[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35631-35632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14526]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2014-0044]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a
document dated May 5, 2014, Rouge Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation
(RVTC) 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 223, Safety Glazing
Standards--Locomotives, Passenger Cars, and Cabooses. FRA assigned the
petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0044.
RVTC petitioned for a waiver of compliance for one locomotive from
the requirements of 49 CFR 223.11, Requirements for existing
locomotives, which requires certified glazing in all locations. The
subject locomotive is a leased EMD Model SW1 Locomotive built in 1949
and bearing the number WRIX 1001. This locomotive is operated over 9.5
miles of RVTC track and 2 miles of Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad
track (for interchange of freight cars), all within the Medford
Industrial Park in White City, OR. Speeds do not exceed 10 mph. It is
equipped with glazing that meets an ASI rating of AS-1. This locomotive
operates over the same trackage under glazing waiver FRA-2008-0106,
issued to former operator White City Terminal and Utility Railway, for
the last 5 years with no incidents of vandalism to the glazing or any
other railroad property. This new waiver petition was necessitated by a
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change in corporate ownership. RVTC also cites economic conditions in
its request to continue use of the locomotive as presently equipped. 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 August 7, 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).
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-14526 Filed 6-20-14; 8:45 am]
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