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appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2008–

0088) 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 20 

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 

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 July 29, 2008. 

Michael Logue, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Compliance and Program Implementation. 

[FR Doc. E8–17705 Filed 7–31–08; 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 

from 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. 

Norfolk Southern Corporation 

[Docket Number FRA–2008–0077] 

The Norfolk Southern Corporation 

(NS) seeks a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of 49 CFR Part 232, 

Brake System Safety Standards for 

Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains 

and Equipment. Specifically, NS is 

requesting a waiver to increase the 4- 

hour off-air requirement, as prescribed 

in 49 CFR 232.205(a)(3), to 24 hours at 

certain locations on NS’s Pocahontas 

Division in West Virginia. 

NS has approximately 12 locations 

where they will park a train of 

approximately 100 cars that have 

received a Class I brake test. The 

locomotives will cut away from the cars 

and leave them in the siding without 

any means to maintain air. These cars 

will remain in the siding until another 

train arrives and attaches to the cars that 

have been left in the siding. Because 

these cars have been off-air for more 

than 4 hours (sometimes as much as 24 

hours) § 205(a)(3) requires that they be 

given another Class I brake test, 

although they have only travelled a 

distance of approximately 150 miles. NS 

feels that these tests are unnecessary 

and subject their employees to 

performing these tests in less than 

desirable walking conditions. NS has 

tried to leave a locomotive attached to 

the cars in the siding to maintain air 

pressure. However, NS states that this is 

not cost effective, since the locomotive 

may be required to idle for 24 hours at 

a cost of $57 an hour, in addition to the 

system average of $750 per day for the 

locomotive out of service cost. The 

addition of yard air sources has been 

considered, but due to the geographic 

location and lack of available electrical 

power, the installation cost is estimated 

at $707,397. 

NS does not feel that safety will be 

compromised as a Class III brake test 

would be performed on the blocks left 

in the siding when added to trains. To 

date, NS states that there is no evidence 

of vandalism at any of the locations 

where they would invoke this waiver. 

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–

0077) 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 45 

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 

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 July 29, 2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–17707 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008 0069] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

TRINITY. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 

105–383 and Public Law 107–295, the 

Secretary of Transportation, as 

represented by the Maritime 

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1The Coos Bay Subdivision also consists of 

CORP’s line between Vaughn and Eugene, OR. 

CORP does not propose to abandon this additional 

segment. A feeder line application to purchase the 

Coos Bay Subdivision has been filed in STB 

Finance Docket No. 35160. 

2CORP leases the Coquille Branch from the 

Union Pacific Railroad Company and leases the 

LPN Branch from Longview, Portland & Northern 

Railway Company. 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2008–

0069 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with Public 

Law 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 2, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0069. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel TRINITY is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Sailing vessel 

instruction.’’

Geographic Region: ‘‘Southern 

California in the area outside of Ventura 

Harbor.’’

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 in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: July 23, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–17616 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–515 (Sub-No. 2)] 

Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, 

Inc.—Abandonment and 

Discontinuance of Service—in Coos, 

Douglas, and Lane Counties, OR 

On July 14, 2008, the Central Oregon 

& Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP) filed an 

application under 49 U.S.C. 10903 for 

permission to abandon and discontinue 

service over portions of a line of railroad 

known as the Coos Bay Subdivision, 

which consists of (1) the Coos Bay 

Branch (which is owned by CORP), and 

(2) the Coquille Branch and the LPN 

Branch (which are leased by CORP).1

CORP seeks authority to abandon 

certain portions of the Coos Bay 

Subdivision that it owns, namely the 

line extending from milepost 669.0 near 

Vaughn to milepost 763.13 near Cordes, 

a distance of 94.13 miles in Coos, 

Douglas, and Lane Counties, OR. The 

line includes the stations of Richardson 

(milepost 685.0), Swisshome (milepost 

697.1), Suislaw (milepost 697.8); Tide 

(milepost 699.2), Mapleton (milepost 

705.3), Beck (milepost 709.0), Wendson 

(milepost 715.0), Cushman (milepost 

716.0), Canary (milepost 721.3), Kroll 

(milepost 732.8), Gardiner Junction 

(milepost 738.8), Reedsport (milepost 

740.4), Lakeside (milepost 752.1), 

Hauser (milepost 759.3), and Cordes 

(milepost 763.0); and traverses through 

United States Postal Service ZIP Codes 

97439, 97441, 97449, 97453, 97459, 

97461, 97467, 97480, 97487, 97490, and 

97493. 

CORP also seeks authority to 

discontinue service over the portions of 

the Coos Bay Subdivision that it leases: 2

(1) The Coquille Branch extending from 

milepost 763.13 near Cordes to milepost 

785.5 near Coquille, a distance of 22.37 

miles, in Coos County, OR, including 

the stations of North Bend (milepost 

765.6), Coos Bay (milepost 768.9), 

McCormac (milepost 770.5), Hayden 

(milepost 773.1), Chrome (milepost 

781.2), and Coquille (milepost 785.6), 

and traversing through Unites States 

Postal Service ZIP Codes 97420, 97423, 

and 97459; and (2) the LPN Branch 

extending between CORP milepost 

738.8 and LPN Branch milepost 2.0, a 

distance of 2.0 miles, in Douglas 

County, OR, including the station of 

Gardiner Junction (milepost 738.8), and 

traversing through United States Postal 

Service ZIP Code 97441. 

The line does contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in CORP’s possession 

will be made available promptly to 

those requesting it. CORP’s entire case 

for abandonment and discontinuance 

was filed with the application. 

This line of railroad has appeared on 

CORP’s system diagram map or has been 

included in its narrative in category 1 

since May 8, 2008. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

Any interested person may file with 

the Surface Transportation Board 

written comments concerning the 

proposed abandonment and 

discontinuance or protests (including 

the protestant’s entire opposition case), 

by August 28, 2008. All interested 

persons should be aware that following 

any abandonment of rail service and 

salvage of the line, the line may be 

suitable for other public use, including 

interim trail use. Any request for a 

public use condition under 49 U.S.C. 

10905 (49 CFR 1152.28) and any request 

for a trail use condition under 16 U.S.C. 

1247(d) (49 CFR 1152.29) must be filed 

by August 28, 2008. Each trail use 

request must be accompanied by a $200 

filing fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

Applicant’s reply to any opposition 

statements and its response to trail use 

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