71200 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 230 / Wednesday, November 29, 2000 / Notices

Modifications, Construct Charter

Terminal/Customs Facility through

rehabilitation of an existing passenger

terminal facility, and Rehabilitate

Northeast Terminal Apron (at proposed

Charter/Customs Facility).

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Air taxi/

commercial operator (ATCO), certified

air carriers (CAC), and certified route air

carriers (CRAC) having fewer than 500

annual enplanements.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Regional

Airport Authority of Louisville and

Jefferson County.

Issued in Memphis, Tennessee on

November 22, 2000.

LaVerne F. Reid,

Manager, Memphis Airports District Office,

Southern Region.

[FR Doc. 00–30428 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Petitions for Waivers of Compliance

In accordance with Title 49 Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.41, and

49 U.S.C. 20103, notice is hereby given

that the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) has received a

request for waiver of compliance with

certain requirements of the Federal

railroad safety regulations. The

individual petition is described below,

including the party seeking relief, the

regulatory provisions involved, and the

nature of the relief being sought.

Sound Transit

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2000–

8266]

Sound Transit seeks a permanent

waiver of compliance from certain

sections of Title 49 of the CFR for

operation of a new ‘‘Tacoma Line’’ light

rail line at a ‘‘limited connection’’ with

The Burlington Northen and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF). Sound

Transit is building the Tacoma Link,

which will intersect the BNSF Prairie

Line at a rail crossing located in the City

of Tacoma, Washington. The Tacoma

Line will be within a highway at the rail

grade crossing.

Sound Transit seeks relief based on

the safety precautions already in place

at the crossing. Specifically, BNSF is

subject to FRA’s regulations and

maintains and operates the rail crossing

for the proposed project. Sound Transit

specifically requests a waiver from the

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards

(49 CFR part 238), as Tacoma Link is a

light rail transit operation except for the

minor crossing connection. Sound

Transit also states that the requirements

for its light rail vehicles should be

considered as similar to buses, autos,

and all other street vehicles, wherein

efforts are put into having warning

equipment and procedures to reduce the

probability and severity of an accident.

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).

Since FRA has not yet concluded its

investigation of the Tacoma Link, the

agency takes no position at this time on

the merits of Sound Transit’s stated

justifications.

Interested parties are invited to

participate in this proceeding by

submitting written views, data, or

comments. FRA does not anticipate

scheduling a public hearing in

connection with the request for a waiver

of certain regulatory provisions. If any

interested party desires an opportunity

for oral comment, he or she should

notify FRA, in writing, before the end of

the comment period and specify the

basis for his or her request. All

communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

Petition Docket Number FRA 2000–

8266) and must be submitted to the DOT

Docket Management Facility, Room PL–

401 (Plaza level) 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590. All

documents in the public docket,

including Sound Transit’s detailed

waiver request, are also available for

inspection and copying on the Internet

at the docket facility’s Web site at http:/

/dms.dot.gov. Communications received

within 30 days of the date of this notice

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 this proceeding are available

for examination during regular business

hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the above

facility.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 21,

2000.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of Public Hearing; The Union

Pacific Railroad (Docket Number 2000–

7912)

The Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has

petitioned the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) seeking a waiver

of compliance with the requirements of

49 CFR 214.329. UP requests relief that

will permit the use of a system

described by UP as the automatic train

approach warning system (TAWS). UP

proposes that roadway work groups be

permitted to substitute TAWS for

watchmen/lookouts as the method of

train approach warning when fouling a

track within equipped interlockings and

controlled points. UP also proposes that

lone workers be permitted to use TAWS

as a method of train approach warning

within the limits of those interlockings

and controlled points without a

requirement to establish working limits.

Technical details of the TAWS system,

its developmental history, and its

function were described in the Federal

Register notice cited in the following

sentence.

The FRA issued a public notice (65

FR 57237, September 21, 2000) seeking

comments of interested parties. After

examining the railroad’s proposal and

the available facts, FRA has determined

that a public hearing is necessary before

a final decision is made on this

proposal.

Accordingly, a public hearing is

hereby set for 9 a.m. CST, on Thursday,

January 4, 2001, in Room 102–A (first

floor) of the Peter Kiewit Building, 1313

Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

Interested parties are invited to present

oral statements at the hearing.

The hearing will be an informal one

and will be conducted in accordance

with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of

Practice (Title 49 CFR Part 211.25), by

a representative designated by the FRA.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 21,

2000.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

[FR Doc. 00–30430 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

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