Document ID: FRA-2012-0021-0014
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-02-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 8239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02864]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0021]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations, this document provides the public notice that by a letter 
dated January 16, 2014, Columbia Business Center Railroad (CBCX) has 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an extension 
of its waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal 
hours of service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4). FRA assigned 
the petition Docket Number FRA-2012-0021.
    In its petition, CBCX seeks relief from 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), 
which in part requires a train employee to receive 48 hours off duty 
after initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days. 
Specifically, CBCX seeks a waiver to allow a train employee to initiate 
an on-duty period, each day, for 6 consecutive days followed by 24 
hours off duty. In support of its request, CBCX explained that 
employees covered by the waiver work Monday through Friday, from 7:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a crew occasionally working on Saturday for 4 
hours or less. CBCX also explained that all employees covered by the 
waiver work well below the Federal 276-hour monthly limit, and since 
the waiver was granted, no train employee has exceeded 210 hours in any 
month. Finally, CBCX said that all employees covered by the waiver were 
provided information about the waiver extension petition, and that 
there were no objections to the waiver extension by these employees.
    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 March 28, 2014 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 comment, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02864 Filed 2-10-14; 8:45 am]
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