73158 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 16, 2010, at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, 10th floor, 

MacCracken Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Butner, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267- 5093; fax (202) 

267–5075; e-mail Renee.Butner@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), we are 

giving notice of a meeting of the 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee taking 

place on December 16, 2010, at the 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, 20591. The Agenda 

includes: 

1. Updates on: 

a. Commercial Air Tour Maintenance 

(CATM) Working Group 

b. Process Improvement Working Group 

(PIWG) 

c. Charter Renewal 

d. ‘‘One Stop Shopping’’ Web Site 

e. Committee Manual Revisions 

2. Issue Area Status Reports from Assistant 

Chairs 

3. Remarks from other EXCOM members 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to the space 

available. The FAA will arrange 

teleconference service for individuals 

wishing to join in by teleconference if 

we receive notice by December 7. 

Arrangements to participate by 

teleconference can be made by 

contacting the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Callers outside the Washington 

metropolitan area are responsible for 

paying long-distance charges. 

The public must arrange by December 

7 to present oral statements at the 

meeting. The public may present 

written statements to the executive 

committee by providing 25 copies to the 

Executive Director, or by bringing the 

copies to the meeting. 

If you are in need of assistance or 

require a reasonable accommodation for 

this meeting, please contact the person 

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Issued in Washington, DC on November 22, 

2010. 

Dennis Pratte, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29922 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 64] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the fortythird meeting of the RSAC, a Federal 

advisory committee that develops 

railroad safety regulations through a 

consensus process. The RSAC meeting 

topics will include opening remarks 

from the FRA Administrator, and status 

reports will be provided by the 

Passenger Hours of Service, Training 

Standards, Track Safety Standards, 

Passenger Safety, and Medical 

Standards Working Groups. Further 

discussions will also be held on the 

previously accepted RSAC Task 10–02 

regarding the Development, Use, and 

Implementation of Rail Safety 

Technology in Dark Territory. This 

agenda is subject to change, including 

the possible addition of further 

proposed tasks under the Rail Safety 

Improvement Act of 2008. 

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is 

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on 

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, and will 

adjourn by 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be 

held at the National Association of 

Home Builders National Housing 

Center, 1201 15th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is 

open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis, and is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. Sign and 

oral interpretation can be made 

available if requested 10 calendar days 

before the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative 

Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6212; 

or Robert Lauby, Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Regulatory and 

Legislative Operations, FRA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6474. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting 

of the RSAC. The RSAC was established 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to FRA on railroad safety matters. The 

RSAC is composed of 54 voting 

representatives from 31 member 

organizations, representing various rail 

industry perspectives. In addition, there 

are non-voting advisory representatives 

from the agencies with railroad safety 

regulatory responsibility in Canada and 

Mexico, the National Transportation 

Safety Board, and the Federal Transit 

Administration. The diversity of the 

Committee ensures the requisite range 

of views and expertise necessary to 

discharge its responsibilities. See the 

RSAC Web site for details on prior 

RSAC activities and pending tasks at: 

http://rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please refer to 

the notice published in the Federal 

Register on March 11, 1996 (61 FR 

9740), for additional information about 

the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

22, 2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29870 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2010–0027] 

Notice of Petition for Waiver of 

Compliance; Notice of Petition for 

Statutory Exemption 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

21102(b), Cargill Incorporated (CI), on 

behalf of its employees performing work 

governed by the hours of service law 

(HSL) (49 U.S.C. Chapter 211) at its 

Channelview, TX, facility, has 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for an exemption 

from certain provisions of the HSL. 

Specifically, CI requests an exemption 

from the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

21103(a)(1) and 21103(a)(4) as it applies 

to employees at its Channelview facility. 

In a separate petition, which CI requests 

that FRA consider in the event that FRA 

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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2010 / Notices 73159 

1Continental Tire North America, Inc. 

