[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17615-17616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7554]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 177 and 392
[Docket Numbers PHMSA-2010-0319 (HM-255) & FMCSA-2006-25660]
RIN 2137-AE69 & 2126-AB04
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing; Safe Clearance
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: On March 1, 2011, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
(CVSA) requested that PHMSA and FMCSA extend the comment period for the
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing; Safe Clearance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, which was published on January 28, 2011, by 60 days. CVSA
believes the extension is necessary to gain feedback from its members
who will be attending the CVSA Spring Workshop Meeting from April 11-
14, 2011. This notice reopens the public comment period for the NPRM
from March 29, 2011, to April 29, 2011.
DATES: Comments on the NPRM are due by April 29, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: At FMCSA: Mr. Thomas Yager, Driver and
Carrier Operations; or [email protected]. Telephone (202) 366-4325. Office
hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. At PHMSA: Mr. Ben Supko, Office of Hazardous
Materials Standards, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On March 1, 2011, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
requested that PHMSA and FMCSA extend the comment period for the
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing; Safe Clearance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, which was published on January 28, 2011 (76 FR 5120), by 60
days. CVSA believes the extension is necessary to gain feedback from
its members who will be attending the CVSA Spring Workshop Meeting from
April 11-14, 2011.
PHMSA and FMCSA believe that other potential commenters to this
rulemaking will benefit from an extension as well, and that 30 days is
sufficient time to allow CVSA to gain feedback from its members during
its Spring Workshop and prepare its comments. Accordingly, PHMSA and
FMCSA reopens the comment period for all comments on the NPRM and its
related documents to April 29, 2011.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2011, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR part 1.
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By the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
William Bronrott,
Deputy Administrator.
By the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Bizunesh Scott,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-7554 Filed 3-28-11; 11:15 am]
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