[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21187-21188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08250]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2013-0021]
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 January 11, 2013, the City of Superior, Wisconsin (City) has
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 222, Use of Locomotive Horns at
Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, for the highway-rail grade
crossing at 28th Street (DOT 061459A) in Superior, WI. FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0021.
The City seeks a waiver of compliance from the requirement of 49
CFR 222.41(c)(3), which provides that locomotive horn restrictions may
continue until June 24, 2013, for a pre-rule quiet zone that was not
able to be established by automatic approval, had been continued under
the provisions of 49 CFR 222.31(c)(1) and 222.31(c)(2), and the State
agency had provided a comprehensive statewide implementation plan.
Specifically, the City requests that it be granted permission to retain
its present locomotive horn restriction as trains approach the public
highway-rail grade crossing at 28th Street. The City states that it has
retained the services of a consultant with quiet zone experience and
credentials and is prepared to move forward with the quiet zone
continuation process.
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 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
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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 is 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, 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. 2013-08250 Filed 4-8-13; 8:45 am]
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