22840 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 17, 2012 / Notices 

Johnson (IN), Kevan J. Larson (ID), 

Melvin D. Rolfe (MN), Gilbert M. Rosas 

(AZ), Kim A. Shaffer (PA), Larry W. 

Slinker (VA), Lonnie J. Supanchick (NV) 

and Gerald W. Warner (OH) from the 

vision requirement in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(10), subject to the 

requirements cited above (49 CFR 

391.64(b)). 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) 

and 31315, each exemption will be valid 

for 2 years unless revoked earlier by 

FMCSA. The exemption will be revoked 

if: (1) The person fails to comply with 

the terms and conditions of the 

exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained before it was granted; or 

(3) continuation of the exemption would 

not be consistent with the goals and 

objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136 and 31315. 

If the exemption is still effective at the 

end of the 2-year period, the person may 

apply to FMCSA for a renewal under 

procedures in effect at that time. 

Issued on: April 11, 2012. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9160 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0019] 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 236, as 

detailed below. FRA assigned the 

petition Docket Number FRA–2012– 

0019. 

Applicant 

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. B. L. 

Sykes, Chief Engineer, C&S Engineering, 

1200 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, GA 

30309. 

The Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) 

seeks approval of the proposed 

modification of a traffic control system. 

The modifications consist of the 

replacement of a power-operated switch 

with a hand-operated switch and the 

shortening of the control point limits by 

replacing the 4E–1 and 4E–2 signals 

with the 4E signal, which will be moved 

east of the Horseheads Industrial Track 

at Control Point Horseheads on the 

Southern Tier (Milepost SR–276.9 in 

Horseheads, NY). The reason given for 

the replacement is that the poweroperated switch is no longer needed in 

today’s operation. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth, specifically, the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party in the proceeding. 

Additionally, one copy of the protest 

shall be furnished to the applicant at the 

address listed above. 

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 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 be identified by 

Docket Number FRA–2012–0019 and 

may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the DOT electronic site. 

• 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 June 1, 

2012 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:// 

www.regulations.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 (65 FR 

19477, or online at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 

2012. 

Ron Hynes, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9138 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–1999–6135] 

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) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards from New Jersey 

Transit (NJT). NJT seeks a modification 

to the original terms and conditions of 

its waiver of compliance that was 

granted in 1999. As part of NJT’s 

construction of a future Pennsauken 

transfer station (allowing transfers 

between Atlantic City commuter trains 

and the River Line), NJT is lengthening 

the Pennsauken siding at Control Point 

(CP) 55 to now include Minson siding; 

incorporating trackwork improvements 

and changes to the signal and train 

control (S&TC) system. NJT submits that 

this request is consistent with the 

waiver process for shared use. (See 

Statement of Agency Policy Concerning 

Jurisdiction Over the Safety of Railroad 

Passenger Operations and Waivers 

Related to Shared Use of the Tracks of 

the General Railroad System by Light 

Rail and Conventional Equipment, 65 

FR 42529 (July 10, 2000); see also Joint 

Statement of Agency Policy Concerning 

Shared Use of the Tracks of the General 

Railroad System by Conventional 

Railroads and Light Rail Transit 

Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July 10, 2000).) 

Specifically, in April 2007, FRA 

approved NJT’s S&TC improvements 

between CP45 and CP70 (which 

includes CP Ross, Minson siding, and 

Pennsauken siding) along its River Line 


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rail fixed guideway light-rail transit 

system. NJT calls this ‘scripted temporal 

separation,’ which maintains the 

required temporal separation, but 

provides for superior use of the existing 

infrastructure by expanding the 

passenger period, and allowing Conrail 

some increased flexibility in and out of 

the Minson siding to Pavonia Yard. The 

addition of a future Pennsauken transfer 

station on the single track south of CP 

Ross at Milepost 4.9 will add time to 

trains operating northbound and 

southbound that meet at CP Ross, thus 

resulting in significant headway 

degradation. NJT claims that by 

lengthening Pennsauken siding to 

include Minson siding, headway 

degradation will be mitigated. This 

petition serves to notify FRA of NJT’s 

plan to modify the trackwork, S&TC, 

and operational plans as part of this 

Pennsauken siding lengthening and 

Pennsauken transfer station 

construction. 

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–1999– 

6135) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: 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 June 1, 

2012 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:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to 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 comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Page 19477), or online 

at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 

2012. 

Ron Hynes, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9127 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2011–0033] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), this document provides the 

public notice that by a document dated 

April 22, 2011, Columbia Star Dinner 

Train (CSDT) of Columbia, MO, 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 223. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2011–0033. 

CSDT has petitioned FRA for a 

permanent waiver of compliance for two 

locomotives, CESX 1950 and CESX 

1951, from a portion of the railroad 

safety glazing standards, 49 CFR Section 

223.11(b), which require FRA Type II 

material in all side-facing windows of 

the locomotive cab. CSDT states that 

both locomotives are currently equipped 

with fully compliant FRA Type I frontfacing glazing per 49 CFR 223.11(a), and 

that the locomotives do not have rearfacing glazing. CSDT further states that 

these Electro-Motive Division F–7 

locomotives, manufactured in 1950 

(CESX 1950) and 1953 (CESX 1951), are 

of such design that impedes installation 

of thicker FRA Type II glass without 

significant modifications in the side and 

wing windows. As an alternative, the 

side-facing windows currently consist of 

safety type glass that is in good 

condition, clear and unscratched. 

Additionally, CSDT operates on 

approximately 18 miles of the Columbia 

Terminal Railroad (COLT) trackage, 

through generally rural countryside, at 

speeds between 10 and 15 mph despite 

the fact that the maximum authorized 

speed on this COLT trackage is 25 mph 

for freight. CSDT states that there has 

been no known incident of broken 

windows as a result of vandalism on the 

COLT and, therefore, no worker has 

been injured in the past. CSDT is 

requesting this relief because of the 

prohibitive cost involved in retrofitting 

the two locomotives with certified 

glazing. CSDT believes that the retained 

funds can best be used for other 

maintenance projects on their railroad. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

http://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 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: 

• Web site: 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 June 1, 

2012 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered as far 

as practicable. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 


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