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methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of information collection 

activities on the public, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 

Title: Design and Evaluation of a 

Robust Manual Locomotive Operating 

Mode. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0623. 

Abstract: The purpose of this study is 

to design and evaluate a prototype 

locomotive operating mode that allows 

an engineer to ‘‘manually’’ control a 

train by providing a desired speed target 

while the control system determines the 

throttle notch changes required. This 

research addresses DOT’s safety 

strategic goal. Information collected 

from this research will be used by 

researchers and equipment designers to 

evaluate the merit of a prototype display 

and control configuration maximizing 

the use of both automation and human 

capabilities. The information will also 

assist the Federal government in 

recommending display design standards 

to the rail industry for future displays 

and the results may help design future 

displays and controls for locomotives. 

The ICR, which was previously 

approved by OMB, will be extended as 

the study was not completed by the 

anticipated completion date. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Railroad Engineers, 

College Student Volunteers. 

Respondent Universe: 20 Engineers/ 

10 Volunteers. 

Frequency of Submission: Once. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

90. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 272. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 

1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00099 Filed 1–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2000–7137] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on December 21, 2020, San Diego 

Trolley Incorporated (SDTI) petitioned 

the Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA) to renew a waiver of compliance 

from certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained at 

various parts of 49 CFR. FRA assigned 

the petition Docket Number FRA–2000– 

7137. 

Specifically, SDTI seeks a five-year 

extension of its existing waiver of 

compliance with modifications. The 

waiver applies to certain portions of 

SDTI’s rail fixed guideway urban transit 

operations which employ temporal 

separation to safely share track with the 

general railroad system’s San Diego & 

Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIV). 

Contiguous to the shared trackage are 

portions with limited connections to the 

general railroad system, which include 

a small shared corridor with BNSF 

Railway and Coaster commuter train 

service, which also shares a storage yard 

with SDTI. FRA granted SDTI its initial 

waiver on January 19, 2001, and the 

most recent update to the waiver was 

FRA’s May 1, 2020, approval of SDTI’s 

new absolute block arrangement on its 

Blue Line. 

In this petition, SDTI seeks an 

extension of its relief from the following 

parts and sections in 49 CFR: part 217, 

Railroad Operating Rules (except for 

217.9(d)); 218.27(a), Workers on track 

other than main track (as granted in part 

and denied in part in FRA’s January 19, 

2001, letter); part 219, Control of 

Alcohol and Drug Use; part 220, 

Railroad Communications (as granted in 

part in FRA’s January 19, 2001, letter); 

part 221, Rear End Marking Device— 

Passenger, Commuter and Freight 

Trains; 223.9(c), Requirements for new 

or rebuilt equipment and 223.15(c), 

Requirements for existing passenger 

cars; part 225, Railroad Accidents/ 

Incidents: Reports Classification, and 

Investigations (for employee injuries 

only); part 228, subpart F, Substantive 

Hours of Service Requirements for Train 

Employees Engaged in Commuter or 

Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation, 

and relevant recordkeeping sections of 

subpart B, Records and Reporting; the 

following sections of part 229, Railroad 

Locomotive Safety Standards: 229.46– 

229.59, 229.61, 229.65, 229.71, 229.77, 

229.125, and 229.135; 231.14, 

Passenger-train cars without end 

platforms; the following sections of part 

238, Passenger Equipment Safety 

Standards: 238.112, 238.113, 238.114, 

238.115(b)(4), 238.203, 238.205, 

238.207, 238.209, 238.211, 238.213, 

238.215, 238.217, 238.219, 238.231, 

238.233, 238.237, and part 238, subpart 

D in its entirety, sections 238.301 

through 238.319; part 239, Passenger 

Train Emergency Preparedness; part 

240, Locomotive Engineer Certification; 

and part 242, Qualification and 

Certification of Conductors. 

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 parties desire 

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. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Communications received by 

February 22, 2021 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if practicable. 

Anyone can 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.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

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 


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be reviewed at https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00141 Filed 1–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

U.S. Maritime Transportation System 

National Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Solicitation for Applications for 

Potential Members 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for 

membership. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority 

delegated by the Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary) to the 

Maritime Administrator 

(Administrator), the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD) requests 

nominations for membership on the 

U.S. Maritime Transportation System 

National Advisory Committee 

(MTSNAC). 

DATES: Applications must be received 

on or before 5:00 p.m. ET on February 

8, 2021. After that date, MARAD will 

continue to accept applications under 

this notice for a period of up to two 

years from the deadline to fill any 

vacancies that may arise. MARAD 

encourages nominations submitted any 

time before the deadline for 

consideration of upcoming vacancies. 

