Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 25, 2021 / Notices 47535 

1See https://www.regulations.gov/document/ 

FRA-2020-0060-0005. 

1See https://www.regulations.gov/document/ 

FRA-2020-0063-0003. 

carrier and that its revenues will not 

exceed $5 million. 

Under 49 CFR 1150.32(b), a change in 

operator exemption requires that notice 

be given to shippers. Midcoast states 

that it provided notice to shippers on 

the Line by serving them with a copy of 

the verified notice, as indicated in the 

certificate of service. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after September 8, 2021, the 

effective date of the exemption. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

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

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than September 1, 2021 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36531, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Midcoast’s representative, 

Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill PLC, Two 

Commerce Square, 2001 Market St., 

Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

According to Midcoast, this action is 

categorically excluded from historic 

preservation reporting requirements 

under 49 CFR 1105.8(b) and from 

environmental reporting requirements 

under 49 CFR 1105.6(c). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: August 20, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Aretha Laws-Byrum, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18278 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2021–0076] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on July 8, 2021, the Long Island 

Rail Road Company (LIRR) petitioned 

the Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained at 

49 CFR parts 239 (Passenger Train 

Emergency Preparedness); 240 

(Qualification and Certification of 

Locomotive Engineers); and 242 

(Qualification and Certification of 

Conductors). FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2021–0076. 

LIRR requests an extension of the 

relief that was granted to the American 

Public Transportation Association 

(APTA), on behalf of its member 

railroads, by letter dated September 18, 

2020, from certain regulations 

pertaining to training.1 Specifically, 

LIRR refers to pages 10–11 of the FRA 

decision letter in Docket Number FRA– 

2020–0060, regarding relief from 

recurrent/refresher training 

requirements for parts 239, 240, and 

242. 

LIRR requests relief for approximately 

30 ‘‘higher level Transportation 

Department employees.’’ LIRR states 

that it has had to limit classroom 

capacity for its training sessions because 

of the coronavirus disease 2019 

(COVID–19) pandemic and states that it 

has a training backlog. Although LIRR 

expects to eliminate this backlog for 

some groups of employees by September 

18, 2021, when the APTA relief expires, 

LIRR asserts that it does not have the 

necessary classroom or instructor 

availability to catch up on training its 

Transportation Department higher-level 

employees by that date. Instead, LIRR 

seeks an extension to permit recurrent/ 

refresher training of such employees to 

occur by December 31, 2021. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

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 and a 

public hearing, 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 at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Communications received by 

September 9, 2021 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if practicable. Anyone 

can 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.). Under 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (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 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18243 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2021–0083] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on August 10, 2021, Terminal 

Railroad Association of St. Louis 

(Terminal Railroad) petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

for a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 

240 (Qualification and Certification of 

Locomotive Engineers); and 242 

(Qualification and Certification of 

Conductors). FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2021–0083. 

Terminal Railroad requests an 

extension of the relief that was granted 

to the American Short Line and 

Regional Railroad Association 

(ASLRRA), on behalf of its member 

railroads, by letter dated September 18, 

2020, from certain regulations 

pertaining to vision and hearing acuity.1

Specifically, Terminal Railroad notes it 

seeks relief from engineer and 

conductor certification requirements in 

49 CFR 240.121, Criteria for vision and 

hearing acuity data, and 242.117, Vision 

and hearing acuity. 

Terminal Railroad states that it has 

performed multiple searches to locate a 

clinic to perform vision and hearing 

acuity testing as required by §§ 240.121 


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