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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. 

Canadian National Railway Company 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2007–

27410] 

The Canadian National Railway 

Company (CN), on behalf of its wholly 

owned subsidiaries, Illinois Central 

Railroad Company, Wisconsin Central, 

Grand Trunk and Western Railroad 

Company, Chicago Central & Pacific 

Railroad Company, Duluth, Winnipeg & 

Pacific Railroad Company, Bessemer & 

Lake Erie Railroad Company, and the 

Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad 

Company, seeks a waiver of compliance 

with the Locomotive Safety Standards, 

49 CFR 229.25(b), as it pertains to the 

92-day periodic requirement to inspect 

electrical devices and visible insulation. 

CN requests to remove DC traction 

motor covers and inspect the interior of 

the motor during the second and fourth 

periodic inspection. According to the 

petitioner, CN requires all traction 

motor brushes be replaced during the 

locomotive’s annual inspection. 

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 (FRA–2007–

27410) 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 April 9, 2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–7068 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2007–27556] 

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 favour of relief. 

SMS Lines 

[Docket Number FRA–2007–27556] 

The SMS Lines, a Class III railroad, 

seeks a waiver of compliance from the 

requirements of Title 49 CFR 223.11. 

SMS has operated within the Pureland 

Industrial Park in Bridgeport, Gloucester 

County, New Jersey since June, 1994. 

The petitioner proposes to use 

Locomotive Number 412, on a limited 

basis only at this location for yard and 

local switching service. 

Locomotive Number 412, model VO–

1000, was built by the Baldwin 

Locomotive Works (BLW) in 1945, and 

is owned by the United Railroad 

Historical Society (URHS), a non-profit 

organization. SMS is assisting the URHS 

in the restoration of this locomotive and 

upon completion, would operate it over 

approximately 5 miles of track with 

three grade crossings within the 

industrial park. The current operations 

average 1 train per day, 6 days per week, 

year-round throughout the park at 

restricted speed. All track is FRA 

Class I (10 mph). 

The petitioner believes that this 

locomotive can be safely operated 

throughout the industrial park with the 

current non-compliant safety-type 

glazing. The cost to the URHS for 

installation of all new window frames 

and compliant FRA Types I & II glazing 

is significant with only a marginal 

increase in safety due to the low speed. 

Historically, there has been no 

vandalism of railroad glazing within the 

Pureland Industrial Park, and there are 

no overhead bridges nor tunnels. 

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–2007–

27556) and must be submitted in 

triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT 

Central Docket Management Facility, 

Room Pl–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 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 DOT 

Central Docket Management Facility, 

Room Pl–401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC. 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 19377–78). The 

statement may also be found at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 9, 

2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–7079 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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