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Public involvement is a critical
component of NEPA project
development and will occur throughout
the development of the EIS.
Opportunities for public involvement
will be provided during the scoping
process. Agency and public scoping
meetings will be held in the spring of
2013 to receive oral and written
comments on environmental concerns
that should be included in the EIS. The
dates, times and locations of the public
scoping meetings will be published in
general circulation newspapers for the
project area. Comments regarding the
scope of the analysis should be received
in writing 30 days after the date of the
last scoping meeting. A Public and
Agency Coordination Plan will be
provided in accordance with 23 U.S.
Code Section 139 (23 U.S.C. 139), to
facilitate document the lead agencies,
structure interaction with the public
and other agencies of how the
coordination will be accomplished. The
Public and Agency Coordination Plans
will promote early and continuous
involvement among stakeholders,
agencies and the public. Letters
describing the proposed action and
soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State and local
agencies, and Tribal governments. A
project Web site (www.dot.ga.gov/
sr20improvements) will be maintained
throughout the study. To ensure that the
full range of issues related to this
proposed action are addressed and all
significant issues identified, comments
and suggestions are invited from all
interested parties. Comments and
questions concerning the proposed
action and the EIS should be directed to
the GDOT or FHWA address above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: April 5, 2013.
Rodney N. Barry,
Division Administrator, Atlanta, Georgia.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0051]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Information Collection:
Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking
Requirements
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval, and invites public
comment. This ICR will enable FMCSA
to document the burden associated with
the marking regulations codified in 49
CFR 390.21, ‘‘Marking of Self-Propelled
CMVs and Intermodal Equipment.’’
These regulations require marking of
vehicles and intermodal equipment by
motor carriers, freight forwarders and
intermodal equipment providers (IEPs)
engaging in interstate transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before June 10, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2013–0051 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 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.
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Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
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 the Department of
Transportation’s (DOT) complete
Privacy Act Statement for the Federal
Docket Management System published
in the Federal Register on January 17,
2008 (73 FR 3316).
Public Participation: The Federal
eRulemaking Portal is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. You
can obtain electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines under the
‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you
want us to notify you that we received
your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or
postcard, or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online. Comments received
after the comment closing date will be
included in the docket and will be
considered to the extent practicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Kelly, Chief, Compliance
Division, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 20590–
0001. Telephone: 202–366–1812; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) is authorized
to require marking of vehicles and
intermodal equipment by motor carriers,
freight forwarders and intermodal
equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in
interstate transportation under the 49
U.S.C. 31133(a)(8) and 49 U.S.C.
31133(a)(10). The Secretary has
delegated authority pertaining to the
marking of commercial motor vehicles
(CMVs) pursuant to 49 CFR 1.87(f). The
Agency’s regulation governing the
marking of CMVs is at 49 CFR 390.21.
Vehicle marking requirements are
intended to ensure that FMCSA, the
National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB), and State safety officials are
able to identify motor carriers and
correctly assign responsibility for
regulatory violations during inspections,
investigations, compliance reviews, and

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crash studies. These marking
requirements will also provide the
public with beneficial information that
could also assist in identifying carriers
for the purposes of commerce,
complaints or emergency notification.
The marking requirements apply to
motor carriers, freight forwarders and
intermodal equipment providers (IEPs)
engaging in interstate transportation.
The Agency does not require a specific
method of marking as long as the
marking complies with FMCSA’s
regulations.
Title: Marking of Self-Propelled CMVs
and Intermodal Equipment.
OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX.
Type of Request: New collection.
Respondents: Freight carrying
commercial motor carriers, Passenger
carrying commercial motor carriers, and
intermodal equipment providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
191,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 26
minutes [12 minutes to affix DOT
Number + 14 minutes for affixing a
carrier’s name = 26].
Expiration Date: N/A.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 655,000 [620,000 hours for
freight carrying commercial carriers +
26,000 hours for passenger carrying
commercial motor carriers + 9,000 hours
for intermodal equipment providers
(IEPs) = 655,000].
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. The Agency will
summarize or include your comments in
the request for OMB’s clearance of this
information collection.
Issued on: April 2, 2013.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology and Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2013–0019]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
notice that by a document dated
February 21, 2013, the Old Augusta
Railroad (OAR) has petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
for a waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal hours of
service laws contained at 49 U.S.C.
21103(a)(4). FRA assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA–2013–0019.
In its petition, OAR seeks relief from
49 U.S.C. 21103(a)(4), which, in part,
requires a train employee to receive 48
hours off-duty after initiating an on-duty
period for 6 consecutive days.
Specifically, OAR seeks a waiver to
allow a train employee to initiate an onduty period each day for 7 consecutive
days followed by 1 day off duty and an
8th day assignment with 2 days off duty.
In support of its request, OAR submitted
documents demonstrating its
employees’ support for the requested
waiver and a description of its
employees’ work schedules. According
to OAR, train employees have set start
times and set off-duty days, and do not
lay over at away-from-home terminals.
Additionally, OAR claims that it
operates one switching job per day,
serving only one industry in a 12-hour
cycle. The typical duty tour is from 5
a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days per week, with an
occasional switching move outside of
the regular shift. Two crews share the 7day-per-week schedule. OAR also states
that before the Rail Safety Improvement
Act of 2008, its employees worked 7
days on, 7 days off, subject to an
infrequent call. OAR asserts that its
employees worked this type of schedule
for 18 years without any safety
problems, and that it was awarded the
American Short Line and Regional
Railroad Association Jake Award each
year during those 18 years.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to
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comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
an opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before
the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number 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.
• 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.
Communications received by May 28,
2013 will be considered by FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received
after that date will be considered as far
as is practicable.
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
comment (or signing the document, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). See http://
www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice
for the privacy notice of regulations.gov
or interested parties may review DOT’s
complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477).
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8,
2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2012–0097]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
notice that R. J. Corman Railroad
Company (RJCC) has petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
for a waiver of compliance from certain

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