83_FR_24257 83 FR 24156 - Petition for Waiver of Compliance

83 FR 24156 - Petition for Waiver of Compliance

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 101 (May 24, 2018)

Page Range24156-24157
FR Document2018-11079

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 101 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24156-24157]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11079]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-1999-6254]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on May 10, 2018, the Santa 
Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA) petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain 
provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations. FRA assigned the 
petition docket number FRA-1999-6254.
    In its petition, SCVTA seeks to extend the terms and conditions of 
its Shared Use waiver regarding operations in its Vasona Corridor, 
originally granted by FRA's Railroad Safety Board (Board) on September 
26, 2005; modified in 2008; and extended in 2011 and 2013. 
Specifically, this Shared Use waiver is for the continued operation of 
the SCVTA rail fixed guideway transit system in the Vasona Corridor. 
SCVTA shares this corridor with Union Pacific Railroad (UP) running 
parallel for 5 miles of the existing 15-mile long UP Vasona Industrial 
Lead and serves the cities of southwest San Jose, CA, and Campbell, CA. 
SCVTA and the parallel UP line share grade crossings and the corridor, 
but have no other connection. Because SCVTA owns this 5-mile-long 
portion of the shared corridor, SCVTA and UP have executed an 
Operations and Maintenance Agreement, which includes an exclusive 
operating easement, allowing UP to fulfill its obligations as a common 
carrier of freight by continuing its existing freight operations within 
the purchased corridor. This agreement requires SCVTA to inspect, 
maintain, and repair all tracks, signal systems and automatic warning 
devices along the freight track within that portion of the corridor 
shared with SCVTA tracks.
    SCVTA continues to seek partial relief from 49 CFR part 220, 
Railroad Communications, for SCVTA employees, except its dispatchers; 
and from 49 CFR part 225, Railroad Accidents/Incident Reports, to waive 
employee injury reporting requirements only. SCVTA continues to seek 
full relief from some parts of the regulations (e.g., 49 CFR parts 217, 
219, 221, 229, 238, and 239) as well.
    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 parties 
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, 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:
     Website: 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 July 9, 2018 will be considered by FRA 
before

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final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable.
    Anyone can 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.). 
Under 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 https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-11079 Filed 5-23-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-06-P

