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similar organizations in the Midwest 

region of the United States, and are 

proposed for lease in the future. In all 

instances, the excursions operate 

through rural and wooded areas. The 

coaches are used at speeds up to and 

including 45 mph, and the cabooses 30 

mph. There have been no reported 

incidents of stoning or acts of vandalism 

against the excursion trains since the 

start of operations, and the cars are 

stored inside a protected facility when 

not in use. 

MSTRP is a non-profit educational 

organization incorporated under Section 

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

The main source of income for the 

organization is the operation of steam 

and diesel locomotive powered 

excursion trains. The above referenced 

equipment is heavily relied upon to 

fund the continued operations. MSTRP 

believes that bringing the passenger and 

caboose cars’ glazing into compliance 

would impose a severe financial 

hardship considering the intermittent 

usage of the equipment in excursion 

service. Further, MSTRP believes that 

they could not generate enough revenue 

to justify this expense. 

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–2009– 

0060) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

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://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, 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 (65 FR 

19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 6, 2010. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11212 Filed 5–11–10; 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) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from 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. 

Metro-North Railroad 

[Docket Number FRA–2007–0006] 

The Metro-North Railroad (MetroNorth) seeks a permanent waiver of 

compliance from certain specific 

requirements in the testing protocol of 

the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 

CFR 229.129(c), as it pertains to railroad 

locomotive horn testing. Metro-North 

seeks to utilize an acoustic enclosure 

specifically designed for the purpose of 

testing horns removed from the 

locomotives in lieu of the requirements 

required in 229.129(c)(4), (5) & (7). The 

data from the acoustic enclosure testing 

would be used to calculate the level to 

be expected at the location 100 feet in 

front of the locomotive as required 

under 229.129(c)(7). Metro-North has 

requested the Acoustical Society of 

America to work towards a new 

American National Standards Institute 

(ANSI) standard that supports the 

approach proposed by Metro-North. 

In addition to the requested waiver of 

the technical requirements described 

above, Metro-North is also requesting an 

extension of 5 years to June 24, 2015, in 

which to complete the required testing 

of its approximately 1,098 train horns. 

FRA’s Safety Board (Board) did not 

grant the requested waiver of the June 

24, 2010, deadline as a result of the 

original waiver petition. The Board did 

however invite Metro-North to resubmit 

that portion of the waiver request when 

the outcome of the alternative testing 

procedure was known and shown to be 

acceptable. 

Metro-North has proceeded to fund 

the design, fabrication and pilot testing 

of the testing facility proposed subject to 

the previously granted conditional 

waiver. Metro-North has presented test 

data from the testing facility developed 

under the previous application that 

supports the technical validity of the 

procedure and wishes FRA to 

reconsider its application for an 

extension of 5 years to complete its 

efforts to have an ANSI standard 

adopted and submitted to FRA in 

support of its petition, and to complete 

the testing of its train horns in 

accordance with that standard. 

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–2007– 

0006) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

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 

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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://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, 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 (65 FR 

19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 6, 2010. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11206 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notification of Petition for Approval; 

Railroad Safety Program Plan 

Although not required, the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) is 

providing notice that it has received a 

petition for approval of a Railroad 

Safety Program Plan (RSPP) submitted 

pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart H. 

The petition is listed below, including 

the party seeking approval, and the 

requisite docket number. FRA is not 

accepting comments on this RSPP. 

Port Authority Trans-Hudson 

Corporation 

[Docket Number FRA–2010–0086] 

The Port Authority Trans-Hudson 

Corporation (PATH) submits a petition 

for approval of an RSPP. An RSPP is a 

system safety plan implemented by the 

railroad to identify and manage safety 

risks and generate data for use in 

making safety decisions. The petition, 

RSPP, and any related documents have 

been placed in the requisite Docket 

(FRA–2010–0086) and are available for 

public inspection. 

Interested parties are invited to 

review the RSPP and associated 

documents at the DOT Docket 

Management Facility during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. All 

documents in the public docket are also 

available for inspection and copying on 

the internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications received into any of 

our dockets by name of the individual 

submitting the document (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477– 

78) or at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 6, 2010. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11204 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2010–24] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

any petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before June 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2010–0459 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

For more information on the 

rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Thor, (425–227–2127), Standardization 

Branch, ANM–113, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, 

SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356, or 

Brenda Sexton, (202) 267–3664, Office 

of Rulemaking, ARM–1, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2010. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition For Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2010–0459. 

Petitioner: The Boeing Company. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 25.809(a). 

Description of Relief Sought: To 

provide relief for the Boeing Model 787 

from the requirement that the outside 

viewing means provided for the 

flightcrew emergency exit must permit 

viewing of the likely area of evacuee 

ground contact, that the likely area of 

evacuee ground contact must be 

viewable during all lighting conditions 

with the landing gear extended as well 

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