Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 19 / Thursday, January 29, 2015 / Notices 4961 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alphonso Pendergrass (202) 267–4713. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 23, 

2015. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2014–1011. 

Petitioner: Mr. Alex Nikle. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 61.35(a)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought: Mr. Alex 

Nikle petitions the FAA for an 

exemption from 14 CFR 61.35(a)(2) to 

allow him to take the airplane category 

multiengine class airline transport pilot 

transport knowledge test without the 

completion of an Air Transport Pilot 

Certification Training Program 

(specified in § 61.156), based on 

previous experience and training as a 

pilot in the air carrier environment. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01637 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket FTA–2015–0001] 

Notice of Establishment of Emergency 

Relief Docket for Calendar Year 2015 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: By this notice, the Federal 

Transit Administration (FTA) is 

establishing an Emergency Relief Docket 

for calendar year 2015 so that grantees 

and subgrantees affected by national or 

regional emergencies may request 

temporary relief from FTA 

administrative and statutory 

requirements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bonnie L. Graves, Assistant Chief 

Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, 

Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Transit 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE., Room E56–306, Washington, DC 

20590, phone: (202) 366–4011, fax: (202) 

366–3809, or email, Bonnie.Graves@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to title 49 CFR part 601, subpart D, FTA 

is establishing the Emergency Relief 

Docket for calendar year 2015. 

Subsequent to an emergency or major 

disaster, the docket may be opened at 

the request of a grantee or subgrantee, or 

on the Administrator’s own initiative. 

In the event a grantee or subgrantee 

believes the Emergency Relief Docket 

should be opened and it has not been 

opened, that grantee or subgrantee may 

submit a petition in duplicate to the 

Administrator, via U.S. mail, to: Federal 

Transit Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590; 

via telephone, at: (202) 366–4011; via 

fax, at (202) 366–3472, or via email, to 

bonnie.graves@dot.gov, requesting 

opening of the Docket for that 

emergency and including the 

information set forth below. 

Section 5324(d) of title 49, U.S.C. 

provides that a grant awarded under 

section 5324 or under 49 U.S.C. 5307 or 

49 U.S.C. 5311 that is made to address 

an emergency shall be subject to the 

terms and conditions the Secretary 

determines are necessary. This language 

allows FTA to waive statutory, as well 

as administrative, requirements. 

Therefore, grantees affected by an 

emergency or major disaster may 

request waivers of provisions of chapter 

53 of title 49, U.S.C. when a grantee or 

subgrantee demonstrates the 

requirement(s) will limit a grantee’s or 

subgrantee’s ability to respond to an 

emergency. Grantees must follow the 

procedures set forth below when 

requesting a waiver of statutory or 

administrative requirements. 

All petitions for relief from a 

provision of chapter 53 of title 49, 

U.S.C. or FTA administrative 

requirements must be posted in the 

docket in order to receive consideration 

by FTA. The docket is publicly available 

and can be accessed 24 hours a day, 

seven days a week, via the Internet at 

www.regulations.gov. Petitions may also 

be submitted by U.S. mail or by hand 

delivery to the DOT Docket 

Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE., Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590. Any grantee or subgrantee 

submitting petitions for relief or 

comments to the docket must include 

the agency name (Federal Transit 

Administration) and docket number 

FTA–2015–0001. Grantees and 

subgrantees making submissions to the 

docket by mail or hand delivery should 

submit two copies. Grantees and 

subgrantees are strongly encouraged to 

contact their FTA regional office and 

notify FTA of the intent to submit a 

petition to the docket. 

In the event a grantee or subgrantee 

needs to request immediate relief and 

does not have access to electronic 

means to request that relief, the grantee 

or subgrantee may contact any FTA 

regional office or FTA headquarters and 

request that FTA staff submit the 

petition on its behalf. 

A petition for relief shall: 

(a) Identify the grantee or subgrantee 

and its geographic location; 

(b) Identify the section of chapter 53 

of title 49, U.S.C., or the FTA policy 

statement, circular, guidance document 

and/or rule from which the grantee or 

subgrantee seeks relief; 

(c) Specifically address how a 

requirement in chapter 53 of title 49 

U.S.C., or an FTA requirement in a 

policy statement, circular, agency 

guidance or rule will limit a grantee’s or 

subgrantee’s ability to respond to an 

emergency or disaster; and 

(d) Specify if the petition for relief is 

one-time or ongoing, and if ongoing 

identify the time period for which the 

relief is requested. The time period may 

not exceed three months; however, 

additional time may be requested 

through a second petition for relief. 

