[Federal Register: March 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 60)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain
requirements of its safety standards. 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.
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2005-23483]
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) seeks a waiver of
compliance with the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR 229.23, 229.27,
and 229.29, as they pertain to the requirement to maintain the
locomotive repair record form FRA 6180.49A, commonly referred to as the
Blue Card, in the cab of their locomotives. If granted, KCS would
maintain locomotive inspection information in a secure database. The
database would be maintained as the required office copy of form FRA
6180.49A. A computer generated form, which is similar to and contains
all information currently contained on the required FRA 6180.49A, would
be maintained on board the locomotive. In place of required signatures
of persons performing inspections and tests, KCS employees would be
provided with a unique login identification number and a secure
password to access the system and verify performance of inspections. In
place of signatures, a computer generated report would block print the
name of the employee performing a required inspection and block print
the employees' supervisor who is certifying that all inspections have
been made and all repairs were completed. Required filing of the
previous inspection record will be maintained through the database.
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 these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (FRA-2005-23483) and must be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Communications
received within 45 days of the date of this notice will be considered
by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date
will be considered as far as 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
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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 March 21, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-4499 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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