[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1667-1668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00127]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2013-0080]
Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Public Comment Period
On September 6, 2013, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 54952) announcing the
Association of American Railroads' (AAR) request for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 232, Brake System Safety Standards for Freight
and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices.
Specifically, AAR petitioned FRA for a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR
232.207, Class IA brake tests--1,000-mile inspection, for the purposes
of conducting testing to demonstrate the effectiveness of using wayside
wheel temperature detector data to ensure safe braking performance.
Upon investigation, FRA determined that the facts of this
proceeding warrant a public hearing. Accordingly, a hearing is hereby
scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on February 19, 2014, at the National
Housing Center, National Association of Home Builders, 1201 15th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20005. 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 Railroad Safety Specialist Steve
Zuiderveen, by telephone, email, or in writing, at least 5 business
days before the date of the hearing. Mr. Zuiderveen's, contact
information is as follows: FRA, Office of Railroad Safety, Mail Stop
25, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 493-6337;
[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
nonadversarial proceeding in which all interested parties will be given
the opportunity to express their views regarding the waiver petition
without cross examination. After all initial statements have been
completed, those individuals wishing to make brief rebuttal statements
will be given an opportunity to do so. In addition, FRA is hereby
extending the comment period for this waiver petition to March 21,
2014, to allow any additional comments to be submitted following the
public hearing. 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.
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 at the docket
facility's Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
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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. 2014-00127 Filed 1-8-14; 8:45 am]
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