[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65399-65400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26681]
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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.
Union Pacific Railroad Company
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0145]
The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeks a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of 49 CFR part 232, Brake System
Safety Standards. Specifically, UP has petitioned FRA for a
determination that the engineering principles used in its design of its
Continuous Speed Control Yard located at Roseville, California, are a
sufficient primary retarder to prevent equipment rollouts and act as an
acceptable form of alternate securement under 49 CFR 232.103(n)(1),
Securement of unattended equipment.
UP states that the Continuous Speed Control System is unique from
conventional hump yards because thousands of small piston capsule
retarders (in lieu of the use of two or three large retarders) are
strategically located to control each freight car's speed to deliver
into its assigned track at a safe coupling speed. This use of capsule
retarders allow for a streamline yard design which allows more moderate
curves, a lower hump, and gentler grades resulting in lower speeds in
the switching area. UP additionally states that the design elements of
the Continuous Speed Control System meets American Railway Engineering
and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) practice for safe and
effective operation as presented in Section 2.4 of the AREMA Manual for
Railway Engineering. UP also states that the design of Roseville yard
is improving safety by eliminating the need to have employees enter the
active bowl tracks and tie additional handbrakes. Therefore, UP seeks a
determination that the engineering principles used in its design of
Roseville yard are sufficient to be an acceptable form of primary
securement when combined with the use of skates as secondary
securement.
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-
2010-0145) 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.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-26681 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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