[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8306-8307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4487]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[FRA Docket Number RST-95-3]


Amendment to 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 from the New York State Department of 
Transportation (NYDOT) for a waiver of compliance with certain 
requirements of 49 CFR Part 213, Track Safety Standards.
    In its original request, NYDOT requested to operate the Rohr 
Turboliner trainsets at higher cant deficiencies on the Empire Corridor 
extending from New York City, New York, to Niagara Falls, New York, 
(see 60 Federal Register No. 230, November 30, 1995). Due to an FRA 
clerical error, the notice of NYDOT's request to add various types of 
equipment to its original petition did not clearly indicate that NYDOT 
seeks to add equipment owned by the Metro North Commuter Railroad as 
well as equipment owned by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
    The second paragraph of the notice, Addendum to Petition for Waiver 
of Compliance (see 61 Federal Register No. 234, December 4, 1996), 
should read as follows: NYDOT now requests to add the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation's (Amtrak) equipment and the following Metro 
North Commuter Railroad (Metro-North) equipment types: FL-9, FL-9 AC, 
Genesis I and II locomotives, Bombardier Shoreliner coaches, M-1 and M-
3 electric-propelled coaches. NYDOT also proposes to limit its request 
to underbalance levels up to six inches and limit the territory of its 
request to that portion of the Empire Corridor extending between Penn 
Station, New York, and Poughkeepsie, New York, over track segments 
owned by Amtrak and Metro North.
    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 this proceeding should identify the 
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

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Petition Docket Number RST-95-3) and must be submitted in triplicate to 
the Docket Clerk, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Communications received 
within 30 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 (9:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m.) at FRA's temporary docket room located at 
1120 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Room 7051, Washington, D.C. 20005.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on February 19, 1997.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 97-4487 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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