24156 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2018 / Notices service delivery, and resolution of quantitative results. As a general matter, portion of the shared corridor, SCVTA issues with service delivery. Responses information collections will not result and UP have executed an Operations will be assessed to plan and inform in any new system of records containing and Maintenance Agreement, which efforts to improve or maintain the privacy information and will not ask includes an exclusive operating quality of service offered to the public. questions of a sensitive nature, such as easement, allowing UP to fulfill its If this information is not collected, vital sexual behavior and attitudes, religious obligations as a common carrier of feedback from customers and beliefs, and other matters that are freight by continuing its existing freight stakeholders on the Agency’s services commonly considered private. operations within the purchased will be unavailable. Public Comments Invited: You are corridor. This agreement requires The Agency will only submit a asked to comment on any aspect of this SCVTA to inspect, maintain, and repair collection for approval under this information collection, including: (1) all tracks, signal systems and automatic generic clearance if the collections are: Whether the proposed collection is warning devices along the freight track • Voluntary; necessary for the FMCSA to perform its within that portion of the corridor • Low-burden for respondents (based functions; (2) the accuracy of the shared with SCVTA tracks. on considerations of total burden hours, estimated burden; (3) ways for the SCVTA continues to seek partial relief total number of respondents, or burden- FMCSA to enhance the quality, from 49 CFR part 220, Railroad hours per respondent) and are low-cost usefulness, and clarity of the collected Communications, for SCVTA for both the respondents and the Federal information; and (4) ways that the employees, except its dispatchers; and Government; burden could be minimized without from 49 CFR part 225, Railroad • Noncontroversial and do not raise reducing the quality of the collected Accidents/Incident Reports, to waive issues of concern to other Federal information. employee injury reporting requirements agencies; Issued under the authority delegated in 49 only. SCVTA continues to seek full • Targeted to the solicitation of CFR 1.87 on: May 16, 2018. relief from some parts of the regulations opinions from respondents who have G. Kelly Regal, (e.g., 49 CFR parts 217, 219, 221, 229, experience with the program or may 238, and 239) as well. Associate Administrator, Office of Research have experience with the program in the and Information Technology and Chief A copy of the petition, as well as any near future; Information Officer. written communications concerning the • Only collecting personally [FR Doc. 2018–11128 Filed 5–23–18; 8:45 am] petition, is available for review online at identifiable information (PII) to the www.regulations.gov and in person at BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P extent necessary and is not retained; the U.S. Department of Transportation’s • Only collecting information (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 intended to be used internally for DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, general service improvement and Washington, DC 20590. The Docket program management, and any release Federal Railroad Administration Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. outside the agency must indicate the to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, qualitative nature of the information; [Docket Number FRA–1999–6254] except Federal Holidays. • Not to be used for the purpose of Interested parties are invited to Petition for Waiver of Compliance substantially informing influential participate in these proceedings by policy decisions; and Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of submitting written views, data, or • Intended to yield only qualitative Federal Regulations (CFR), this comments. FRA does not anticipate information; the collections will not be document provides the public notice scheduling a public hearing in designed or expected to yield that on May 10, 2018, the Santa Clara connection with these proceedings since statistically reliable results or used as Valley Transportation Authority the facts do not appear to warrant a though the results are generalized to the (SCVTA) petitioned the Federal hearing. If any interested parties desire population of study. Railroad Administration (FRA) for a an opportunity for oral comment and a This type of generic clearance for waiver of compliance from certain public hearing, they should notify FRA, qualitative information will not be used provisions of the Federal railroad safety in writing, before the end of the for quantitative information collections regulations. FRA assigned the petition comment period and specify the basis that are designed to yield reliably docket number FRA–1999–6254. for their request. actionable results, such as monitoring In its petition, SCVTA seeks to extend All communications concerning these trends over time or documenting the terms and conditions of its Shared proceedings should identify the program performance. Such data uses Use waiver regarding operations in its appropriate docket number and may be require more rigorous designs that Vasona Corridor, originally granted by submitted by any of the following address: The target population to which FRA’s Railroad Safety Board (Board) on methods: generalizations will be made, the September 26, 2005; modified in 2008; • Website: http:// sampling frame, the sample design and extended in 2011 and 2013. www.regulations.gov. Follow the online (including stratification and clustering), Specifically, this Shared Use waiver is instructions for submitting comments. the precision requirements or power for the continued operation of the • Fax: 202–493–2251. calculations that justify the proposed SCVTA rail fixed guideway transit • Mail: Docket Operations Facility, sample size, the expected response rate, system in the Vasona Corridor. SCVTA U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 methods for assessing potential shares this corridor with Union Pacific New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, nonresponse bias, the protocols for data Railroad (UP) running parallel for 5 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Washington, DC 20590. collection, and any testing procedures miles of the existing 15-mile long UP • Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey that were or will be undertaken prior to Vasona Industrial Lead and serves the Avenue SE, Room W12–140, fielding the study. Depending on the cities of southwest San Jose, CA, and Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. degree of influence the results are likely Campbell, CA. SCVTA and the parallel and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, to have, such collections may still be UP line share grade crossings and the except Federal Holidays. eligible for submission for other generic corridor, but have no other connection. Communications received by July 9, mechanisms that are designed to yield Because SCVTA