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10300; 68 FR 37197; 68 FR 48989; 68 FR 

52811; 68 FR 61860; 68 FR 69434; 70 FR 

41811; 70 FR 48797; 70 FR 57353; 70 FR 

61165; 70 FR 61493; 70 FR 71884; 70 FR 

72689; 71 FR 646; 71 FR 4632; 72 FR 

180; 72 FR 9397; 72 FR 52422; 72 FR 

58359; 72 FR 62897; 72 FR 67340; 72 FR 

71995; 73 FR 5259; 74 FR 34394; 74 FR 

60021; 74 FR 65845; 74 FR 64124; 75 FR 

1451). Each of these 19 applicants has 

requested renewal of the exemption and 

has submitted evidence showing that 

the vision in the better eye continues to 

meet the requirement specified at 49 

CFR 391.41(b)(10) and that the vision 

impairment is stable. In addition, a 

review of each record of safety while 

driving with the respective vision 

deficiencies over the past two years 

indicates each applicant continues to 

meet the vision exemption 

requirements. These factors provide an 

adequate basis for predicting each 

driver’s ability to continue to drive 

safely in interstate commerce. 

Therefore, FMCSA concludes that 

extending the exemption for each 

renewal applicant for a period of two 

years is likely to achieve a level of safety 

equal to that existing without the 

exemption. 

Request for Comments 

FMCSA will review comments 

received at any time concerning a 

particular driver’s safety record and 

determine if the continuation of the 

exemption is consistent with the 

requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315. However, FMCSA requests that 

interested parties with specific data 

concerning the safety records of these 

drivers submit comments by February 6, 

2012. 

FMCSA believes that the 

requirements for a renewal of an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315 can be satisfied by initially 

granting the renewal and then 

requesting and evaluating, if needed, 

subsequent comments submitted by 

interested parties. As indicated above, 

the Agency previously published 

notices of final disposition announcing 

its decision to exempt these 19 

individuals from the vision requirement 

in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final 

decision to grant an exemption to each 

of these individuals was made on the 

merits of each case and made only after 

careful consideration of the comments 

received to its notices of applications. 

The notices of applications stated in 

detail the qualifications, experience, 

and medical condition of each applicant 

for an exemption from the vision 

requirements. That information is 

available by consulting the above cited 

Federal Register publications. 

Interested parties or organizations 

possessing information that would 

otherwise show that any, or all, of these 

drivers are not currently achieving the 

statutory level of safety should 

immediately notify FMCSA. The 

Agency will evaluate any adverse 

evidence submitted and, if safety is 

being compromised or if continuation of 

the exemption would not be consistent 

with the goals and objectives of 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

exemption of a driver. 

Issued on: December 27, 2011. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33783 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–1999–6439, Notice No. 23] 

Adjustment of Nationwide Significant 

Risk Threshold 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of adjustment of 

nationwide significant risk threshold. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Appendix 

D to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 222, Use of 

Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail 

Grade Crossings, FRA is updating the 

Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold 

(NSRT). This action is needed to ensure 

that the public has the proper threshold 

of permissible risk for calculating quiet 

zones established in relationship to the 

NSRT. This is the fifth update to the 

NSRT, which has fallen from 14,007 to 

13,722. 

DATES: The effective date is January 5, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ronald Ries, Office of Railroad Safety, 

FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6299, 

or Ronald.Ries@dot.gov; or Kathryn 

Shelton, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6038, 

or Kathryn.Shelton@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NSRT is an average of the risk 

indexes for gated public crossings 

nationwide where train horns are 

routinely sounded. FRA developed this 

risk index to serve as one threshold of 

permissible risk for quiet zones 

established under this rule across the 

nation. Thus, a community that is trying 

to establish and/or maintain its quiet 

zone, pursuant to 49 CFR Part 222, can 

compare the Quiet Zone Risk Index 

calculated for its specific crossing 

corridor to the NSRT to determine 

whether sufficient measures have been 

taken to compensate for the excess risk 

that results from prohibiting routine 

sounding of the locomotive horn. (In the 

alternative, a community can establish 

its quiet zone in comparison to the Risk 

Index With Horns, which is a corridorspecific measure of risk to the motoring 

public when locomotive horns are 

routinely sounded at every public 

highway-rail grade crossing within the 

quiet zone.) 

In 2006, when the final rule titled, 

‘‘Use of Locomotive Horns at HighwayRail Grade Crossings,’’ was amended, 

the NSRT was 17,030 (71 FR 47614, 

August 17, 2006). In 2007, FRA 

recalculated the NSRT to be 19,047 (72 

FR 14850, March 29, 2007). In 2008, 

FRA recalculated the NSRT to be 17,610 

(73 FR 30661, May 28, 2008). In 2009, 

FRA recalculated the NSRT to be 18,775 

(74 FR 45270, September 1, 2009). In 

2010, FRA recalculated the NSRT to be 

14,007 (75 FR 82136, December 29, 

2010). 

