[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 221-222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25468]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-0056]


Hours of Service of Drivers: Dart Transit Company Application for 
Exemption

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces an extension of the comment period until 
January 25, 2008, for Dart Transit Company's (Dart) application for an 
exemption from certain commercial motor vehicle driver hours-of-service 
provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Dart 
requested an exemption for 200 of its owner-operators from the 
prohibition against driving after the 14th hour of coming on-duty, 
following 10 consecutive hours off-duty, and the requirement that 
drivers using two sleeper-berth (S/B) periods to accumulate the 
equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off-duty spend at least 8 but less 
than 10 consecutive hours in the S/B during one of those two periods. 
The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) has requested an 
extension of time for the public comment period because the issues 
involved require additional time to evaluate. The FMCSA is granting the 
Advocates' request.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 25, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System Number FMCSA-2007-0056 by any of the following 
methods:
     Web Site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the Federal electronic docket 
site.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room W12-140, DOT Building, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the exemption process, see the Public 
Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to 
the ground floor, Room W12-140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    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://www.regulations.gov.
    Public participation: The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 
generally available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can get 
electronic submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the 
``help'' section of the http://www.regulations.gov Web site and also at 
the DOT's http://docketsinfo.dot.gov Web site. If you want us to notify 
you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, 
stamped envelope or Postcard or print the acknowledgement page that 
appears after submitting comments on-line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and 
Carrier Operations Division; Office of Bus and Truck Standards and 
Operations; Telephone: 202-366-4325. E-mail: [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 26, 2007, FMCSA published in the 
Federal Register (72 FR 66021) a notice of application for exemption 
and request for comments regarding Dart Transit Company (DART). That 
notice announced a closing date of December 26, 2007, for public 
comments to the docket. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety 
(Advocates) has requested an extension of time for the public comment 
period because the issues involved require additional time to evaluate. 
The FMCSA agrees that the complexity of the issues involved warrant 
further opportunity for public comment, and is extending the close of 
the comment period. All comments received before the close of business 
on January 25, 2008, will be considered and will be available for 
examination in the docket 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, the FMCSA will also 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.

    Issued on: December 26, 2007.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E7-25468 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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