[Federal Register: January 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 1)]
[Notices]
[Page 221-222]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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.
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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: http://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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to
the 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.
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 http://www.regulations.gov
.
Public participation: The http://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 http://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 on-line.
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.
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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: December 26, 2007.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E7-25468 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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