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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

222: Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile 

Satellite (Route) Services. The agenda 

will include: 

Agenda 

• Opening Plenary (Introductions and 

Opening Remarks). 

• Review and Approval of SC–222/ 

WP–051, Summary for the 6th Meeting 

of Special Committee 222 held at 

ARINC on August 3, 2010. 

• Review and Approval of the Agenda 

for the 7th Meeting of SC–222, WP–053 

(this document). 

• Old Business. 

• Review of/reports for the currently 

active Action Items regarding SBB 

Safety issues per the minutes of the 6th 

Plenary Meeting. 

• Release MASPS in Mid-August. 

• Create a summary table for 

interference from ATCt. 

• Confirm date and location for a 

November meeting of SC–222. 

• Working Papers and Discussions 

regarding SC–222 issues. 

• Status of ATCt filter development 

activities with ARINC AEEC discussions 

on this issue. 

• Discussion on new SBB 

documentation approach as presented 

in WP–047 at August meeting. 

• Status of LightSquared ATCt 

development and deployment. 

• Review, comment, discuss draft 

WP–052 DO–3xx SBB Safety Draft 1 

(This action is expected to take most of 

Wednesday and Thursday). 

• Review, comment, discuss draft of 

Appendix B, ATCt Interface Model. 

• Additional working papers as may 

be provided in advance of the meeting. 

• Additional working papers as may 

be provided at the meeting. 

• Other Business. 

• FAA request for information 

concerning spectrum usage. 

• Revision to Terms of Reference, if 

necessary after Agenda Item 5b. 

• Review of Assignments and Action 

Items. 

• Date and Location for the 8th 

Meeting of SC–222. 

• Adjourn (no later than 11:30 a.m. 

Friday). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 

2010. 

Robert L. Bostiga, 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25981 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–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. 

Utah Transit Authority 

[Supplement to Waiver Docket Number FRA– 

1999–6253] 

As a supplement to the Utah Transit 

Authority’s (UTA) petition for approval 

of shared use and waiver of certain FRA 

regulations (the original shared use 

waiver was granted by the FRA Railroad 

Safety Board on August 19, 1999, for the 

Sandy/Salt Lake TRAX Light Rail 

Transit line), UTA is amending the 

terms and conditions of the original 

waiver by constructing the Mid-Jordan 

LRT line extension of the current 

Sandy/Salt Lake TRAX LRT line. This 

extension will be urban rapid transit 

light rail, featuring some temporally 

separated shared trackage operation 

with the Bingham Branch of the General 

Railroad System. 

The Bingham Branch has two short 

line freight railroads; the Savage 

Bingham & Garfield Railroad Company 

and the Utah Railway Company. UTA 

respectfully requests an additional 5- 

year extension of the current waiver, 

and a modification of the current waiver 

to include the Mid-Jordan extension and 

its new fleet of Siemens S70 TRAX 

vehicles. UTA submits that the 

extension and modifications of the 

waiver sought herein are in the public 

interest and consistent with railroad 

safety because UTA will adopt specific 

policies and procedures that will 

provide a level of safety equivalent to 

that provided by full compliance with 

FRA regulations. UTA submits that this 

request is consistent with the waiver 

process for shared use. See Statement of 

Agency Policy Concerning Jurisdiction 

Over the Safety of Railroad Passenger 

Operations and Waivers Related to 

Shared Use of the Tracks of the General 

Railroad System by Light Rail and 

Conventional Equipment, 65 FR 42529 

(July 10, 2000); see also Joint Statement 

of Agency Policy Concerning Shared 

Use of the Tracks of the General 

Railroad System by Conventional 

Railroads and Light Rail Transit 

Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July 10, 2000). 

On August 19, 1999, UTA filed a 

petition for approval of shared use and 

waiver of certain FRA regulations 

pursuant to 49 CFR 211.7 for the Sandy/ 

Salt Lake TRAX Light Rail Transit line. 

FRA granted the waiver for a period of 

5 years until December 13, 2004. On 

August 12, 2004, UTA filed a petition 

requesting a 10-year extension of the 

waiver, and to additionally cover 

twenty-nine vehicles purchased from 

the Santa Clara Valley Transportation 

Authority (VTA). On December 20, 

2004, FRA granted an extension of the 

waiver, including the VTA vehicles, for 

a period of 1 year, effective through 

December 13, 2005. On June 3, 2005, 

UTA filed a petition requesting a 5-year 

extension of the waiver. On December 

15, 2005, FRA granted an extension of 

the waiver for a period of 5 years, 

effective through December 15, 2010. 

UTA is expanding its original Sandy/ 

Salt Lake TRAX LRT line by building 

the 10.6-mile Mid-Jordan LRT line 

extension, with temporally separated 

light rail and freight operations sharing 

track on the Bingham Branch. As part of 

this Mid-Jordan extension, UTA will 

reconstruct this existing Bingham 

Branch Track and add a new parallel 

track. This construction will allow that 

portion of the Mid-Jordan LRT line that 

runs on the Bingham Branch to utilize 

two tracks for light rail operations 

during the temporally separated 

passenger period from 5am-midnight 

daily, and all day Saturday and Sunday, 

with maximum authorized speed of 65 

mph. Lastly, UTA will buy a new fleet 

of Siemens S70 TRAX vehicles that will 

operate throughout the entire light rail 

system. In addition to the TRAX 

vehicles for which UTA has already 

received a waiver of certain FRA 

regulations (existing TRAX vehicles), 

UTA intends to add seventy-seven 

Siemens S70 light-rail vehicles to its 

fleet. The S70 vehicles are very similar 

in nature to the existing TRAX vehicles, 

with minor differences. 

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UTA operates light rail vehicles that 

meet the equipment standards of the 

California Public Utilities Commission, 

General Order 143–B. The risk of 

collision between TRAX light rail 

vehicles will be minimized because 

movement of TRAX vehicles currently 

is controlled by UTA controllers in 

accordance with established operating 

rules. For this new extension, the same 

procedures will be in place. 

Specifically, UTA seeks a waiver from 

certain portions of 49 CFR, particularly 

§§ 219 Control of Alcohol and Drug Use; 

221 Rear End Marking Devices; 222 Use 

of Locomotive Horns at Public HighwayRail Grade crossings; 223 Safety Glazing 

Standards; 225 Railroad Accidents/ 

Incidents; 228 Hours of Service of 

Railroad Employees; 229 Locomotive 

Safety Standards; 231 Railroad Safety 

Appliance Standards; 234 Grade 

Crossing Signal Systems Safety; 238 

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; 

239 Passenger Rail Emergency 

Preparedness; and 240 Qualification and 

Certification of Locomotive Engineers. 

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–1999– 

6253) 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 October 8, 

2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26012 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0328] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA). 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemption from the diabetes mellitus 

standard; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 27 individuals for 

exemption from the prohibition against 

persons with insulin-treated diabetes 

mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate 

commerce. If granted, the exemptions 

would enable these individuals with 

ITDM to operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA– 

2010–0328 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

docket numbers for this notice. 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 for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. If you want 

acknowledgment that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or of the person signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s Privacy Act 

Statement for the FDMS published in 

the Federal Register on January 17, 

2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit 

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/ 

E8–785.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W64– 

224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, 

FMCSA may grant an exemption from 

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations for a 2-year period if it finds 

‘‘such exemption would likely achieve a 

level of safety that is equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level that would be 

achieved absent such exemption.’’ The 

statute also allows the Agency to renew 

exemptions at the end of the 2-year 

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