[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9401-9402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3643]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0145]


Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and 
Extension of Public Comment Period

    On October 22, 2010, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
published a notice in the Federal Register (75 FR 65399) announcing the 
Union Pacific Railroad Company's (UP) request for a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) part 232, Brake System Safety Standards. 
Specifically, UP has petitioned FRA for a determination that the 
engineering principles used in its design of its Continuous Speed 
Control Yard located at Roseville, California, are a sufficient primary 
retarder to prevent equipment rollouts and act as an acceptable form of 
alternate securement under 49 CFR 232.103(n)(1) (Securement of 
unattended equipment).
    FRA has determined upon investigation that the facts of this 
proceeding warrant a public hearing. Accordingly, a hearing is hereby 
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on March 17, 2011, at the Hilton Garden 
Inn Roseville, 1951 Taylor Road, Roseville, California, USA 95661. 
Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at this 
hearing. For information on facilities or services for persons with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the hearing, contact 
FRA's Docket Clerk, Michelle Silva, by telephone, e-mail, or in 
writing, at least five business days before the date of the hearing. 
Ms. Silva's contact information is as follows: FRA, Office of Chief 
Counsel, Mail Stop 10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 
20590; telephone 202-493-6030; e-mail [email protected].
    The informal hearing will be conducted by a representative 
designated by FRA in accordance with FRA's Rules of Practice (see 
particularly 49 CFR 211.25). FRA's representative will make an opening 
statement outlining the scope of the hearing, as well as any additional 
procedures for the conduct of the hearing. The hearing will be a non-
adversarial proceeding in which all interested parties will be given 
the opportunity to express their views regarding the waiver petition 
without cross-examination. After all initial statements have been 
completed, those individuals wishing to make brief rebuttal statements 
will be given an opportunity to do so.
    In addition, FRA is hereby extending the comment period to April 
17, 2011. All communications concerning these proceedings should 
identify the appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket 
Number FRA-2010-0145) and may be submitted by any of the following 
methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.

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     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    All written communications concerning these proceedings are 
available for examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) 
at the above facility. All documents in the public docket are also 
available for inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket 
facility's Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written 
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the 
name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the 
document, 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 65, Number 70; 
Page 19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 14, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-3643 Filed 2-16-11; 8:45 am]
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