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hearing. If any interested parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, 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: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. 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 8, 

2021 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered if 

practicable. 

Anyone can 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.). 

Under 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 https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03487 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2000–7137] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on February 10, 2021, San Diego 

Trolley Incorporated (SDTI) submitted a 

supplemental petition to the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) for 

additional waivers of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained at 

49 CFR parts 270 and 243. FRA assigned 

the petition Docket Number FRA–2000– 

7137. 

In its petition dated December 21, 

2020, SDTI seeks a five-year extension 

of its existing waiver with certain 

modifications. The existing waiver 

covers several sections of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations and applies 

to certain portions of SDTI’s rail fixed 

guideway urban transit operations that 

employ temporal separation to safely 

share track with the general railroad 

system’s San Diego & Imperial Valley 

Railroad. Contiguous to the shared 

trackage are portions with limited 

connections to the general railroad 

system, which include a small shared 

corridor with BNSF Railway and 

Coaster commuter train service. Coaster 

also shares a storage yard with SDTI. 

In SDTI’s supplemental request, dated 

February 10, 2021, SDTI seeks 

additional relief from 49 CFR part 270, 

System Safety Program, and 49 CFR part 

243, Training, Qualification, and 

Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad 

Employees. SDTI states that the 

foundation of SDTI’s safety program is 

based on alternative regulations under 

49 CFR parts 673 and 674, which are 

equivalent to FRA’s requirements. SDTI 

explains it requests a waiver to prevent 

duplicative and redundant 

requirements. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

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 parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, 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: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. 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 8, 

2021 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered if 

practicable. 

Anyone can 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.). 

Under 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 https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also http://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03485 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2021–0021] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on January 26, 2021, Norfolk 

Southern Corporation (NS), petitioned 

the Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained at 

49 CFR part 236, Rules, Standards, and 

Instructions Governing the Installation, 

Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of 

Signal and Train Control Systems, 

Devices, and Appliances. FRA assigned 

the petition Docket Number FRA–2021– 

0021. 

Specifically, NS requests relief from 

49 CFR 236.566, Locomotive of each 

train operating in train stop, train 

control or cab signal territory; equipped. 

The relief is requested for the Royalton 


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