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CFR section Respondent universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time per 

response 

Total annual burden hours Total annual burden cost 

241.9—Prohibition against 

extraterritorial dispatching, exceptions—Notification.

4 railroads ............ 1 notification ......... 8 hours ................. 8 hours ................. $314. 

241.11—Prohibition against conducting a railroad operation dispatched by an extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions.4 railroads ............ Included under 

§ 241.9.

Included under 

§ 241.9.

Included under 

§ 241.9.

Included under 

§ 241.9. 

241.13—Prohibitions against track 

owner’s requiring or permitting use 

of its line for a railroad operation 

dispatched by an extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions.

4 railroads ............ Included under 

§ 241.9.

Included under 

§ 241.9.

Included under 

§ 241.9.

Included under 

§ 241.9. 

241.15—Penalties—False Reports/ 

Records.

$628 ..................... None .................... N/A ....................... N/A ....................... N/A. 

Total Responses: 8. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 36 

hours. 

Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 

CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that it may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

13, 2005. 

D.J. Stadtler, 

Director, Office of Budget, Federal Railroad 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–18487 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 favor of relief. 

Grand Canyon Railway 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2005–

22129] 

The Grand Canyon Railway (GCRX) 

seeks a waiver of compliance with the 

requirements of 49 CFR 221.14, [Rear 

End Marking Device], published July 10, 

1986. The regulation require trains be 

equipped with at least one rear end 

marking device, which has been 

approved by FRA in accordance with 

the procedures included in Appendix A 

of the regulation. GCRX seeks to use a 

‘‘Adlake No. 270’’ as the rear end 

marking device on their excursion 

passenger trains, citing that the 

historical value would add to the 

ambiance of their historic railroad. 

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 (FRA–2005–

22129) 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 

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. 05–18485 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. 

Long Island Rail Road 

[Docket Number FRA–2005–21964] 

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) 

seeks a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Railroad 

Operating Practices regulations, 49 CFR 

part 218, regarding blue signal 

protection of workers. Specifically, the 

LIRR requests relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 218.29 

Alternate methods of protection, at its 

Diesel Service Facilities in Richmond 

Hills, NY, and Long Island City, NY. 

According to LIRR, both facilities are 

stub-end yards jointly used by both 

transportation and mechanical forces. 

These yards function to service, inspect, 

maintain, and dispatch the diesel 

passenger fleet for the LIRR. Each 

facility has a speed limit of 5 mph, with 

fixed derails on each service track and 

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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.