[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 71 (Friday, April 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18728-18729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7068]


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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) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain 
requirements of its safety

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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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