[Federal Register: July 6, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 128)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2003-16439]
Canadian Pacific Railway; Notice of Postponement of Public
Hearing
On December 11, 2003, FRA published a notice in the Federal
Register announcing Canadian Pacific Railway Company's (CPR) intent to
be granted a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the
Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 229, on behalf of
themselves, their U.S. subsidiaries the Delaware & Hudson and the Soo
Line Railroads, and the New York Air Brake Corporation (NYAB). See 68
FR 69122. Specifically, CPR requested relief from the requirements of
49 CFR 229.27(a)(2) Annual Tests and 49 CFR 229.29(a) Biennial Tests,
in order to evaluate extending the required periodic maintenance time
intervals for NYAB generation II Computer Controlled Brake (CCB)
equipment.
As a result of the comments received by FRA concerning this waiver
petition, FRA determined that a public hearing was necessary before a
final decision could be made on this petition. Accordingly, on June 14,
2004, FRA issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing that a
public hearing was set to begin at 1 p.m. on July 13, 2004, at the
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington DC 20005. See
69 FR 33097.
Subsequent to the issuance of that notice, FRA was informed by
parties in a related waiver proceeding (Docket No. FRA-2003-16306),
scheduled for a public hearing on same date and location as the present
proceeding, that they would like to postpone the scheduled public
hearing in that matter in order to engage in additional outreach with
the involved labor organizations. Due to the similarities between the
two proceeding and in an effort to conserve time and resources, FRA has
decided to postpone the public hearing scheduled in this matter. CPR
and the commenter in this matter have informally agreed to the
postponement of the scheduled public hearing. Consequently, FRA is
postponing the public hearing in this matter until further notice. A
new public hearing will be rescheduled if any interested party notifies
FRA, in writing, within 45 days of the date of this notice of its
desire to have an opportunity for oral comment and specifies the basis
for their request. Furthermore, no decision will be rendered in this
matter without conducting a public hearing unless the party or parties
originally requesting the public hearing formally withdraws that
request. FRA will issue a notice in the Federal Register at least 30
days prior to the date of any new public hearing scheduled in this
matter.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (FRA-2003-16439) and must be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. All written
communications concerning these proceedings are available for
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above
facility. 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.
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 DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Statement
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-15253 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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