Document ID: FRA-2011-0093-0008
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-06-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36124-36125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14826]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

 [Docket Number FRA-2011-0093]

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 letter dated 
May 14, 2014, Peninsula Terminal Railway (PT) 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-2011-0093.
    In its petition, PT seeks relief from 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4) that in 
part requires a train employee to receive 48 hours off duty after 
initiating an on-duty period for 6 consecutive days. Specifically, PT 
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, PT explained that it has five train and engine 
service employees covered by the waiver, and these employees have set 
hours, set days off, and do not lay over at away-from-home locations. 
PT provided work schedules for the employees covered by the waiver, 
which shows them working Monday through Friday, reporting at 7:00 a.m., 
and working an average of 8 hours, with a crew occasionally working on 
Sunday for 4 hours or less. PT also explained that all employees 
covered by the waiver work well below the Federal 276-hour monthly 
limit. Finally, PT stated 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 August 11, 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).

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-14826 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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