[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23964]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Chapters I, II, and III

23 CFR Chapters I, II, and III

46 CFR Chapter II

48 CFR Chapter 12

49 CFR Chapters I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, and XI

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2017-0069]


Notification of Regulatory Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST); Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Regulatory review; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department or DOT) 
is reopening the comment period for its Notification of Regulatory 
Review for 30 days. The comment period ends November 1, 2017. The 
reopened comment period will end December 1, 2017.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on October 2, 2017 
(82 FR 45750), is reopened. Responses should be filed by December 1, 
2017. The Department will continue to check the docket for late filed 
responses after the comment period closes.

ADDRESSES: You may file responses identified by the docket number DOT-
OST-2017-0069 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number 
DOT-OST-2017-0069 at the beginning of your submission. All submissions 
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, 
including any personal information provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
submissions received in any of our dockets by the name of the 
individual submitting the document (or signing the submission, 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 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit 
http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents and 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or to the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Moss, Assistant General 
Counsel for Regulation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-4723 (phone), 
[email protected] (email) or Barbara McCann, Director, Office of 
Policy Development, Strategic Planning and Performance, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
202-366-8016 (phone), [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 2, 2017 the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (the Department or DOT) issued a Notification of 
Regulatory Review seeking comment from the public on existing rules and 
other agency actions that are good candidates for repeal, replacement, 
suspension, or modification. DOT provided a 30 day comment period for 
responses to that document. We have received requests for extension of 
the comment period, including one from the American Bus Association 
requesting a 90 day extension from the date of issuance of the 
document. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association requested 
a 30 day extension from the initial close of the comment period and the 
Countryside Tank Company, NJP Engineering LLC, and Container Technology 
Incorporated requested an extension of 90 days from the initial close 
of the comment period.
    In response, the Department is reopening the comment period for its 
Notification of Regulatory Review for 30 days. The comment period ends 
November 1, 2017. The reopened comment period will end December 1, 
2017. Additionally, DOT will continue to check the docket for late 
filed comments after the comment period closes.

    Issued this 30th day of October, 2017, in Washington, DC.
James C. Owens,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-23964 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]
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