[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 60169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24219]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0056]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document 
dated June 27, 2012, New Jersey Transit (NJT) has petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR 242.403(b), (c)(1)-(3), (d), (e)(1)-(4), (e)(6)-(11), (e)(13) 
and f(1)-(2). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2012-0056.
    NJT is filing this request for extension in order to continue its 
participation in the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) 
Demonstration Pilot Project. NJT and the employees of all NJT-owned 
and/or -operated territory, including the Southern Tier and Pascack 
Valley Line (excluding Conrail and Amtrak territories not covered by 
C3RS), represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and 
Trainmen, the United Transportation Union, and the American Train 
Dispatchers Association, are participating in the C3RS Demonstration 
Pilot Project sponsored by FRA's Offices of Safety and Railroad Policy 
and Development. The C3RS Demonstration Pilot Project for NJT was 
initially approved by FRA on November 18, 2009. In Docket Number FRA-
2009-0096, NJT requested and received a waiver from compliance of 
certain provisions of 49 CFR Part 240, which governs the certification 
of locomotive engineers to support the C3RS Demonstration Pilot 
Project. NJT, BLET, and UTU now desire to have a similar waiver from 
certain conductor certification requirements found at 49 CFR part 242 
in order to shield the reporting employees and the railroad from 
punitive sanctions that would otherwise arise. 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 Avenue 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. If you do not have access to the 
Internet, please contact FRA's Docket Clerk at 202-493-6030, who will 
provide necessary information concerning the contents of the petition.
    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 within November 16, 2012 of the date of 
this notice 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 September 25, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2012-24219 Filed 10-1-12; 8:45 am]
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