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TIGER. To ensure applicants receive 

accurate information about eligibility or 

the program, the applicant is 

encouraged to contact DOT directly, 

rather than through intermediaries or 

third parties, with questions. DOT staff 

may also conduct briefings on the 

TIGER Discretionary Grants selection 

and award process upon request. 

H. Other Information 

1. Protection of Confidential Business 

Information 

All information submitted as part of 

or in support of any application shall 

use publicly available data or data that 

can be made public and methodologies 

that are accepted by industry practice 

and standards, to the extent possible. If 

the application includes information 

you consider to be a trade secret or 

confidential commercial or financial 

information, the applicant should do the 

following: (1) Note on the front cover 

that the submission ‘‘Contains 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)’’; (2) mark each affected page 

‘‘CBI’’; and (3) highlight or otherwise 

denote the CBI portions. DOT protects 

such information from disclosure to the 

extent allowed under applicable law. In 

the event DOT receives a Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) request for the 

information, DOT will follow the 

procedures described in its FOIA 

regulations at 49 CFR 7.17. Only 

information that is ultimately 

determined to be confidential under that 

procedure will be exempt from 

disclosure under FOIA. 

Issued On: March 30, 2015. 

Anthony R. Foxx, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07711 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2006–24812] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance and 

Notice of Public Hearing 

In accordance with part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated 

February 6, 2015, BNSF Railway 

(BNSF), has petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) for an 

extension of and modification to its 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR part 

232, Brake System Safety Standards for 

Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains 

and Equipment. Specifically, BNSF 

requests to extend the mileage limits 

specified for certain designated 

extended haul trains (see 49 CFR 

232.213, Extended haul trains). FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2006–24812. 

In its petition, BNSF states that it has 

a history of successfully running trains 

under the existing waiver in Docket 

Number FRA–2006–24812, and under 

the conditions of the temporary waiver 

granted in Docket Number FRA–2014– 

0070. BNSF states that it safely 

conducted thousands of loadings and 

millions of ton-miles with a defect ratio 

nearly identical to that of traditional 

operations since the first waiver was 

implemented in 2006. Based on the 

important benefits to safety and network 

fluidity associated with the successful 

implementation of the temporary 1,800- 

mile inspection waiver (Docket Number 

FRA–2014–0070) and BNSF’s extensive 

history running extended haul trains 

under both waivers, BNSF would like to 

continue and modestly extend the 

current BNSF waiver in Docket Number 

FRA–2006–24812 to 1,702 miles, from 

the current mileage of 1,603. BNSF 

states that this modest 99-mile increase 

in distance to 1,702 miles would afford 

a substantial portion of the benefits 

identified at the 1,800-mile distance. 

The incremental increase of 99 miles 

would allow for 68.2 percent of the coal 

and grain trains currently operating 

under the waiver in FRA–2014–0070 to 

be added to BNSF’s waiver in FRA– 

2006–24812. 

BNSF believes that the current waiver 

petition is consistent with meeting 

FRA’s safety focus and is appropriate for 

National commerce concerns. This 

petition would be for current grain and 

coal trains operating within BNSF’s 

network currently running at less than 

1,702 miles between designated 

extended haul inspection points. The 

BNSF trains included in this request 

operate the very same type of equipment 

as the existing waiver trains. BNSF 

states it is very confident that slightly 

increasing the length of the extended 

haul inspection points on these trains 

listed will have no adverse impact on 

safe operations. 

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. In addition, FRA has 

determined that the facts of this 

proceeding warrant a public hearing. 

Accordingly, a hearing is hereby 

scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on May 

21, 2015, at the Alliance Public Library, 

1750 Sweetwater Avenue, Alliance, NE 

69301. Interested parties are invited to 

present oral statements at this hearing. 

For information on facilities or services 

for persons with disabilities, or to 

request special assistance at the hearing, 

contact Mr. Steven Zuiderveen, FRA 

Railroad Safety Specialist, by telephone, 

email, or in writing, at least 5 business 

days before the date of the hearing. Mr. 

