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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0122] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated 

November 19, 2014, the City of Ironton 

(City), Ohio, has petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) for a 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR part 

222, Use of Locomotive Horns at Public 

Highway-Rail Grade Crossings. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2014–0122. 

The City is seeking a waiver from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 222.21(a) in 

order to eliminate the routine sounding 

of locomotive horns by trains 

approaching the McPherson Street 

highway-rail grade crossing. The 

crossing is closed at all times except 

when flood gates must be installed and 

the crossing becomes the only access 

route for the citizens in the area. The 

City places a policeman at the crossing 

on a 24-hour basis when the crossing is 

open to highway traffic. The City would 

expect that locomotive horns would be 

sounded as trains approach the crossing 

during the time that the crossing is open 

to highway traffic. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 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 by January 

30, 2015 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered as far as practicable. 

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 document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 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 viewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. See also http://

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

10, 2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29398 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0052] 

Notice of Public Hearing and Extension 

of Public Comment Period 

Southeastern Pennsylvania 

Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for an extension 

of its waiver of compliance from the 

Federal hours of service requirement for 

train employees engaged in commuter 

or intercity rail passenger transportation 

as specified in 49 CFR 228.405(b)(4). 

SEPTA’s current waiver allows the 

travel time to an ‘‘other than regular 

reporting point,’’ to count as time off 

duty, if such travel time is less than or 

equal to the normal travel time to the 

employee’s ‘‘regular reporting point.’’ 

This waiver is identified as FRA Docket 

Number FRA–2012–0052. A copy of 

SEPTA’s full petition is available for 

review online at http://

www.regulations.gov under the docket 

number identified above. 

FRA has issued a public notice 

seeking comments from interested 

parties. See 79 FR 54343, Sept. 11, 2014. 

After examining the carrier’s proposal 

and the available facts, FRA has 

determined that a public hearing is 

necessary before a final decision is 

made on this proposal. Accordingly, 

FRA invites all interested persons to 

participate in a public hearing on 

February 10, 2015. The hearing will be 

conducted in the first floor conference 

room, Baldwin Tower, 1510 Chester 

Pike, Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania, 19022. 

The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. 

Interested parties are invited to present 

oral statements at the hearing. For 

information on facilities or services for 

persons with disabilities or to request 

special assistance at the hearing, contact 

Ms. Carrieanne Holzworth at 610–521– 

8214. 

The hearing will be conducted in 

accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA 

Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25) by a 

representative designated by FRA. The 

hearing will be a nonadversarial 

proceeding in which all interested 

parties will be given the opportunity to 

express their views regarding the 

petition without cross examination. An 

FRA representative will make an 

opening statement outlining the scope 

of the hearing. After all initial 

statements have been completed, those 

persons wishing to make brief rebuttal 

statements will be given the opportunity 

to do so in the same order in which they 

made their initial statements. 

Additional procedures, if necessary for 

the conduct of the hearing, will be 

announced at the hearing. 

In addition, FRA is hereby extending 

the comment period for this petition to 

March 12, 2015, to allow for additional 

comments to be submitted following the 

public hearing. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number 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 

(DOT), 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. 

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74808 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 16, 2014 / Notices 

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 document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 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 

www.dot.gov/privacy. See also http://

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

10, 2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29397 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number USCG–2013–0363] 

Deepwater Port License Application: 

Liberty Natural Gas LLC, Port Ambrose 

Deepwater Port 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of 

public meeting; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard 

(USCG) announce the availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Liberty Natural Gas LLC, 

Port Ambrose Liquefied Natural Gas 

Deepwater Port License Application for 

the importation of natural gas. 

