[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27227-27228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11445]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2014-0103]
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 September 26, 2014, the Ohi-Rail Corporation (OHIC) 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-2014-0103.
OHIC, categorized as a Railroad Switching and Terminal Establishment
and headquartered in Steubenville, Ohio, has petitioned for a permanent
waiver of compliance for its ALCO S-2 locomotive, Number AOSX 84, from
the requirements of the Railroad Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR part
223, that require certified glazing in all windows and a minimum of
four emergency windows. The locomotive was built in 1943. OHIC is a
Class III railroad operating on a single and non-signaled line
(approximately 40 miles long) in Ohio between Bayard and Hopedale. The
line passes through mainly rural areas with Minerva, Ohio, approximate
population 3,700, being the largest populated area on the line. There
is no record of incidents of stoning or other acts of vandalism to OHIC
trains in recent memory. OHIC plans to use the locomotive in work-train
service for interchanges with Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, Norfolk
Southern Railway, and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway.
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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2014-0103) 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 26, 2015 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received
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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 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 6, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-11445 Filed 5-11-15; 8:45 am]
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