76070 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2010 / Notices 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1, 

2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30533 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 211 of title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

American Short Line and Regional 

Railroad Association 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2009– 

0078] 

In response to the American Short 

Line and Regional Railroad 

Association’s (ASLRRA) July 16, 2009, 

petition in this docket, FRA granted 

certain identified ASLRRA member 

railroads limited conditional relief from 

the Federal hours of service law (HSL; 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 211). Specifically, 

FRA granted the identified ASLRRA 

member railroads listed on ASLRRA’s 

‘‘Seconded Amended Exhibit A’’ in this 

docket relief from 49 U.S.C. 

21103(a)(4)(A). (See FRA letter dated 

March 5, 2010, document number— 

0008.1 in the docket). Section 

21103(a)(4)(A) mandates that train 

employees have 48 or 72-hour off-duty 

periods following the initiation of onduty periods on either 6 or 7 

consecutive days. 

On September 1, 2010, ASLRRA filed 

a motion to amend its petition in this 

docket to: (1) Add and withdraw 

participating railroads, and (2) expand 

the scope of the waiver granted in FRA’s 

initial decision. ASLRRA included with 

its September 1, 2010, motion, evidence 

that the applicable labor organizations 

or affected employees of each listed 

railroad concur with the request for 

relief. 

By a letter dated October 15, 2010, 

FRA denied ASLRRA’s request to 

expand the scope of the relief granted, 

but reserved decision on the request to 

make additional ASLRRA member 

railroads party to the waiver, pending 

the solicitation of public comment on 

that aspect of ASLRRA’s request. (See 

FRA letter dated October 15, 2010, 

document number 0085.1 in the docket). 

This notice solicits public comment on 

ASLRRA’s request to make the nineteen 

additional railroads identified in its 

September 1, 2010, motion parties to the 

waiver. A complete copy of ASLRRA’s 

motion may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov under the docket 

number listed above. (See documents 

numbered 0048.1 and 0048.2 in the 

docket). 

Separately, by a letter dated 

September 29, 2010, ASLRRA notified 

FRA of an error in its ‘‘Second Amended 

Exhibit A’’ upon which FRA based its 

initial grant of relief. (See document 

number 0078.1 in the docket). 

Specifically, ASLRRA notified FRA that 

one ASLRRA member railroad, the 

Heart of Georgia Railroad, was 

inadvertently omitted from the amended 

exhibit. Noting that the Heart of Georgia 

Railroad had properly executed the 

application agreeing to participate in 

ASLRRA’s petition and proposed pilot 

project, and had already filed evidence 

of its employee concurrence with the 

waiver in the docket as required by 

FRA’s March 5, 2010, letter, ASLRRA 

requested that FRA add the Heart of 

Georgia Railroad to the list of railroads 

participating in the waiver. FRA has 

done so, subject to public comment on 

the Heart of Georgia Railroad’s 

participation in the waiver. 

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 (Docket 

Number FRA–2009–0078) 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 30 

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 December 1, 

2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30532 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 65] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee 

(RSAC); Working Group Activity 

Update 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

Working Group Activities. 

SUMMARY: The FRA is updating its 

announcement of RSAC’s Working 

Group activities to reflect its current 

status. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Woolverton, RSAC Designated 

Federal Officer/Administrative Officer, 

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. 


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