[Federal Register: January 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 9)]
[Notices]
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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) has received a request for a waiver of compliance from 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.
Twin Cities and Western Railroad (Docket Number FRA-2008-0154);
Canadian Pacific Railroad (Docket Number FRA-2008-0163); Escanaba and
Lake Superior Railroad Company (Docket Number FRA-2008-0155)
The Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TC&W), Canadian Pacific
Railroad (CP), and Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Company (E&LS),
seek permanent waivers of compliance from certain provisions of the
Railroad Safety Appliance Standards in Title 49 CFR Part 231,
concerning RailMate[supreg] train operations over their systems.
Specifically, TC&W, CP, and E&LS request relief from those sections of
49 CFR Part 231 that stipulate the number, location, and dimensions for
handholds, ladders, sill steps, and uncoupling levers, and handbrakes.
TC&W, CP and E&LS also seek relief from 49 CFR Part 231.31, which sets
the standard height for drawbars.
TC&W, CP, and E&LS state that these waivers are necessary to permit
them to begin operation of RailMate[supreg] equipment over various
routes on their systems.
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
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the end of the comment period and specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2008-0154, 2008-0163, and/or 2008-0155) and may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Because of the similarity of the subject requests, FRA reserves the
right to consider comments filed in any one of the three dockets with
respect to the resolution of the request(s) in more than one docket, to
the extent the comment is applicable to the particular request.
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 public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web
site at http://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and 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).
Issued in Washington, DC on January 8, 2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-615 Filed 1-13-09; 8:45 am]
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