A petition for relief from 

administrative requirements will be 

conditionally granted for a period of 

three (3) business days from the date it 

is submitted to the Emergency Relief 

Docket. FTA will review the petition 

after the expiration of the three business 

days and review any comments 

submitted thereto. FTA may contact the 

grantee or subgrantee that submitted the 

request for relief, or any party that 

submits comments to the docket, to 

obtain more information prior to making 

a decision. FTA shall then post a 

decision to the Emergency Relief 

Docket. FTA’s decision will be based on 

whether the petition meets the criteria 

for use of these emergency procedures, 

the substance of the request, and the 

comments submitted regarding the 

petition. If FTA does not respond to the 

request for relief to the docket within 

three business days, the grantee or 

subgrantee may assume its petition is 

granted for a period not to exceed three 

months until and unless FTA states 

otherwise. 

A petition for relief from statutory 

requirements will not be conditionally 

granted and requires a written decision 

from the FTA Administrator. 

Pursuant to section 604.2(f) of FTA’s 

charter rule (73 FR 2325, Jan. 14, 2008), 

grantees and subgrantees may assist 

with evacuations or other movement of 

people that might otherwise be 

considered charter transportation when 

that transportation is in response to an 

emergency declared by the President, 

governor, or mayor, or in an emergency 

requiring immediate action prior to a 

formal declaration, even if a formal 

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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

declaration of an emergency is not 

eventually made by the President, 

governor or mayor. Therefore, a request 

for relief is not necessary in order to 

provide this service. However, if the 

emergency lasts more than 45 calendar 

days, the grantee or subgrantee shall 

follow the procedures set out in this 

notice. 

FTA reserves the right to reopen any 

docket and reconsider any decision 

made pursuant to these emergency 

procedures based upon its own 

initiative, based upon information or 

comments received subsequent to the 

three business day comment period, or 

at the request of a grantee or subgrantee 

upon denial of a request for relief. FTA 

shall notify the grantee or subgrantee if 

it plans to reconsider a decision. FTA 

decision letters, either granting or 

denying a petition, shall be posted in 

the Emergency Relief Docket and shall 

reference the document number of the 

petition to which it relates. 

Therese McMillan, 

Acting Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub–No. 366X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Stark 

County, Ohio 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 

subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon approximately 1.30 miles of 

railroad line (the Line). The Line 

extends between mileposts EU 0.70 and 

EU 2.00 near Massillon, in Stark 

County, Ohio and traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Code 44647. 

NSR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) no overhead traffic 

has moved over the Line for at least two 

years, and overhead traffic, if there were 

any, could be rerouted over other lines; 

(3) no formal complaint filed by a user 

of rail service on the Line (or by a state 

or local government entity acting on 

behalf of such user) regarding cessation 

of service over the Line either is 

pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) or with 

any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption may become effective on 

February 28, 2015, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,1 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),2 and interim trail use/rail 

banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 

must be filed by February 9, 2015. 

Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by February 18, 

2015, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to NSR’s 

representative: William A. Mullins, 

Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20037. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

NSR has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

address the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

February 3, 2015. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or interim trail use/rail 

banking conditions will be imposed, 

where appropriate, in a subsequent 

decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the Line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

NSR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by January 29, 2016, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: January 26, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 374X)] 

Central of Georgia Railroad 

Company—Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Spalding County, Ga 

Central of Georgia Railroad Company 

(CGR), a wholly owned subsidiary of 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments and 

Discontinuances of Service to 

discontinue service over approximately 

4.50 miles of railroad line in Spalding 

County, Ga. (the Line). The Line extends 

between milepost C 252.9 and milepost 

C 257.4 and traverses United States 

Postal Service Zip Codes 30223 and 

30224. 

CGR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) no overhead traffic 

has moved over the Line for at least two 

years, and if there were any overhead 

traffic, it could be rerouted over other 

lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by 

a user of rail service on the Line (or by 

a state or local government entity acting 

on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line either 

is pending before the Surface 

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