[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14639-14640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5616]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2006-25764]


Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Petition 
for Waiver of Compliance and Cancellation of Public Hearing

    On September 26, 2006, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 56217) announcing the 
Union Pacific Railroad Company's (UP) request for a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 232, Brake System Safety Standards for Freight 
and Other Non-passenger Trains and Equipment, and 49 CFR Part 215, 
Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards, for trains received in 
interchange from the Ferrocarriles Nationales de Mexico Railroad at the 
Calexico, California, border crossing. Subsequently, on November 17, 
2006, FRA published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 67011) 
announcing that UP had amended its original petition. Specifically, UP 
sought approval to postpone performing Class I brake tests and freight 
car safety standards inspections until trains arrive at El

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Centro, California (a distance of approximately 10.1 miles).
    FRA received comments from interested parties requesting a public 
hearing on the issue and FRA subsequently scheduled a public hearing 
for March 29, 2007 in the Federal Register on March 5, 2007 (72 FR 
9831). At the same time, FRA extended the public comment period in the 
proceeding to April 13, 2007.
    By letters dated March 13, 2007, March 15, 2007, and March 19, 
2007, the interested parties withdrew their requests for a public 
hearing.
    Accordingly, the public hearing scheduled for March 29, 2007, in El 
Centro, California, is hereby canceled. The comment period will remain 
open until April 13, 2007, as previously announced. All communications 
concerning this waiver petition should identify the appropriate docket 
number (e.g. Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2006-25764) and may be 
submitted by one of the following methods:
    <bullet> Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic 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; or
    <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.
    All written communications concerning these proceedings are 
available for examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) 
at the above facility. Documents in the public docket are also 
available for review and copying on the Internet at the docket facility 
Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 22, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-5616 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]
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