[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43645-43646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18083]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2012-0052]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a
document dated June 11, 2012, the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain Federal
hours of service requirements for train employees engaged in commuter
or intercity rail passenger transportation contained at 49 CFR Section
228.405(b)(4). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2012-0052.
In its petition, SEPTA seeks a waiver allowing travel time from a
train employee's home to all reporting points to be considered as time
off duty. FRA's current policy only allows travel time (at a designated
home terminal, from an employee's residence to a single fixed regular
reporting point) to be defined as commuting and time off duty. Travel
time between a train employee's residence and other than regular
reporting points is considered deadheading and can count as time on
duty. In support of its request, SEPTA submitted fatigue analysis of
employee work schedules arguing that safety would not be compromised by
approving the waiver request. SEPTA also provided information that the
waiver would be in the public interest, because of increased employee
availability, which would reduce the financial burden placed on this
publicly funded commuter railroad.
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 Department of Transportation's
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 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.
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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 September 10, 2012 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.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages
19477-78) or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 19, 2012.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-18083 Filed 7-24-12; 8:45 am]
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