Document ID: FRA-2009-0074-0020
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2013-11-29T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71710-71711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28685]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2009-0074]

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 
document dated October 15, 2013, the Canadian National Railway (CN), 
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), and United 
Transportation Union (UTU) have jointly petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an extension of their 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-
2009-0074.
    In their petition, CN, BLET, and UTU seek 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 each day for 6 
consecutive days. Specifically, CN, BLET, and UTU seek a 1-year 
extension of the waiver to allow a train employee to initiate an on-
duty period each day for 6 consecutive days

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followed by 24 hours off duty. In support of the request, CN provided 
an analysis of its safety data. The analysis found that since 2012 only 
one human factor-caused accident occurred on a job where employees were 
working a scheduled assignment allowed under the existing waiver.
    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 January 13, 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 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).

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-28685 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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