[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1667-1668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00127]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0080]


Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Public Comment Period

    On September 6, 2013, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 54952) announcing the 
Association of American Railroads' (AAR) request for a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 232, Brake System Safety Standards for Freight 
and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices. 
Specifically, AAR petitioned FRA for a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 
232.207, Class IA brake tests--1,000-mile inspection, for the purposes 
of conducting testing to demonstrate the effectiveness of using wayside 
wheel temperature detector data to ensure safe braking performance.
    Upon investigation, FRA determined that the facts of this 
proceeding warrant a public hearing. Accordingly, a hearing is hereby 
scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on February 19, 2014, at the National 
Housing Center, National Association of Home Builders, 1201 15th Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20005. Interested parties are invited to present 
oral statements at this hearing. For information on facilities or 
services for persons with disabilities, or to request special 
assistance at the hearing, contact FRA Railroad Safety Specialist Steve 
Zuiderveen, by telephone, email, or in writing, at least 5 business 
days before the date of the hearing. Mr. Zuiderveen's, contact 
information is as follows: FRA, Office of Railroad Safety, Mail Stop 
25, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 493-6337; 
[email protected].
    The informal hearing will be conducted by a representative 
designated by FRA in accordance with FRA's Rules of Practice (see 
particularly 49 CFR 211.25). FRA's representative will make an opening 
statement outlining the scope of the hearing, as well as any additional 
procedures for the conduct of the hearing. The hearing will be a 
nonadversarial proceeding in which all interested parties will be given 
the opportunity to express their views regarding the waiver petition 
without cross examination. After all initial statements have been 
completed, those individuals wishing to make brief rebuttal statements 
will be given an opportunity to do so. In addition, FRA is hereby 
extending the comment period for this waiver petition to March 21, 
2014, to allow any additional comments to be submitted following the 
public hearing. 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.
    All written communications concerning these proceedings are 
available for examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) 
at the above facility. All documents in the public docket are also 
available for inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket 
facility's Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.

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    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. 2014-00127 Filed 1-8-14; 8:45 am]
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