82_FR_4974 82 FR 4964 - Proposed General Directive 17-1; Stop Signal Overruns on Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation Systems

82 FR 4964 - Proposed General Directive 17-1; Stop Signal Overruns on Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation Systems

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 10 (January 17, 2017)

Page Range4964-4965
FR Document2017-00793

FTA has placed in the docket and on its Web site a proposed General Directive to address safety risks associated with stop signal overruns. The proposed directive follows FTA's review and analysis of data and information submitted in response to the agency's Safety Advisory 16-1: Stop Signal Overruns, for Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation System operations during calendar year 2015.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4964-4965]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00793]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

[Docket No. FTA-2016-0041]


Proposed General Directive 17-1; Stop Signal Overruns on Rail 
Fixed Guideway Public Transportation Systems

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed general directive; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: FTA has placed in the docket and on its Web site a proposed 
General Directive to address safety risks associated with stop signal 
overruns. The proposed directive follows FTA's review and analysis of 
data and information submitted in response to the agency's Safety 
Advisory 16-1: Stop Signal Overruns, for Rail Fixed Guideway Public 
Transportation System operations during calendar year 2015.

DATES: Comments must be received by March 20, 2017. Any comments filed 
after this deadline will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Please identify your submission by Docket Number [FTA-2016-
0041] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Submit electronic comments and 
other data to http://www.regulations.gov.
     U.S. Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations; U.S. 
Department of Transportation; 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building, Ground Floor, at 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, at (202) 493-2251.
    Instructions: You must include the agency name (Federal Transit 
Administration) and Docket Number (FTA-2016-0041) for this notice at 
the beginning of your comments. Due to security procedures in effect 
since October 2001, mail received through the U.S. Postal Service may 
be subject to delays. Parties submitting comments should consider using 
an express mail firm to ensure their prompt filing of any submissions 
not filed electronically or by hand. If you wish to receive 
confirmation that FTA received your comments, you must include a self-
addressed stamped postcard. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. You may review U.S. DOT's complete Privacy Act 
Statement published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000, at 65 FR 
19477 or http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Electronic Access and Filing: This document and all comments 
received may be viewed online through the Federal eRulemaking portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov. Assistance and guidelines for electronic 
submission and retrieval are available on the Web site 24 hours each 
day, 365 days a year. Please follow the instructions. An electronic 
copy of this document may be downloaded from the Office of Federal 
Register's home page at https://www.federalregister.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program matters, Candace Key, 
Acting Director, Office of System Safety, (202) 366-9178 or 
[email protected] or Aloha Ley, Chief, Safety Assurance and Risk 
Management Division, (202) 366-4979 or [email protected]. For legal 
matters, Scott Biehl, Senior Counsel, (202) 366-0826 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMETARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 49 CFR 670.25, the Federal 
Transit Administration (FTA) is proposing a General Directive to 
address the combination of unsafe conditions and practices that lead to 
stop signal overruns and the risks of death or personal injury or 
damage to property or equipment. The proposed directive follows FTA's 
review and analysis of data and information submitted in response to 
the agency's Safety Advisory 16-1: Stop Signal Overruns, for RFGPTS 
operations during calendar year 2015. FTA's review of the data and 
information gathered in response to Safety Advisory 16-1: Stop Signal 
Overruns, for rail transit operations during calendar year 2015 
indicates that RFGPTSs experience stop signal overruns with varying 
frequencies, and that most SSOAs do not actively investigate these 
events. Further, the responses to Safety Advisory 16-1 indicate a lack 
of standard practice, definitions and requirements in the rail transit 
industry to protect against unauthorized passing of stop signals.

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    FTA requests public comment on this proposed General Directive, 
which is available in its entirety on the FTA public Web site at http://www.transit.dot.gov/tso.html and in Docket No. FTA-2016-0041 at 
www.regulations.gov. Following a summary and analysis of the public 
comment, FTA will issue a final General Directive, and a notice of the 
availability of that final General Directive in the Federal Register, 
with a Web link to the agency's responses to the public comment.

