[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51394-51395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20506]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2002-13490]
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 May 20, 2014, the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) 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 223.11, Requirements for existing
locomotives. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2002-13490.
The LSRM, formerly the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation, of
Duluth, MN, is a nonprofit corporation under the provisions of Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The LSRM collects and displays
significant historical railroad equipment and, as part of its
interpretation program, operates excursion trains with selected antique
items of rolling stock. The LSRM has petitioned for a permanent waiver
of compliance for its Erie Mining diesel locomotive, Number 4211, from
the railroad safety glazing standards contained at 49 CFR part 223,
which require certified glazing in all windows and a minimum of four
emergency windows. This locomotive was built by General Motors in 1956
and was restored to operation by museum staff and volunteers. The
railroad operates on 26-mile line of the North Shore Scenic Railroad
between Duluth and Two Harbors, MN. The LSRM indicates that there has
been no instance of vandalism and professes financial burden in
retrofitting the locomotive to comply with FRA safety glazing
standards.
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:
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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 October 14, 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 August 20, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-20506 Filed 8-27-14; 8:45 am]
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