[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13459-13460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05752]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2015-0013]
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 26, 2015, the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) has
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations. Specifically, IRM requests relief from certain provisions
of 49 CFR part 230, Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance
Standards. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2015-0013.
IRM is a railroad museum that maintains and operates Number 1630, a
2-10-0 ``Decapod'' type steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive
Works in 1918. IRM typically operates Number 1630 for 31 or fewer
service days per year and expects to do so for the future. IRM requests
relief from performing the fifth annual inspection as it pertains to
the inspection of flexible staybolt caps every 5 years as required by
49 CFR 230.41(a), and requests to extend the inspection interval to
2,760 calendar days (7.5 years) after the locomotive entered service on
May 24, 2014. IRM will perform all other inspections as required by 49
CFR 230.16, Annual inspection. IRM's justification for requesting this
relief is that the current level of safety would be maintained due to
the low number of service days accrued in this engine since the last
flexible staybolt cap inspection. There will be a significant cost
savings as the IRM shop forces would not be required to remove the cab,
piping, jacketing, and insulation to gain access to the caps to perform
the flexible staybolt cap inspection.
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
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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 April 27, 2015 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.).
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy
notice of regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-05752 Filed 3-12-15; 8:45 am]
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