61562 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 5, 2010 / Notices 

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. 

The Village of Richton Park, Illinois 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0137] 

The Village of Richton Park, Illinois 

(Village), seeks a permanent waiver of 

compliance from a certain provision of 

the Use of Locomotive Horns at 

Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, 49 CFR 

part 222. The Village intends to 

establish a new quiet zone under the 

provisions of 49 CFR 222.39. 

Specifically, the Village is seeking a 

waiver from the provisions of 49 CFR 

222.9, definition of a non-traversable 

curb, so that a public crossing that will 

be equipped with flashing lights, gates 

and medians that complies with all of 

the requirements necessary to be a 

‘‘gates with medians’’ supplemental 

safety measure (SSM) with nontraversable curbs, except for the fact that 

the posted highway speed limit is 45 

miles per hour (mph) instead of 40 mph 

as required in the definition, be deemed 

an acceptable SSM. 

49 CFR 222.9, the definition of nontraversable curb, reads as follows, ‘‘Nontraversable curb means a highway curb 

designed to discourage a motor vehicle 

from leaving the roadway. Nontraversable curbs are used at locations 

where highway speeds do not exceed 40 

mph, and are at least six inches high. 

Additional design specifications are 

determined by the standard traffic 

design specifications used by the 

governmental entity constructing the 

curb.’’ 

The Village is in the process of 

establishing a new quiet zone along the 

Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway’s (EJE) 

Joliet Division, Eastern Subdivision, 

which would extend from 

approximately Milepost (MP) 17.82 to 

MP 20.31. The new quiet zone will 

consist of three public at-grade 

crossings: Ridgeland Avenue (DOT 

#260629R), Central Avenue (DOT 

#260630K), and Cicero Avenue (DOT 

#260632Y). The Village seeks a waiver 

from the requirement that medians with 

non-traversable curbing may not be used 

where highway speeds exceed 40 mph. 

The Cicero Avenue grade crossing is 

equipped with standard flashing lights, 

gates and medians that are 330 feet in 

length north of the crossing, and 1,300 

feet in length south of the crossing. The 

existing curbing on the medians meets 

the state requirements for nontraversable curb but not the 

requirements necessary to serve as a 

SSM. The Village intends to reconstruct 

the medians to meet the SSM 

requirement. The posted highway speed 

is 45 mph. 

The Village provides several reasons 

why the 5 mph difference in speed limit 

would not diminish the effectiveness of 

the SSM, and thus the waiver should be 

granted. First, the existing medians are 

much wider (12-foot) than the typical 

medians used for this application. The 

medians also exceed the nominal 

required length (100-foot), as they are 

330 feet and 1,300 feet in length. 

Secondly, the existing curbed median 

has not contributed to any prior 

incidents or accidents. No accidents 

have occurred at the crossing in over 20 

years. Thirdly, the Illinois Department 

of Transportation (IDOT) was asked by 

the Village to review and lower the 

speed limit. IDOT conducted a speed 

assessment and determined that 45 mph 

is the appropriate, safe speed for Cicero 

Avenue. Fourthly, the median design to 

be used by the Village follows the IDOT 

standard, which allows curbed medians 

on highways with speed limits of 40 or 

45 mph. The Village feels that this 

standard should be allowable under the 

clause ‘‘Additional design specifications 

***’’ in the definition. 

The Village’s waiver petition 

submission included a letter from the 

Canadian National Railway Company 

(CN) supporting the approval of the 

Village’s waiver petition. CN owns the 

EJE. 

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–2010– 

0137) 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 September 

28, 2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25006 Filed 10–4–10; 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) has 

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. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 5, 2010 / Notices 61563 

Fillmore & Western Railroad Co. 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0139] 

The Fillmore & Western Railroad 

Company (FWRY) seeks a waiver of 

compliance from certain provisions of 

the Railroad Freight Car Safety 

Standards, 49 CFR 215.303, which 

requires stenciling of restricted cars; as 

well as 49 CFR 224.3, which requires 

Reflectorization for freight cars. FWRY 

owns sixteen rail cars that are older than 

50 years from their date of original 

construction, and are restricted by the 

provision of 49 CFR 215.203(a). FWRY 

is concurrently seeking special approval 

to continue to use these cars under 

proceeding according to 49 CFR 

215.203(b). 

To support its petition to seek relief 

from the stenciling and reflectorization 

requirements, FWRY states that the cars 

subject to this waiver are only used for 

tourist passengers, films, movies, props, 

still photos and the like. Although 

FWRY is considered a general system 

railroad, these subject cars are not 

interchanged in or with the general 

system, and are not freight revenue cars. 

FWRY asks for this waiver due to the 

fact that the movie and television 

companies, still photographers and the 

like want the cars to be authentic in 

their antiquated and historic look. 

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–2010– 

0139) 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 

document (or signing the document, 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 (65 FR 

19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

28, 2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25002 Filed 10–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Thrift Financial Report: 

Schedules SC, SO, VA, PD, LD, CC, CF, 

DI, SI, FS, CCR, and VIE 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. Today, the Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury solicits comments on 

proposed changes to the Thrift Financial 

Report (TFR), Schedule SC— 

Consolidated Statement of Condition, 

Schedule SO—Consolidated Statement 

of Operations, Schedule VA— 

Consolidated Valuation Allowances and 

Related Data, Schedule PD— 

Consolidated Past Due and Nonaccrual, 

Schedule LD—Loan Data, Schedule 

CC—Consolidated Commitments and 

Contingencies, Schedule CF— 

Consolidated Cash Flow Information, 

Schedule DI—Consolidated Deposit 

Information, Schedule SI—Consolidated 

Supplemental Information, Schedule 

FS—Fiduciary and Related Services, 

and Schedule CCR—Consolidated 

Capital Requirement, and on a proposed 

new Schedule VIE—Variable Interest 

Entities. The changes are proposed to 

become effective in March 2011. 

At the end of the comment period, 

OTS will analyze the comments and 

recommendations received to determine 

if it should modify the proposed 

revisions prior to giving its final 

approval. OTS will then submit the 

revisions to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before December 6, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send facsimile 

transmissions to FAX number (202) 

906–6518; send e-mails to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov; 

or hand deliver comments to the 

Guard’s Desk, east lobby entrance, 1700 

G Street, NW., on business days 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. All 

comments should refer to ‘‘TFR 

Revisions—2011, OMB No. 1550–0023.’’ 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906– 

5922, send an e-mail to 

publicinfo@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906– 

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: You can 

access sample copies of the proposed 

2011 TFR forms on OTS’s Web site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov or you may 

request them by electronic mail from 

tfr.instructions@ots.treas.gov. You can 

request additional information about 

this proposed information collection 

from James Caton, Acting Managing 

Director, Economic Policy and Financial 

Monitoring and Analysis Division, (202) 

906–5680, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Thrift Financial Report. 

OMB Number: 1550–0023. 

Form Number: OTS 1313. 

Abstract: 

OTS is proposing to revise and extend 

for three years the TFR, which is 

currently an approved collection of 

information. 

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