[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17615-17616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7554]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 177 and 392

[Docket Numbers PHMSA-2010-0319 (HM-255) & FMCSA-2006-25660]
RIN 2137-AE69 & 2126-AB04


Highway-Rail Grade Crossing; Safe Clearance

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: On March 1, 2011, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 
(CVSA) requested that PHMSA and FMCSA extend the comment period for the 
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing; Safe Clearance Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, which was published on January 28, 2011, by 60 days. CVSA 
believes the extension is necessary to gain feedback from its members 
who will be attending the CVSA Spring Workshop Meeting from April 11-
14, 2011. This notice reopens the public comment period for the NPRM 
from March 29, 2011, to April 29, 2011.

DATES: Comments on the NPRM are due by April 29, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: At FMCSA: Mr. Thomas Yager, Driver and 
Carrier Operations; or [email protected]. Telephone (202) 366-4325. Office 
hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. At PHMSA: Mr. Ben Supko, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On March 1, 2011, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) 
requested that PHMSA and FMCSA extend the comment period for the 
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing; Safe Clearance Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, which was published on January 28, 2011 (76 FR 5120), by 60 
days. CVSA believes the extension is necessary to gain feedback from 
its members who will be attending the CVSA Spring Workshop Meeting from 
April 11-14, 2011.
    PHMSA and FMCSA believe that other potential commenters to this 
rulemaking will benefit from an extension as well, and that 30 days is 
sufficient time to allow CVSA to gain feedback from its members during 
its Spring Workshop and prepare its comments. Accordingly, PHMSA and 
FMCSA reopens the comment period for all comments on the NPRM and its 
related documents to April 29, 2011.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2011, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR part 1.


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    By the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
William Bronrott,
Deputy Administrator.
    By the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Bizunesh Scott,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-7554 Filed 3-28-11; 11:15 am]
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