[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50270-50271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23540]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. 2009-0095, Notice No. 1]
RIN: 2130-AB90


High-Speed Passenger Rail Safety Strategy; Highway-Rail Grade 
Crossing Guidelines for High-Speed Passenger Rail: Creation of Docket

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On June 17, 2009, FRA issued a Notice of Funding Availability 
and Interim Program Guidance detailing the application requirements for 
obtaining funding for high-speed rail projects under the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Department of 
Transportation Appropriations Acts for fiscal year (FY) 2008 and FY 
2009. The Notice and Interim Guidance was published in the Federal 
Register on June 23, 2009. FRA is currently evaluating grant 
applications submitted in the first round of the application process, 
in accordance with evaluation criteria included in the Interim 
Guidance. FRA will also develop high-speed passenger rail (HSPR) safety 
strategy and highway-rail grade crossing guidelines for HSPR as part of 
a plan to address the Nation's transportation challenges by investing 
in an efficient, high-speed passenger rail network of 100-mile to 600-
mile intercity corridors that connect communities across America.
    To date, FRA has received more than 30 comments on its HSPR Safety 
Strategy and Grade Crossing Guidelines, and FRA anticipates that the 
current high level of interest in high-speed rail projects will 
continue. For this reason, FRA is creating a combined docket for 
comments on the HSPR Safety Strategy and Grade Crossing Guidelines. FRA 
will place previously published documents and previously received 
comments in this docket to make these materials available to the 
public. This docket will be kept open indefinitely, since FRA is 
interested in receiving comments from all interested parties. Comments 
filed as soon as practicable will be of the greatest use.

ADDRESSES: Comments related to this docket, FRA-2009-0095, may be 
submitted by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this 
rulemaking. Please note that all comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of DOT's 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 published in the Federal 
Register on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, Pages 19477-78), or 
you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or go to the street 
address listed above between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. Follow the online instructions for 
accessing the dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Woolverton, Railroad Safety 
Advisory Committee Coordinator, Office of Railroad Safety, W35-340, 
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, 202-493-6212.


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    Issued in Washington, DC on September 24, 2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-23540 Filed 9-29-09; 8:45 am]
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