Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance, 36360-36361 [2023-11786]
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Operating Rules); 219 (Control of
Alcohol and Drug Use); 221 (Rear End
Marking Device—Passenger, Commuter
and Freight Trains); 223 (Safety Glazing
Standards—Locomotives, Passenger
Cars and Cabooses); 225 (Railroad
Accidents/Incidents: Reports
Classification, and Investigations); 228
(Passenger Train Employee Hours of
Service; Recordkeeping and Reporting;
Sleeping Quarters); 229 (Railroad
Locomotive Safety Standards); 231
(Railroad Safety Appliance Standards);
238 (Passenger Equipment Safety
Standards); 239 (Passenger Train
Emergency Preparedness); 240
(Qualification and Certification of
Locomotive Engineers); and 242
(Qualification and Certification of
Conductors). The relevant Docket
Number is FRA–2002–11809.
Specifically, NCTD requests to extend
its relief from the above listed CFR
parts, as pertaining to its 12 diesel
multiple unit vehicles that comprise the
Sprinter rail fixed-guideway urban rapid
transit service. The Sprinter service runs
on the Escondido Subdivision, a 22-mile
right-of-way with temporal separation
from freight service operated by BNSF
Railway. In support of its request, NCTD
states that the California Public Utilities
Commission Rail Safety Division will
continue to provide Federal Transit
Administration Rail Fixed Guideway
State Safety Oversight, as required by
regulations.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 and a
public hearing, 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 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by August
1, 2023 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be
considered if practicable.
Anyone can search the electronic
form of any written communications
and comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
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submitting the comment (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT)
solicits comments from the public to
better inform its processes. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See also https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–11784 Filed 6–1–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2023–0032]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on April 6, 2023, Steamtown
National Historic Site (SNCX) petitioned
the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of the Federal
railroad safety regulations contained at
49 CFR part 240 (Qualification and
Certification of Locomotive Engineers)
and part 242 (Qualification and
Certification of Conductors). FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number
FRA–2023–0032.
Specifically, SNCX requests relief
required to participate in FRA’s
Confidential Close Call Reporting
System (C3RS) Program. SNCX seeks to
shield reporting employees and the
railroad from mandatory punitive
sanctions that would otherwise arise as
provided in §§ 240.117(e)(1)–(4);
240.305(a)(1)–(4) and (a)(6); 240.307;
242.403(b), (c), (e)(1)–(4), (e)(6)–(11),
(f)(1)–(2); and 242.407. The C3RS
Program encourages certified operating
crew members to report close calls and
protects the employees and the railroad
from discipline or sanctions arising
from the incidents reported per the
C3RS Implementing Memorandum of
Understanding.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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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 parties desire
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, 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 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by August
1, 2023 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be
considered if practicable.
Anyone can 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.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better
inform its processes. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy. See
also https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–11787 Filed 6–1–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2011–0101]
Petition for Extension of Waiver of
Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that by letters dated March 20, 2023,
and May 11, 2023, the Northeast Illinois
Regional Commuter Railroad
Corporation (Metra) petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
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for an extension of a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of
the Federal railroad safety regulations
contained at 49 CFR part 236 (Rules,
Standards, and Instructions Governing
the Installation, Inspection,
Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and
Train Control Systems, Devices, and
Appliances). The relevant FRA Docket
Number is FRA–2011–0101.
Specifically, Metra requested an
extension of relief from § 236.377,
Approach locking; § 236.378, Time
locking; § 236.379, Route locking;
§ 236.380, Indication locking; and
§ 236.281, Traffic locking, to extend the
periodic testing schedules from ‘‘at least
once every 2 years’’ to ‘‘at least once
every 4 years’’ after initial testing has
been performed. The relief applies at
interlockings, control points, and other
signal locations controlled by vital
microprocessor-based equipment. In
support of its request, Metra states that
it will ‘‘remain in compliance with all
conditions of the FRA extension
approval letter dated September 24,
2018. Metra’s petition also included a
list of locations that have been ‘‘tested
under the waiver from 2022 to present
with the results and baseline
comparison.’’
