[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4032-4033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01233]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2015-0001]
Establishment of an Emergency Relief Docket for Calendar Year
2015
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of establishment of public docket.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the establishment of FRA's Emergency
Relief Docket (ERD) for calendar year 2015. The designated ERD for
calendar year 2015 is Docket Number FRA-2015-0001.
ADDRESSES: See Supplementary Information section for further
information regarding submitting petitions and/or comments to Docket
Number FRA-2015-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 19, 2009, FRA published a direct
final rule addressing the establishment of ERDs and the procedures for
handling petitions for emergency waivers of safety rules, regulations,
or standards during an emergency situation or event. 74 FR 23329. That
direct final rule became effective on July 20, 2009, and made minor
modifications to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 211.45 in
FRA's Rules of Practice published at 49 CFR part 211. Paragraph (b) of
49 CFR 211.45 provides that each calendar year, FRA will establish an
ERD in the publicly accessible DOT docket system (available on the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov). Paragraph (b) of 49 CFR 211.45
further provides that FRA will publish a notice in the Federal Register
identifying by docket number the ERD for that year. As noted in the
rule, FRA's purpose for establishing the ERD and emergency waiver
procedures is to provide an expedited process for FRA to address the
needs of the public and the railroad industry during emergency
situations or events. This Notice announces that the designated ERD for
calendar year 2015 is Docket Number FRA-2015-0001.
As detailed in 49 CFR 211.45, if the FRA Administrator determines
that an emergency event as defined in 49 CFR 211.45(a) has occurred, or
that an imminent threat of such an emergency occurring exists, and
public safety would benefit from providing the railroad industry with
operational relief, the emergency waiver procedures of 49 CFR 211.45
will go into effect. In such an event, the FRA Administrator will issue
a statement in the ERD indicating that the emergency waiver procedures
are in effect and FRA will make every effort to post the statement on
its Web site at http://www.fra.dot.gov/. Any party desiring relief from
FRA regulatory requirements as a result of the emergency situation
should submit a petition for emergency waiver in accordance with 49 CFR
211.45(e) and (f). Specific instructions for filing petitions for
emergency waivers in accordance with 49 CFR 211.45 are found at 49 CFR
211.45(f). Specific instructions for filing comments in response to
petitions for emergency waivers are found at 49 CFR 211.45(h).
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.).
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
See also http://
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www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-01233 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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