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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4837-4838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00862]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2024-0126]

CSX Transportation, Inc. Petition for Approval of Product Safety 
Plan

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that, on 
November 11, 2024, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX) submitted a petition 
for FRA approval of its Product Safety Plan (PSP) for the Trip 
Optimizer Air Brake Control product (also referred to as ``TO Air Brake 
Control'' or ``Air Brake Control''). As this petition involves a 
railroad's PSP, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public 
comment on the document.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 17, 2025. 
FRA will consider comments filed after this date to the extent 
practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments related to this notice may be submitted 
by going to https://www.regulations.gov and following the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number (FRA-2024-0126). Please note that comments submitted 
online via www.regulations.gov are not immediately posted to the 
docket. Several business days may elapse after a comment has been 
submitted online before it is posted to the docket.
    Privacy Act: DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform 
its regulatory process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, to 
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice, DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS, accessible through www.dot.gov/privacy. To facilitate 
comment tracking and response, commenters are encouraged to provide 
their name, or the name of their organization; however, submission of 
names is completely optional. Whether or not commenters identify 
themselves, all timely comments will be fully considered. If you wish 
to provide comments containing proprietary or confidential information, 
please contact the agency for alternate submission instructions.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, please 
visit https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, 
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with part 236 of title 49 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations, this document provides the public 
notice that CSX has petitioned FRA for approval of its PSP for the Trip 
Optimizer Air Brake Control product (also referred to as ``TO Air Brake 
Control'' or ``Air Brake Control''). FRA has assigned the petition 
Docket Number FRA-2024-0126. CSX's PSP has been placed in this docket 
and is available for public inspection and comment.

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    CSX states that the Trip Optimizer product is an energy management 
system installed on locomotives that is used by the train's operator to 
improve the energy efficiency of train operations. CSX goes on to state 
that TO Air Brake Control is an expansion of the Trip Optimizer product 
that was initially deployed by CSX starting in 2008. CSX indicates that 
TO Air Brake Control functionality is designed to increase the number 
of miles of automatic operation and thereby decrease fuel consumption 
and the emissions output from all locomotives in the train. CSX also 
indicates that a train equipped with TO Air Brake Control will continue 
to operate under the supervision of a qualified train crew, who are 
required to assume control of the train and operate in manual mode, 
when necessary, and to retain overall responsibility for the safe 
operation of the train.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on CSX's PSP by 
submitting comments to the electronic docket. Please refer to the 
ADDRESSES section above for guidance on how to submit comments to the 
electronic docket.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-00862 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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