(Continental) is a replacement equipment 

manufacturer and importer that is incorporated in 

the State of Ohio. 

denies its exemption petition, CI seeks 

a waiver from the requirements of 49 

U.S.C. 21103(a)(1) as it applies to 

employees performing covered service 

at its Channelview facility, for the 

purpose of conducting a pilot project. 

Both petitions may be viewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov under the 

docket number listed above. 

CI’s Petition for Statutory Exemption 

In its petition for statutory exemption, 

CI seeks an exemption from the 

statutory requirement contained in 49 

U.S.C. 21103(a)(1), limiting train 

employees to a total of 276 on-duty 

hours per calendar month, awaiting or 

in deadhead transportation from a duty 

assignment to a place of final release, 

and in any other mandatory service for 

a railroad carrier, and from 49 U.S.C. 

21103(a)(4), which requires railroads to 

provide train employees 48 hours of rest 

after an employee has initiated an onduty period on 6 consecutive days and 

72 hours of rest after an employee has 

initiated an on-duty period on 7 

consecutive days. In support of its 

exemption request, CI states that its 

Channelview facility has 15 or fewer 

employees covered by the HSL and that 

the facility is operated independently of 

other CI facilities. CI further explains 

that its employees subject to the HSL 

spend the majority of their on-duty time 

performing non-covered service (e.g., 

unloading grain from stationery railcars, 

general housekeeping duties in 

accordance with the Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration’s 

combustible dust standards) and that 

covered service accounts for less than 

12 percent of covered employees’ 

monthly hours worked. CI also explains 

that with certain seasonal exceptions, 

employees at its Channelview facility 

generally work in two shifts that rotate 

every 2 weeks; from 7 a.m.–3 p.m. and 

from 3 p.m.–11 p.m. (extended to 3 a.m. 

if needed). CI asserts that the 

employees’ current work schedules 

ensure safe operations by providing the 

employees greater control over rest 

periods and the scheduling of personal 

affairs and that the statutory restrictions 

of 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(1) and 21103(a)(4) 

unnecessarily lower the earning 

potential of employees subject to the 

HSL as compared to other workers at the 

facility. 

CI’s Petition for Waiver 

In its petition for waiver, in lieu of 

using a calendar month for measuring 

the on-duty hours of an employee 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(1), CI 

proposes to implement a pilot program 

for establishing an alternative 

calculation period for the 276-hour 

monthly limitation. CI and its 

employees propose a pilot program that 

would divide a ‘‘calendar month’’ into 

two measuring periods or groups. The 

first group would calculate its time 

toward the 276-hour monthly limitation 

from the first day of each month to the 

last day of each month. The second 

group would calculate its time toward 

the 276-hour monthly limitation from 

the 15th day of a month to the 14th day 

of the following month. By staggering 

the calculation of the 276-hour monthly 

limitation, CI notes that the pilot 

program would ensure that not all 

employees reach the monthly limitation 

at the same time. 

CI included with its petitions, 

documentation indicating that its 

employees supported the request for 

relief. (49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(1) and 21103 

(a)(4)). As previously stated, the 

requests for relief are specially limited 

to CI’s Channelview, TX, facility and, as 

such, the other facilities of CI are not 

covered by the requests. 

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, 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 (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0027) 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 within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

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.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

22, 2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29826 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0153; Notice 1] 

Continental Tire North America, Inc., 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

Continental Tire North America, Inc., 

(Continental),1 has determined that 

certain passenger car replacement tires 

manufactured in 2009 do not fully 

comply with paragraph S5.5(b) of 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 139, New Pneumatic 

Radial Tires for Light Vehicles. 

Continental has filed an appropriate 

report pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, 

Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports, dated 

August 10, 2010. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) (see implementing rule at 49 

CFR part 556), Continental has 

petitioned for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

to motor vehicle safety. 

This notice of receipt of Continental’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any agency decision or other exercise of 

judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

Affected are approximately 17,121 

size 235/45ZR17 94W Continental brand 

Extremecontact DWS model passenger 

car tires manufactured from March 2009 

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