[Federal Register: December 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 233)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-1999-6404]

 
Extension of Comment Period, Petition for Grandfathering of Non-
Compliant Equipment National Railroad Passenger Corporation

    On October 18, 1999, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for 
grandfathering of non-compliant passenger equipment for use on rail 
lines between Vancouver, British Columbia and Eugene, Oregon; between 
Las Vegas, Nevada and Los Angeles, California; and between San Diego, 
California and San Luis Obispo, California. Notice of receipt of such 
petition was published in the Federal Register on November 2, 1999, at 
64 FR 59230. Interested parties were invited to comment on the petition 
before the end of the comment period of December 2, 1999.
    FRA has received a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information 
Act, that certain items in FRA files and referenced in Amtrak's 
petition, be made available for review. FRA is currently reviewing the 
request and will provide such information in accordance with the 
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. FRA will also submit to 
the public docket in this proceeding all such information provided to 
the requestor.
    In order to provide an opportunity for the requestor, and other 
interested parties, to review the additional information, FRA is 
extending the comment period in this proceeding to December 15, 1999. 
Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent 
possible. Amtrak's petition and all written communications concerning 
this proceeding are available for examination during regular business 
hours (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) at DOT Central Docket Management 
Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20590-0001. 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://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-31648 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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