42976 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 148 / Thursday, August 5, 2021 / Notices 

1https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA2020-0014-0004 (Test Program); https://

www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2020-0014- 

0002 (FRA’s approval decision); https://

www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2020-0014- 

0003 (FRA’s published notice of approval). 

2https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA2020-0014-0004. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16751 Filed 8–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–20–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from the Association 

of American Railroads (WB21–50–7/28/ 

21) for permission to use data from the 

Board’s 2019 Masked Carload Waybill 

Sample along with continued access to 

previously received datasets (1972– 

2018). A copy of this request may be 

obtained from the Board’s website under 

docket no. WB21–50. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics within 14 

calendar days of the date of this notice. 

The rules for release of waybill data are 

codified at 49 CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202) 

245–0319. 

Eden Besera, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16704 Filed 8–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2020–0014] 

Petition for Approval: Canadian 

National Railway 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of petition for approval 

to move to phase 3 of track inspection 

test program. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public notice that on July 23, 2021, 

Canadian National Railway (CN) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) to transition from 

phase 2 to phase 3 of a previously 

approved Test Program and associated 

temporary suspension of some visual 

track inspections. The Test Program is 

designed to test track inspection 

technologies (i.e., an autonomous track 

geometry measurement system) and new 

operational approaches to track 

inspections (i.e., combinations of 

autonomous inspection and traditional 

visual inspections). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: YuJiang Zhang, Staff Director, Track and 

Structures Division, Office of Railroad 

Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590, telephone 

(202) 493–6460 or email yujiang.zhang@

dot.gov; Aaron Moore, Attorney, Office 

of Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

telephone (202) 493–7009 or email 

aaron.moore@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

3, 2020, FRA conditionally approved 

the Test Program and CN’s petition 

under 49 CFR 211.51 to suspend 

§§ 213.233(b)(3) and 213.233(c) as 

applied to operations under the Test 

Program. A copy of the Test Program, 

FRA’s conditional approval of the Test 

Program, and a previously published 

Federal Register notice explaining 

FRA’s rationale for approving the Test 

Program and related suspension are 

available for review in the docket.1

As approved, the Test Program 

included four separate phases over 12 

months, as outlined in Exhibit C of the 

Program.2 Accordingly, CN began the 

Test Program on April 19, 2020. On 

December 6, 2020, CN transitioned from 

phase 1 to phase 2. Subsequently, CN 

requested, and FRA approved, an 

extension of the Test Program until 

February 19, 2022. 

CN is requesting to transition from 

phase 2 to 3 on October 24, 2021. In 

support of its request, CN states that it 

has met the Test Program conditions 

required to move to phase 3 and has met 

the Test Program’s baseline safety 

metric of less than 0.19 unprotected 

geometry defects per 100 miles tested as 

established in phase 1 of the Test 

Program. Specifically, for the 90 days 

prior to petitioning to move to phase 3, 

CN achieved an average of 0.15 

unprotected geometry defects per 100 

miles tested. 

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. 

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. 

Communications received by 

September 7, 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. 2021–16740 Filed 8–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2020–0013] 

Petition for Approval Extension: CSX 

Transportation 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of petition for an 

extension of approval of track 

inspection test program. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public notice that on July 27, 2021, CSX 

Transportation (CSX) petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

to extend an existing temporary 

suspension of some visual track 

inspections to allow for a continuation 

of a previously approved Test Program 

designed to test track inspection 

technologies (i.e., an autonomous track 

geometry measurement system) and new 

operational approaches to track 

inspections (i.e., combinations of 

autonomous inspection and traditional 

visual inspections). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: YuJiang Zhang, Staff Director, Track and 

Structures Division, at (202) 493–6460 


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