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must comply with the instructions of 

the Captain of the Port Jacksonville or 

a designated representative. 

(3) The Coast Guard will provide 

notice of the regulated area by Local 

Notice to Mariners, Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners, and on-scene designated 

representatives. 

(d) Effective Date and Enforcement 

Periods. This rule is effective from 10 

a.m. on October 19, 2012, through 4 

p.m. on October 21, 2012. This rule will 

be enforced daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

on October 19, 2012 through October 21, 

2012. 

Dated: July 26, 2012. 

R.E. Holmes, 

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting 

Captain of the Port Jacksonville. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

36 CFR Part 1192 

[Docket No. ATBCB 2010–0004] 

RIN 3014–AA38 

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) 

Accessibility Guidelines for 

Transportation Vehicles 

AGENCY: Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of public information 

meeting and reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board (Access Board) is holding a 

public information meeting in 

Washington, DC on September 19, 2012 

on the pending rulemaking to revise and 

update its accessibility guidelines for 

buses, over-the-road buses, and vans. 

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss 

issues related to the design and slope of 

bus ramps and the space needed at the 

top of ramps by individuals who use 

wheeled mobility devices to access the 

fare collection device and to turn into 

the main aisle. The Access Board is also 

reopening the comment period on the 

rulemaking. 

DATES: The public information meeting 

in Washington, DC will be held from 

9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on September 19, 

2012. Persons planning to attend the 

meeting should contact Scott Windley at 

(202) 272–0025 (voice), (202) 272–0028 

(TTY), or windley@access-board.gov. 

More information and any updates to 

the meeting will be posted on the 

Access Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.access-board.gov/transit/. The 

reopened comment period on the 

rulemaking will extend from August 20, 

2012 through October 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal 

(preferred): http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. Regulations.gov ID for this 

docket is ATBCB–2010–0004. 

• Email: docket@access-board.gov. 

Include docket number ATBCB 2010– 

0004 in the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 202–272–0081. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Office of Technical and Information 

Services, Access Board, 1331 F Street 

NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 

20004–1111. 

All comments will be posted without 

change to http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. All comments previously 

received are also available at this site. 

The public information meeting 

location is Access Board Conference 

Room, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Windley, Office of Technical and 

Information Services, Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20004–1111. 

Telephone (202) 272–0025 (voice) or 

(202) 272–0028 (TTY). Email address 

windley@access-board.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On July 26, 2010, the Architectural 

and Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board (Access Board) issued a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise 

and update its accessibility guidelines 

for buses, over-the-road buses, and vans. 

See 75 FR 43748, July 26, 2010. The 

NPRM revised both the substance and 

structure of the guidelines. In addition 

to a new organization and format, the 

NPRM included revisions to technical 

requirements for ramp slopes, onboard 

circulation routes, wheelchair spaces, 

and securement systems. The NPRM 

also included a new requirement for 

automated stop and route 

announcements in systems with 100 or 

more buses and requirements specific to 

bus rapid transit systems. The comment 

period on the NPRM ended on 

November 23, 2010. 

The NPRM proposed that bus ramps 

have slopes not steeper than 1:6 (17 

percent) when deployed to the boarding 

and alighting areas without station 

platforms and to the roadway. See 

T303.8.1 in the NPRM. Some bus and 

ramp manufacturers currently provide 

ramps that meet this proposed 

provision. To minimize the ramp 

extension beyond the doorway, some 

manufacturers provide a fixed ramp 

slope inside the bus creating the 

potential for a grade break, or change in 

ramp slope, within a single ramp run. 

These designs also can reduce the level 

floor space at the top of the ramp. After 

the comment period on the NPRM 

ended, the Access Board received 

correspondence from Lane Transit 

District, Santa Clara Valley 

Transportation Authority, and Douglas 

Cross Transportation Consulting that 

raises issues regarding the usability of 

these ramps. The Access Board staff met 

with representatives from Lane Transit 

District and Douglas Cross 

Transportation Consulting to discuss 

these issues. The correspondence and a 

report on the meeting have been placed 

in the docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

The Access Board will hold a public 

information meeting in Washington, DC 

from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on 

September 19, 2012 to discuss issues 

related to the design and slope of bus 

ramps and the space at the top of ramps 

needed by individuals who use wheeled 

mobility devices to access fare 

collection devices and to turn into main 

aisles. The Access Board plans to hold 

an additional public information 

meeting on the same issues at the 

annual meeting of the American Public 

Transportation Association (APTA) in 

Seattle, Washington during the first 

week of October 2012. A notice will be 

published in the Federal Register 

announcing the specific date and 

location of the public information 

meeting at the APTA annual meeting. 

