[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54802-54803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18483]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with the rule. The 
individual petition is described below, including the party seeking 
relief, the regulatory provisions involved, the nature of the relief 
being requested, and the petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

[[Page 54803]]

Union Railroad Company

Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2005-21013

    The Union Railroad Company (URC), further herein identified as the 
railroad, seeks approval for a waiver of compliance with the 
requirements of Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock 
contained in 49 CFR part 224. Specifically, URC seeks a waiver from the 
requirements of 49 CFR part 224 for 154 slab rack cars, 238 coke rack 
hopper cars and 283 gondola cars. The railroad asserts that these cars 
travel exclusively on their property at speeds of 20 mph or less and 
that there are only three public road crossings over which the cars 
traverse. The railroad has requested that it be exempt from applying 
the required retro-reflective material tape to the sides of these 
freight cars.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by submitting written views, data, or comments. Each comment shall set 
forth specifically the basis upon which it is made, and contain a 
concise statement of the interest of the commenter in the proceeding. 
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 (FRA-2005-21013) and must be submitted to the 
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza 
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Communications 
received within 30 days of the date of this notice will be considered 
by FRA before final action is taken. All written communications 
concerning these proceedings are available for examination during 
regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. All 
documents in the public docket are also available for inspection and 
copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.) You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The statement 
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 12, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-18483 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am]
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