[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 201 (Thursday, October 18, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 59019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20605]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 222

[Docket No. FRA-2007-27285, Notice No. 2]
RIN 2130-AB86


Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings; 
Technical Amendments to Appendix D

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

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On August 9, 2007, FRA published a direct final rule in the 
Federal Register which made technical amendments to Appendix D of 49 
CFR Part 222. As reflected in DOT Docket No. FRA-2007-27285, FRA did 
not receive any comments or requests for an oral hearing on the direct 
final rule. Therefore, FRA is issuing this document to confirm that the 
direct final rule took effect on October 9, 2007, the date specified in 
the rule.

DATES: The direct final rule published at 72 FR 44790, August 9, 2007, 
is confirmed effective October 9, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Ries, Office of Safety, Mail 
Stop 25, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20590 
(telephone: (202) 493-6299); or Kathryn Shelton, Office of Chief 
Counsel, Mail Stop 10, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6038).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to FRA's direct final rulemaking 
procedures set forth at 49 CFR 211.33, FRA is issuing this document to 
inform the public that it has not received any comments or requests for 
an oral hearing on the direct final rule that was published in the 
Federal Register on August 9, 2007 (72 FR 44790). The direct final rule 
made technical amendments to Appendix D of 49 CFR Part 222 to update 
information contained in the appendix and inform the public of the most 
recent value of the Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold. As no 
comments or requests for an oral hearing were received by FRA, this 
document informs the public that the effective date of the direct final 
rule remains as October 9, 2007, the date specified in the rule.

Privacy Act

    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 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-20605 Filed 10-17-07; 8:45 am]
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