[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70875-70876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28767]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2009-0074]


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 November 9, 2012, Canadian National Railway (CN), the Brotherhood 
of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), and the United 
Transportation Union (UTU) have jointly petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an extension of their waiver of compliance 
from certain provisions of the Federal hours of service laws contained 
at 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2009-0074.
    In their petition, CN, BLET, and UTU seek relief from 49 U.S.C. 
21103(a)(4), which in part requires a train employee to receive 48 
hours off duty after initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive 
days. Specifically, CN, BLET, and UTU seek an extension of the existing 
waiver to allow a train employee to initiate an on-duty period for 6 
consecutive days followed by 24 hours off duty. In support of their 
request, CN, BLET, and UTU explained that this type of schedule has not 
compromised rail safety. Additionally, as expressed in the original 
petition, work-life balance has continued for train employees, and the 
railroad has benefitted from continued productivity.
    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.
    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 January 11, 2013 will be considered by 
FRA before final action is taken. Comments

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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 November 19, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2012-28767 Filed 11-26-12; 8:45 am]
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