Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 62 / Friday, March 30, 2012 / Notices 19413 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2012– 

0011) 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 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477), or at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on 

March 26, 2012. 

Ron Hynes, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7618 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0021] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 211 of Title 

49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), this document provides the 

public notice that by a document dated 

February 14, 2012, Columbia Business 

Center Railroad (CBCX) has petitioned 

the Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Federal hours 

of service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 

21103(a)(4). FRA assigned the petition 

docket number FRA–2012–0021. 

In its petition, CBCX seeks relief from 

49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), which, in part, 

requires a train employee to receive 48 

hours off duty after initiating an on-duty 

period for 6 consecutive days. 

Specifically, CBCX seeks a waiver to 

allow a train employee to initiate an onduty period for 6 consecutive days 

followed by 24 hours off-duty. In 

support of its request, CBCX submitted 

documents demonstrating employee 

support and a description of employee 

work schedules. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 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 by May 14, 

2012 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered as far 

as practicable. 

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) or 

online at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on 

March 26, 2012. 

Ron Hynes, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7611 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0023] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated January 

25, 2012, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for a permanent 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Locomotive Safety 

Standards, found at 49 CFR 229.129(b) 

and (c), and which pertain to railroad 

locomotive horn testing. FRA assigned 

the petition Docket Number FRA–2012– 

0023. 

UP seeks to use an automated sound 

measurement system (ASMS) to test 

locomotive horns as required in 49 CFR 

229.129(b). The ASMS uses a Class 1 

sound-level measuring instrument that 

is permanently mounted in a fixed test 

site and uses the same technology that 

is used to measure noise at airports 

nationwide. Due to the proven accuracy 

and reliability of the ASMS and the 

tight procedural control and concise 

documentation they provide (plus the 

fact that the frequency and duration of 

horn blasts and the resulting impact on 

the surrounding community and 

personnel is reduced), UP strongly 

believes that the ASMS is an 

improvement from the current testing 

scheme permitted under 49 CFR 

229.129. 

In addition, UP requests a waiver to 

extend the duration between acoustic 

calibrations (49 CFR 229.129(c)(9)) from 

immediately before and after each 

session of compliance tests, or no later 

than 8 hours, as clarified in 71 FR 

47626, to a period of no more than 6 

months. 

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