[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 19579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7301]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2006-24646]


Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and 
Extension of Comment Period

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking relief from the requirements of 
the Rules, Standards and Instructions found in Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Section 236.586, Daily or after-trip test. 
Specifically, UP is seeking to change the administration of the first 
sentence in paragraph (a) from ``intervals of not more than 2 months'' 
to ``intervals of not more than 92 days'' for all cab signal devices on 
locomotives operated by UP. This waiver application is identified as 
Docket Number FRA-2006-24646.
    FRA issued a public notice seeking comments from interested 
parties. After examining the carrier's proposal and the submitted 
letters of protest from interested parties, FRA has determined that a 
public hearing is necessary before a final decision will be made on 
this proposal. Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 9 a.m. 
on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 
300 Holiday Frontage Road, in North Platte, Nebraska 69101. Interested 
parties are invited to present oral statements at the hearing.
    The hearing will be informal and will be conducted by a 
representative designated by FRA in accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA 
Rules of Practice (49 CFR Section 211.25). The hearing will be a non-
adversary proceeding and, as such, there will be no cross-examination 
of persons presenting statements. The FRA representative will make an 
opening statement outlining the scope of the hearing. After all initial 
statements have been completed, persons wishing to make brief rebuttal 
statements will be given the opportunity to do so in the same order in 
which they made their initial statements. Any additional procedures, if 
necessary, will be announced at the hearing.
    FRA is also extending the comment period to June 10, 2007. If 
information received at the public hearing warrants the need to extend 
the comment period further, a separate notice will be published 
indicating such extension.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
appropriate docket number (e.g.), Docket Number FRA-2006-24646) and 
must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, 
Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
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://dms.dot.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 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). The Statement 
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 12, 2007.
Michael J. Logue,
Deputy Associate of Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
 [FR Doc. E7-7301 Filed 4-17-07; 8:45 am]
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