Carolyn Flowers,
Acting Administrator.
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4964 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 17, 2017 / Notices with the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 134 Frequency: Annual. delays. Parties submitting comments and 135 and 49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304 should consider using an express mail William Hyre, as a condition of eligibility for federal- firm to ensure their prompt filing of any aid funding. Without these documents, Deputy Associate Administrator for submissions not filed electronically or Administration. approvals and findings, FTA and FHWA by hand. If you wish to receive [FR Doc. 2017–00874 Filed 1–13–17; 8:45 am] cannot provide capital and/or operating confirmation that FTA received your assistance. BILLING CODE 4910–57–P comments, you must include a self- The FTA and FHWA updated their addressed stamped postcard. All method for estimating the annual comments received will be posted burden hours of the transportation DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION without change to http:// planning programs on respondents to www.regulations.gov, including any Federal Transit Administration reflect the Final Rule on Statewide and personal information provided. You Nonmetropolitan Transportation [Docket No. FTA–2016–0041] may review U.S. DOT’s complete Planning and Metropolitan Privacy Act Statement published in the Transportation Planning. On July 6, Proposed General Directive 17–1; Stop Federal Register on April 11, 2000, at 2012, the President signed into law Signal Overruns on Rail Fixed 65 FR 19477 or http:// Public Law 112–141, the Moving Ahead Guideway Public Transportation DocketsInfo.dot.gov. for Progress in the 21st Century Act Systems Electronic Access and Filing: This (MAP–21) and on December 4, 2015, AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration document and all comments received signed into law Public Law 114–94, the (FTA), DOT. may be viewed online through the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation ACTION: Notice of proposed general Federal eRulemaking portal at http:// Act (FAST). The MAP–21 makes directive; request for comments. www.regulations.gov. Assistance and significant changes to the statewide and guidelines for electronic submission and nonmetropolitan planning process and SUMMARY: FTA has placed in the docket retrieval are available on the Web site 24 the metropolitan transportation and on its Web site a proposed General hours each day, 365 days a year. Please planning process, and the FAST makes Directive to address safety risks follow the instructions. An electronic minor changes to existing provisions. As associated with stop signal overruns. copy of this document may be a result, FHWA and FTA have issued a The proposed directive follows FTA’s downloaded from the Office of Federal final rule that makes the regulations review and analysis of data and consistent with current statutory Register’s home page at https:// information submitted in response to www.federalregister.gov. requirements. The rule is central to the the agency’s Safety Advisory 16–1: Stop implementation of the overall Signal Overruns, for Rail Fixed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For performance management framework Guideway Public Transportation System program matters, Candace Key, Acting created by MAP–21. operations during calendar year 2015. Director, Office of System Safety, (202) The changes to the FHWA/FTA 366–9178 or Candace.Key@dot.gov or statewide and nonmetropolitan and DATES: Comments must be received by March 20, 2017. Any comments filed Aloha Ley, Chief, Safety Assurance and metropolitan transportation planning Risk Management Division, (202) 366– regulations (23 CFR part 450 and 49 after this deadline will be considered to the extent practicable. 4979 or Aloha.Ley2@dot.gov. For legal CFR part 613) make the regulations matters, Scott Biehl, Senior Counsel, consistent with current statutory ADDRESSES: Please identify your (202) 366–0826 or Scott.Biehl@dot.gov. requirements. Major regulatory revisions submission by Docket Number [FTA– include a new mandate for States and 2016–0041] through one of the SUPPLEMETARY INFORMATION: In MPOs to take a performance-based following methods: accordance with 49 CFR 670.25, the approach to planning and programming; • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is a new emphasis on the nonmetropolitan Submit electronic comments and other proposing a General Directive to address transportation planning process, by data to http://www.regulations.gov. the combination of unsafe conditions requiring States to have a higher level of • U.S. Mail: Send comments to and practices that lead to stop signal involvement with nonmetropolitan local Docket Operations; U.S. Department of overruns and the risks of death or officials and providing a process for the Transportation; 1200 New Jersey personal injury or damage to property or creation of regional transportation Avenue SE., Room W12–140, equipment. The proposed directive planning organizations (RTPOs); a Washington, DC 20590–0001. follows FTA’s review and analysis of structural change to the membership of • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take data and information submitted in the larger MPOs; a new framework for comments to Docket Operations in response to the agency’s Safety Advisory voluntary scenario planning; and a Room W12–140 of the West Building, 16–1: Stop Signal Overruns, for RFGPTS process for programmatic mitigation Ground Floor, at 1200 New Jersey operations during calendar year 2015. plans. The revised burden hour Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between FTA’s review of the data and estimates reflect the annual compliance 9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through information gathered in response to burden of the requirements in the Final Friday, except Federal holidays. Safety Advisory 16–1: Stop Signal Rule on Statewide and Nonmetropolitan • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Overruns, for rail transit operations Transportation Planning and Operations, U.S. Department of during calendar year 2015 indicates that Metropolitan Transportation Planning Transportation, at (202) 493–2251. RFGPTSs experience stop signal Instructions: You must include the overruns with varying frequencies, and sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES published on May 27, 2016. Respondents: State Departments of agency name (Federal Transit that most SSOAs do not actively Transportation and MPOs. Administration) and Docket Number investigate these events. Further, the Estimated Annual Burden on (FTA–2016–0041) for this notice at the responses to Safety Advisory 16–1 Respondents: 9,109 hours for each of the beginning of your comments. Due to indicate a lack of standard practice, 461 respondents. security procedures in effect since definitions and requirements in the rail Estimated Total Annual Burden: October 2001, mail received through the transit industry to protect against 4,199,279 hours. U.S. Postal Service may be subject to unauthorized passing of stop signals. