
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58028-58029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22875]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0068]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations, this document provides the public notice that by a letter 
dated June 30, 2014, Housatonic Railroad Company, Inc. (HRRC) 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-2012-0068.
    In its petition, HRRC seeks relief from 49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), 
which in part requires a train employee to receive 48 hours off-duty 
after initiating an on-duty period of 6 consecutive days. Specifically, 
HRRC 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, HRRC explained that all employees 
covered by the waiver have regular work schedules, do not layover at 
away-from-home locations, and work well below the Federal 276-hour 
monthly limit. HRRC also explained that the waiver has not had a 
negative impact on safety since being approved 2 years ago.
    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 November 10, 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

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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 22, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2014-22875 Filed 9-25-14; 8:45 am]
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