DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 	[4910-EX-P]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-0056] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: Dart Transit Company Application for
Exemption

AGENCY:  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice; extension of public comment period.

SUMMARY:  The FMCSA announces an extension of the comment period until
January 25, 2008, for Dart Transit Company’s (Dart) application for an
exemption from certain commercial motor vehicle driver hours-of-service
provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.  Dart
requested an exemption for 200 of its owner-operators from the
prohibition against driving after the 14th hour of coming on-duty,
following 10 consecutive hours off-duty, and the requirement that
drivers using two sleeper-berth (S/B) periods to accumulate the
equivalent of 10 consecutive hours off-duty spend at least 8 but less
than 10 consecutive hours in the S/B during one of those two periods. 
The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) has requested an
extension of time for the public comment period because the issues
involved require additional time to evaluate.  The FMCSA is granting the
Advocates’ request.  

DATES:  Comments must be received on or before January 25, 2008.   

ADDRESSES:  You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System Number FMCSA-2007-0056 by any of the following
methods:

Web Site: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the Federal electronic docket site.

Fax: 1-202-493-2251.

Mail:  Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room W12-140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Instructions:  All submissions must include the Agency name and docket
number.  For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional
information on the exemption process, see the Public Participation
heading below. Note that all comments received will be posted without
change to www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.

Docket:  For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to www.regulations.gov at any time or to the
ground floor, room W12-140, DOT Building, New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act:  Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
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.). 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 www.regulations.gov.

Public participation:  The www.regulations.gov web site is generally
available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can get electronic
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the “help”
section of the www.regulations.gov web site and also at the DOT’s
http://docketsinfo.dot.gov web site. If you want us to notify you that
we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped
envelope or postcard or print the acknowledgement page that appears
after submitting comments online.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and
Carrier Operations Division; Office of Bus and Truck Standards and
Operations; Telephone: 202-366-4325.  E-mail: MCPSD@dot.gov.  

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On November 26, 2007, FMCSA published in the
Federal Register (72 FR 66021) a notice of application for exemption and
request for comments regarding Dart Transit Company (DART).  That notice
announced a closing date of December 26, 2007, for public comments to
the docket.  The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) has
requested an extension of time for the public comment period because the
issues involved require additional time to evaluate.  The FMCSA agrees
that the complexity of the issues involved warrant further opportunity
for public comment, and is extending the close of the comment period. 
All comments received before the close of business on January 25, 2008,
will be considered and will be available for examination in the docket
listed under the “Addresses” section 

of this notice.  Comments received after the comment closing date will
be filed in the public docket and will be considered to the extent
practicable.  In addition to late comments, the FMCSA will also continue
to file, in the public docket, relevant information that becomes
available after the comment closing date.  Interested persons should
continue to examine the public docket for new material.    

Issued on:  12/26/07

                                                                      
Original signed by Larry W. Minor                                       
                                    

FMCSA:MC-PSD:rclemente;62722:12/12/07; tyager 12/12/07 

Control No. FMC-071211-003

Cc: MC-PSD (Yager, Clemente), MC-PRR 

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