New NSRT 

Using collision data from 2006 to 

2010, FRA has recalculated the NSRT 

based on formulas identified in 

Appendix D to 49 CFR part 222. In 

making this recalculation, FRA noted 

that the total number of gated, nonwhistle-ban crossings was 42,150. 


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Applying the fatality rate and injury 

rate to the probable number of fatalities 

and casualties predicted to occur at each 

of the 42,150 identified crossings and 

the predicted cost of the associated 

injuries and fatalities, FRA calculates 

the NSRT to be 13,722. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

29, 2011. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Railroad 

Safety/Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33782 Filed 1–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Fiscal Year 2011 Public Transportation 

on Indian Reservations Program 

Project Selections 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Tribal Transit Program 

announcement of project selections. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

selection of projects funded with 

Section 5311 (c), Public Transportation 

on Indian Reservations program funds 

in support of the Tribal Transit Program. 

Funding was announced in the Tribal 

Transit Program (TTP) Notice of 

Funding Availability on July 25, 2011. 

The TTP makes funds available to 

federally recognized Indian Tribes or 

Alaska Native villages, groups, or 

communities in support of capital 

projects, operating costs, and planning 

activities for public transportation 

services on and around Indian 

reservations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Successful and unsuccessful applicants 

should contact the appropriate FTA 

Regional office (Appendix A) for 

information regarding applying for the 

funds or program specific information. 

In the event the contact information 

provided by your tribe in the 

application has changed, please contact 

your tribal liaison with the current 

information in order to expedite the 

grant award process. For general 

program information, contact Lorna R. 

Wilson, Office of Transit Programs, at 

(202) 366–0893, email: 

Lorna.Wilson@dot.gov. A TDD is 

available at 1–(800) 877–8339 (TDD/ 

FIRS). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of 

$15.075 million is available for the FY 

2011 Tribal Transit program. A total of 

116 applicants requested $41.587 

million, indicating significant demand 

for funds for new transit services, 

enhancement or expansion of existing 

transit services, and planning studies 

including operational planning. Project 

proposals were evaluated based on each 

applicant’s responsiveness to the 

program evaluation criteria outlined in 

FTA’s, July 25, 2011 NOFA. FTA also 

took into consideration the current 

status of previously funded applicants. 

A total of 67 applications have been 

selected for funding. The projects 

selected as shown in Table 1 will 

provide funding for transit planning 

studies/and or operational planning, 

startup projects for new transit service, 

and for the operational expenses of 

existing transit services. 

Project Implementation: Grantees 

selected for competitive discretionary 

funding should work with their FTA 

regional office to finalize the grant 

application in FTA’s Transportation 

Electronic Awards Management System 

(TEAM) for the projects identified in 

Table I so that funds can be obligated 

expeditiously. FTA funds may only be 

used for eligible purposes defined under 

49 U.S.C 5311 and described in FTA 

Circular 9040.1F. In cases where the 

allocation amount is less than the 

proposer’s requested amount, grantees 

should work with their regional office to 

reduce scope or scale the project such 

that a completed phase or project is 

accomplished. A discretionary project 

identification number has been assigned 

to each project for tracking purposes 

and must be used in the TEAM 

application. The post-award reporting 

requirements include submission of the 

Federal Financial Report (FFR) and 

Milestone Report in TEAM as 

appropriate (see FTA Circular 9040. IF). 

The grantee must comply with all 

applicable Federal statutes, regulations, 

executive orders, FTA circulars, and 

other Federal requirements in carrying 

out the project supported by the FTA 

grant. Funds allocated in this 

announcement must be obligated in a 

grant by September 30, 2014. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 29th day of 

December, 2011. 

Peter M. Rogoff, 

Administrator. 

Appendix A 

FTA REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN OFFICES

Mary Beth Mello, Regional Administrator, Region 1–Boston, Kendall 

Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, Tel. 

(617) 494–2055. 

Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Region 6–Ft. Worth, 819 

Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel. (817) 978– 

0550. 

Regional Tribal Liaisons: Laurie Ansaldi and Judi Molloy. Regional Tribal Liaison: Lynn Hayes. 

States served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

Rhode Island, and Vermont. 

States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and 

Texas. 

Anthony Carr, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2–New York, One 

Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel. (212) 

668–2170, Regional Tribal Liaison: Darin Allan. 

Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional Administrator, Region 7–Kansas City, MO, 

901 Locust Street, Room 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel. (816) 

329–3920. 

States served: New Jersey, New York. Regional Tribal Liaisons: Joni Roeseler and Cathy Monroe. 

New York Metropolitan Office, Region 2–New York, One Bowling 

Green, Room 428, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel. (212) 668–2202. 

States served: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. 


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