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product of an uncertified PTC system, or 

any regression testing of a certified PTC 

system on the general rail system. See 

49 CFR 236.1035(a). Please see FECR’s 

test request for the required information, 

including a complete description of 

both FECR’s Concept of Operations and 

its specific test procedures, including 

the measures that will be taken to 

ensure safety during testing. 

FECR’s test request is available for 

review online at https://

www.regulations.gov (Docket No. FRA– 

2015–0062). Interested parties are 

invited to comment on the test request 

by submitting written comments or data. 

During its review of the test request, 

FRA will consider any comments or 

data submitted. However, FRA may 

elect not to respond to any particular 

comment, and under 49 CFR 236.1035, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny the 

test request at its sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

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 https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06612 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2007–0030] 

Petition for Extension of Waiver of 

Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on March 11, 2022, NJ TRANSIT 

Corporation (NJT) petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) for an 

extension of a waiver of compliance 

from certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained at 

49 CFR parts 213, 219, 221, 222, 223, 

229, 231, 234, 236, 238, 239, 242, 243, 

and 270. The relevant FRA Docket 

Number is FRA–2007–0030. 

Specifically, NJT requests an 

extension of relief from multiple 

regulations and seeks new relief from 

two additional parts (243 and 270) for 

NJT’s Southern New Jersey Light Rail 

Transit (the ‘‘River Line’’). The River 

Line is a commuter light rail transit 

system that operates over the 

Bordentown Secondary Track, track NJT 

shares with the Consolidated Rail 

Corporation (Conrail). The operation 

uses diesel multiple unit trainsets 

during an exclusive passenger period, 

temporally separated from Conrail’s 

nightly freight operations over the same 

tracks. NJT states that the relief 

facilitates more efficient and productive 

joint use of the trackage and that the 

limited nighttime joint operations have 

been carried out safely since the original 

waiver was granted. 

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 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 http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Communications received by May 13, 

2022 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 our 

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), the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (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. 2022–06595 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2022–0023] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on March 11, 2022, North Shore 

Railroad Company & Affiliates (NSHR) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 

compliance from certain provisions of 

the Federal railroad safety regulations 

contained at 49 CFR 229.23, Periodic 

inspection: General. FRA assigned the 

petition Docket Number FRA–2022– 

0023. 

Specifically, NSHR requests relief of 

the 92-day inspection requirements for 

four locomotives (LVRR 9050, LVRR 

9052, NSHR 2017, and NSHR 2012) 

used in seasonal in-plant switching in 

Washingtonville, PA. NSHR states that 

cycling the locomotives in and out of 

the plant for periodic inspections in a 

timely manner is difficult, as the 

locomotives do not have active on-board 

positive train control apparatuses and 

the rail line connecting to the plant is 

owned by a different railroad carrier 

(Norfolk Southern Railway). NSHR 

proposes that two of the locomotives 

would be used for in-plant unloading of 

synthetic gypsum and two of the 

locomotives would serve as alternate 

units. When the alternate units are not 

in the plant, they would receive normal 

92-day periodic inspections at the 

NSHR locomotive shop in Williamsport, 

PA. 

NSHR notes that the locomotives 

would be utilized for in-plant switching 

and remain captive at the plant during 

a scheduled unloading season (March 

through November), and would only 

operate at restricted speed, not to 

exceed 10 miles per hour. NSHR 

explains that its proposed safety plan 

includes: (1) A comprehensive shop 


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