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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 106731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31042]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2007-28340]

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 October 14, 2024, and 
December 13, 2024, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 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 215 (Railroad Freight Car Safety 
Standards) and 232 (Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other 
Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices). The relevant 
Docket Number is FRA-2007-28340.
    Specifically, UP seeks an extension of relief from part 215 and 
Sec.  232.205(a)(1), Class I brake test--initial terminal inspection, 
to move freight cars received in interchange from Kansas City Southern 
de Mexico at the West Rail International Bridge, located west of 
Brownsville, Texas, to Olmito, Texas. The required inspections are 
conducted at the Olmito yard, which is 5.65 miles north of the bridge.
    In support of its petition, UP stated that the movement 
``expedit[es] any delays caused by port of entry inspections and 
allow[s] a more efficient use of the bridge window.'' UP added that 
completing inspections and testing of equipment at Olmito is ``safer/
more secure than attempting it on the bridge precisely at the US border 
line,'' as the ``Olmito facility infrastructure supports inspections, 
and repair associated activities, including switching out bad orders.'' 
Finally, UP noted that the relief avoids ``unnecessary public 
disruptions within the city of Brownsville, [Texas], including, but not 
limited to, excessively blocked crossings'' as well as ``alleviates 
undue additional locomotive emissions from excessive idling times.''
    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 February 28, 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. 2024-31042 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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