[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 69923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28348]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2012-0071]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document
dated September 4, 2012, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(CMTY) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a
waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad
safety regulations at 49 CFR part 222. FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA-2012-0071.
CMTY, with the support of the City of Austin, TX, is seeking a
waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 222.21(a) that require CMTY
trains to sound their locomotive horn in a specific manner (two long,
one short, and one long blast) as they approach and enter public
highway-rail grade crossings. Specifically, CMTY requests that it is
granted permission to sound the engine bell in lieu of the horn as
trains approach the public highway-rail grade crossing at Red River
Street (USDOT 765738S). The grade crossing in question is a
single-track grade crossing located within yard limits on CMTY. The
petition letter indicates that from March 2010 to June 7, 2012, CMTY
has operated over 16,000 trains through the Red River intersection
without any reported incidents involving trains, pedestrians, or
automobiles. CMTY states that it is requesting this waiver to provide
noise relief to downtown residents, convention center visitors, the
adjacent hotel, and downtown businesses, while maintaining the safety
of an audible warning by ringing the bell.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of
Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
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 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 by January 7, 2013 will be considered by
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date
will be considered as far as practicable.
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), or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2012.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-28348 Filed 11-20-12; 8:45 am]
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