[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 55632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22728]
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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.
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0092]
The Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (Railtown), an excursion
train operating in Jamestown, California, seeks a waiver of compliance
from the Safety Glazing Standards of 49 CFR 223.11 Requirements for
existing locomotives. Specifically, Railtown has petitioned FRA for a
waiver for four diesel locomotives: Former U.S. Navy locomotives 613
and 612, built by Alco in 1953; former U.S. Army locomotive 1265, built
by Baldwin/Whitcomb in 1952; and former U.S. Army locomotive 1638,
built by General Electric in 1952.
Railtown operates weekends only from April through March on three
miles of track in a lightly settled area with a fifteen mph speed
restriction. The locomotives are primarily used in yard switching
service and on rare occasions provide back-up service for Railtown's
historic steam locomotives.
Additionally, Railtown states the combined annual operation of
their diesel locomotives is less than 200 hours per year, and that in
26 years of operation as a state historic park, they have not sustained
any incidents of breakage on their locomotives. Railtown estimates
glazing costs to be in excess of $20,000.00, and believes it is not
economically justified to replace the glass in light of the ages of the
locomotives, low risk of vandalism and the extremely low hours of
operation.
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-
2010-0092) 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.
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 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 (Volume 65, Number 70;
Page 19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 7, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-22728 Filed 9-10-10; 8:45 am]
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