[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1209-1210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-125]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2011-0003]
Establishment of an Emergency Relief Docket for Calendar Year
2011
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of establishment of public docket.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the establishment of FRA's emergency
relief docket (ERD) for calendar year 2011. The designated ERD for
calendar year 2011 is docket number FRA-2011-0003.
ADDRESSES: See Supplementary Information section for further
information regarding submitting petitions and/or comments to Docket
No. FRA-2011-0003.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 19, 2009, FRA published a direct
final rule addressing the establishment of ERDs and the procedures for
handling petitions for emergency waivers of safety rules, regulations,
or standards during an emergency situation or event. 74 FR 23329. That
direct final rule became effective on July 20, 2009 and made minor
modifications to Sec. 211.45 to the FRA's Rules of Practice published
at 49 CFR Part 211. Paragraph (b) of Sec. 211.45 provides that each
calendar year FRA will establish an ERD in the publicly accessible DOT
docket system (available on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov). Paragraph (b) of Sec. 211.45 further provides
that FRA will publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying by
docket number the ERD for that year. As noted in the rule, FRA's
purpose for establishing the ERD and emergency waiver procedures is to
provide an expedited process for FRA to address the needs of the public
and the railroad industry during emergency situations or events. This
Notice announces that the designated ERD for calendar year 2011 is
docket number FRA-2011-0003.
As detailed Sec. 211.45, if the FRA Administrator determines that
an emergency event as defined in 49 CFR 211.45(a) has occurred, or that
an
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imminent threat of such an emergency occurring exists, and public
safety would benefit from providing the railroad industry with
operational relief, the emergency waiver procedures of 49 CFR 211.45
will go into effect. In such an event, the FRA Administrator will issue
a statement in the ERD indicating that the emergency waiver procedures
are in effect and FRA will make every effort to post the statement on
its Web site http://www.fra.dot.gov/. Any party desiring relief from
FRA regulatory requirements as a result of the emergency situation
should submit a petition for emergency waiver in accordance with 49 CFR
211.45(e) and (f). Specific instructions for filing petitions for
emergency waivers in accordance with 49 CFR 211.45 are found at 49 CFR
211.45(f). Specific instructions for filing comments in response to
petitions for emergency waivers are found at 49 CFR 211.45(h).
Privacy
Anyone is able to search 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 (Volume
665, Number 7, Pages 19477-78). The statement may also be found at
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-125 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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