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ACTION: Reopening and extending the 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: Due to comments received 

from the Association of American 

Railroads (AAR) during the initial 

comment period, FRA is reopening the 

comment period for its proposal 

published on September 21, 2010. The 

proposal, if adopted, would amend, line 

by line, FRA’s schedules of civil 

penalties issued as appendices to FRA’s 

rail safety regulations, as well as other 

guidance. AAR stated in its comments 

on the proposal that FRA did not give 

the railroad industry adequate time to 

review all the penalties listed in the 

proposal to determine if they match the 

severity-scale criteria, which are also 

listed in the proposal. Therefore, FRA is 

reopening and extending the comment 

period in order to allow AAR more time 

to review the penalties in the severity 

scale and to identify and comment more 

fully on which individual penalties do 

not in its opinion satisfy the severityscale criteria. FRA also seeks further 

comments from other interested parties 

that were unable to comment during the 

initial comment period. The comment 

period is reopened until February 1, 

2011. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by February 1, 2011. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent possible 

without incurring additional delay or 

expense. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments 

related to this Docket No. FRA 2006– 

25274, Notice No. 3, may be submitted 

by any of the following methods: 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number or Regulatory Identification 

Number (RIN) for this rulemaking. Note 

that all comments received will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

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: Ron 

Hynes, Director, Office of Safety 

Compliance and Assurance, Office of 

Railroad Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 

(telephone 202–493–6404), 

ronald.hynes@dot.gov; or Brian Roberts, 

Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, 

FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Mail Stop 10, Washington, DC 20590 

(telephone 202–493–6052), 

brian.roberts@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA’s 

proposal to amend, line by line, FRA’s 

schedules of civil penalties as well as 

other guidance was published on 

September 21, 2010 (75 FR 57598). The 

initial comment period closed on 

October 21, 2010. During this 30-day 

comment period, FRA received 

comments from both AAR and The 

American Short Line and Regional 

Railroad Association. In its comments, 

AAR provided examples of penalties in 

the proposal that it believed did not 

match the severity-scale criteria. 

However, AAR also stated that FRA did 

not give it adequate time to review all 

the penalties in the proposal and 

determine whether they matched the 

severity-scale criteria. Therefore, FRA is 

reopening the comment period to allow 

AAR an opportunity to comment on 

these perceived inconsistencies more 

fully. FRA will address all other 

comments made during the initial and 

additional comment period in the final 

statement of agency policy. 

Privacy Act: FRA wishes to inform all 

potential commenters that anyone is 

able to search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any agency 

docket 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 edition of 

the Federal Register published on April 

11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78), or you may 

visit http://regulations.gov/search/ 

footer/privacyanduse.jsp. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

29, 2010. 

Karen J. Rae, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 100804324–0489–01] 

RIN 0648–BA01 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 

Comment Period Extension 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of a 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is extending the 

comment period for the proposed rule to 

implement the 2011–2012 Biennial 

Specifications and Management 

Measures; Amendment 16–5; and 

Amendment 23 to the Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan 

(PCGFMP). The comment period is 

being extended to provide additional 

opportunity for public comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than 5 p.m., local time on January 

4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the RIN number 0648– 

BA01, by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Sarah 

Williams. 

• Mail: William Stelle, Administrator, 

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115– 

0070, Attn: Sarah Williams. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) will accept anonymous 


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comments (enter N/A if you wish to 

remain anonymous). Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

Information relevant to the proposed 

rule, which includes a draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS), 

a regulatory impact review (RIR), and an 

initial regulatory flexibility analysis 

(IRFA) are available for public review 

during business hours at the office of 

the Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(Council), at 7700 NE Ambassador 

Place, Portland, OR 97220, phone: 503– 

820–2280. Copies of additional reports 

referred to in the proposed rule 

document may also be obtained from 

the Council. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Williams, phone: 206–526–4646, 

fax: 206–526–6736, or e-mail: 

sarah.williams@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule that published on 

November 3, 2010 (75 FR 67810), 

establishes the 2011–2012 harvest 

specifications and management 

measures for groundfish taken in the 

U.S. exclusive economic zone off the 

coasts of Washington, Oregon, and 

California consistent with the 

Mangunson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act and 

the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

Management Plan (PCGFMP). The 

proposed rule revises the harvest 

specifications for groundfish species 

and species complexes and the 

collection of management measures in 

the groundfish fishery regulations that 

are intended to keep the total catch 

within those harvest specifications. The 

proposed rule also includes regulations 

to implement Amendment 16–5 to the 

PCGFMP. Amendment 16–5 would 

create a new rebuilding plan for Petrale 

sole, which was declared overfished on 

February 9, 2010, revise the existing 

rebuilding plans, and revise status 

determination criteria and a harvest 

control rule for flatfish. Finally, the 

proposed rule is consistent with and 

partially implements Amendment 23 to 

the PCGFMP. Amendment 23 would 

make the PCGFMP consistent with the 

revised National Standard 1 Guidelines 

(74 FR 3178, January 16, 2009). 

The proposed rule published in the 

Federal Register with a 30-day 

comment period that closed on 

December 3, 2010. NMFS announced at 

the November 2010 Council meeting 

that the 2011–2012 biennial 

specifications and management 

measures originally schedule to be in 

place January 1, 2011, would be delayed 

to allow for the preparation of the 

analytical documents needed to support 

final action. Because of this delay many 

of the specifications in the proposed 

rule will not be effective for the 

beginning of 2011 and instead 

specifications from 2010 will be 

effective for the beginning of 2011, until 

the final rule is in place. Because of the 

extra time now available due to the 

delay in final action, NMFS is extending 

the comment period on the proposed 

rule through January 4, 2011 to allow 

the public and the Council additional 

time to comment. 

Dated: November 30, 2010. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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