Document ID: PHMSA-2018-0100-0013
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hazardous Materials: Emergency Waiver No. 12
Posted Date: 2019-04-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16932-16933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08117]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0100; Notice No. 2019-02]

Hazardous Materials: Emergency Waiver No. 12

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of emergency waiver order.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is issuing an emergency waiver order to railroad 
carriers waiving certain expedited movement requirements when 
conducting operations within the Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, 
Straight-line Winds, And Flooding disaster area. Given the continuing 
impacts caused by the Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line 
Winds, And Flooding disaster, PHMSA's Administrator has determined that 
regulatory relief is in the public interest and necessary to ensure the 
safe transportation in commerce of hazardous materials while railroad 
carriers conduct operations within the disaster area. This Waiver Order 
is effective immediately and shall remain in effect for 30 days from 
the date of issuance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Horsley, Deputy Assistant Chief 
Counsel for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, telephone: (202) 366-4400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the provisions of 49 
U.S.C. 5103(c), the Administrator for the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), hereby declares that an 
emergency exists that warrants issuance of a Waiver of 49 CFR 174.14 
for operations within the Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line 
Winds, And Flooding disaster area. The Waiver is granted to railroad 
carriers when conducting operations within the Nebraska Severe Winter 
Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding disaster area.
    On March 21, 2019, the President issued an Emergency Declaration 
for Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding 
(DR-4420). This Waiver Order covers all areas identified in the 
declaration, as amended. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5103(c), PHMSA has 
authority delegated by the Secretary (49 CFR 1.97(b)(3)) to waive 
compliance with any part of the HMR provided that the grant of the 
waiver is: (1) In the public interest; (2) not inconsistent with the 
safety of transporting hazardous materials; and (3) necessary to 
facilitate the safe movement of hazardous materials into, from, and 
within an area of a major disaster or emergency that has been declared 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
    Given the continuing impacts caused by the Nebraska Severe Winter 
Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding disaster, PHMSA's 
Administrator has determined that regulatory relief is in the public 
interest and necessary to ensure the safe transportation in commerce of 
hazardous materials while railroad carriers conduct operations within 
the Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding 
disaster area. By execution of this Waiver Order, railroad carriers are 
excepted from the requirements of 49 CFR 174.14 when conducting 
operations within the Nebraska Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line 
Winds, And Flooding disaster area.
    This Waiver Order is effective immediately and shall remain in 
effect for 30 days from the date of issuance.

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2019.
Drue Pearce,
Deputy Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-08117 Filed 4-22-19; 8:45 am]
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