[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41859-41860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17930]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Waiver Petition Docket Numbers FRA-2011-0002, CSX Transportation
Railroad, and FRA-2004-17565, Union Pacific Railroad; Public Hearing
On February 23, 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
published a notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 10087) announcing the
CSX Transportation Railroad's (CSXT) request for a waiver to operate
RailRunner equipment in RailRunner only operations; operate RailRunner
equipment commingled with RoadRailer bi-modal equipment; and RailRunner
equipment operating behind various conventional railcars. On November
22, 2010, FRA published a notice in the Federal Register (75 FR 224)
announcing the Union Pacific Railroad's request for an amendment to
their existing waiver of certain provisions of the Safety Appliance
Standards, Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 231, and
Power Brakes and Drawbars per 49 CFR part 232 relative to commingling
RailRunner equipment with their RoadRailer trains.
FRA has determined upon investigation that the facts of these two
proceedings warrant a public hearing. Accordingly, a hearing is hereby
scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on August 3, 2011, at the Courtyard by
Marriott Capitol Hill/Navy Yard, 140 L Street, SE., Washington, DC
20003. Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at
this hearing. For information on facilities or services for persons
with disabilities or to request special assistance at the hearing,
contact FRA's Docket Clerk, Jerome Melis-Tull by telephone, e-mail, or
in writing at least 5 business days before the date of the hearing. Mr.
Melis-Tull's contact information is as follows: FRA, Office of Chief
Counsel, Mail Stop 10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590; telephone 202-493-6030; e-mail [email protected].
The informal hearing will be conducted by a representative
designated by FRA in accordance with FRA's Rules of Practice (see
particularly 49 CFR 211.25). FRA's representative will make an opening
statement outlining the scope of the hearing, as well as any additional
procedures for the conduct of the hearing. The hearing will be a non-
adversarial proceeding in which all parties will be given the
opportunity to express their views regarding the waiver petition(s)
without cross-examination. After all initial statements have been
completed, those individuals wishing to make rebuttal statements will
be given an opportunity to do so.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket numbers 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.
All written communications concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
at the above facility. All documents in the public docket are also
available for inspection and copying on the Internet
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at the docket facility's Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
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 document (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70;
Page 19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-17930 Filed 7-14-11; 8:45 am]
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