[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9401-9402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3643]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0145]
Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and
Extension of Public Comment Period
On October 22, 2010, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
published a notice in the Federal Register (75 FR 65399) announcing the
Union Pacific Railroad Company's (UP) request for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 232, Brake System Safety Standards.
Specifically, UP has petitioned FRA for a determination that the
engineering principles used in its design of its Continuous Speed
Control Yard located at Roseville, California, are a sufficient primary
retarder to prevent equipment rollouts and act as an acceptable form of
alternate securement under 49 CFR 232.103(n)(1) (Securement of
unattended equipment).
FRA has determined upon investigation that the facts of this
proceeding warrant a public hearing. Accordingly, a hearing is hereby
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on March 17, 2011, at the Hilton Garden
Inn Roseville, 1951 Taylor Road, Roseville, California, USA 95661.
Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at this
hearing. For information on facilities or services for persons with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the hearing, contact
FRA's Docket Clerk, Michelle Silva, by telephone, e-mail, or in
writing, at least five business days before the date of the hearing.
Ms. Silva's contact information is as follows: FRA, Office of Chief
Counsel, Mail Stop 10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590; telephone 202-493-6030; e-mail [email protected].
The informal hearing will be conducted by a representative
designated by FRA in accordance with FRA's Rules of Practice (see
particularly 49 CFR 211.25). FRA's representative will make an opening
statement outlining the scope of the hearing, as well as any additional
procedures for the conduct of the hearing. The hearing will be a non-
adversarial proceeding in which all interested parties will be given
the opportunity to express their views regarding the waiver petition
without cross-examination. After all initial statements have been
completed, those individuals wishing to make brief rebuttal statements
will be given an opportunity to do so.
In addition, FRA is hereby extending the comment period to April
17, 2011. All communications concerning these proceedings should
identify the appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket
Number FRA-2010-0145) and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
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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.
All written communications concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
at the above facility. All documents in the public docket are also
available for inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket
facility's Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the
document, 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 65, Number 70;
Page 19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 14, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-3643 Filed 2-16-11; 8:45 am]
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