[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50812-50813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20789]


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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.

Dennison Railroad Depot Museum (RPCX 422)

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0179]

    The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum (DRDM), an Ohio nonprofit 
501(c)(3) charitable organization, seeks a waiver of compliance from 
the requirements of 49 CFR Section 223.15,

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Requirements for existing passenger cars. Specifically, DRDM has 
petitioned for one lightweight passenger car built in 1949 for Canadian 
National Railway (now Coach RPCX 422). DRDM operates this car on its 
Polar Express, which is a roundtrip of 40 miles on track owned by 
Genesee & Wyoming Railroad. This car was purchased by DRDM in 2008 from 
the Locomotive and Tower Preservation Fund, LTD. There have been no 
accidents and/or incidents attributed directly or indirectly to window 
glazing failures in this equipment while under current ownership. There 
has been one act of vandalism (with one cracked window; no resultant 
injuries) that occurred in the fall of 2009. The maximum authorized 
speed for this train is 45 mph, mostly rural in nature. The car 
operates in excursion service during two weekends in December, with two 
roundtrips on Fridays and four on Saturdays and Sundays (20 Polar 
Express trips; annual mileage is approximately 800).
    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-
2010-0179) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
    <bullet> 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 the U.S. Department of Transportation's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Page 19477-78) or at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-20789 Filed 8-15-11; 8:45 am]
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