[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17993-17994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07483]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2012-0079]
Notice of Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document provides the public notice that Long Island Rail
Road (LIRR) petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from certain
regulations concerning hours of service.
DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by May 30, 2025. FRA
will consider comments received after that date to the extent
practicable.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments related to this docket may be submitted by going
to https://www.regulations.gov and following the online instructions
for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. All comments received will be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov; this includes any personal information.
Please see the Privacy Act heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document for Privacy Act information related to any
submitted comments or materials.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the
online instructions for accessing the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Smith, Railroad Safety
Specialist, FRA Operating Practices Division, telephone: 682-305-6709,
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by
letter dated April 3, 2025, LIRR petitioned FRA for an extension of a
waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad
safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 228 (Passenger Train
Employee Hours of Service;
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Recordkeeping and Reporting; Sleeping Quarters). The relevant Docket
Number is FRA-2012-0079.
Specifically, LIRR seeks an extension of relief from the on-duty
requirements in Sec. 228.405(a)(3), Limitations on duty hours of train
employees engaged in commuter or intercity rail passenger
transportation, which states that a train employee may not go on duty,
under certain circumstances, including in a series of at most 14
consecutive calendar days. The existing relief allows LIRR employees to
``reset'' the series of at most 14 consecutive calendar days after a
``general pick'' (a biannual event allowing train employees to bid on
jobs, with jobs being awarded based on an employee's seniority) or a
large timetable revision. In its petition, LIRR explains that the
relief is needed during the general picks, which occur in May and
November of each year, and the timetable revisions, also occurring
about twice per year.
In support of its request, LIRR states that the unions representing
employees impacted by the relief (the International Association of
Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers--General Committee of
Adjustment 505 and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
Trainmen--General Committee of Adjustment) support the request for
extension.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 and a public hearing, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
Communications received by May 30, 2025 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered if practicable.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications
and comments received into any of FRA's 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.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to inform
its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07483 Filed 4-29-25; 8:45 am]
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