Federal Comments

The Honorable Daniel B. MaffeiChairmanFederal Maritime Commission800 North Capitol Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20573 Subject: Support for FMC Investigation into Spain’s Denial of Entry to U.S. Flag Vessels Docket No. FMC-2024-0022 Dear Chairman Maffei: On behalf of the undersigned maritime labor unions, we are writing to express our full support for the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC)…

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December 4, 2024 Amitabha Bose Administrator Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SEWashington DC, 20590 RE: Notice of Proposed Nonavailability Waiver for the Alabama State Port Authority To Purchase Two Rubber-Tired Gantry Cranes Docket No. FRA-2024-0122 Administrator Bose: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the…

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December 2, 2024 Carolyn Hayward-Williams Director, Office of Railroad Systems and TechnologyFederal Railroad Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue SEWashington DC, 20590 RE:  Confidential Close Call Reporting System Petition for Waiver of Compliance  Docket No. FRA-2024-0089 Ms. Hayward-Williams, The undersigned labor organizations are pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice regarding the Association of…

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On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice regarding BNSF Railway Company’s petition to make permanent its existing waiver from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 232 (Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other…

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On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice regarding Central Florida Rail Corridor’s (CFRC) Request for Amendment (RFA) to modify its FRA-approved Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP) for its Interoperable Electronic Train Management Systems (I–ETMS). TTD consists of 37 affiliated unions…

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On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice regarding a joint Request for Amendment (RFA) received from five rail carriers to modify their FRA-approved Positive Train Control Safety Plans (PTCSP) in order to establish operating procedures for unplanned PTC outages. TTD consists…

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July 22, 2024 The Honorable Douglas L. Parker Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC  20210 Re:      Emergency Response Standard NPRM              Docket No. OSHA-2007-0073-0118 Assistant Secretary Parker: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased…

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July 18, 2024 Ms. Carolyn Hayward-Williams Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington DC, 20590 RE:     Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board’s Request to Amend Its Positive Train Control Safety Plan and Positive Train Control System Docket No. FRA-2010-0051 Ms. Hayward-Williams, On behalf of the…

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July 10, 2024   Ms. Carolyn Hayward-Williams Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington DC, 20590 RE:     Railroads’ Joint Request to Amend Their Positive Train Control Safety Plans             Docket Nos. FRA-2010-0028, -0029, -0039, -0042, -0043, -0045, -0048, -0049, -0051, -0054,…

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On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am pleased to respond to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) notice concerning the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company’s (CPKC) petition to extend its waiver of compliance from certain provisions contained at 49 C.F.R. Part 241, United States Locational Requirement for Dispatching of United States…

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