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Halvorson, and Matthew Zuccaro 

representing commercial air tour 

operations; Chip Dennerlein, Greg 

Miller, Kristen Brengel, and Bryan 

Faehner representing environmental 

interests; and Rory Majenty and Ray 

Russell representing Native American 

tribes. 

Selection 

Selected to fill one of the vacancies 

for environmental concerns, for an 

additional term, is returning member 

Bryan Faehner. Selected to fill the other 

vacancy for environmental concerns is 

Dick Hingson, who will replace Kristen 

Brengel. Both these terms begin on May 

31, 2011. The term of service for 

NPOAG ARC members is 3 years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on February 10, 

2011. 

Barry Brayer, 

Manager, Special Programs Staff, WesternPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3938 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2011–0008] 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system, as detailed below. 

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad 

Company, Mr. William E. Van Trump, 

AVP Engineering—Signal/Comm./TCO, 

1400 Douglas Street, STOP 0910, 

Omaha, Nebraska 68179. 

The Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP) seeks approval of the proposed 

discontinuance of the Automatic Block 

Signal system on the Strang Subdivision 

between control point Tower 68, at 

milepost (MP) 0.42, and holding signal 

ST912, at MP 2, near Englewood, Texas. 

The discontinuance consists of the 

removal of six automatic signals as well 

as the circuit controllers from five handoperated switches and one handoperated crossover. The hand-operated 

switches will remain in the application 

area without signal protection. The 

application area is to be Yard Limits and 

shall contain Remote Control 

Locomotive operations. The reason 

given for the proposed changes is that 

the signal system is no longer needed 

for efficient and safe operation of trains 

in this area. 

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–2011– 

0008) 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 within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

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 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Page 19477) or at 

http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16, 

2011. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4025 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

Whitewater Valley Railroad 

Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA– 

2010–0148 

The Whitewater Valley Railroad 

(WVRR) seeks a waiver of compliance 

from certain provisions of the Railroad 

Freight Car Safety Standards, i.e. 

§§ 215.303 and 215.305, which require 

stenciling of restricted cars; as well as 

that of the Reflectorization of Rail 

Freight Rolling Stock, i.e. §§ 224.3 and 

224.5, which require applying reflectors 

on freight cars and locomotives. 

WVRR owns 13 freight cars that are 

older than 50 years from their date of 

original construction, and are restricted 

by the provision of 49 CFR 215.203(a). 

WVRR is concurrently seeking special 

approval to continue to use these cars 

under proceeding according to 49 CFR 

215.203(b). 

To support its petition to seek relief 

from the stenciling and reflectorization 

requirements, WVRR states that it is a 

501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It is an 

operating railroad museum dedicated to 

the operation of a historic branch line 

railroad, to the restoration of railroad 

equipment, and to the conduct of 

educational railroad programs. The 

railroad owns and operates 19 miles of 

track between Metamora and 

Connersville, Indiana. These tracks are 

not part of the general railway system. 

Operating speeds on the line would 

never be authorized at more than 25 

miles per hour. 

WVRR states that to support its 

mission, it operates antiquated freight 

and passenger cars built prior to 1945, 

as well as a group of freight cars and 

locomotives built after 1945, in public 

excursion service as operating historic 

artifacts. On rare occasions, locomotives 

and freight cars (including flat, box and 

hopper cars) are used to demonstrate 

typical freight trains of the 1940s–60s. 

These operations are sometimes 

chartered programs designed for 

photographers, film production, and for 

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railroad historians. Revenue from these 

activities is used to further restore/ 

maintain these cars for public display. 

On occasion, these locomotives and cars 

are also used in the maintenance of the 

organization’s track. As one of the key 

purposes of the organization is to 

maintain the historic appearances of its 

cars and locomotives, compliance with 

the reflectorization of railroad freight 

rolling stock would greatly affect the 

historic appearance of this equipment. 

Stenciling requirements would also 

impact the appearance of those cars 

used periodically in maintenance of 

way service. 

WVRR further states that it believes 

that a number of factors limit the impact 

on the public on its museum line. Main 

road crossings are signaled, primarily in 

the City of Connersville, Town of Laurel 

and at US Route 52 in Metamora, 

Indiana. Other grade crossings are on 

low volume paved and gravel roads 

with reflectorized grade crossing signs 

and posts to draw attention to these 

crossings. Freight car trains seldom run 

at night or during periods of poor 

visibility and are of limited length, 

generally fewer than 10 cars with the 

locomotive still visible at most of its 

grade crossings. 

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–2010– 

0148) 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 within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

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 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16, 

2011. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4024 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

CSX Transportation, Inc. 

Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA– 

2011–0002 

The CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) 

seeks a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of Title 49 CFR parts 

231 and 232, concerning the operation 

of RoadRailer® and RailRunner®

equipment on their railroad. 

Specifically, CSXT seeks relief from 

certain provisions of the Railroad Safety 

Appliance Standards in 49 CFR part 

231, that stipulates the number, 

location, and dimensions for handholds, 

ladders, sill steps, uncoupling levers, 

and handbrakes. CSXT also seeks relief 

from 49 CFR 231.1, which sets the 

standard height for drawbars. CSXT 

states that this relief is necessary to 

allow them to operate and commingle 

the RoadRailer® and RailRunner®

equipment on dedicated trains operating 

on their railroad. 

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–2011– 

0002) 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 within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

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 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Page 19477) or at http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16, 

2011. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4022 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

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