[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8239-8240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02866]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2013-0134]
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 November 19, 2013, the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern
Railroad (RBMN) has petitioned the Federal
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Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49
CFR Part 230-Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards. FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0134. RBMN owns and
operates No.425, a 4-6-2 Pacific class steam locomotive built in 1928
by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio
Railroad. RBMN No. 425 is operated periodically for special trains on
RBMN.
RBMN requests relief from 49 CFR 230.16(a)(2), Fifth annual
inspection, with respect to 49 CFR 230.41, Flexible staybolts with
caps. Specifically, RBMN is petitioning for a delay of the flexible
staybolt and cap inspection for an undetermined amount of calendar days
until RBMN No. 425 has accumulated 200 service days. Inclusive of the
2013 operating season, RBMN No. 425 will have accumulated 125 service
days since the 1,472 service-day inspection was performed in December
2007. RBMN states that the flexible staybolt and cap inspection
required by 49 CFR 230.41 would require 14 man-weeks to perform and be
a burden on the RBMN steam program.
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 March 28, 2014 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, 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).
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02866 Filed 2-10-14; 8:45 am]
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