[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21186-21187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08247]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2004-19999]


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 
received on January 18, 2013, the Fayette Central Railroad (FCRV) has 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a an extension 
of a waiver of compliance in Docket Number FRA-2004-19999. FCRV seeks 
to extend a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal 
railroad safety regulations contained at Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 223, Safety Glazing Standards-Locomotives, 
Passenger Cars and Cabooses, which requires certified glazing in 
locomotive and caboose windows. FRA issued the initial waiver that 
granted FCRV relief on September 6, 2005, and FRA extended the waiver 
on June 12, 2008. The existing waiver will expire on June 11, 2013.
    Specifically, FCRV seeks to extend a waiver of compliance for two 
cabooses, Car Numbers PC 18086 (built in 1946) and P&LE 504 (built in 
1956), as well as one locomotive, Locomotive Number 9061 (built in 
1948).
    FCRV states that it operates in a rural area and does not operate 
through any intercity areas. Additionally, FCRV's operations are 
temporally separated from freight operations. There is no location or 
time where another train will be passing a FCRV train; therefore, there 
is no danger of a rock or debris being thrown up from a passing train. 
The maximum speed on the track over which FCRV operates is 15 mph. 
Finally, there have never been any incidents of people shooting at 
FCRV's trains.
    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 
Avenue 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 May 24, 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 document, 
if submitted on behalf of an association,

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business, labor union, etc.). See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov or interested 
parties may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 3, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-08247 Filed 4-8-13; 8:45 am]
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