owns this 5-mile-long 2018 will be considered by FRA before VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:10 May 23, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2018 / Notices 24157 final action is taken. Comments received The GRANTS.GOV funding opportunity B. Federal Award Information after that date will be considered if ID is FTA–2018–004–TPE. Mail and fax Federal transit law authorizes FTA to practicable. submissions will not be accepted. make grants for eligible comprehensive Anyone can search the electronic FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: planning projects under Section form of any written communications Benjamin Owen, FTA Office of Planning 20005(b) of MAP–21, with funding and comments received into any of our and Environment, (202) 366–5602, or authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(B). dockets by the name of the individual Benjamin.Owen@dot.gov. A TDD is FTA intends to award all available submitting the comment (or signing the available at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/ funding to selected applicants document, if submitted on behalf of an FIRS). responding to this NOFO. association, business, labor union, etc.). Only proposals from eligible Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: recipients for eligible activities will be comments from the public to better Table of Contents considered for funding. FTA anticipates inform its processes. DOT posts these minimum grant awards of $250,000 and comments, without edit, including any A. Program Description B. Federal Award Information maximum grant awards of $2,000,000. personal information the commenter The maximum period of performance C. Eligibility Information provides, to www.regulations.gov, as D. Application and Submission Information allowed for the work covered by the described in the system of records E. Application Review Information award is 36 months. notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can F. Federal Award Administration be reviewed at https:// Information C. Eligibility Information www.transportation.gov/privacy. See G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 1. Eligible Applicants also https://www.regulations.gov/ H. Technical Assistance and Other Program privacyNotice for the privacy notice of Information Applicants under the TOD Pilot regulations.gov. Appendix A: Registration in SAM and Program must be FTA grantees (i.e., GRANTS.GOV existing direct and designated Robert C. Lauby, recipients) as of the publication date of A. Program Description Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, this NOFO. An applicant must either be Chief Safety Officer. Section 20005(b) of the Moving Ahead the project sponsor of an eligible transit [FR Doc. 2018–11079 Filed 5–23–18; 8:45 am] for Progress in the 21st Century Act capital project as defined below in BILLING CODE 4910–06–P (MAP–21; Pub. L. 112–141, July 6, section C, subsection 3 or an entity with 2012), with funding authorized by 49 land use planning authority in an U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(B), authorizes FTA to eligible transit capital project corridor. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION award funds under the Pilot Program for Except in cases where an applicant is Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) both the sponsor of an eligible transit Federal Transit Administration Planning (TOD Pilot Program) through a project and has land use authority in at competitive process, as described in this least a portion of the transit project FY 2018 Competitive Funding notice, to local communities to integrate Opportunity: Pilot Program for Transit- corridor, the transit project sponsor and land use and transportation planning at least one entity in the project corridor Oriented Development Planning with a new fixed guideway or core with land use planning authority must AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration capacity improvement transit capital partner on the proposed comprehensive (FTA), DOT. project as defined in Federal transit planning project. Documentation of this ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity statute. (See section C of this NOFO for partnership must be included with the (NOFO). more information about eligibility.) application; see section D, subsection 2 As outlined in MAP–21, the TOD of this NOFO for further information. SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Pilot Program is intended to fund Only one application per transit Administration (FTA) announces the comprehensive planning that supports capital project corridor may be opportunity to apply for approximately economic development, ridership, submitted to FTA. Multiple applications $25.79 million of funding under the multimodal connectivity and submitted for a single transit capital Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented accessibility, increased transit access for project corridor indicate that Development Planning (Catalog of pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and partnerships are not in place and FTA Federal Domestic Assistance #20.500). mixed-use development near transit will reject all of the applications. As required by federal transit law and stations. The TOD Pilot Program also subject to funding availability, funds encourages identification of 2. Cost Sharing or Matching will be awarded competitively to infrastructure needs and engagement The maximum Federal funding share support comprehensive planning with the private sector. is 80 percent. associated with new fixed guideway and Consistent with direction in MAP–21, Eligible sources of local match core capacity improvement projects. FTA is seeking comprehensive planning include the following: Cash from non- DATES: Complete proposals must be projects covering an entire transit Government sources other than submitted electronically through the capital project corridor, rather than revenues from providing public GRANTS.GOV ‘‘APPLY’’ function by proposals that involve planning for transportation services; revenues 11:59 p.m. EDT July 23, 2018. individual station areas or only a small derived from the sale of advertising and Prospective applicants should initiate section of the corridor. To ensure any concessions; amounts received under a the process by registering on the proposed planning work reflects the service agreement with a State or local sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES GRANTS.GOV website promptly to needs and aspirations of the local social service agency or private social ensure completion of the application community and results in concrete, service organization; revenues generated process before the submission deadline. specific deliverables and outcomes, from value capture financing Instructions for applying can be found transit project sponsors must partner mechanisms; or funds from an on FTA’s website at https:// with entities with land use planning undistributed cash surplus; replacement www.transit.dot.gov/TODPilot and in authority in the transit project corridor or depreciation cash fund or reserve; or the ‘‘FIND’’ module of GRANTS.GOV. to conduct the planning work. new capital. 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