28756 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 20, 2018 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2018–13248 Filed 6–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F8–C 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2018–56] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Cruiser Aircraft, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, the 

FAA’s exemption process. Neither 

publication of this notice nor the 

inclusion or omission of information in 

the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before July 10, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2018–0004 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Clarence Garden (202) 267–7489, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 


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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 20, 2018 / Notices 28757 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 12, 

2018. 

Lirio Liu, 

Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition For Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2018–0004. 

Petitioner: Cruiser Aircraft, Inc. 

(CSA). 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

21.190(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

proposed exemption, if granted, would 

allow those Sport Cruiser special lightsport aircraft manufactured by CSA with 

serial number SC0557 and up that 

otherwise comply with the applicable 

consensus standards to be eligible for 

issuance (or re-issuance) of a special 

airworthiness certificate in the lightsport category with a maximum takeoff 

weight of not more than 1,386 pounds 

(630 kilograms). 

[FR Doc. 2018–13178 Filed 6–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2018–0021] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that by a document dated February 16, 

2018, TexRail (TEXR) has petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

for a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR part 

238, Passenger Equipment Safety 

Standards. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2018–0021. 

TEXR has ordered eight FLIRT Series 

Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) trainsets 

manufactured by Stadler Bussnang AG 

with an option to purchase additional 

trainsets. The DMUs are designed to 

fulfill the requirements set forth by 49 

CFR 238.201, Scope/alternative 

compliance. TEXR requests a waiver 

‘‘based on compliance with the FRAissued guideline ‘Technical Criteria and 

Procedures for Evaluating the 

Crashworthiness and Occupant 

Protection Performance of AlternativelyDesigned Passenger Rail Equipment for 

Use in Tier I Service’ and the proposed 

Appendix G to 49 CFR part 238.’’ 

Currently, these vehicles are being 

delivered and tested at the TEXR 

maintenance facility. Specifically, TEXR 

seeks relief from certain requirements 

for end-frame compression and other 

procedures as presented in their 

petition. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 and a 

public hearing, 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 and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Communications received by July 20, 

2018 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered as far 

as practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its processes. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2018–0049] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on May 29, 2018, BNSF Railway 

(BNSF) petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 

compliance from certain provisions of 

the Federal railroad safety regulations 

contained at 49 CFR 232.213, 232.15, 

and 232.103(f). In addition, BNSF 

requests an exemption from the 

requirements of Title 49, United States 

Code (U.S.C.), section 20303, which 

prohibits the movement of a rail vehicle 

with defective or insecure equipment 

beyond the nearest available place at 

which the repairs can be made. See 49 

U.S.C. 20306. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2018–0049. 

Specifically, BNSF petitions FRA to 

conduct a pilot program on a segment of 

their system to ‘‘demonstrate that the 

use of wheel temperature detectors 

(WTD) to prove brake health 

effectiveness (BHE) will improve safety, 

reduce risks to employees, and provide 

cost savings to the industry.’’ Currently, 

the effectiveness of railroad brake 

systems is verified by Class I initial 

terminal and Class IA intermediate 

brake tests. BNSF proposes to 

supplement these visual inspections 

with a wayside WTD, a device designed 

to directly measure the rise in wheel 

temperatures because of a brake 

application. BNSF asserts that such a 

measure of performance is objective, 

quantifiable, and independent of 

conditions that can impair a visual 

inspection; such as weather, lighting, 

human fatigue, or human error. 

BNSF states that a monitoring system 

using WTD data as an alternative to the 

intermediate brake inspections is 

expected to substantially improve the 

reliability of brake inspections, reduce 

on-line setouts, and increase faulty part 

replacement, to improve the safety 

performance of brake systems overall. 

BNSF plans to use pyrometer sensors, a 

technology also used for hot wheel 


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