[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 137 (Monday, July 20, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 35131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17187]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Parts 209 and 211

[Docket No. FRA-2009-0006; Notice No. 2]
RIN 2130-AC02


Miscellaneous Revisions to the Procedures for Handling Petitions 
for Emergency Waiver of Safety Regulations and the Procedures for 
Disqualifying Individuals From Performing Safety-Sensitive Functions

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On May 19, 2009, FRA published a direct final rule in the 
Federal Register which made miscellaneous revisions to the procedures 
for obtaining waivers from a safety rule, regulation, or standard 
during an emergency situation or an emergency event, and the procedures 
for disqualifying individuals from performing safety-sensitive 
functions. FRA did not receive any comments or requests for an oral 
hearing on the direct final rule. Therefore, FRA is issuing this 
document to confirm that the direct final rule will take effect on July 
20, 2009, the date specified in the rule.

DATES: The direct final rule published at 74 FR 23329, May 19, 2009, is 
confirmed effective on July 20, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady C. Cothen, Jr., Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, FRA, 1200 
New Jersey Ave., SE., RRS-2, Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 
(Telephone 202-493-6302), or Zeb Schorr, Trial Attorney, Office of 
Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 10, 
Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone 202-493-6072).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to FRA's direct final rulemaking 
procedures set forth at 49 CFR 211.33, FRA is issuing this document to 
inform the public that it has not received any comments or requests for 
an oral hearing on the direct final rule that was published in the 
Federal Register on May 19, 2009 (74 FR 23329). The direct final rule 
made miscellaneous revisions to the procedures for obtaining waivers 
from a safety rule, regulation, or standard during an emergency 
situation or an emergency event, and the procedures for disqualifying 
individuals from performing safety-sensitive functions. As no comments 
or requests for an oral hearing were received by FRA, this document 
informs the public that the effective date of the direct final rule is 
July 20, 2009, the date specified in the rule.

Privacy Act Information

    Interested parties should be aware that anyone is able to search 
the electronic form of all comments received into any agency docket 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) or you may visit http://www.regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2009.
Karen J. Rae,
Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-17187 Filed 7-17-09; 8:45 am]
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