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or train reporting screen to only the 

employee or ranking crew member of 

that specific job or train. After entering 

the appropriate data, the employee will 

be asked to ‘‘certify’’ his or her entries. 

When certified, the data entered by the 

employee will be electronically stamped 

by the computer with the entering 

employee’s ID and the date and time of 

certification. The employee’s certified 

record will then be available through 

the FRA inspection screen and will 

display the employee’s ID along with 

the date and time of certification. The 

ALS proposes replacing the current 

manually signed paper record with a 

printable copy of the employee’s 

entered data showing the date, time and 

ID of entering employee. 

The ALS warrants that the program to 

be used is a copy of the program 

approved for use by UP under a current 

waiver of compliance. The ALS 

maintains that the change is in the best 

interests of all parties in that it will 

reduce unnecessary paperwork and the 

costs associated therewith while 

providing the railroad, its employees, 

and FRA with a superior level of 

information on a more timely basis than 

is currently available. 

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 (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2007–

27320) and must be submitted to the 

Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket 

Management Facility, Room PL–401, 

400 7th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Communications received 

within 45 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://dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on April 20, 

2007. 

Michael J. Logue, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Compliance and Program Implementation. 

[FR Doc. E7–8023 Filed 4–25–07; 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. 

Charlotte Area Transit System 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2006–

25837] 

The Charlotte Area Transit System 

(CATS) plans to operate and maintain a 

light rail system known as the South 

Corridor Light Rail Line (CATS System) 

with revenue service slated to begin in 

Fall 2007. CATS seeks a permanent 

waiver of compliance from sections of 

Title 49 of the CFR for operation of its 

10-mile long CATS System that at times 

is adjacent to active Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company (NS) tracks in a 

shared corridor operation, thus 

representing a ‘‘limited connection’’

with the general railroad system. See 

Statement of Agency Policy Concerning 

Jurisdiction Over the Safety of Railroad 

Passenger Operations and Waivers 

Related to Shared Use of the Tracks of 

the General Railroad System by Light 

Rail and Conventional Equipment, 65 

FR 42529 (July 10, 2000). See also Joint 

Statement of Agency Policy Concerning 

Shared Use of the Tracks of the General 

Railroad System by Conventional 

Railroads and Light Rail Transit 

Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July 10, 2000). 

The CATS System is a new 10-mile 

long light rail operation that will share 

a corridor with NS freight trains in 

certain locations. The CATS System will 

run on its own tracks and NS will 

conduct freight rail operations on 

existing tracks that are located generally 

at least 40 feet from the nearest CATS 

System trackage at certain locations 

along the light rail alignment. The CATS 

System and NS will not share trackage 

or train control systems and the CATS 

System trackage and NS trackage will 

not cross at any location. The CATS 

System will share two public highwayrail grade crossings with NS, 

representing a limited connection and, 

as such, the CATS System is subject to 

FRA jurisdiction. These two shared 

crossings will be equipped with flashing 

lights and gates on each side of the 

roadway. The shared crossings will have 

interlocking relays so that both CATS 

crossing equipment and NS crossing 

equipment activate together in vital 

design. CATS and NS employees will 

maintain their own equipment on their 

respective sides of the shared crossing. 

CATS will employ five full-time Signal 

employees and their hours will be 

staggered to cover all hours when the 

CATS System is in revenue service. It is 

anticipated that most of the CATS 

System Signal employees will work 

standard 10-hour shifts, 4 days a week. 

CATS is seeking a permanent waiver 

of compliance from certain sections of 

Title 49 of the CFR and offers that it is 

similarly governed by the System Safety 

Program Plan as required by the Federal 

Transit Administration. For this limited 

connection, CATS seeks a permanent 

waiver of compliance from 49 CFR part 

228, Hours of Service of Railroad 

Employees. CATS anticipates never 

having more than 15 Signal employees 

and thereby qualifies to petition for a 

statutory exemption from the Hours of 

Service law (49 U.S.C. Section 

21102(b)). CATS states it is seeking this 

waiver because it will give CATS the 

flexibility it needs to manage its small 

workforce. In order to schedule and 

implement preventive maintenance 

activities and to cover other operational 

requirements that may arise during 

scheduled activities, CATS says it needs 

the flexibility to deploy its limited 

workforce efficiently, occasionally 

having its Signal employees work longer 

shifts or stay on-call during non-revenue 

hours. CATS will not, under any 

circumstance, require these Signal 

employees to work more than 16 hours 

in any 24 hour period. 

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, specifying 

the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number 2006–25837) 


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and must be submitted to the Docket 

Clerk, DOT Docket Management 

Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. 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://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 20, 

2007. 

Michael J. Logue, 

Deputy Associate of Administrator for Safety 

Compliance and Program Implementation. 

[FR Doc. E7–8024 Filed 4–25–07; 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) 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. 

Morehead and South Fork Railroad 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2006–

25520] 

The Morehead and South Fork 

Railroad (MSF) has petitioned for a 

temporary waiver of compliance from 

the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 21103(a), 

the Federal Hours of Service law (HSL). 

This provision requires the railroad to 

neither require nor allow train 

employees to begin or remain on duty 

in excess of 12 hours in a 24-hour 

period without receiving the 

appropriate 8- or 10-hour statutory offduty period. However, the HSL contains 

a provision (in 49 U.S.C. 21102(a)) 

permitting a railroad that employs not 

more than 15 employees subject to the 

statute, to seek an exemption from the 

12-hour limitation. The MSF states that 

it is the railroad’s intent to use such a 

waiver only in emergency situations and 

not on a daily basis. 

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–2006–25520) and must be 

submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT 

Central Docket Management Facility, 

Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 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://dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on April 20, 

2007. 

Michael J. Logue, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Compliance and Program Implementation. 

[FR Doc. E7–8022 Filed 4–25–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2007–27995] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 1994 

and; 1996 Left-Hand Drive and RightHand Drive Model Jeep Cherokee 

Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles Are 

Eligible for Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 1994 and; 

1996 left-hand drive and right-hand 

drive model Jeep Cherokee 

multipurpose passenger vehicles are 

eligible for importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 1994 and 

1996 left-hand drive (LHD) and righthand drive (RHD) model Jeep Cherokee 

multipurpose passenger vehicles that 

were not originally manufactured to 

comply with all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards 

(FMVSS), are eligible for importation 

into the United States because (1) they 

are substantially similar to vehicles that 

were originally manufactured for sale in 

the United States and that were certified 

by their manufacturer as complying 

with the safety standards, and (2) they 

are capable of being readily altered to 

conform to the standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is May 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket number and notice number, 

and be submitted to: Docket 

Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 

20590. [Docket hours are from 9 am to 

5 pm]. 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) or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–3151). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a 

motor vehicle that was not originally 


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