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CFR section Respondent 

universe Total annual responses 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

218.30—Blue signal protection of workmen .......................... 70 railroads .. 3,600,000 notifications ............. 2 120,000 

218.77—Protection of occupied camp cars ........................... 4 railroads .... 2,300 notifications .................... 4 153 

Total Estimated Responses: 3,602,300. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

120,153 hours. 

Status: Regular Review. 

Title: Bad Order and Home Shop 

Card. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0519. 

Abstract: Under 49 CFR Part 215, each 

railroad is required to inspect freight 

cars placed in service and take the 

necessary remedial action when defects 

are identified. Part 215 defects are 

specific in nature and relate to items 

that have or could have caused 

accidents or incidents. Section 215.9 

sets forth specific procedures that 

railroads must follow when it is 

necessary to move defective cars for 

repair purposes. For example, railroads 

must affix a ‘‘bad order’’ tag describing 

each defect to each side of the freight 

car. It is imperative that a defective 

freight car be tagged ‘‘bad order’’ so that 

it may be readily identified and moved 

to another location for repair purposes 

only. At the repair point, the ‘‘bad 

order’’ tag serves as a repair record. 

Railroads must retain each tag for 90 

days to verify that proper repairs were 

made at the designated location. FRA 

and State inspectors review all pertinent 

records to determine whether defective 

cars presenting an immediate hazard are 

being moved in transportation. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

CFR section Respondent 

universe Total annual responses 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

215.9—Movement of Defective Cars for Repair—Tagging .... 718 railroads 120,000 tags ............................ 5 10,000 

—Notifications of Removal of Defective Car Tags ................. 718 railroads 60,000 notifications .................. 2 2,000 

215.11—Designated Inspectors—Records ............................ 718 railroads 45,000 records ......................... 1 750 

Respondent Universe: 718 railroads. 

Total Estimated Responses: 225,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

12,750 hours. 

Status: Regular Review. 

Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 

CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that it may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 

2009. 

Kimberly Orben, 

Director, Office of Financial Management, 

Federal Railroad Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–6396 Filed 3–23–09; 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 

with 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. 

Jefferson Warrior Railroad Company, 

Inc. (Waiver Petition Docket Number 

FRA–2008–0126) 

The Jefferson Warrior Railroad 

Company, Inc. (JEFW) seeks a waiver of 

compliance with the Safety Glazing 

Standards, 49 CFR Part 223, as they 

pertain to six SW 1200 and SW 1500 

end cab switcher locomotives numbered 

JEFW 51 through JEFW 56. The 

locomotive cabs are equipped with a 

mixture of ‘‘safety glass’’ and certified 

glazing. The locomotives operate over 

approximately 12 miles of track within 

an industrial complex and interchange 

with three Class I railroads. 

In support of this application for 

waiver, JEFW states that all locomotives 

are equipped for remote control 

operation and are only occupied 

approximately 10 percent of the time. 

The maximum operating speed is 10 

miles per hour. JEFW has experienced 

no accidents or incidents relative to the 

installed glazing in 23 years of operation 

at this site. 

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– 

2008–0126) 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 

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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). 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 18, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–6400 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for Proposed Transit 

Improvements in the Regional 

Connector Transit Corridor, Los 

Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and the Los 

Angeles County Metropolitan 

Transportation Authority (LACMTA) 

intends to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) for the Regional 

Connector Transit Corridor Project in 

Los Angeles County, California. 

LACMTA operates the Metro transit 

system in Los Angeles County. The 

proposed project would provide a direct 

link connecting several light rail service 

lines in operation or in construction 

through downtown Los Angeles, CA. 

The project area lies entirely within 

the City of Los Angeles and is within 

the densely developed downtown core 

that includes multi-family residences, 

industrial and public lands, commercial 

and retail establishments, government 

office buildings, and private high-rise 

office towers. 

The EIS will be prepared in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and its implementing 

regulations. LACMTA will also use the 

EIS document to comply with the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA), which requires an 

Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The 

purpose of this notice is to alert 

interested parties regarding the intent to 

prepare the EIS, to provide information 

on the nature of the proposed project 

and possible alternatives, to invite 

public participation in the EIS process 

(including providing comments on the 

scope of the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS), to announce that 

public scoping meetings will be 

conducted, and to identify participating 

and cooperating agency contacts. 

