54802 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 179 / Friday, September 16, 2005 / Notices 

manually operated switches. Yard 

movement is controlled by a 

yardmaster. Due to the configuration 

and service demands, the yard cannot 

facilitate the placement of a derail at the 

150-foot interval as prescribed in 

§ 218.29. Additionally, LIRR believes 

that lining and locking the manual 

switches increases potential error of 

proper switch alignment, and is a safety 

concern for all employees working in 

the area. Therefore, LIRR requests that 

employees at these two facilities be 

allowed to place derails at a distance of 

50-feet from the equipment. LIRR states 

that they will post signage to reinforce 

the 5 mph speed restriction, as well as 

paint physical clearance lines denoting 

the 50-foot distance. 

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, 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 (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2005–

21964) and must be submitted in 

triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT 

Central Docket Management Facility, 

Room Pl–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. Communications received within 

45 days of the date of this notice will 

be considered by FRA before final 

action is taken. Comments received after 

that date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at DOT 

Central Docket Management Facility, 

Room Pl-401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh 

Street SW., Washington. 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 19377–78). 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. 05–18482 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

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 certain requirements of its safety 

standards. 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 favour of relief. 

Strategic Transportation Services 

[Docket Number FRA–2005–21961] 

Strategic Transportation Services, on 

behalf of EXEL Switching Services, 

seeks a waiver of compliance with the 

Safety Glazing Standards 49 CFR 

223.9(a), which requires Locomotives, 

including yard locomotives, built or 

rebuilt after June 30, 1980, must be 

equipped with certified glazing in all 

locomotive cab windows, and with the 

requirements of the Safety Appliance 

Standards 49 CFR 231.3(c)(1) & (c)(4), 

which requires Each locomotive used in 

switching service must have four (4) 

switching steps & Switching steps must 

be supported by a bracket at each end 

and fastened to the bracket by two bolts 

or rivets of at least one-half (1⁄2) inch 

diameter or by a weldment of at least 

twice the strength of a bolted 

attachment. Strategic Transportation 

Services requests the waiver for a ‘‘Rail 

King’’ mobile railcar mover that they 

intend to utilize to switch railcars inside 

the Exel facility, business park, in 

Houston, TX. The Rail King mobile 

railcar mover described in the waiver 

request is not equipped with FRA Type 

I & II certified glazing material and only 

has two switching steps that are 

attached to the vehicle by weldment. 

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, 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 (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2005–

21961) and must be submitted to the 

Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket 

Management Facility, Room Pl–401, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. 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. 05–18484 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 179 / Friday, September 16, 2005 / Notices 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] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 37] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of the Railroad Safety 

Advisory Committee (RSAC) meeting. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the next 

meeting of the RSAC, a Federal 

Advisory Committee that develops 

railroad safety regulations through a 

consensus process. The RSAC meeting 

topics include a briefing on the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users; the National Rail Safety Action 

Plan; the new precess for rail safety 

oversight; Congressional reports; and 

the railroad industry’s response to 

natural disasters. Status reports will be 

given on the Passenger Safety, Railroad 

Operating Rules, Roadway Worker, and 

other active working groups. The 

Committee will be asked to vote on the 

Passenger Safety Working Group (1) 

Emergency Preparedness 

recommendations for a proposed rescue 

window access time line, (2) 

Mechanical recommendations and (3) 

Crashworthiness recommendations for 

the notice of proposed rulemaking. 

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is 

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., 

and conclude at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, 

October 11, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC 

will be held at the Almas Temple 

Sphinx Grand Ballroom, 1315 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 898–

1688. The meeting is open to the public 

on a first-come, first-serve basis and is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. Sign and oral interpretation 

can be made available if requested 10 

calendar days before the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Butera, RSAC Coordinator, 

FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Stop 

25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–

6212 or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Safety Standards and 

Program Development, FRA, 1120 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6302. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting 

of the RSAC. The meeting is scheduled 

to begin at 9:30 a.m., and conclude at 4 

p.m., on Tuessday, October 11, 2005. 

The meeting of the RSAC will be held 

at the Almas Temple Sphinx Grand 

Ballroom, 1315 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 898–1688. 

RSAC was established to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

FRA on railroad safety matters. The 

Committee consists of 48 individual 

voting representatives and five associate 

representatives drawn from among 30 

organizations representing various rail 

industry perspectives, two associate 

representatives from the agencies with 

railroad safety regulatory responsibility 

in Canada and Mexico, and other 

diverse groups. Staffs of the National 

Transportation Safety Board and the 

Federal Transit Administration also 

participate in an advisory capacity. 

See the RSAC Web site for details on 

pending tasks at: http://rsac.fra.dot. 

gov/. Please refer to the notice published 

in the Federal Register on March 11, 

1996, (61 FR 9740) for more information 

about the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

12, 2005. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 05–18486 Filed 9–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–980X] 

Santa Clara Valley Transportation 

Authority—Abandonment Exemption—

in Santa Clara and Alameda Counties, 

CA 

On August 29, 2005, Santa Clara 

Valley Transportation Authority 

(SCVTA), a noncarrier, filed with the 

Board a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 

for exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903. SCVTA seeks to abandon 

all common carrier obligations over a 

1.19-mile line of railroad, extending 

from milepost 16.30 to milepost 17.49 in 

Santa Clara County, CA (Industrial line), 

and a 2.77-mile line of railroad, 

extending from milepost 2.61 near Paseo 

Padre Drive to milepost 5.38 near