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 and a
public hearing, 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 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by August
1, 2023 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be
considered if practicable. Anyone can
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.). Under 5
U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) solicits comments
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Jkt 259001
from the public to better inform its
processes. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See also https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–11786 Filed 6–1–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[DOT–OST–2023–0080]
National Travel and Tourism
Infrastructure Strategic Plan; Request
for Comment
Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for comment
(RFC).
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Transportation is seeking public input
to aid it in updating DOT’s National
Travel and Tourism Infrastructure
Strategic Plan (NTTISP). DOT will
consider input and the comments
received in the development of the
NTTISP.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submissions in response to
this notice may be sent by either of the
following two methods, although DOT
prefers the first:
• Electronic comments may be sent to
nttisp@dot.gov. Submissions should be
machine-readable and not be copyprotected.
• Written comments may be sent to:
The Office of International
Transportation and Trade, ATTN:
Nicole Bambas, NTTISP, RM W88–303,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
Any submissions received after the
deadline may not be accepted or
considered.
• Confidential Business Information
(CBI): CBI is commercial or financial
information that is customarily and
actually treated as private by its owner.
Under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt
from public disclosure. If your
comments in response to this RFC
contain commercial or financial
information that is customarily treated
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as private, that you actually treat as
private, and that is relevant or
responsive to this RFC, it is important
that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each
page of your submission containing CBI
as ‘‘PROPIN’’ to indicate that it contains
proprietary information. DOT will treat
such marked submissions as
confidential under FOIA and not place
them in the public docket of this RFC.
Submissions containing CBI should be
sent to the name and physical or email
address listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Bambas at nttisp@dot.gov or 202–
366–4398. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET) Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January
2021, DOT released its National Travel
and Tourism Infrastructure Strategic
Plan for FY 2020–2024 (NTTISP 2020–
2024), which can be found here: https://
www.transportation.gov/policyinitiatives/NTTISP. DOT developed the
NTTISP in response to the mandate in
the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST ACT) that it
assess the condition and performance of
our national transportation network,
identify issues that create congestion
and barriers to travel and tourism, and
develop strategies for improving vital
travel infrastructure. While DOT was
developing the NTTISP, the world
began to experience the impact of the
public health emergency created by the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19)
pandemic.
Given the consequences of COVID–19
to the travel and tourism industry,
Congress has mandated that DOT revisit
the NTTISP. In November 2021,
President Biden signed the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Pub. L. 117–58, implemented as the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or BIL).
Section 25018 of the BIL directs DOT to
update the NTTISP and include new
matters such as immediate and longterm strategies, policy recommendations
and infrastructure investments across all
modes of transportation to revive the
travel and tourism industry and the
overall travel and tourism economy in
the wake of the COVID–19 pandemic.
The NTTISP must also identify possible
infrastructure investments that create
recovery opportunities for small,
underserved, minority, and rural
businesses in the travel and tourism
industry, including efforts to preserve
and protect scenic, but often lesstraveled, roads that promote tourism
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[FR Doc No: 2023-11786]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2011-0101]
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that by letters dated March 20,
2023, and May 11, 2023, the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter
Railroad Corporation (Metra) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA)
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for an extension of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of
the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 236
(Rules, Standards, and Instructions Governing the Installation,
Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and Train Control
Systems, Devices, and Appliances). The relevant FRA Docket Number is
FRA-2011-0101.
Specifically, Metra requested an extension of relief from Sec.
236.377, Approach locking; Sec. 236.378, Time locking; Sec. 236.379,
Route locking; Sec. 236.380, Indication locking; and Sec. 236.281,
Traffic locking, to extend the periodic testing schedules from ``at
least once every 2 years'' to ``at least once every 4 years'' after
initial testing has been performed. The relief applies at
interlockings, control points, and other signal locations controlled by
vital microprocessor-based equipment. In support of its request, Metra
states that it will ``remain in compliance with all conditions of the
FRA extension approval letter dated September 24, 2018. Metra's
petition also included a list of locations that have been ``tested
under the waiver from 2022 to present with the results and baseline
comparison.''
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 and a public hearing, 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 at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Communications received by August 1, 2023 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered if practicable. Anyone can 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.). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) solicits comments from the public to better inform
its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-11786 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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