The Access Board is interested in 

receiving information on the following 

questions at the public information 

meetings: 

1. Can a bus ramp with a slope of 1:6 

be provided without a grade break and 

without compromising the available 

level space within the bus at the top of 

the ramp? How might bus kneeling 

affect these designs? 

2. If the ramp slope were required to 

be uniform for the length of the ramp 

with no grade breaks, how would such 

a requirement affect bus and ramp 

designs, manufacturers, transit 

operators, and transit users, including 

those with disabilities? 

3. How much level space, measured 

when the bus is sitting on a level 

surface, can be provided beyond the top 

of the ramp? How can this space be 

configured to permit individuals who 

use wheeled mobility devices to access 

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the main aisle? How does the slope of 

the ramp, the location of the fare 

collection device, and the configuration 

of the handrail affect the availability of 

this space? 

4. If level space were required at the 

top of the ramp to permit access to fare 

collection devices and to facilitate 

turning into main aisles, how would 

such a requirement affect bus designs, 

manufacturers, transit operators, and 

transit users, including those with 

disabilities? 

Bus and ramp manufacturers, transit 

operators, researchers, disability 

organizations, and interested 

individuals are invited to participate in 

the public information meetings. 

Transcripts of the meetings will be 

placed in the docket and will be 

available on the Access Board’s Web site 

at http://www.access-board.gov/transit/. 

The information meetings will be 

accessible to persons with disabilities. 

An assistive listening system, computer 

assisted real-time transcription (CART), 

and sign language interpreters will be 

provided. Persons attending the 

information meetings are requested to 

refrain from using perfume, cologne, 

and other fragrances for the comfort of 

other participants (see www.accessboard.gov/about/policies/fragrance.htm 

for more information). 

The Access Board is reopening the 

comment period to allow interested 

persons to respond to the recent 

correspondence from Lane Transit 

District, Santa Clara Valley 

Transportation Authority, and Douglas 

Cross Transportation Consulting and 

information presented at the public 

information meetings, or to submit other 

comments on the rulemaking. 

David M. Capozzi, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20404 Filed 8–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8150–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–0011; FRL–9717–2] 

National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency 

Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion 

of the W.R. Grace & Co., Inc./Wayne 

Interim Storage (USDOE) Superfund 

Site 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region II is issuing a 

Notice of Intent to Delete the W.R. Grace 

& Co., Inc./Wayne Interim Storage 

(USDOE) Superfund Site located at 868 

Black Oak Ridge Road, Wayne 

Township, NJ 07470, from the National 

Priorities List (NPL) and requests public 

comments on this proposed action. The 

NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 

105 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an 

appendix of the National Oil and 

Hazardous Substances Pollution 

Contingency Plan. The EPA and the 

State of New Jersey, through the 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, have determined that all 

appropriate response actions under 

CERCLA, have been completed. 

However, this deletion does not 

preclude future actions under 

Superfund. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2005–0011, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ingrisano.paul@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 212–637–3256. 

• Mail: Paul G. Ingrisano, Project 

Manager, Federal Facilities Section, 

Emergency & Remedial Response 

Division, U.S. EPA, Region II, 290 

Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, NY 

10007–1866. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. EPA Superfund 

Records Center, Region II, 290 

Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, NY 

10007–1866. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005– 

0011. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statue. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in the 

hard copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: 

U.S. EPA Superfund Records Center, 

Region II, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor, 

New York, NY 10007–1866. Business 

hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. Phone 212–637–4308. 

Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley 

Road, Wayne, NJ 07470. Business hours: 

9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through 

Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Friday; 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; closed Sunday, 

June through August; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., 

September through May. Phone 973– 

694–4272. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

G. Ingrisano, Project Manager, Federal 

Facilities Section, Emergency & 

Remedial Response Division, U.S. EPA, 

Region II, 290 Broadway, 18th Floor, 

New York, NY 10007–1866, 212–637– 

4337, email: ingrisano.paul@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ Section of 

today’s Federal Register, we are 

publishing a direct final Notice of 

Deletion of W.R. Grace & Co., Inc./ 

Wayne Interim Storage (USDOE) 

Superfund Site without prior Notice of 

Intent to Delete because we view this as 

a noncontroversial revision and 

anticipate no adverse comment. We 

have explained our reasons for this 

deletion in the preamble to the direct 


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