[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54343-54344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21616]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0052]


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 letter dated 
July 25, 2014, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 
(SEPTA) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an 
extension of its waiver of compliance from the Federal hours of service 
requirement for train employees engaged in commuter or intercity rail 
passenger transportation at 49 CFR 228.405(b)(4). FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2012-0052.
    In its petition, SEPTA seeks a waiver allowing travel time from a 
train employee's home to all reporting points to count as time off 
duty. FRA's current policy only allows travel time, at a designated 
home terminal, from an employee's residence to a single fixed regular 
reporting point to be defined as commuting and time off duty. Travel 
time between a train employee's residence and other than regular 
reporting points is considered deadheading and can count as time on 
duty. In support of its request, SEPTA submitted fatigue analysis of 
employee work schedules, arguing that safety would not be compromised 
by approving the waiver request. SEPTA also provided information that 
the waiver would be in the public interest, because of increased 
employee availability that would reduce the financial burden placed on 
this publicly funded commuter railroad.
    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

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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 October 27, 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 comment, 
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).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2014-21616 Filed 9-10-14; 8:45 am]
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