfill these needs. The Program is designed to support IRCs by
providing financial assistance to facilitate their administrative and
technical functions and encourage IRCs to build greater organizational
capacity.
Information Requested
FRA is seeking input on how the Program can best support existing
IRCs so they are able to take a more central role in advancing the
development of intercity passenger rail service. Additionally, although
only established IRCs are eligible for financial assistance under the
Program, FRA is considering whether offering other types of assistance
outside of the Program, such as technical support, to States interested
in developing IRCs would be beneficial. Therefore, in addition to
questions about the Program, FRA is seeking comments about how it may
be able to assist States in those endeavors.
FRA requests that responses to the RFI be organized by the topics
outlined below, including references, as applicable, to the numbered
questions. Respondents are encouraged to address in their responses any
topic they believe to be relevant to the Program and not limited to
addressing only those topics and questions outlined below.
Program Eligible Activities
Under the Program, financial assistance is available to established
IRCs for--
Cost of Administration;
Systems Planning, including the impact on freight
operations and ridership; \1\
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\1\ Systems planning is a high-level planning process that
occurs prior to project specific planning studies and identifies
potential solutions to transportation challenges. Regional rail
plans are an example of a systems planning study and identify a
network of corridors that may have the potential to support
intercity passenger rail service within a region.
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Promotion of Intercity Passenger Rail Operations;
Preparation of applications for competitive Federal grant
programs; and
Operations Coordination.
1. What administrative costs need funding?
2. How would IRCs use funding for systems planning studies?
3. What promotional activities for intercity passenger rail
operations require funding?
4. What preparation activities for Federal grant programs require
funding?
5. What operations coordination activities require funding?
6. Of the eligible activities listed above, are there activities
that are particularly important or helpful to support an IRC's work?
7. What deliverables should FRA require for tasks associated with
these activities?
8. How should FRA measure performance for these activities?
Sequencing of Eligible Activities
FRA anticipates that established IRCs at various stages of
development may focus on different activities based on issues relevant
to the compact, and their capacities. Longer-established, more active
compacts may have a greater need to focus on operations coordination
while newly-developed compacts may focus more on securing
administrative and technical staff and establishing the basic
parameters of the compact, such as a mission statement and bylaws. The
eligible activities allow for range of endeavors to provide support to
IRCs at different stages of development.
Providing a framework to sequence the eligible activities could
assist IRCs in identifying key actions to support the development of
intercity passenger rail within their region. For example, encouraging
the development of a regional rail planning study as a first
deliverable could be helpful, because regional rail plans can act as a
roadmap to determine how and when corridors services should be
implemented. A regional rail plan can still provide this benefit in
instances where State departments of transportation have advanced more
detailed corridor planning studies, because the analysis completed in a
regional rail plan can describe network benefits of operating a region
of connected corridors. Some eligible activities, such as the cost of
administration, would not be tied to a sequencing framework as these
costs are required to support the interstate rail compact throughout
the lifecycle of the grant.
9. Would providing a framework for the sequencing of eligible
activities be helpful? If so, what should the sequencing framework look
like?
10. What are the potential drawbacks of establishing a sequencing
framework for eligible activities?
11. What are the potential benefits of establishing a sequencing
framework for eligible activities?
IRC Development and Dormant IRCs
As mentioned above, FRA is considering assisting States interested
in establishing an IRC to better coordinate developing intercity
passenger rail service within a region. Although FRA is unable to offer
financial assistance to establish an IRC, FRA is considering providing
other types of assistance, such as technical assistance, for this
purpose.
Additionally, FRA recognizes that restarting the activities of a
dormant IRC is a significant undertaking and the authorized activities
of the IRC may no longer reflect present day needs and priorities. FRA
is considering how it may assist in these endeavors as well.
Feedback from stakeholders and the public on the below questions
will assist FRA in this regard.
12. In what instances should States consider establishing an IRC?
13. What are the specific issues States are seeking to resolve
through the establishment of an IRC?
14. What States should consider establishing an IRC?
15. What issues or challenges make it difficult to establish an
interstate compact or IRC?
16. How can FRA most effectively facilitate establishing a new IRC?
17. How can FRA best facilitate coordination of project development
among States to achieve better service and performance than project
development conducted by individual States?
18. In what instances should States consider resuming activities
under a dormant IRC?
19. In what instances should States consider legislative action to
expand the
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authorized activities an interstate compact can undertake?
20. What type of assistance from FRA would be helpful in restarting
the work of a dormant IRC?
Issued in Washington, DC.
Paul Nissenbaum,
Associate Administrator, Office of Railroad Policy and Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-17888 Filed 8-18-22; 8:45 am]
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