[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 77788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30533]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2009-0078]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations, this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated November 25, 2013, the American Short Line and Regional 
Railroad Association (ASLRRA), on behalf of the Conecuh Valley Railway, 
LLC; the Three Notch Railway, LLC; and the Wiregrass Central Railway, 
LLC, has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an 
amended waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal 
hours of service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), which, in 
part, require a train employee to receive 48 hours off duty after 
initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days. FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2009-0078.
    In its petition, ASLRRA seeks to amend its previously filed 
petition for extension of the waiver to add the three railroads 
referenced above, which did not participate in ASLRRA's original 
petition for a waiver extension, to Exhibit A of ASLRRA's waiver. FRA 
granted ASLRRA's petition for a waiver extension in a letter dated 
February 27, 2012. The waiver allows a train employee to initiate an 
on-duty period each day for 6 consecutive days followed by 24 hours, 
rather than 48 hours, off duty.
    Each railroad that seeks to be added to the waiver has executed a 
compliance letter that attests that it has complied with all of the 
employee consent requirements that FRA originally set forth in its 
initial decision letter, dated March 5, 2010. Additionally, each 
railroad will maintain in its files for FRA inspection the underlying 
employee consent or employee representative consent documents.
    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 February 7, 2014 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 document, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30533 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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