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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, 

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comments. FRA does not anticipate 

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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 

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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 

February 25, 2013 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 January 2, 

2013. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00222 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2002–11669] 

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 

26, 2012, the Southern Indiana Railway 

(SIND) of Sellersburg, IN, 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 (Safety Glazing 

Standards—Locomotives, Passenger 

Cars and Cabooses). FRA assigned the 

petition Docket Number FRA–2002– 

11669. 

SIND has petitioned for a permanent 

waiver of compliance for two 

locomotives, SIND 103 and SIND 104, 

from the requirements of 49 CFR 

223.11—Requirements for existing 

locomotives, which requires FRA Type 

I material in the forward and rearward 

end-facing glazing locations of the 

locomotive cab windshields as well as 

FRA Type II material in all side-facing 

windows of the locomotive cabs. Each 

locomotive is a Model S–3, built by the 

American Locomotive Company in 

1950. Both locomotives were rebuilt in 

1988. SIND states that it operates one 

train per day, over a 5-mile-long single 

track through mostly rural or lightly 

populated areas, to interchange with 

CSX Transportation and the Louisville 

and Indiana Railway for inbounds and 

outbounds. SIND further states that it 

has never had any employee injuries 

caused by broken locomotive glass. 

SIND describes the current glazing as 

single-pane safety plate glass in good 

condition. SIND is requesting this relief 

on account of the absence of history of 

any previous glazing-related accidents 

or injuries. 

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 

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 

February 25, 2013 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 January 2, 

2013 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00224 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2012–0091] 

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 letter dated November 

15, 2012, BNSF Railway (BNSF), 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 232—Brake 

System Safety Standards for Freight and 


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Other Non-Passenger Trains and 

Equipment; End-of-Train Devices. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2012–0091. 

BNSF seeks relief with respect to the 

application of certain provisions of 49 

CFR part 232. Specifically, BNSF seeks 

relief from 49 CFR Sections 

232.205(c)(1)—Class I brake test-initial 

terminal inspection and 232.207(b)(1)— 

Class IA brake tests—1,000-mile 

inspection for trains operating in 

distributive power mode. BNSF requests 

to extend the maximum allowable brake 

pipe air flow from the present rule of 60 

cubic feet per minute (CFM) to 90 CFM 

for distributed power-equipped trains 

under specified operating conditions. 

Canadian railroads have operated 

with the higher air flow of 90 CFM on 

distributed power trains for the past 2 

years. Recently, BNSF conducted 

demonstration testing in Great Falls, 

MT, for air flows between 60 and 90 

CFM; a summary of which has been 

submitted to this docket. BNSF states 

that these tests confirmed brake 

propagation rates comparable to the 

rates achieved by Canadian Pacific 

Railway and Canadian National Railway 

in their experience operating high CFM 

air flow trains. Based upon the 

successful outcome of its test, and the 

operational experience of the Canadian 

railroads, BNSF petitions FRA to permit 

operation at higher air flow levels for 

trains operating in distributive power 

mode under the operating conditions 

specified in its 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 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 

February 25, 2013 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 December 

17, 2012. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00223 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 306X); Docket 

No. AB 1091X] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Abandonment and Discontinuance 

Exemption—in Cameron County, TX; 

Brownsville and Matamoras Bridge 

Company—Abandonment Exemption— 

in Cameron County, TX 

On December 20, 2012, Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP) and 

Brownsville and Matamoras Bridge 

Company (B&M) (collectively, 

Petitioners) jointly filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board a petition 

under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption 

from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 

to permit: (1) UP to abandon and 

discontinue the portion of UP’s 

Brownsville Subdivision from milepost 

7.4 at Olmito Junction to milepost 0.22 

at Brownsville, Tex. (UP’s Brownsville 

Subdivision); and (2) B&M to abandon 

its 0.8 mile line from its connection to 

UP’s Brownsville Subdivision near UP 

milepost 0.41 to the international border 

with Mexico located near the centerpoint of B&M’s bridge at Brownsville 

(B&M Bridge Line), a total distance of 

7.98 miles in Cameron County, Tex. 

(collectively, the Line). The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 78520 and includes no 

stations. 

In addition to an exemption from the 

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

10903, Petitioners seek an exemption 

from 49 U.S.C. 10904 (offer of financial 

assistance procedures) and 10905 

(public use provisions). In support, 

Petitioners state that no shippers are 

served by the Line and that there is an 

agreement in principle that, following 

abandonment, UP’s Brownsville 

Subdivision will be transferred to 

Cameron County, Tex., and/or the City 

of Brownsville, Tex., for interim trail 

use. B&M asserts that the .08 mile B&M 

Bridge Line is unsuitable for both public 

use and interim trail use. B&M states 

that the B&M Bridge will remain under 

ownership of B&M, and the B&M Bridge 

may play some future role in the 

movement of motor vehicle traffic 

across the border between Mexico and 

the United States. These requests will be 

addressed in the final decision. 

Petitioners state that the Line does not 

contain Federally granted rights-of-way. 

Any documentation in Petitioners’ 

possession will be made available 

promptly to those requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, In Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). 

By issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by April 9, 2013. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,600 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the Line, the 

Line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than January 29, 2013. Each 

trail use request must be accompanied 

by a $250 filing fee. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(27). 


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