Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2017 / Notices 48149 

SUMMARY: FRA announces a meeting of 

the RSAC, a Federal Advisory 

Committee that develops 

recommendations on railroad safety 

regulations and other railroad safety 

issues through a consensus process. The 

RSAC System Safety Task Force and 

Passenger Safety Working Group will 

meet October 30, 2017, to discuss 

petitions for reconsideration, and 

comments received in response to the 

petitions for reconsideration on the 

System Safety Program (SSP) final rule 

issued August 12, 2016, requiring 

commuter and intercity passenger 

railroads to develop and implement an 

SSP to improve the safety of their 

operations. 

DATES: The RSAC meeting is scheduled 

to commence at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 

October 30, 2017, and will adjourn by 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be 

held at the National Association of 

Home Builders, National Housing 

Center, located at 1201 15th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is 

open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis, and is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. Sign- and 

oral interpretation can be made 

available if requested 10 calendar days 

before the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenton Kilgore, RSAC Administrative 

Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6286; 

or Robert C. Lauby, Associate 

Administrator for Railroad Safety and 

Chief Safety Officer, FRA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6474. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting 

of the RSAC. FRA is publishing this 

notice in the Federal Register as soon as 

practicable, which will not be at least 15 

days prior to the RSAC meeting. FRA 

has determined that exceptional 

circumstances justify holding the RSAC 

meeting on October 30, 2017, as 

explained below. See 41 CFR 102–3.150. 

FRA believes that the public will have 

adequate notice of the meeting because 

this notice will be posted on FRA’s 

public Web site and will be filed for 

public inspection by the Office of the 

Federal Register at least 15 days before 

the RSAC meeting. 

FRA published the SSP final rule on 

August 12, 2016. 81 FR 53850. On 

February 10, 2017, FRA stayed the SSP 

final rule’s requirements consistent with 

the new Administration’s guidance 

issued January 20, 2017, to provide the 

Administration an adequate opportunity 

to review new and pending regulations 

(82 FR 10443). FRA thereafter extended 

the stay to provide additional time for 

review. See 82 FR 14476, March 21, 

2017; 82 FR 23150, May 22, 2017. The 

review includes petitions for 

reconsideration of the SSP final rule. 

FRA most recently stayed the final rule 

until December 4, 2017, to allow time 

for public outreach with interested 

parties to inform FRA’s decisions on the 

issues raised in the petitions, and to 

complete review of the rule and the 

petitions (82 FR 26359). The October 30, 

2017, RSAC meeting is necessary for 

FRA to receive input from industry and 

the public, and to discuss potential 

paths forward to respond to the 

petitions for reconsideration prior to 

FRA taking final action. FRA has 

previously made stakeholders aware 

that the RSAC meeting will be held on 

October 30, 2017 and interested persons 

have made plans accordingly. FRA 

believes that delaying the meeting any 

further would endanger its ability to 

receive vital public comment informing 

actions on the petitions under review 

and, therefore believes that providing 

less than 15 days notice for this meeting 

best serves the public interest and, with 

the mitigations applied here, is 

consistent with the exception for 

exceptional circumstances discussed 

above. 

The RSAC was established to provide 

advice and recommendations to FRA on 

railroad safety matters. The RSAC is 

composed of 59 voting representatives 

from 38 member organizations, 

representing various rail industry 

perspectives. In addition, there are nonvoting advisory representatives from the 

agencies with railroad safety regulatory 

responsibility in Canada and Mexico, 

the National Transportation Safety 

Board, and the Federal Transit 

Administration. The diversity of the 

Committee ensures the requisite range 

of views and expertise necessary to 

discharge its responsibilities. See the 

RSAC Web site for details on prior 

RSAC activities and pending tasks at 

http://rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please refer to 

the notice published in the Federal 

Register on March 11, 1996 (61 FR 

9740), for additional information about 

the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 

2017. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22368 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2017–0170] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

M/V PACIFIC PROVIDER; Invitation for 

Public Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime 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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2017–0170. 

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 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W23–453, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel M/V PACIFIC 

PROVIDER is: 

—INTENDED COMMERCIAL USE OF 

VESSEL: ‘‘Our intended use of the 

vessel is to carry only passengers on 

adventure cruises. No cargo will be 

carried on board the vessel.’’ 

—GEOGRAPHIC REGION: 

‘‘Washington, Oregon, California and 

Alaska (excluding waters in 

Southeastern Alaska)’’ 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2017–0170 at 


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48150 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2017 / Notices 

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 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, 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. 

Privacy Act 

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

DOT/MARAD solicits comments from 

the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts 

these comments, without edit, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS, accessible through 

www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to 

facilitate comment tracking and 

response, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. Whether 

or not commenters identify themselves, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. If you wish to provide 

comments containing proprietary or 

confidential information, please contact 

the agency for alternate submission 

instructions. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121. 

* * * * * 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: October 11, 2017. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22312 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2017–0171] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

BELLAROMA; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime 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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2017–0171. 

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 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W23–453, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel BELLAROMA is: 

—INTENDED COMMERCIAL USE OF 

VESSEL: River and lake charter 

cruises, coastal cruises. 

—GEOGRAPHIC REGION: ‘‘Tennessee, 

Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and 

Florida’’ 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2017–0171 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 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, 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. 

Privacy Act 

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

DOT/MARAD solicits comments from 

the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts 

these comments, without edit, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS, accessible through 

www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to 

facilitate comment tracking and 

response, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. Whether 

or not commenters identify themselves, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. If you wish to provide 

comments containing proprietary or 

confidential information, please contact 

the agency for alternate submission 

instructions. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121. 

* * * * * 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: October 11, 2017. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22310 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2017–0172] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

CHIN CHIN; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime 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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2017–0172. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 


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