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

of the EIS, including the project’s 

purpose and need, the alternatives to be 

considered, the impacts to be evaluated, 

and the methodologies to be used in the 

evaluations should be sent to LACMTA 

on or before May 11, 2009 at the address 

below. See ADDRESSES below for the 

address to which written public 

comments may be sent. Public scoping 

meetings to accept comments on the 

scope of the EIS/EIR will be held on the 

following dates: 

• Monday, March 30, 2009; 4:30 p.m. 

to 6 p.m.; at the University of Southern 

California (USC), Alumni Room, 

Davidson Conference Center, 3415 S 

Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90007. 

• Tuesday, March 31, 2009; 6:30 p.m. 

to 8 p.m.; at the Lake Avenue Church, 

393 N Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 

91101. 

• Wednesday, April 1, 2009; 6:30 

p.m. to 8 p.m.; at the Japanese American 

National Museum (JANM), 369 E 1st 

Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 

• Thursday, April 2, 2009; Noon to 

1:30 p.m.; at the Los Angeles Central 

Library, Board Room, 630 W 5th Street, 

Los Angeles, CA 90071. 

The project’s purpose and need and 

the description of alternatives for the 

proposed project will be presented at 

these meetings. The buildings used for 

the scoping meetings are accessible to 

persons with disabilities. Any 

individual who requires special 

assistance, such as a sign language 

interpreter, to participate in the scoping 

meeting should contact Ms. Ann 

Kerman, Community Relations Manager, 

LACMTA, at (213) 922–7671, or 

kermana@metro.net. 

Scoping materials will be available at 

the meetings and on the LACMTA Web 

site (http://www.metro.net/ 

regionalconnector). Paper copies of the 

scoping materials may also be obtained 

from Ms. Ann Kerman, Community 

Relations Manager, LACMTA, at (213) 

922–7671, or kermana@metro.net. An 

interagency scoping meeting will be 

held on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 

1:30 p.m. at LACMTA, in the Gateway 

Plaza Room, One Gateway Plaza, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. Representatives of 

Native American tribal governments and 

of all Federal, State, regional and local 

agencies that may have an interest in 

any aspect of the project will be invited 

to be participating or cooperating 

agencies, as appropriate. 

ADDRESSES: Comments will be accepted 

at the public scoping meetings or they 

may be sent to Ms. Dolores Roybal 

Saltarelli, AICP, Project Manager, Los 

Angeles County Metropolitan 

Transportation Authority, One Gateway 

Plaza, Mail Stop? Los Angeles, CA 

90012, or via e-mail at 

roybald@metro.net. The locations of the 

public scoping meetings are given above 

under DATES. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ray Tellis, Team Leader, Los Angeles 

Metropolitan Office, Federal Transit 

Administration, 888 South Figueroa 

Street, Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 

90017, phone (213) 202–3950, e-mail 

ray.tellis@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scoping 

The FTA and LACMTA invite all 

interested individuals and 

organizations, public agencies, and 

Native American Tribes to comment on 

the scope of the EIS, including the 

project’s purpose and need, the 

alternatives to be studied, the impacts to 

be evaluated, and the evaluation 

methods to be used. Comments should 

focus on: Alternatives that may be less 

costly or have less environmental or 

community impacts while achieving 

similar transportation objectives, and 

the identification of any significant 

social, economic, or environmental 

issues relating to the alternatives. 

Project Initiation 

The FTA and LACMTA will prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for the Regional Connector Transit 

Corridor pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 139 and 

the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA). LACMTA is serving as the 

local lead agency for purposes of CEQA 

environmental clearance, and FTA is 

serving as the federal lead agency for 

purposes of National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) environmental 

clearance. This notice shall alert 

interested parties to the preparation of 

the EIS/EIR, describe the alternatives 

under consideration, invite public 

participation in the EIS/EIR process, 

and announce the public scoping 

meetings. FTA and LACMTA will invite 

interested Federal, State, tribal, regional 

and local government agencies to be 

participating agencies under the 

provisions of section 6002 of 

SAFETEA–LU. 

Purpose and Need for the Project 

The purpose of this project is to 

improve the region’s public transit 

service and mobility. The overall goal of 

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