[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1027]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 241

[FRA Docket No. FRA-2001-8728, Notice No. 2]
RIN 2130-AB38


U.S. Locational Requirement for Dispatching of U.S. Rail 
Operations

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: On December 11, 2001 (66 FR 63942), FRA published an Interim 
Final Rule (IFR) requiring all dispatching of railroad operations that 
occur in the United States to be performed in the United States with 
three minor exceptions. FRA is interested in receiving public comments 
on possible benefits and costs of this IFR and comments on whether FRA 
should adopt an alternative regulatory scheme under which 
extraterritorial dispatching of United States railroad operations would 
be permitted and, if so, under what conditions. In the IFR, FRA 
announced that it would schedule a public hearing to allow interested 
parties the opportunity to comment on these issues. This notice 
announces the scheduling of the public hearing.

DATES: Public Hearing: The date of the public hearing is Tuesday, 
February 12, 2002, at 10 a.m. in Washington, DC. Any person wishing to 
participate in the public hearing should notify the Docket Clerk by 
telephone (202-493-6030) or by mail at the address provided below at 
least five working days prior to the date of the hearing and submit to 
the Docket Clerk three copies of the oral statement that he or she 
intends to make at the hearing. The notification should identify the 
party the person represents, and the particular subject(s) the person 
plans to address. The notification should also provide the Docket Clerk 
with the participant's mailing address.

ADDRESSES: (1) Docket Clerk: Written notification should identify the 
docket number and must be submitted in triplicate to Ms. Ivornette 
Lynch, Docket Clerk, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad 
Administration, RCC-10, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Stop 10, Washington, DC 
20590.
    (2) Public Hearing: The public hearing will be held in the 
Department of Transportation Headquarters Building, 400 7th Street, 
SW., Rooms 3200-3204, Washington, DC 20590. Attendees should bring an 
identification card with photograph (such as a current driver's 
license), report to the security counter in the southwest quadrant of 
the DOT building for admission, and follow security procedures as 
provided at that location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Taylor, Staff Director for 
Operating Practices, FRA Office of Safety, RRS-11, 1120 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-6255); John 
Winkle, Trial Attorney, FRA Office of the Chief Counsel, RCC-12, 1120 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Stop 10, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-
6067); or Billie Stultz, Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel, FRA Office of 
Chief Counsel, RCC-12, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Stop 10, Washington, 
DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-6053 or 202-493-6029).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2002.
Allan Rutter,
Federal Railroad Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-1027 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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