Document ID: FRA-2014-0093-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-10-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 62703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24749]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0093]

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 September 12, 2014, the Long Island Rail Road Company (LIRR) has 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 
compliance from several provisions of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0093.
    Specifically, LIRR requests relief from certain provisions of 49 
CFR Part 240, Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers, 
and 49 CFR Part 242, Qualification and Certification of Conductors. The 
relief is contingent on LIRR's implementation of and participation in 
the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C\3\RS) pilot project.
    LIRR seeks to shield reporting employees and the railroad from 
mandatory punitive sanctions that would otherwise arise as provided in 
49 CFR Sections 240.117(e)(1)-(4); 240.305(a)(l)-(4) and (a)(6); 
240.307; and 242.403(b), (c), (e)(l)-(4), (e)(6)-(11), (f)(l)-(2). The 
C\3\RS pilot project encourages certified operating crew members to 
report close calls and protects the employees and the railroad from 
discipline or sanctions arising from the incidents reported per the 
C\3\RS Implementing Memorandum of Understanding.
    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 within December 4, 2014 of the date of this 
notice 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.). 
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).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2014-24749 Filed 10-17-14; 8:45 am]
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