[Federal Register: January 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 6)]
[Notices]
[Page 1262]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part
211, notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance from certain
Federal railroad safety requirements. The individual petition is
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.
Twin Cities and Western Railroad
[Docket Number FRA-2006-26093]
Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TC&W) seeks a permanent waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Railroad Safety Appliance
Standards in 49 CFR part 231, concerning RailRunner[supreg] train
operations over their system. Specifically, TC&W requests relief from
those sections of 49 CFR part 231 that stipulate the number, location,
and dimensions for handholds, ladders, sill steps, uncoupling levers,
and handbrakes. TC&W also seeks relief from 49 CFR 231.31, which sets
the standard height for drawbars.
TC&W states that this waiver is necessary to permit them to begin
operation of RailRunner[supreg] equipment between Appleton, Minnesota,
and Minneapolis, Minnesota. TC&W requests that this petition, if
approved, be modeled on conditions contained in waiver FRA-2003-16203,
which was granted to the Norfolk Southern Railway and
RailRunner[supreg] on March 25, 2005.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or 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 this petition should identify the
appropriate docket number (FRA-2006-26093) and may be submitted by one
of the following methods:
Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic site;
Fax: 202-493-2251;
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-0001; or
Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Communication received within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by FRA prior to final action being taken. Comments
received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
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 on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the 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 January 5, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-186 Filed 1-9-07; 8:45 am]
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