[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 8 (Friday, January 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 1574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-319]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the 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.

City of Placentia, California

[Docket Number FRA-2006-24654]

    The City of Placentia, California (City) and BNSF Railway Company 
(BNSF) have petitioned for a second extension to the waiver granted on 
June 21, 2006, in FRA Docket No. FRA-2006-24654. In the June 21, 2006 
waiver, FRA agreed to extend the original deadline of June 24, 2006, 
set forth in 49 CFR 222.42 for continuation of an intermediate partial 
quiet zone until September 22, 2006. Subsequently, FRA received a 
waiver requesting an extension of September 22, 2006, to January 20, 
2007, from the parties. FRA granted this extension on September 21, 
2006. In this current request, the City and BNSF state that they will 
be unable to meet the January 20, 2007, deadline due to technical 
problems with the radio communications system that required the 
ordering of new radio equipment and the need to conduct a 30-day test 
period of the radio communications system. The City and BNSF seek to 
retain the current partial quiet zone in order to avoid disruption and 
confusion in the interim and state that safety will not be compromised.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by submitting written views, data or comments. Each comment shall 
specifically set forth the basis upon which it is made and contain a 
concise statement of the interest of the commenter in the proceeding. 
FRA does not anticipate the need to schedule a public hearing in 
connection with this proceeding since the facts do not appear to 
warrant a hearing. If any interested party desires an opportunity to 
comment, they should notify FRA in writing within 15 days of the date 
of publication of this notice and specify the basis for their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
docket number set forth above and may be submitted by any of the 
following methods:
    <bullet> Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    <bullet> 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. to the 
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza 
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Communications 
received within 15 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. FRA reserves the right to 
grant temporary relief to avoid lapse of the existing partial quiet 
zone while the comment period is open, after consideration of any 
comments filed prior to the initial date of decision. All written 
communications concerning this proceeding 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 available for inspection and 
copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web site: 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 the 
Department of Transportation's complete Privacy Act Statement, which 
was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, 
Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Privacy Act Statement may also be found 
at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 9, 2007.
Michael Logue,
Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
 [FR Doc. E7-319 Filed 1-11-07; 8:45 am]
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