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You can find general information about 

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Edward Gresser, 

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Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14601 Filed 7–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2016–0086] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on June 11, 2021, Kansas City 

Southern Railway Company (KCS) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) to join an existing 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 

232 (Brake System Safety Standards for 

Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains 

and Equipment; End-Of-Train Devices), 

and 229 (Railroad Locomotive Safety 

Standards). The relevant FRA Docket 

Number is FRA–2016–0086. 

Specifically, KCS requests to join a 

waiver previously granted to CSX 

Transportation (CSX) and BNSF 

Railway (BNSF), and be granted relief 

from 49 CFR 232.205(c)(1)(iii), Class I 

brake test-initial terminal inspection, 

and 229.29(b), Air brake system 

calibration, maintenance, and testing, 

related to air flow method (AFM) 

indicator calibration intervals. The relief 

granted to CSX and BNSF allows the 

railroads to test extending the AFM test 

intervals from 92 days to 184 days on 

locomotives equipped with the New 

York Air Brake (NYAB) CCB–II air brake 

systems. KCS seeks to form a test waiver 

team operating under the current test 

committee overseeing the relief in FRA– 

2016–0086 to test 376 NYAB CCBIIequipped locomotives owned by KCS. 

KCS states that it has been an active 

member of the Association of American 

Railroads Locomotive Committee and is 

familiar with the work performed by the 

FRA–2016–0086 test committee. 

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 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

Communications received by August 

23, 2021 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), 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. 2021–14538 Filed 7–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2020–0064] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on June 15, 2021, BNSF Railway 


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Company (BNSF) petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) to 

modify a waiver of compliance that 

provides relief from certain provisions 

of the Federal railroad safety regulations 

contained at 49 CFR part 213. FRA 

previously assigned the waiver Docket 

Number FRA–2020–0064. 

BNSF’s existing waiver identified two 

territories, the Powder River Territory, 

and the Southern Transcon Territory, 

where 49 CFR 213.233 visual track 

inspection requirements are replaced 

with a combination of performancebased automated and visual inspections. 

Automated inspections are performed 

by Unmanned Automated Track 

Geometry Cars every 12 million gross 

tons, not exceeding four weeks between 

tests, and visual inspections are 

performed either twice per month, 

weekly, or three times per week, based 

on risk model calculations made weekly 

for each track segment. 

BNSF is requesting to expand the 

scope of the waiver by adding two 

additional territories. First, BNSF 

requests to incorporate their Orin 

Subdivision, a 395-track mile line 

running from Donkey Creek Junction, 

Wyoming, to Bridger Junction, 

Wyoming, into the existing Powder 

River Territory. In support of this 

request, BNSF states that the 

operational, traffic mix, and weather 

characteristics of the Orin Subdivision 

are similar to the other subdivisions of 

the Powder River Territory. 

Second, BNSF requests to add a new 

territory to the waiver, their Northern 

Transcon Route. This 4,322-track mile 

line runs from Chicago, Illinois, to 

Seattle, Washington. In support of this 

request, BNSF references their 2020 

geometry defect rates along the route as 

lower (safer) than the rates of the 

Southern Transcon Territory. 

In support of its petition, BNSF 

references data and analysis from their 

Track Inspection Test Program, Docket 

Number FRA–2018–0091, and data and 

analysis already available in Docket 

Number FRA–2020–0064. BNSF states 

that all requirements of the waiver have 

been met during implementation on the 

Powder River Territory and Southern 

Transcon Territory. BNSF contends 

there are no unique characteristics of 

the Northern Transcon Route or Orin 

Subdivision that would prevent BNSF’s 

successful implementation of the 

existing relief over those additional 

territories. BNSF concludes that adding 

the two new territories will result in net 

safety benefits for those territories due 

to the increased geometry inspections 

and data-driven visual inspections. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, if any, are 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 for 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 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Communications received by August 

23, 2021 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), 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. 2021–14535 Filed 7–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2020–0164] 

Frequently Asked Questions on 911 

Notifications Following Possible 

Pipeline Ruptures 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; draft frequently asked 

questions. 

SUMMARY: The Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA) is soliciting public comment 

on draft frequently asked questions 

(FAQs) intended to clarify existing 

regulatory requirements that operators 

of natural gas transmission and 

distribution pipelines and hazardous 

liquid pipelines alert emergency 

responders when a pipeline emergency 

occurs. The draft FAQs explain that 

compliance with these existing 

requirements is best achieved when 

operators promptly identify a possible 

rupture and alert emergency responders 

in the impacted community or 

jurisdiction through 911 services, or 

direct contact with emergency 

responders in areas where 911 services 

are not available. 

DATES: Comments on the draft FAQs 

should be submitted to Docket No. 

PHMSA–2020–0164 no later than 

August 9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: E-Gov Web: http://

www.regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Docket 

Management System: West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Instructions: Identify the Docket 

No. PHMSA–2020–0164, at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, submit 

two copies. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that PHMSA received your 

comments, include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard. Internet users may 

submit comments at http://

www.regulations.gov. 


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