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meeting (March 22 April 19, and May 

17) from 1–2 p.m. Individuals wishing 

to address the committee should sign up 

on the public comment sign-in sheet 

before 11:30 a.m. The time available 

will be reasonably divided among those 

who have signed up, but no one will 

have more than 15 minutes. Written 

comments and reports can be given to 

the facilitator for distribution to the 

committee members. Persons wanting to 

present written materials to the 

committee should make enough copies 

for the 15 committee members and the 

facilitator. 

The agenda topics for the meetings 

will include, but not necessarily be 

limited to, discussion of the following 

issues: 

1. State enforcement practices; 

2. Operational procedures to detect 

and deter fraud; 

3. Needed improvements for seamless 

information sharing between States; 

4. Effective methods for accurately 

sharing electronic data between States; 

5. Adequate proof of citizenship; 

6. Updated technology; and 

7. Timely notification from judicial 

bodies concerning traffic and criminal 

convictions of commercial driver’s 

license holders. 

The agenda topics presented in this 

notice are necessarily very general since 

the direction and nature of the advisory 

committee discussions will shape each 

subsequent meeting. The DOT may 

issue additional notices, as needed, with 

respect to changes in the schedule or 

agenda topics. 

Issued on February 21, 2007. 

Rose A. McMurray, 

Assistant Administrator, Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–3481 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–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. 

Union Railroad Company 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2006–

26603] 

The Union Railroad Company seeks a 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Safety Glazing 

Standards, 49 CFR Part 223 that requires 

certified glazing for 33 locomotives. The 

Union Railroad Company is located in 

Monroeville, PA, and operates primarily 

as an industrial railroad with less then 

20 miles of track, and at speeds not 

exceeding 20 mph. 

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 2006–26603) 

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 February 21, 

2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–3479 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2007–27155] 

Proposed Sunset of Waivers Granted 

Under 49 CFR Part 229 and 

Establishment of Docket for Collection 

of Waivers and Documents Generated 

by the Locomotive Safety Standards 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed sunset and 

establishment of public docket. 

SUMMARY: FRA is notifying the public 

that waivers granted relative to the 

provisions of 49 CFR Part 229, Railroad 

Locomotive Safety Standards, may be 

affected by potential revisions to the 

regulation. FRA is requesting that 

grantees (primarily railroads) submit 

current waivers for consideration in 

light of potential revisions to the 

regulation, and is establishing a docket 

to collect the waivers along with other 

documents generated by the Locomotive 

Safety Standards Working Group 

(LSSWG) as part of the Railroad Safety 

Advisory Committee (RSAC) process. 

Note that this request pertains to 

waivers from the provisions of 49 CFR 

Part 229 only, and not to waivers of any 

other of the regulations administered by 

FRA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles L. Bielitz, Mechanical Engineer, 

FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue NW., Mail 

Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 

(Telephone 202–493–6314), or Michael 

Masci, Trial Attorney, Office of Chief 

Counsel, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Mail Stop 10, Washington, DC 

20590 (Telephone 202–493–6037). 

ADDRESSES: Submissions: Submissions 

related to Docket Number FRA–2007–

27155 may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submissions 

on the DOT electronic docket site; 

• Fax: 202–493–2251; 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

001; 

• Hand delivery: Room PL–401 on the 

plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays; or 

• Federal rulemaking portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submissions. 


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Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. Note that all 

submissions received will be posted to 

http://dms.dot.gov without change, 

including any personal information. 

