[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 28284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11436]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2013-0040]
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 April 11, 2013, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) 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 232, Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other
NonPassenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices. FRA assigned
the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0040.
Specifically, CP requests relief from 49 CFR 232.205(c)(1)(ii)(B),
Class I brake tests--initial terminal inspection, and 49 CFR
232.207(b)(1), Class IA brake tests--1,000-mile inspection for trains
operating in distributive power (DP) mode. CP requests that FRA allow
90 cubic feet per minute (CFM) instead of 60 CFM airflow method leakage
tests on trains operating in DP mode. CP states that it has been
operating trains without incident under these conditions in Canada
since 2010. CP's testing has demonstrated that: (1) The operation of DP
trains with flow up to 90 CFM is safe, and (2) DP operation enhances
safer train handling in cold weather. A summary of CP's testing and
experience with higher-flow DP trains in Canada is illustrated in an
American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) paper authored by CP
and Wabtec Corporation, presented at the ASME/American Society of Civil
Engineers/Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 2012 Joint
Rail Conference, and placed in the subject docket. CP has also included
in its petition the proposed operating rule outlining when and how DP
trains will be authorized to use the requested maximum 90 CFM air test
criteria.
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 June 28, 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 May 8, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-11436 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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