83_FR_38602 83 FR 38451 - Petition for Waiver of Compliance

83 FR 38451 - Petition for Waiver of Compliance

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 151 (August 6, 2018)

Page Range38451-38452
FR Document2018-16755

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 151 (Monday, August 6, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38451-38452]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16755]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2018-0050]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this provides the public notice that by a letter dated May 1, 
2018, the County of Sonoma (County), California, has petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR part 222. FRA assigned the petition docket number FRA-2018-
0050.
    The County seeks a waiver from 49 CFR 222.9, definition of ``quiet 
zone,'' meaning ``a segment of rail line, within which is situated one 
or a number of consecutive public highway-rail crossings at which 
locomotive horns are not routinely sounded.'' The County wishes to 
establish a quiet zone consisting of ten private highway-rail grade 
crossings, without a public highway-rail grade crossing in the quiet 
zone. The County states it believes ``safety will not be negatively 
impacted since [Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit (SMART)] provided input 
on concerns and safety measures during the diagnostic review.'' The 
County explains the private crossings are either in remote areas, are 
rarely used, and monitored by SMART, or are equipped with active 
warning devices.
    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 Department of Transportation's 
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations

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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:
     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 September 20, 2018 will be considered by 
FRA before 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.). In 
accordance with 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 http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-16755 Filed 8-3-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 151 / Monday, August 6, 2018 / Notices 38451 I. Public Participation and Request for The decision of the Agency must be data processing system and in addition Comments published in the Federal Register (49 all of their vehicles are under a global FMCSA encourages you to participate CFR 381.315(b)) with the reasons for positioning system tracking system by submitting comments and related denying or granting the application and, provided by Fleetmatics and Roadnet materials. if granted, the name of the person or dispatching. Allied continues to strive class of persons receiving the for a safer fleet and the increased safety Submitting Comments exemption, and the regulatory provision of the general public. Allied is also If you submit a comment, please from which the exemption is granted. exploring the possibility of installing an include the docket number for this The notice must also specify the onboard event camera system to help notice (FMCSA–2018–0182), indicate effective period and explain the terms the company better monitor its vehicles. the specific section of this document to and conditions of the exemption. The A copy of the Allied’s application for which the comment applies, and exemption may be renewed (49 CFR exemption is available for review in the provide a reason for suggestions or 381.300(b)). docket for this notice. recommendations. You may submit III. Request for Exemption Issued on: July 27, 2018. your comments and material online or Allied seeks an exemption from the Larry W. Minor, by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but restriction of the record of duty status Associate Administrator for Policy. please use only one of these means. (RODS) exception for short-haul [FR Doc. 2018–16762 Filed 8–3–18; 8:45 am] FMCSA recommends that you include operations to drivers who return to their BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P your name and a mailing address, an normal work reporting location within email address, or a phone number in the 12 hours [49 CFR 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(A)]. body of your document so the Agency Specifically, Allied requests that their DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION can contact you if it has questions beverage truck delivery drivers be regarding your submission. treated the same as drivers operating Federal Railroad Administration To submit your comment online, go to ready-mixed concrete delivery vehicles [Docket Number FRA–2018–0050] www.regulations.gov and put the docket as provided in 49 CFR 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(B). number, ‘‘FMCSA–2018–0182’’ in the Section 395.1(e)(1)(ii)(B) states that the Petition for Waiver of Compliance ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ driver of a ready-mixed concrete When the new screen appears, click on delivery vehicle may return to the work- Under part 211 of Title 49 of the Code ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type your reporting location and be released from of Federal Regulations (CFR), this comment into the text box in the work within 14 consecutive hours provides the public notice that by a following screen. Choose whether you without losing the short-haul exception. letter dated May 1, 2018, the County of are submitting your comment as an The requested exemption would apply Sonoma (County), California, has individual or on behalf of a third party to all of Allied’s beverage trucks and petitioned the Federal Railroad and then submit. If you submit your drivers. Administration (FRA) for a waiver of comments by mail or hand delivery, Allied is an interstate private carrier compliance from certain provisions of submit them in an unbound format, no headquartered in New Jersey consisting the Federal railroad safety regulations larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for of 186 vehicles and 198 drivers. The contained at 49 CFR part 222. FRA copying and electronic filing. If you exemption is requested to simplify and assigned the petition docket number submit comments by mail and would eliminate the need for paper RODS or FRA–2018–0050. like to know that they reached the the cost of installing electronic logging The County seeks a waiver from 49 facility, please enclose a stamped, self- devices needed for the recording of duty CFR 222.9, definition of ‘‘quiet zone,’’ addressed postcard or envelope. FMCSA status between the 12th and 14th hour meaning ‘‘a segment of rail line, within will consider all comments and material of duty when utilizing the short-haul which is situated one or a number of received during the comment period exception for operations within a 100 consecutive public highway-rail and may grant or not grant this air-mile radius. Their drivers work on a crossings at which locomotive horns are application based on your comments. 4-day work week and on occasion and not routinely sounded.’’ The County at times during peak holiday seasons wishes to establish a quiet zone II. Legal Basis consisting of ten private highway-rail work past the 12th hour of duty. They FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. are in the same town doing multiple grade crossings, without a public 31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions stops often crossing town lines only to highway-rail grade crossing in the quiet from certain Federal Motor Carrier return to complete a stop that was not zone. The County states it believes Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). FMCSA open or required a specific time ‘‘safety will not be negatively impacted must publish a notice of each exemption delivery. To log every event change is a since [Sonoma Marin Area Rapid request in the Federal Register (49 CFR difficult if not impossible task. At times Transit (SMART)] provided input on 381.315(a)). The Agency must provide the CMV is in a particular area for at concerns and safety measures during the the public an opportunity to inspect the most several minutes. Employee’s total diagnostic review.’’ The County information relevant to the application, driving time for the day is minimal, explains the private crossings are either including any safety analyses that have with 25–35 stops—the majority of their in remote areas, are rarely used, and been conducted. The Agency must also time—spent hand unloading their monitored by SMART, or are equipped provide an opportunity for public products. Allied operates two with active warning devices. comment on the request. A copy of the petition, as well as any sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES warehouses in New Jersey, dispatching The Agency reviews safety analyses so as to avoid traveling long distances. written communications concerning the and public comments submitted, and Allied asserts that this exemption petition, is available for review online at determines whether granting the would have no impact on the safety of www.regulations.gov and in person at exemption would likely achieve a level its fleet or of the general public, as this the Department of Transportation’s of safety equivalent to, or greater than, is primarily about a recording Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New the level that would be achieved by the requirement. Its drivers’ hours are Jersey Ave. SE, W12–140, Washington, current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). recorded and retained by an automated DC 20590. 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38452 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 151 / Monday, August 6, 2018 / Notices Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 49 U.S.C. 5314, Technical Assistance Monday through Friday, except Federal and Workforce Development. Holidays. Federal Transit Administration Subsequent funding from FTA will Interested parties are invited to depend upon program priorities Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): established by the Secretary of participate in these proceedings by Solicitation of Project Proposals for Transportation, future appropriations, submitting written views, data, or the National Center for Mobility and annual performance reviews. In comments. FRA does not anticipate Management recognition of the fundamental scheduling a public hearing in importance of human service connection with these proceedings since AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT. transportation and the continuing need the facts do not appear to warrant a to enhance coordination, Executive ACTION: Notice. hearing. If any interested party desires Order 13330 (February 24, 2004) on an opportunity for oral comment, they SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Human Service Transportation should notify FRA, in writing, before Administration (FTA) is soliciting Coordination, establishing the the end of the comment period and proposals under FTA’s Technical Coordinating Council on Access and specify the basis for their request. Assistance and Workforce Development Mobility (CCAM), directed multiple All communications concerning these Program to select an entity to administer federal departments and agencies to proceedings should identify the the National Center for Mobility work together to ensure that appropriate docket number and may be Management (NCMM) and provide transportation services are seamless, submitted by any of the following funding for the entity’s activities comprehensive, and accessible. The methods: through the NCMM. The NCMM will members of the CCAM are: The carry out activities to improve and Secretaries from the Departments of • Website: http:// enhance the coordination of Federal Transportation (DOT), Health and www.regulations.gov. Follow the online resources for human service Human Services, Labor, Education, instructions for submitting comments. transportation, especially transportation Interior, Housing and Urban • Fax: 202–493–2251. for people with disabilities, older Development, Agriculture, and Veterans • Mail: Docket Operations Facility, adults, and people with low incomes. Affairs; the Commissioner of the Social Primary activities will include Security Administration; the Attorney U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 supporting partners in adopting proven, General; and the Chairperson of the New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, sustainable, replicable, customer- National Council on Disability. Washington, DC 20590. centered mobility strategies that The CCAM is tasked with seeking • Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey promote good health, economic vitality, ways to simplify access to Avenue SE, Room W12–140, self-sufficiency, and community unity. transportation services for persons with Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. The FTA intends to fund the NCMM disabilities, persons with lower and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at up to $1,900,000 for the first year. incomes, older adults, and other except Federal Holidays. The FTA may extend funding for this transportation disadvantaged Communications received by center for up to five (5) years; however, populations. September 20, 2018 will be considered subsequent funding will depend upon: Federal transit law as amended by the by FRA before final action is taken. (1) Future authorization and Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient appropriations; (2) decisions and Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Comments received after that date will program priorities established by the Users (SAFETEA–LU) first authorized be considered if practicable. Secretary of Transportation related to funding for the management of a Anyone can search the electronic the implementation of provisions set program to improve and enhance the form of any written communications forth in 49 U.S.C. 5314; and (3) annual coordination of Federal resources for and comments received into any of our performance reviews. human services transportation with dockets by the name of the individual DATES: Complete proposals for funding those of the Department of submitting the comment (or signing the opportunity FTA–2018–005–TPM– Transportation. The major goal of the document, if submitted on behalf of an NCMM must be submitted electronically program was to assist states and local association, business, labor union, etc.). through GRANTS.GOV. All applications communities in the provision and In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern expansion of coordinated human service solicits comments from the public to time on October 5, 2018. transportation for older adults, people better inform its processes. DOT posts FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl with disabilities, and individuals with these comments, without edit, including Ringgold, FTA Office of Program lower incomes. any personal information the Management, (202) 366–6508 or Federal transit law as amended by the commenter provides, to Carl.Ringgold@dot.gov. Fixing America’s Surface Transportation www.regulations.gov, as described in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (FAST) Act continues to authorize the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– funding for technical assistance under 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at Table of Contents 49 U.S.C 5314(a)(2)(B) to help providers https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. A. Program Description of public transportation comply with See also http://www.regulations.gov/ B. Federal Award Information human services transportation #!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of C. Eligibility coordination requirements and to sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES D. Application and Submission Information regulations.gov. E. Application Review enhance the coordination of Federal F. Federal Award Administration resources for human services Robert C. Lauby, transportation with those of the G. Federal Awarding Agency Contact(s) Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Department of Transportation through Chief Safety Officer. A. Program Description technical assistance, training, and [FR Doc. 2018–16755 Filed 8–3–18; 8:45 am] Federal Transit Administration support services related to complying BILLING CODE 4910–06–P funding for the NCMM is authorized by with such requirements. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Aug 03, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00180 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1


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