ADDRESSES: Interested applicants may 

submit a completed application by 

sending an email to MTSNAC@dot.gov, 

subject line: MTSNAC Application 

(Named Individual). Please note that 

due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 

(COVID–19), MARAD will only accept 

electronic submissions. If that option 

does not work for you, please call the 

Designated Federal Officer for other 

options. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda Rutherford, Designated Federal 

Officer, at MTSNAC@dot.gov or at (202) 

595–4657. Please visit the MTSNAC 

website at https://

www.maritime.dot.gov/outreach/ 

maritime-transportation-system-mts/ 

marine-transportation-system-nationaladvisory-committee. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee Objective 

The objective of the Maritime 

Transportation System National 

Advisory Committee (MTSNAC or 

Committee) is to identify and seek 

solutions to impediments hindering 

effective use of short sea transportation. 

The Committee will provide 

information, advice, and 

recommendations to the U.S. Secretary 

of Transportation (Secretary), through 

the Maritime Administrator 

(Administrator), on matters stated in the 

document Goals and Objectives for a 

Stronger Maritime Nation: A Report to 

Congress that are related to identifying 

and seeking solutions to impediments 

hindering effective use of short sea 

transportation. The Committee will not 

exercise program management 

responsibilities and will make no 

decisions directly affecting the programs 

on which it provides advice; decisions 

directly affecting implementation of 

maritime policy will remain with the 

Administrator. 

The Administrator will use the 

advice, information, and 

recommendations generated by 

MTSNAC for an array of policy 

deliberations and for interagency 

discussions on meeting the Goals and 

Objectives for a Stronger Maritime 

Nation: A Report to Congress. The 

Secretary and Administrator may accept 

or reject a recommendation made by the 

MTSNAC and are not bound to pursue 

any recommendation from the 

MTSNAC. In the exercise of his or her 

discretion, the Secretary, Administrator, 

or his or her designee, may withdraw a 

task being considered by the MTSNAC 

at any time. 

Description of Duties 

During the term of the charter, 

MTSNAC shall undertake information 

gathering activities, develop technical 

advice, and present recommendations to 

the Administrator on short sea shipping 

matters including the following: (1) 

How to address impediments hindering 

effective use of short sea transportation, 

including the expansion of America’s 

Marine Highways, as directed in 46 

U.S.C. 55603; (2) How to strengthen U.S. 

Maritime capabilities essential to 

national security and economic 

prosperity; (3) Ways to ensure the 

availability of a U.S. maritime workforce 

that will support the sealift resource 

needs of the National Security Strategy; 

(4) Ways to support enhancement of 

U.S. port infrastructure and 

performance; and, (5) Ways to enable 

maritime industry innovation in 

information, automation, safety, 

environmental impact and other areas. 

I. Who should be considered for 

nomination as MTSNAC members? 

MARAD seeks nominations for 

immediate consideration to fill 

positions on the Committee for the 

upcoming charter term, and will 

continue to accept nominations under 

this notice on an on-going basis for two 

years for consideration to fill vacancies 

that may arise during the charter term. 

Member appointment terms run until 

September 17, 2022 and may be 

renewed, subject to charter renewal. 

Members will be selected in accordance 

with applicable Agency guidelines 

based upon their ability to advise the 

Administrator on marine transportation 

issues. Members will be selected to 

obtain membership balance of the 

marine transportation interests, 

including (1) active mariners; (2) vessel 

operators; (3) port authorities and 

terminal operators; (4) shippers or 

beneficial cargo owners; (5) the ship 

construction, repair and/or recycling 

industries; (6) relevant policy areas such 

as innovative financing, economic 

competitiveness, performance 

monitoring, safety, insurance, labor, and 

environment; (7) freight customers and 

providers; and (8) government bodies. 

All MTSNAC members serve at the 

pleasure of the Secretary of 

Transportation. 

Registered lobbyists are not eligible to 

serve on Federal Advisory Committees 

in an individual capacity. See ‘‘Revised 

Guidance on Appointment of Lobbyists 

to Federal Advisory Committees, Boards 

and Commissions’’ (79 FR 47482, 

August 13, 2014). Registered lobbyists 

are ‘‘lobbyists,’’ as defined in Title 2 

U.S.C. 1602, who are required by Title 

2 U.S.C. 1603 to register with the 

Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of 

the House of Representatives. The 

prohibition does not apply if registered 

lobbyists are specifically appointed to 

represent the interests of a 

nongovernmental entity, a recognizable 

group of persons or nongovernmental 

entities (an industry sector, labor 

unions, environmental groups, and 

similar groups) or state or local 

governments. Registered lobbyists are 

required to comply with provisions 

contained in the Lobbying Disclosure 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 110–81). 

II. Do MTSNAC members receive 

compensation and/or per diem? 

Committee members will receive no 

salary for participating in MTSNAC 

activities. While attending meetings or 

when otherwise engaged in Committee 

business, members may be reimbursed 

for travel and per diem expenses as 

permitted under applicable Federal 


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