[Federal Register: February 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 29)]
[Notices]
[Page 6806-6807]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2007-27059, Notice No. 1]
Establishment of an Emergency Relief Docket for Calendar Year
2007
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of establishment of public docket.
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SUMMARY: On August 30, 2006, FRA published an Interim Final Rule (IFR)
addressing the establishment of emergency relief dockets (ERD) and the
procedures for handling petitions for emergency waivers of safety
regulations. 71 FR 51517. The IFR provided that each year, FRA will
establish an ERD for that year and publish a notice in the Federal
Register identifying the docket number of the ERD for that year. This
Notice announces the establishment of FRA's ERD for the current year
(calendar year 2007). The designated ERD for calendar year 2007 is
docket number FRA-2007-27059.
ADDRESSES: See Supplementary Information section for further
information regarding submitting petitions and/or comments to Docket
No. FRA-2007-27059.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 30, 2006, FRA published an IFR
addressing the establishment of ERD and the procedures for handling
petitions for emergency waivers of safety rules, regulations, or
standards during an emergency situation or event. 71 FR 51517. As noted
in the IFR, 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. The IFR added Sec. 211.45 to Subpart C of 49 CFR
part 211 (49 CFR 211.45). Section 211.45(b) provides that each calendar
year FRA will establish an ERD in the publicly accessible DOT Document
Management System (DMS) and that FRA will publish a notice in the
Federal Register identifying by docket number the ERD for that year.
This Notice No. 1 announces that the designated ERD for calendar year
2007 is docket number FRA-2007-27059.
As detailed in the IFR, if the FRA Administrator determines that an
emergency event as defined in 49 CFR 211.45(a) has occurred, or that an
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. 70 FR 51518. 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/.
In addition, FRA will publish a notice in the Federal Register alerting
interested parties that the emergency waiver procedures will be
utilized. 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
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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://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 7, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-2401 Filed 2-12-07; 8:45 am]
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