[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36861-36862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15231]
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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
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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 14, 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).
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-15231 Filed 6-27-14; 8:45 am]
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