Document ID: FRA-2010-0164-0015
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2023-04-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20017-20018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06990]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0164]

Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on January 10, 2023, the 
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation 
Workers (SMART)--Transportation Division and Albany Port Railroad 
(Petitioners) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for 
an extension of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the 
hours of service laws contained at title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 
section 21103(a). The relevant Docket Number is FRA-2010-0164.
    Specifically, Petitioners requested an extension of the existing 
relief from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), which in part, 
provides that a train employee may not be required or allowed to remain 
or go on duty after that employee has initiated an on-duty period each 
day for 6 consecutive days, unless that employee has had at least 48 
hours off duty at the employee's home terminal. Petitioners seek to 
continue to allow a train employee to initiate an on-duty period for 6 
consecutive days followed by 24 hours off duty. Petitioners state that 
Albany Port Railroad runs only one shift per day and operates solely 
within yard limits. The relief would allow the railroad to serve its 
customers on Saturdays.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    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 and a

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public hearing, 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 at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by June 5, 2023 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable. Anyone can 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.). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (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 https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-06990 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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