[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22738]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2024-0079]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that by letter dated June 26, 2024, 
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) 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 Other Non-Passenger 
Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices). The relevant Docket Number 
is FRA-2024-0079.
    Specifically, CPKC requests relief from the requirements of 49 CFR 
232.305(b)(2), Single car air brake tests, to ``permit the replacement 
of wheel-sets on rail cars as part of CPKC's In-train Wheelset 
Replacement Program . . . without the need to also perform the [single 
car air brake test (SCABT)]'' as required. The program would be used 
only at CPKC's International Freight Gateway intermodal facility in 
Kansas City, Missouri.
    In its petition, CPKC explained that the program ``proactively 
address[es] wheel defects before they create potential risks to safe 
railroad operations'' by identifying and changing the wheels while a 
crew remains on the lead locomotive. CPKC consulted with the 
Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division, Transportation Communications 
Union, which supports the program and request.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    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 parties 
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, 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 at www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    Communications received by December 2, 2024 will be considered by 
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date 
will be considered if practicable.
    Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications 
and comments received into any of the Department of Transportation's 
(DOT) dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the document, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor union, etc.). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 
comments from the public to better inform its processes. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system 
of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-22738 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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