[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56206-56207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19093]


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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 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 favor of relief.

The Rarus Railway Company

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2005-22131]

    The Rarus Railway Company (RAR), seeks a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR 223, that 
requires certified glazing for two passenger cars, RARW 802 and RARW 
805. The RAR is located in Anaconda, Montana. The RAR states they 
operate as a seasonal excursion train and will not operate as a 
commuter railroad. The cars will operate in a rural area over 
approximately 26 miles of track at a speed not exceeding 25 miles per 
hour. The RAR states that the cost of retrofitting a total of 58 
windows for each car to accept FRA safety glazing will be cost 
prohibitive with consideration given to the type of operation the RAR 
performs.
    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 2005-
22131) 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 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

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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 19, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-19093 Filed 9-23-05; 8:45 am]
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