[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61190-61191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24379]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2008-0009, Notice No. 4]


Declaration of Emergency Event

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of declaration of emergency event.

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SUMMARY: On September 26, 2008, the Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) determined that the impending landfall of 
tropical storm Kyle on the coast of the United States and the potential 
of that storm to reach hurricane status constituted an emergency event 
as related to railroad operations. Accordingly, the Administrator 
activated the Emergency Relief Docket. This document provides notice of 
the Administrator's determination.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 26, 2008, the Administrator of 
FRA determined that the impending landfall of tropical storm Kyle on 
the coast of the United States and that potential of that storm to 
reach hurricane status constituted an emergency event pursuant to Title 
49 Code of Federal Refulations (CFR) Part 211.45(c) and that public 
safety required the implementation of FRA's emergency waiver rule 
directly related to the emergency. Accordingly, the Administrator 
activated the Emergency Relief Docket (Docket Number FRA-2008-0009) and 
in accordance with 49 CFR Part 211.45(g), petitions received in that 
docket pursuant to this emergency event will be handled according to 
the requirements of 49 CFR Part 211.45(g)-(j).
    Interested parties are reminded that the procedures in 49 CFR Part 
211.45 provide for expedited review and processing of emergency waiver 
petitions. Accordingly, in accordance with 49 CFR Part 211.45(h), any 
person wishing to comment on petitions for emergency waivers should 
submit their comments to the docket within 72 hours from the close of 
business on the day that the petition is posted in the public docket. 
Any person desiring a public

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hearing on any petition being processed in accordance with the 
emergency waiver procedures must notify FRA of such request in their 
comments submitted to the docket. Interested persons may submit their 
comments using any of the following methods:
    (1) E-mail to FRA at [email protected];
    (2) Fax to FRA at 202-493-6309; or
    (3) Hand deliver or expedited delivery to the Docket Clerk, Docket 
Operations Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590 or electronically via the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
All communications concerning any petition in the Emergency Relief 
Docket should identify the appropriate docket number (e.g., Docket 
Number FRA-2008-0009).
    Anyone is able to search 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 (Volume 
665, Number 7, Pages 19477-78). The statement may also be found at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E8-24379 Filed 10-14-08; 8:45 am]
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