Zuiderveen’s contact information is as 

follows: FRA, Office of Railroad Safety, 

Mail Stop 25, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 493– 

6337; Steven.Zuiderveen@dot.gov. The 

informal hearing will be conducted by 

a representative designated by FRA in 

accordance with FRA’s Rules of Practice 

(see specifically 49 CFR 211.25). FRA’s 

representative will make an opening 

statement outlining the scope of the 

hearing, as well as any additional 

procedures for the conduct of the 

hearing. The hearing will be a 

nonadversarial proceeding in which all 

interested parties will be given the 

opportunity to express their views 

regarding the waiver petition without 

cross examination. After all initial 

statements have been completed, those 

individuals wishing to make brief 

rebuttal statements will be given an 

opportunity to do so. 

In addition, FRA is extending the 

comment period for this waiver petition 

to June 21, 2015, to allow adequate time 

for any additional comments to be 

submitted following the public hearing 

on May 17, 2015. 

Communications received by that date 

will be considered by FRA before final 

action is taken. Comments received after 

that date will be considered as far as 

practicable. 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. 


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and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT 

solicits comments from the public to 

better inform its processes. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/

ALL—14 FDMS), which can be 

reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. See 

also http://www.regulations.gov/

#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 31, 

2015. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07656 Filed 4–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0081] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection 

Request: Application for Certificate of 

Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers 

and Foreign Motor Private Carriers 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

information. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval. The FMCSA 

requests approval to extend an ICR 

titled, ‘‘Application for Certificate of 

Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers 

and Foreign Motor Private Carriers,’’ 

that requires foreign (Mexico-based) forhire and private motor carriers to file an 

application Form OP–2 if they wish to 

register to transport property only 

within municipalities in the United 

States on the U.S.-Mexico international 

borders or within the commercial zones 

of such municipalities. FMCSA invites 

public comment on the ICR. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before June 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2015–0081 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

see the Public Participation heading 

below. Note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading 

below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

Privacy Act: 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 for the Federal Docket 

Management System published in the 

Federal Register on January 17, 2008 

(73 FR 3316), or you may visit http://

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8- 

794.pdf. 

Public Participation: The Federal 

eRulemaking Portal is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. You 

can obtain electronic submission and 

retrieval help and guidelines under the 

‘‘help’’ section of the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you 

want us to notify you that we received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard, or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

included in the docket and will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Fiorella Herrera, Transportation 

Specialist, Office of Information 

Technology, IT Operations Division, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 

6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave. SE., Washington DC 20590. 

Telephone Number: (202) 366–0376; 

Email Address: fiorella.herrera@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) 

contains basic licensing procedures for 

registering foreign (Mexico-based) motor 

carriers to operate across the U.S.- 

Mexico international border into the 

United States. Part 368 of title 49, CFR, 

contains the regulations that require 

foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers to 

apply to the FMCSA for a Certificate of 

Registration to provide interstate 

transportation in municipalities in the 

United States on the U.S.-Mexico 

international border or within the 

commercial zones of such 

municipalities as defined in 49 U.S.C. 

13902(c)(4)(A). The FMCSA carries out 

this registration program under 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

Transportation. 

Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers 

use Form OP–2 to apply for Certificate 

of Registration authority at the FMCSA. 

The form requests information on the 

foreign motor carrier’s name, address, 

U.S. DOT Number, form of business 

(e.g., corporation, sole proprietorship, 

partnership), locations where the 

applicant plans to operate, types of 

registration requested (e.g., for-hire 

motor carrier, motor private carrier), 

insurance, safety certifications, 

household goods arbitration 

certifications, and compliance 

certifications. 

Title: Application for Certificate of 

Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers 

and Foreign Motor Private Carriers. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0019. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Foreign motor carriers 

and commercial motor vehicle drivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

380. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

to complete Form OP–2. 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2015. 

Frequency of Response: Other (Once). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,520 hours [380 responses x 4 hours to 

complete Form OP–2 = 1,520]. 


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