Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2012 / Notices 8325 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Sixth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 225, Rechargeable Lithium 

Batteries and Battery Systems, Small 

and Medium Size 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 225, Rechargeable Lithium 

Batteries and Battery Systems, Small 

and Medium Size. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the sixth meeting 

of RTCA Special Committee 225, 

Rechargeable Lithium Batteries and 

Battery Systems, Small and Medium 

Size. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 28–29, 2012, from 9 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC, 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at 

http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 

92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 225. The agenda will include 

the following: 

February 28, 2012 

• Welcome, Introductions, and 

Administrative Remarks 

• Review of the meeting agenda. 

• Review and approval of summary 

from the 5th plenary meeting. 

• Review SC–225 schedule for 

Plenaries, working group meetings, 

and document preparation. 

• Review action items. 

• Review of current events with Li-Ion 

Batteries (15 min). 

• Results of EFB thermal runaway on 

flightdeck (smoke and toxic gases). 

• RTCA Workspace Demo. 

• Discuss title of DO–3xx. 

• Working Group Meeting—Review 

draft document. 

• Battery Size Table (1.3.1) updates: 

• Add row for large size. 

• Add Wh equation. 

• Review new action items. 

• Review agenda for Wednesday. 

February 29, 2012 

• Review of meeting agenda, other 

actions. 

• Verify dates of next plenary and 

upcoming meeting working group 

meetings. 

• Establish Agenda for 7th plenary 

meeting. 

• Working Group Meeting—Review 

draft document 

• Working Group report, review 

progress and actions. 

• Review all action items. 

• Adjourn. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 7, 

2012. 

Kathy Hitt, 

Program Analyst, Business Operations 

Branch, Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3364 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2011–0107] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 213 of title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards. By a document 

dated December 28, 2011, CSX 

Transportation (CSX) petitions FRA for 

a waiver from certain rail testing 

requirements contained in 49 CFR part 

213. FRA assigned the petition Docket 

Number FRA–2011–0107. 

Pursuant to 49 CFR Section 

213.113(a), CSX requests a waiver from 

the accepted practice of stop/start rail 

testing for phase III of its nonstop 

continuous rail test pilot project 

beginning April 1, 2012, for a period of 

up to 1 year on the main tracks between 

Richmond, VA, and Charleston, SC. The 

subdivisions that would be traversed are 

the North End, South End, and 

Charleston. 

Based on the results of the previous 

phases of nonstop continuous rail test, 

CSX will not perform parallel or 

redundant start/stop rail testing on track 

segments being nonstop continuous rail 

tested under this waiver. Instead, CSX 

proposes to produce nonstop 

continuous rail test reports every 2 

weeks for review by FRA’s Rail and 

Infrastructure Integrity Division. As CSX 

develops confidence in the performance 

of the system, and as agreed by CSX and 

FRA, it proposes to expand the test area 

to include the tracks between 

Richmond, VA, and Jacksonville, FL, 

and test on a monthly basis. 

The nonstop continuous high-speed 

rail test vehicle will be a self-propelled 

ultrasonic/induction flaw detection 

vehicle operating at speeds up to 30 

mph. This vehicle will be making runs 

every 2 weeks over the assigned 

territory. Upon completion of each run, 

data will be analyzed offline by a group 

of experts with experience in this 

process. The analysis will categorize 

and prioritize suspect defective 

locations for post-test verification. 

Verifiers will then be sent out with field 

instruments to check these suspect 

locations based upon Global Positioning 

System (GPS) coordinates. All suspect 

locations will be checked 60 feet on 

either side of the suspect GPS location. 

Remedial actions will be applied, as per 

49 CFR Section 213.113, for confirmed 

rail defects. CSX believes that nonstop 

continuous rail testing will provide the 

capability to test track more quickly and 

frequently, and minimize the risk of rail 

service failures. 

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 (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2011– 

0107) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202 493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• 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 within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

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