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meeting or meeting documents, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 5, 2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16842 Filed 7–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0350] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: This action reopens the 

comment period for a Petition for 

Exemption that was published on June 

12, 2012. The petition for exemption 

from Aircraft Owners and Pilots 

Association (AOPA) and Experimental 

Aircraft Association (EAA), if granted, 

would allow AOPA and EAA members 

to conduct certain operations of aircraft 

without having to hold an FAA-issued 

medical certificate. 

DATES: The comment period for Docket 

No. FAA–2012–0350 is reopened until 

September 14, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by docket number FAA– 

2012–0350 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

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

any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyneka Thomas, ARM–105, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–7626; email 

tyneka.l.thomas@faa.gov. 

Background 

On June 12, 2012, a summary of the 

AOPA/EAA petition was published in 

the Federal Register (77 FR 35103). 

Comments to that document were to be 

received on or before July 2, 2012. 

By letter dated June 18, 2012, AOPA 

and EAA requested that the FAA extend 

the comment period for an additional 70 

days. The petitioner states that the 

additional time is necessary to ensure 

the public has adequate time to provide 

substantive comments. 

Reopening Comment Period 

In accordance with § 11.47(c) of Title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations, the 

FAA has reviewed the petition made by 

AOPA/EAA. The FAA has determined 

that reopening of the comment period is 

consistent with the public interest, and 

that good cause exists for taking this 

action. 

Accordingly, the comment period for 

Docket No. FAA–2012–0350 is reopened 

until September 14, 2012. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16844 Filed 7–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0053] 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

In accordance with Part 235 of Title 

49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this 

document provides the public notice 

that by a document dated June 5, 2012, 

the Alabama and Tennessee River 

Railway LLC has petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking 

approval for the discontinuance or 

modification of a signal system. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2012–0053. 

Applicant: Alabama and Tennessee 

River Railway LLC, Mr. Jason Scott, 

Vice President Signals & 

Communications, 3425 Forrest Avenue, 

Gadsden, Alabama 35904. 

The Alabama and Tennessee River 

Railway LLC (ATN) seeks approval of 

the proposed discontinuance of 

signalized slide fences on the 

Birmingham Subdivision. The 

discontinuance would include the slide 

fence at Milepost (MP) 693.8, 

northbound signal at MP 697.1, and 

southbound signal at MP 691.9; slide 

fences at MP 701.6, 702.9, 703.2, 704.4, 

and 705.6, northbound signal at MP 

706.8, and southbound signal at MP 

699.9; slide fence at MP 718.0, 

northbound signal at MP 721.2, and 

southbound signal at MP 715.7; slide 

fences located at MP 724.4 and 724.5, 

northbound signal at MP 726.3, and 

southbound signal at MP 721.2. 

The reasons given for the proposed 

changes is that there has been no slide 

activity affecting train operations since 

ATN began operations in 2005. The 

maximum authorized speed is 10 mph, 

with ATN crews operating at restricted 

speed, as outlined in General Code of 

Operating Rules 6.21, when a severe 

weather event is encountered during the 

course of duty. Maintenance-of-way 

employees also perform an inspection 

prior to trains operating in the area after 

a significant storm event. There are no 

passenger train operations in the area 

and freight trains average one train per 

day. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave. SE., W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590. The Docket Operations 

Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

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 

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