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The 18th Street Yard has never had 

repair facilities. When cars are found 

with defective conditions, they are 

assembled and moved to the Armstrong 

Yard as a switching move, where repair 

facilities are located. UP states that the 

movement of bad order cars from the 

18th Street Yard to the Armstrong Yards 

typically consists of 30 to 40 cars, once 

each day, over a distance of 1 to 2 miles 

(that includes crossing the main line for 

a distance of 0.5 mile), using only the 

locomotive brakes to control the 

movement. There are no public grade 

crossings anywhere along the route and 

the route is virtually flat. UP also states 

that this switching movement has been 

conducted this way for at least the last 

35 years. Recently, FRA took the 

position that this movement should be 

treated as a ‘‘transfer train’’ movement, 

requiring a transfer train brake test. This 

presents a problem for UP, since many 

of the cars are bad ordered for defective 

brakes, and at least 85% of the train’s 

brakes would have to be operative if a 

transfer brake test is required. 

Accordingly, UP requests a waiver from 

the requirements of performing a 

transfer train brake test on the bad order 

repair movements from 18th Street Yard 

to Armstrong Yard, as well as relief from 

the requirement that no less than 85% 

of a train’s brake be operative for these 

movements, subject to the following 

conditions: 

1. After the train crew has coupled 

their locomotive(s) to the train, the 

brake hoses will be connected and the 

brake pipe pressure will be charged to 

60 psi as indicated by an accurate gauge 

or an end-of-train device at the rear of 

the train. After brake pipe pressure has 

been adequately charged, the train 

would receive a Class III brake test as 

prescribed in § 232.211(b). 

2. Trains will be restricted to 10 mph 

when moving between the two yards. 

3. UP shall immediately notify FRA of 

any accident during these movements. 

Since UP has been conducting these 

moves as ‘‘switching movements’’ for at 

least the last 35 years, with only the 

locomotive brakes controlling the 

movements, they do not believe that 

safety will be compromised if the 

waiver is granted with the above 

conditions. Under this conditional 

waiver, the movement will have train 

brakes, in addition to the locomotive 

brakes. UP cites two waivers that FRA 

has previously granted allowing road 

trains to move 2 to 3 miles before a 

brake test is performed, FRA Docket 

2002–13253 and FRA Docket 2002–

13399. 

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–2004–

19199) and must be submitted to the 

Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management 

Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. 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://dms.dot.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, 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; pages 19477–78). The 

Statement may also be found at http://

dms.dot.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 1, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator.

[FR Doc. 04–24768 Filed 11–3–04; 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) received 

a request for a waiver of compliance 

with 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. 

WABCO Locomotive Products 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2002–

13397] 

WABCO Locomotive Products 

(WABCO), a Wabtec company, seeks to 

amend an existing waiver of compliance 

to include its new FastBrake line of 

electronic air brake equipment. The 

existing waiver, FRA–2002–13397 (a 

renewal of H–92–3), conditionally 

extends to five years clean, repair and 

test intervals for certain pneumatic air 

brake components contained in 49 CFR 

229.27(a)(2) and 49 CFR 229.29(a) for 

WABCO’s EPIC electronic air brake 

equipment. 

In support of this proposal, WABCO 

states that ‘‘virtually all of the core 

pneumatic technology that has been 

service proven in EPIC from the time of 

its introduction and documented as 

such under the provisions of the above 

waiver’’ has been transferred into 

FastBrake ‘‘with little or no change.’’

They state that ‘‘A further reduction of 

pneumatic logic devices has been made 

possible by the substitution of computer 

based logic.’’ WABCO also provides a 

discussion of the similarities between 

EPIC and FastBrake as well as the 

differences, which are primarily in the 

area of electronics rather than 

pneumatics. In conclusion, WABCO 

states, ‘‘On the basis of the technical 

information provided, this waiver 

amendment can be accomplished 

without a compromise of safety.’’

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 2002–13397) 

and must be submitted to the Docket 

Clerk, DOT Docket Management 

Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Communications received within 

30 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 

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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://dms.dot.gov.

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, 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; Pages 19477–78). The 

Statement may also be found at http://

dms.dot.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 1, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–24770 Filed 11–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System or Relief From 

the Requirements of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 236

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 or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as 

detailed below. 

Docket Number FRA–2004–19394. 

Applicant: CSX Transportation, 

Incorporated, Mr. N. M Choat, Chief 

Engineer, Communications and Signal, 

4901 Belfort Road, Suite 130, 

Jacksonville, Florida 32256. 

CSX Transportation, Incorporated 

seeks approval of the proposed 

modification of the traffic control 

system on the single main track and 

sidings, on the LH & STL Subdivision, 

Louisville Service Lane, in Kentucky, 

consisting as follows: 

1. At W.E. Brandenburg, milepost 

HR–38.3, convert the power-operated 

switch to electrically locked hand 

operation, remove the three associated 

controlled signals, and remove the 

signal system from the siding; 

2. At E.E. Brandenburg, milepost HR–

37.5, convert the power-operated switch 

to electrically locked hand operation, 

remove the three associated controlled 

signals, and install back-to-back 

controlled holdout signals, at milepost 

HR–34.7; 

3. At W.E. Rock Haven, milepost HR–

31.2, convert the power-operated switch 

to hand operation, and remove the three 

associated controlled signals; 

4. At E.E. Rock Haven, milepost HR–

30.4, convert the power-operated switch 

to hand operation, remove the three 

associated controlled signals, and 

remove the signal system from the 

siding; and 

5. At Bishoff, milepost HR–10.8, 

convert the 23L and 23R controlled 

holdout signals to back-to-back 

automatic intermediate signals. 

The reason given for the proposed 

change is to eliminate facilities no 

longer needed in present day operation. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party in the proceeding. 

Additionally, one copy of the protest 

shall be furnished to the applicant at the 

address listed above. 

All communications concerning this 

proceeding should be identified by the 

docket number and must be submitted 

to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket 

Management Facility, Room PL–401 

(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by the 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://dms.dot.gov. 

FRA wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, 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; pages 19477–

78) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FRA expects to be able to determine 

these matters without an oral hearing. 

However, if a specific request for an oral 

hearing is accompanied by a showing 

that the party is unable to adequately 

present his or her position by written 

statements, an application may be set 

for public hearing.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 1, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–24766 Filed 11–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System or Relief From 

the Requirements of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 236

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 or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as 

detailed below. 

Docket Number FRA–2004–19401

Applicant: CSX Transportation, 

Incorporated, Mr. N. M Choat, Chief 

Engineer, Communications and 

Signal, 4901 Belfort Road, Suite 130, 

Jacksonville, Florida 32256.

CSX Transportation, Incorporated 

seeks approval of the proposed 

discontinuance and removal of the 

automatic block signal system on Main 

Track No. 1, between North Winter 

Park, Florida, milepost A 784.70 and 

Orlando, Florida, milepost A 791.70, on 

the Jacksonville Division, Sanford 

Subdivision. The proposed changes are 

associated with the installation of a 

traffic control system on Main Track No. 

2, and conversion of Main Track No. 1 

to ‘‘Other Than Main Track’’ operation 

(Rule 105), with Rule 46 governing the 

maximum authorized speed. The reason 

given for the proposed change is to 

eliminate facilities no longer needed in 

present day operation. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party in the proceeding. 

Additionally, one copy of the protest 

shall be furnished to the applicant at the 

address listed above. 

All communications concerning this 

proceeding should be identified by the 

docket number and must be submitted 

to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket 

Management Facility, Room PL–401 

(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW.,