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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), 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. 2012–9129 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0009] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated January 

19, 2012, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) 

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 242.403(b), (c)(1)– 

(3), (d), (e)(1)–(4), (e)(6)–(11), (e)(13),and 

f(1)–(2). FRA has assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2012–0009. 

The Confidential Close Call Reporting 

System (C3RS) pilot project for the UP 

North Platte Service Unit was initially 

approved by FRA on September 12, 

2007. In Docket Number FRA–2006– 

25862, UP requested and received a 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions at 49 CFR part 240 to support 

the C3RS demonstration pilot project. It 

was initially granted for 5 years, and 

was recently extended until November 

18, 2014. UP seeks to further support 

the pilot project by requesting similar 

relief from various sections of 49 CFR 

part 242, which are FRA’s new 

conductor certification regulations. 

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. If you do not have access to 

the Internet, please contact FRA’s 

Docket Clerk at (202) 493–6030 who 

will provide necessary information 

concerning the contents of the petition. 

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 

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), 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. 2012–9128 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0038] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated March 

22, 2012, CSX Transportation (CSX) has 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of a signal system. FRA has assigned the 

petition Docket Number FRA–2012– 

0038. 

Applicant 

Mr. David B. Olson, Chief Engineer 

Communications and Signals, CSX 

Transportation, 500 Water Street, Speed Code 

J–350, Jacksonville, FL 32202. 

CSX seeks approval of the proposed 

modification of the signal system on the 

signaled siding between Holland and 

Waverly, Milepost (MP) CG 25.3 to MP 

CG 24.03, on the Grand Rapids 

Subdivision, Chicago Division. 

The modification consist of the 

removal of the crossover and the signals, 

D243 and 6L, at MP 24.5 on the signaled 

siding; and the installation of a 

crossover and Signal Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 

8 at MP 24.32, creating a double 

crossover at Waverly. The method of 

operation will be changed from CSX 

Rule ABS 261 to CSX Rule 46, NonControlled Track, on the siding from MP 

24.32 to MP 25.3. 

The reason given for the proposed 

change is to improve switching 

movements at Waverly Yard. 

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 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 


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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 

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), 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. 2012–9126 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0020] 

Notice of Product Development 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated 

February 17, 2012, the Union Pacific 

Railroad (UP) and the National Railroad 

Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) have 

provided the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) a Notice of 

Product Development per 49 CFR 

236.913(d)(1)(i) for the modification of 

the Incremental Train Control System 

(ITCS). FRA has assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2012–0020. 

UP, Amtrak, and the Illinois 

Department of Transportation (IDOT) 

plan to conduct demonstration highspeed passenger train operations over a 

portion of the corridor between Chicago, 

IL, and St. Louis, MO, as part of the 

high-speed rail (HSR) program. The 

demonstration segments are on UP’s 

Joliet Subdivision, between Control 

Point (CP) X073 South Dwight, milepost 

(MP) 72.81; and CP X093 Pontiac, MP 

92.48. 

This modification of ITCS is in 

furtherance of the High-Speed Rail 2A 

Route Construction Agreement or the 

‘‘2A Agreement.’’ High-speed passenger 

trains will operate up to 110 mph on 

UP’s portion of the 2A route. UP freight 

trains will continue to operate at speeds 

not to exceed 60 mph. 

The scope of the work for the 2A 

Agreement requires UP to design, 

procure, and install: 

1. Cab signal fixed equipment in an 

initial segment between Dwight and 

Pontiac. 

2. A train control system meeting 

Positive Train Control (PTC) 

requirements on the entire UP portion of 

the route, in accordance with Federal 

regulations. 

Because the proposed system does not 

meet the statutory and regulatory 

requirements for PTC systems, and does 

not interoperate with the same, UP and 

Amtrak plan to seek FRA approval for 

its operation under Part 236, Subpart H. 

Operation on the demonstration 

segment will be under the centralized 

traffic control rules of the General Code 

of Operating Rules. UP freight trains 

will use automatic cab signals (ACS), 

consistent with the operation on its 

other ACS territories that do not provide 

speed control. Amtrak passenger trains 

will use the speed control function of 

the automatic train control onboard 

their locomotives, which provides 

enforcement of speed limits associated 

with signal indications. UP and Amtrak 

are the only operators on the 

demonstration segment. 

ITCS will provide a mechanism for 

safe activation of highway-grade 

crossing warning devices by passenger 

trains operating in excess of 79 mph. In 

addition, the two-way communications 

feature of ITCS allows crossing health 

and status information to be provided to 

approaching ITCS equipped trains. 

A copy of the notice, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

notice, 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 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 

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), 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. 2012–9115 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Information Collection Activities: 

Submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Request for Comment 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of 

information collection and solicitation 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 


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