[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39617-39618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16727]
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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.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0113]
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
seeks a waiver of compliance with the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49
CFR 229.129(b)(2), which requires that the sound level of horns of
locomotives manufactured before September 18, 2006, be tested before
June 24, 2010. SEPTA operates approximately 332 pieces of equipment
(locomotives) with train horns that were manufactured before the
September 18, 2006, date. SEPTA states in their request that lack of a
site meeting the requirements of the horn test regulation has caused
SEPTA to be unable to perform any of the required horn tests. SEPTA has
recently realized that removal of trees at their Frazier Facility will
allow the horn testing to be performed there. SEPTA requests that the
requirement to complete testing of horns on locomotives built prior to
September 18, 2006, be extended 6 months, to December 24, 2010.
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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2010-0113) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
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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.
Communications received within 30 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by FRA. FRA reserves the right to grant relief in
response to this request prior to the expiration of the comment period.
Any relief provided will be contingent upon FRA's consideration of any
relevant comments submitted to the docket before the close of the
comment period. 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 document (or signing the
document, 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 (65 FR 19477) or at
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-16727 Filed 7-8-10; 8:45 am]
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