[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 31431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12690]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2000-7094]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated April 19, 2012, Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) has 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an extension 
of its waiver of compliance from a provision of the Federal hours of 
service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 21103(a), as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 21102(b). FRA assigned the petition docket number FRA-2000-7094.
    In its petition, PVRR seeks relief from 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(2), 
which prohibits a train employee from remaining or going on duty for a 
period in excess of 12 consecutive hours. Title 49 U.S.C. 21102(b) 
allows railroads with 15 or fewer employees to petition for exemption 
from the restriction outlined at 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(2), but the 
exemption may not authorize a carrier to require or allow its employees 
to be on duty more than a total of 16 hours in a 24-hour period. In 
support of the request, PVRR explained that its safety record is 
excellent and that an allowance for a train employee to exceed 12 hours 
of time on duty would only be used during emergencies and not as part 
of normal operations.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 
SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is 
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate 
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since 
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party 
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in 
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for 
their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
appropriate docket number 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.
     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.
    Communications received by July 9, 2012 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered as far as practicable.
    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 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 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78) or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-12690 Filed 5-24-12; 8:45 am]
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