[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 223 (Friday, November 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 60312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27855]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2009-0271]


Identification of Interstate Motor Vehicles: New York City, Cook 
County and New Jersey Tax Identification Requirements; Petition for 
Determination

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

ACTION: Notice of Petition for Determination; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 
extends until December 3, 2009 the comment period for the Petition for 
Determination that was published on October 19, 2009.

DATES: Comments are due on or before December 3, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Federal Docket 
Management System Number in the heading of this document by any of the 
following methods --Internet, facsimile, regular mail, or hand-
delivery. Do not submit the same comments by more than one method. 
However, to allow effective public participation before the comment 
period deadline, the Agency encourages use of the Web site that is 
listed first. It will provide the most efficient and timely method of 
receiving and processing your comments.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     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, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number for this action. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Refer to the Privacy Act heading on 
http://www.regulations.gov for further information.
    Public Participation: The regulations.gov system is generally 
available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can find 
electronic submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the 
``Help'' section of the Web site. For notification that FMCSA received 
the comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope or 
postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that appears after 
submitting comments on line. Copies or abstracts of all documents 
referenced in this notice are in the docket: FMCSA-2009-0271. For 
access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, 
go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12-140, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. All comments received 
before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated 
above will be considered and will be available for examination in the 
docket at the above address. Comments received after the closing date 
will be considered to the extent practicable. FMCSA may, however, issue 
a final determination at any time after the close of the comment 
period. In addition to late comments, FMCSA will also continue to file 
in the public docket relevant information that becomes available after 
the comment closing date. Interested persons should monitor the public 
docket for new material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Genevieve D. Sapir, Office of the 
Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-7056; e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 19, 2009, FMCSA published a 
Notice of Petition for Determination inviting public comment on three 
petitions submitted by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) 
requesting determinations that the Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) 
identification requirements imposed by the State of New Jersey, New 
York City, and Cook County, Illinois, are preempted by Federal law (74 
FR 53578). The Agency provided the public with a 30-day comment period 
scheduled to expire on November 18, 2009. Because of the level of 
interest this notice has generated, FMCSA extends the comment period 
until December 3, 2009.

    Issued on: November 16, 2009.
David K. Tochen,
Acting Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9-27855 Filed 11-17-09; 11:15 am]
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