[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 1934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00224]


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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:
    <bullet> Web site: http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
    <bullet> 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]
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