Please see the general information 

heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document 

for Privacy Act information related to 

submitted comments or materials. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

submissions received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time, or visit PL–401 

on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 22, 2006, FRA announced it is 

seeking input through the RSAC for 

potential revision of the Locomotive 

Safety Standards contained in 49 CFR 

Part 229. Although these standards have 

been the subject of a series of 

modifications, the basic text of the rule 

has remained largely unchanged since 

promulgation in 1980. In section 229.19, 

titled ‘‘Prior waivers,’’ the existing 

regulation states: ‘‘All waivers of every 

form and type from any requirement of 

any order or regulation implementing 

the Locomotive Inspection Act, 

applicable to one or more locomotives, 

except those propelled by steam power, 

shall lapse on August 31, 1980, unless 

a copy of the grant of waiver is filed 

prior to that date with the Office of 

Safety, RRS–23, Federal Railroad 

Administration.’’ If the standards are 

modified, FRA foresees including a 

similar requirement to terminate all Part 

229 waivers shortly after issuance of the 

revised rule, unless they are reregistered with FRA by a similar 

process. An opportunity to comment on 

the proposed sunset regulation will be 

provided at a later time, prior to the 

issuance of a final rule. To conform with 

current Safety Board practice that limits 

relief to a 5-year term or less, all current 

waivers of 49 CFR Part 229 that are not 

already term-limited shall be terminated 

5 years after re-registration. Termination 

dates of waivers already term-limited 

will not be changed. At the end of the 

5-year period, the Safety Board may 

grant a formal request for extension, 

pursuant to 49 CFR Part 211. 

FRA is requesting that grantees 

submit all current waivers of Federal 

regulations contained in 49 CFR 229 if 

there is a need for the waivers to 

continue. Anticipating the sunset of 

these waivers, FRA hopes to address 

ongoing industry needs and maximize 

the effectiveness of the current potential 

rulemaking by considering potential 

revisions in light of current waivers. 

Where appropriate, FRA (utilizing the 

RSAC process) will consider whether 

potential revisions of Part 229 can safely 

accommodate the situation faced by the 

railroad without the need for a waiver. 

Where this is not appropriate, including 

situations that are too specific to merit 

a general accommodation, FRA will 

retain the waivers submitted at this time 

and forward them into the docket of 

waivers to be continued beyond the 

implementation of the potential 

revisions to 49 CFR Part 229. Such 

waivers will not need to be resubmitted 

if a final rule is implemented. 

Accordingly, railroads and other parties 

that have waiver(s) of any portion of 49 

CFR Part 229 that they wish to extend 

after adoption of revised Locomotive 

Safety Standards shall file a copy of the 

letter granting the waiver, together with 

a cover letter referencing this docket 

number, within 90 days of the date of 

this notice. 

This notice establishes docket number 

FRA–2007–27155 for collection of 

documents related to the LSSWG’s 

activities. The docket will be utilized to 

collect copies of granted waivers 

submitted pursuant to this notice and 

other documents generated during the 

RSAC process, making them available to 

the public. 

Anyone is able to search 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 

665, Number 7, Pages 19477–78). The 

statement may also be found at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on February 23, 

2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–3448 Filed 2–27–07; 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–2006–26756] 

Applicant: Canadian National 

Railway, Mr. E. L. Harris, Executive 

Vice President, Operations, 10004–

104th Avenue, Floor 24, Edmonton, 

Alberta T5J 0K2. 

Canadian National Railway (CN) seeks 

relief from the requirements of the rules, 

standards, and instructions set out in 

CFR 236.410, as it relates to the 

requirement for an entering signal or 

electric switch lock to enter the main 

track in centralized traffic control 

territory at a hand-operated switch. CN 

believes that the precepts of 49 CFR 

236.410 are based on an outdated 

ideology that concerned itself with thennew signal technology, a less-thanrobust communication network, and/or 

rail traffic controller (RTC) system that 

did not have today’s abilities for 

checking and blocking regarding block 

occupancy movements. CN believes that 

other jurisdictions have acknowledged 

the redundancy of the electric switch 

lock and provided for their removal and 

the reliance on the RTC, who is the 

authority for track occupancy on his or 

her respective territory. CN therefore 

requests exemption from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 236.410 in the 

territories recently identified as a traffic 

control system, which was previously 

identified as ABS/Rule 512B. This 

exemption would involve 

approximately 80 hand-operated 

switches within these areas. 

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 

Docket Number (FRA 2006–26756) and 

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

DOT Central Docket Management 

Facility, Room PI–401, 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 


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