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estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall at (940) 594–5913, or by 

email at: Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0009. 

Title: Pilot Schools—FAR 141. 

Form Numbers: 8420–8. 

Type of Review: This is a renewal of 

an existing information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on June 14, 2018 (83 FR 27820). On June 

27, 2018, the FAA published the final 

rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation 

Training devices; Pilot Certification, 

Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other 

Provisions (83 FR 30232). In that rule, 

the FAA is amending § 141.5(d) to allow 

part 141 pilot schools that hold training 

course approvals for special curricula 

courses to renew their certificates based 

on their students’ successful completion 

of an end-of-course test for these FAA 

approved courses. In that rule, the FAA 

further adjusts the number of pilot 

schools based on population changes, 

and to account for the change in burden 

associated with these new courses. 

We estimate that of the 31 new 

applications for pilot school certificates, 

25% will have special curricula courses 

that will need to be accounted for in the 

passage rate required for issuance of a 

certificate in § 141.5(d). Of the 291 

applications for renewal of pilot school 

certificates, approximately 25% would 

include special curricula courses that 

must now be accounted for in the 

passage rate for renewal of a certificate 

under § 141.5(d). We estimate that it 

would take .1 hours to add this special 

curricula course information to both 

initial and renewal applications. 

8 new applications at .1 hours each = .8 

hours 

73 applications at .1 hours each (adding 

special curr.) = 7.3 hours 

171.0 hours + 8.1 hours = 180 total 

burden hours 

The FAA is also making a burden 

adjustment to the number of pilot 

schools, increasing the population from 

546 pilot schools to 581 pilot schools. 

Respondents: 581 pilot schools. 

Frequency: As needed for new 

applicants; every 24 months for 

renewals of existing pilot schools. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 0.5 hours, + 0.1 hours for 

special curriculum course information 

(when applicable). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

31,837 total burden hours. 2,787 total 

annual reporting burden hours, and 

29,050 total annual recordkeeping 

burden hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 23, 

2018. 

Barbara Hall, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19126 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2018–0069] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this provides 

the public notice that by letter dated 

August 14, 2018, CSX Transportation, 

Inc. (CSXT) 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 

234. FRA assigned the petition Docket 

Number FRA–2018–0069. 

CSXT seeks a waiver of compliance 

from 49 CFR 234.247, Purpose of 

inspections and tests; removal from 

service of relay or device failing to meet 

test requirements, to remove 

approximately 400 stored rail cars and 

certain railbound equipment from 

CSXT’s Illinois Subdivision, which is 

currently discontinued from service 

between milepost (MP) BC 244.7, near 

Flora, Clay County, Illinois, and MP BC 

327.9, near Caseyville, St. Clair County, 

pursuant to the Surface Transportation 

Board’s issuance of two Discontinuance 

of Service Exemptions dated December 

10, 2015 and January 9, 2017, 

respectively. CSXT notes that numerous 

communities have raised concerns and 

requested it remove the stored rail cars 

and rail-bound equipment. 

CSXT states that no revenue traffic 

has moved on the discontinued portion 

of the Illinois Subdivision since June of 

2016. Because CSXT has no current 

intention of resuming revenue service 

on this Subdivision, CSXT seeks this 

relief to remove the cars and rail-bound 

equipment from its tracks as 

expeditiously as possible. Specifically, 

CSXT seeks relief to operate over nonfunctioning highway-rail grade 

crossings without making inspections 

and tests required in §§ 234.249 through 

234.271. To ameliorate any safety 

concerns, CSXT will make all train 

moves at 10 miles per hour or less and 

during daylight hours, work with local 

authorities to obtain permission to close 

the roadway at impacted crossings, and 

will station an employee at each 

impacted crossing to provide waring to 

approaching highway traffic and 

communicate with motorists as needed. 

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 

Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue 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, 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 October 

19, 2018 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered if 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.). 

In accordance with 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 


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commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dotransportation.gov/privacy. See 

also http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Safety, Chief 

Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19106 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2018–0067] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on August 6, 2018, the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) received 

a petition from the San Mateo County 

Transit District, on behalf of Caltrain, 

for a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 

229, 231, and 238. Specifically, Caltrain 

seeks a waiver of compliance for their 

new Stadler-built KISS Electric Multiple 

Unit (EMU) railcars specific to the 

passenger area emergency brake valve, 

the clearance above top of rail, and the 

safety appliances. FRA assigned the 

petition Docket Number FRA–2018– 

0067. 