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:21 Jan 13, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17JAN1.SGM 17JAN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 17, 2017 / Notices 4965 FTA requests public comment on this Hazardous Materials Safety can be found here: https:// proposed General Directive, which is Administration, 1200 New Jersey www.transportation.gov/BeyondTraffic). available in its entirety on the FTA Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– It lays out key trends that will affect the public Web site at http:// 0001. future of our transportation system. To www.transit.dot.gov/tso.html and in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: further this understanding, the DOT is Docket No. FTA–2016–0041 at Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, requesting proposals from applicants to www.regulations.gov. Following a Office of Hazardous Materials Standards form an initial network of multiple summary and analysis of the public centers, focused—through academic (PHH–12), Pipeline and Hazardous comment, FTA will issue a final General activities and programs—on delivering Materials Safety Administration, 1200 Directive, and a notice of the availability solutions to the challenges outlined in New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, of that final General Directive in the Beyond Traffic. These entities will be DC 20590–0001, Telephone (202) 366– Federal Register, with a Web link to the designated as ‘‘USDOT Beyond Traffic 8553. agency’s responses to the public Innovation Centers’’ and will serve as comment. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB thought leaders responsible for regulations (5 CFR part 1320) continuing the conversation Carolyn Flowers, implementing provisions of the surrounding the future of transportation. Acting Administrator. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. USDOT Beyond Traffic Innovation [FR Doc. 2017–00793 Filed 1–13–17; 8:45 am] L. 104–13) require that interested Center activities could include BILLING CODE P members of the public and affected identifying possible solutions in their agencies have an opportunity to megaregion (Beyond Traffic, p. 25), comment on information collection and including but not limited to: Evaluating DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR and researching new technologies 1320.8(s)) and specify that no person is relevant to tackling transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials required to respond to an information challenges with the megaregion, Safety Administration collection unless it displays a valid identification and development of [Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0154; Notice No. OMB control number. In accordance training approaches for the megaregion’s 2016–23] with the Paperwork Reduction Act of future transportation workforce, and 1995, PHMSA has received OMB convening practitioners, public and Hazardous Materials: Information approval for renewal of the following private leaders within the megaregion to Collection Activities ICRs: help identify specific actions that can be AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous OMB Control Number: 2137–0586. taken in the megaregion to address its Materials Safety Administration Title: ‘‘Hazardous Materials Public challenges over the 30 years. (PHMSA), Department of Transportation Sector Training & Planning Grants.’’ DATES: Proposals must be submitted by (DOT). Expiration Date: February 28, 2018. 11:59 p.m. EST on December 21, 2016. OMB Control Number: 2137–0628. ADDRESSES: Final proposals must not ACTION: Notice and request for Title: ‘‘Flammable Hazardous exceed 4 pages in length, and must be comments on Information Collection Materials by Rail Transportation.’’ Approvals. submitted electronically to: Expiration Date: March 31, 2019. BeyondTraffic@dot.gov. SUMMARY: This notice announces Office OMB Control Number: 2137–0613. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For of Management and Budget (OMB) Title: ‘‘Subsidiary Hazard Class and further information concerning this approval and extension for four Number/Type of Packagings.’’ notice, please contact BeyondTraffic@ Information Collection Requests (ICRs). Expiration Date: June 30, 2019. dot.gov. Specifically, this notice announces the OMB Control Number: 2137–0510. Title: ‘‘Radioactive (RAM) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following: OMB approval and extension Department is requesting applications to until February 28, 2018 for OMB Transportation Requirements.’’ Expiration Date: June 30, 2019. be designated as a USDOT Beyond Control No. 2137–0586, ‘‘Hazardous Traffic Innovation Center. Read this Materials Public Sector Training & Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, notice in its entirety so that you have all Planning Grants’’; OMB approval and 2017. the information you need to determine extension until March 31, 2019 for OMB William S. Schoonover, whether you would like to submit a Control No. 2137–0628, ‘‘Flammable Associate Administrator, Pipeline and proposal. Hazardous Materials by Rail Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. 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With the Nation’s No. 2137–0510, ‘‘Radioactive (RAM) transportation system experiencing Transportation Requirements.’’ Solicitation of Proposals for repeated impacts due to population DATES: The expiration dates for the ICRs Designation of Beyond Traffic growth, changes in climate, a stressed approved by OMB are February 28, Innovation Centers freight network, and inaction to address 2018; March 31, 2019; or June 30, 2019, these impacts, such a discourse could sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES AGENCY:Office of the Secretary, DOT. as indicated under the SUPPLEMENTARY ACTION:Notice of intent to designate not come at a more crucial time. Beyond INFORMATION section of this notice. Traffic 2045: Trends and Choices has Beyond Traffic Innovation Centers. ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of an been developed by a team of information collection should be SUMMARY: Beyond Traffic is the Departmental experts, with input from directed to Steven Andrews or T. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of proposed general directive; request for comments.
DatesComments must be received by March 20, 2017. Any comments filed after this deadline will be considered to the extent practicable.
ContactFor program matters, Candace Key, Acting Director, Office of System Safety, (202) 366-9178 or [email protected] or Aloha Ley, Chief, Safety Assurance and Risk Management Division, (202) 366-4979 or [email protected] For legal matters, Scott Biehl, Senior Counsel, (202) 366-0826 or [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 4964 
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