Please note that this application is 

only for the construction and operation 

of a deepwater port that could only be 

used as a natural gas import facility. The 

considerable technical, operational, and 

environmental differences between 

import and export operations for natural 

gas deepwater ports is such that any 

licensed deepwater port facility that 

proposed to convert from import to 

export operations would be required to 

submit a new license application 

(including application fee) and conform 

to all licensing requirements and 

regulations in effect at such time of 

application. In addition to payment of 

the application fee, licensing 

requirements include, but are not 

limited to, completion of an extensive 

environmental impact assessment and 

financial resources review which would 

include public participation. 

The Port Ambrose application 

describes an offshore natural gas 

deepwater port facility that would be 

located 16.1 nautical miles southeast of 

Jones Beach, New York, 24.9 nautical 

miles east of Long Branch, New Jersey, 

and 27.1 nautical miles from the 

entrance to New York Harbor in a water 

depth of approximately 103 feet. The 

DEIS complies with the Deepwater Port 

Act of 1974, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1501 

et seq.) (DWPA) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

(Section 102[2][c]), as implemented by 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR 1500 to 1508). 

Publication of this notice begins a 60 

day comment period, requests public 

participation in the process, provides 

information on how to participate in the 

process, and announces informational 

open houses and public meetings in 

New York and New Jersey. Pursuant to 

the criteria provided in the DWPA, both 

New Jersey and New York are the 

Adjacent Coastal States for this 

application. 

DATES: There will be two public 

meetings held in connection with the 

application DEIS. The first public 

meeting will be held in Jamaica, New 

York on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 

from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The second public 

meeting will be held in Eatontown, New 

Jersey on Thursday, January 8, 2015 

from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Both public 

meetings will be preceded by an open 

house from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The 

public meeting may end later than the 

stated time, depending on the number of 

persons wishing to speak. Additionally, 

materials submitted in response to the 

request for comments must reach the 

Docket Management Facility as detailed 

below, by close of business Tuesday, 

February 10, 2015 or 60 days after this 

NOA is published in the Federal 

Register whichever is later. 

ADDRESSES: The open house and public 

meeting in Jamaica, New York will be 

held at the Hilton New York JFK 

Airport, 144–02 135th Avenue, Jamaica, 

New York 11436; phone 718–659–0200 

or www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/newyork/hilton-new-york-jfk-airportNYCJFHF/index.html. Parking is 

available at the hotel. Attendees may 

submit their parking stubs at the 

meeting registration desk for validation. 

The open house and public meeting in 

Eatontown, New Jersey will be held at 

the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel, 6 

Industrial Way East, Eatontown, NJ 

07724, phone 732–542–6500 or 

www.sheratoneatontown.com with free 

parking on site. 

The license application, comments, 

supporting information, and the DEIS 

are available for viewing at the Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) 

Web site: http://www.regulations.gov 

under docket number USCG–2013– 

0363. The Final Environmental Impact 

Statement, when published, will be 

announced and available at this site as 

well. 

Docket submissions for USCG–2013– 

0363 should be addressed to: 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Management Facility, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

The Federal Docket Management 

Facility accepts hand-delivered 

submissions and makes docket contents 

available for public inspection and 

copying at this address between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The Facility 

telephone number is 202–366–9329, the 

fax number is 202–493–2251, and the 

Web site for electronic submissions or 

for electronic access to docket contents 

is http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Roddy Bachman, U.S. Coast Guard, 

telephone: 202–372–1451, email: 

Roddy.C.Bachman@uscg.mil, or Ms. 

Yvette M. Fields, Maritime 

Administration, telephone: 202–366– 

0926, email: Yvette.Fields@dot.gov. For 

questions regarding the Docket, call Ms. 

Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Meeting and Open House 

You are invited to learn about the 

proposed Port Ambrose Deepwater Port 

at either of the above informational 

open houses, and to comment on the 

proposed action and the environmental 

impact analysis contained in the DEIS at 

either of the above public meetings or 

directly to the docket. 

Speakers may register upon arrival 

and will be recognized in the following 

order: Elected officials, public agencies, 

individuals or groups in the order in 

which they registered. In order to 

accommodate all speakers, speaker time 

may be limited, meeting hours may be 

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