[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54343-54344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21616]
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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 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a letter dated
July 25, 2014, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
(SEPTA) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an
extension of its waiver of compliance from the Federal hours of service
requirement for train employees engaged in commuter or intercity rail
passenger transportation at 49 CFR 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 count 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 that 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 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
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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 October 27, 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 September 4, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2014-21616 Filed 9-10-14; 8:45 am]
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