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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91883-91884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26996]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2024-0115]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that by letters received October 1, 
2024, and November 4, 2024, the City of North Salt Lake (the City) 
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 222 (Use of Locomotive Horns at 
Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings). FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2024-0115.
    Specifically, the City requests relief from Sec.  222.35(b)(1), 
What are the minimum requirements for quiet zones?--Active grade 
crossing warning devices, which states that each public highway-rail 
grade crossing in a quiet zone ``must be equipped, no later than the 
quiet zone implementation date, with active grade crossing warning 
devices comprising both flashing lights and gates which control traffic 
over the crossing.'' The City requests a two-year waiver from the 
regulation ``until the design and construction of the relocated signal 
mast and gate arm can be completed.''
    In support of its request, the City stated that the signal mast and 
gate arm are currently located before the crossing on an industrial 
spur, where trains are operated at not more than 10 miles per hour. The 
crossing currently has signal lights, and the City will add a painted 
stop bar and sign reading ``STOP HERE WHEN FLASHING'' to ``further 
improve the safety at the crossing . . . until the design and 
construction of the gate arm can be completed.'' The City further 
explained that funding for the project has been secured and that 
granting this relief will allow ``reinstatement of the quiet zone while 
design, approval and construction of the gate arm is completed.''
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.

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    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 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 January 21, 2025 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 U.S. 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.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-26996 Filed 11-19-24; 8:45 am]
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