First, Caltrain seeks a waiver of 

compliance from the emergency brake 

valve requirements of 49 CFR 229.47(b) 

and 238.305(c)(5), which require certain 

equipment to be equipped with an 

emergency brake valve accessible to 

another crew member in the passenger 

compartment and have the words 

‘‘Emergency Brake Valve’’ legibly 

stenciled or marked near each valve, or 

be shown on an adjacent badge plate. 

The Caltrain EMU utilizes pull handles 

to provide a means for crew members 

and passengers to initiate an emergency 

brake condition. The vehicle is 

equipped with a modern electropneumatic brake system that does not 

rely on a conventional train-lined brake 

pipe to initiate an emergency brake 

command to the train. Instead, 

emergency brake commands are 

transmitted using electronic signals 

using fail-safe design principles. When 

a pull handle is activated (or ‘‘pulled’’), 

propulsion is cut and irretrievable 

emergency brake is initiated. The 

handle can only be reset using a crew 

key. There is one emergency brake pull 

handle per doorway area, four total per 

car, and each is appropriately stenciled 

with the nomenclature ‘‘Emergency 

Brake.’’ Although the Caltrain EMU 

emergency brake pull handles are not 

technically ‘‘valves’’ as specified in the 

regulatory language, Caltrain contends 

they perform the same function as the 

required Emergency Brake Valve and 

satisfy the requirements of 49 CFR 

229.47(b) and 238.305(c)(5). 

Second, Caltrain seeks a waiver of 

compliance from the clearance abovetop-of-rail (ATOR) requirements of 49 

CFR 229.71. The Caltrain EMU will 

utilize Magnetic Track Brakes that are 

mounted on each non-powered (i.e., 

trailer) truck of each car. The track brake 

has two positions: Stowed and 

deployed. In its normal stowed position, 

the track brake is positioned 3.9 inches 

ATOR. Under maximum permissible 

wear conditions, the track brake 

assembly will remain 2.5 inches ATOR. 

In the deployed position, the track brake 

is in contact with the top of rail thus 

violating the minimum required 

clearance specified in 49 CFR 229.71. 

Caltrain believes the use of the magnetic 

track brake enhances the braking 

capabilities of the vehicle and only 

violates the required clearance when 

activated and in use. 

Third, Caltrain seeks a waiver of 

compliance from the safety appliance 

requirements of 49 CFR 229.71(b), Sill 

steps, (c) Side handholds, (d) End 

handholds, (f) Side-door steps, and (g) 

Uncoupling levers, as well as 49 CFR 

238.229 and 238.230(d). Caltrain 

believes sill steps and side handholds 

are intended to allow railroad 

employees to ride the outside of the 

vehicle during switching moves to 

manually couple/uncouple cars and 

make up manual hose connections. 

Similarly, end handholds and 

uncoupling levers are intended to 

provide a secure hand grip for a railroad 

worker while performing manual 

coupling or uncoupling of conventional 

rail vehicles where it is necessary for 

the mechanical end connections to be 

connected or disconnected manually 

from the ground by a railway employee. 

Not only will Caltrain operating rules 

prohibit personnel to mount the exterior 

of the EMU, but Caltrain will not use the 

EMU to make any equipment moves 

within yards, storage tracks, or other 

areas where personnel would be 

required to utilize any exterior steps or 

handholds. The EMU automatic coupler 

design allows all mechanical, 

pneumatic, and electrical end 

connections to be accomplished without 

manual intervention and without 

requiring personnel to leave the vehicle. 

Lastly, the Caltrain EMU vehicle is 

configured with both high-level and 

low-level side entry doors. When the 

EMU is first placed into service, only 

the low-level doors will be utilized and 

are accessed from Caltrain’s existing 8- 

inch high platforms. Each low-level side 

door is equipped with a retractable step 

to allow passengers to transition from 

the 8-inch platform to the 22-inch 

lower-level floor height. The step is 

located at approximately 16 inches 

ATOR. In addition, extended vertical 

handholds are located inside the 

doorways to facilitate the boarding/ 

alighting process. Therefore, Caltrain 

petitions FRA to accept the EMU 

vehicle without sill steps, side 

handholds, end handholds, or 

uncoupling levers. 

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 Avenue 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 parties desire 

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 October 

19, 2018 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered if practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 


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