Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 236 / Friday, December 8, 1995 / Notices 63115

District (oan), Room 1211, Hale Boggs

Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street,

New Orleans, LA 70130–3396,

telephone (504) 589–4686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

this meeting is given pursuant to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2 § 1 et seq. The meeting

is open to the public. Members of the

public may present written or oral

statements at the meeting. The agenda

for the meeting will consist of

discussion of previous

recommendations and presentation of

new items for consideration.

Dated: November 22, 1995.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral U.S. Coast Guard Commander,

Eighth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 95–29966 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

[CGD08–95–023]

Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety

Advisory Committee; Waterways

Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Waterways

Subcommittee of the Houston/Galveston

Navigation Safety Advisory Committee

will meet to discuss various navigation

safety matters affecting the waterways of

the Houston/Galveston area.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 11

a.m. to 1 p.m., on Thursday, January 4,

1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Blackthorn Memorial, U.S. Coast

Guard Base Galveston, 1 Ferry Road,

Galveston, TX, 77553.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

M.M. Ledet, Recording Secretary,

Commander, Eighth Coast Guard

District (oan), room 1211, Hale Boggs

Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street,

New Orleans, LA 70130–3396,

telephone (504) 589–4686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

this meeting is given pursuant to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2 § 1 et seq. The meeting is

open to the public. Members of the

public may present written or oral

statements at the meeting. The agenda

for the meeting will consist of

discussion of previous

recommendations and presentation of

new items for consideration.

Dated: November 22, 1995.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander,

Eighth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 95–29967 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA, Inc., Special Committee 185;

Aeronautical Spectrum Planning

Issues

Pursuant to section 10(a) (2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L.

92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is

hereby given for a Special Committee

185 meeting to be held on January 3–4,

1996, starting at 9:00 a.m. The meeting

will be held at RTCA, 1140 Connecticut

Avenue, N.W., Suite 1020, Washington,

DC, 20036.

The agenda will be as follows: (1)

Administrative Remarks; (2)

Introductions; (3) Review and Approval

of the Agenda; (4) Review and Approval

of the Summary of the Previous

Meeting; (5) Review Rewrite of Changes

Made at Last Plenary Meeting; (6)

Assignment of Tasks; (7) Other

Business; (8) Date and Place of Next

Meeting.

Attedance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue

NW., Suite 1020, Washington, D.C.

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone) or (202)

833–9434 (fax). Members of the public

may present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on December

4, 1995.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 95–29964 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–13–M

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Exemption or Waiver of

Compliance

In accordance with Title 49 CFR

Sections 211.9 and 211.41, notice is

hereby given that the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) has received

requests for exemptions from or waivers

of compliance with a requirement of its

safety standards. The individual

petitions are described below, including

the party seeking relief, the regulatory

provisions involved, and the nature of

the relief being requested.

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 RSGM–95–9)

and must be submitted in triplicate to

the Docket Clerk, Office of Chief

Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC

20590. Communications received within

45 days of the date of publication 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 (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) in Room

8201, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh

Street SW., Washington, DC 20590.

The individual petitions seeking an

exemption or waiver of compliance are

as follows:

Tioga Central Railroad (TIOC)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–

95–9)

The TIOC seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (Title 49

CFR Part 223) for five locomotives and

seven passenger cars. The TIOC has

relocated their tourist passenger

operation from Owego, New York, to

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. The train

operates on the former Consolidated

Rail Corporation Corning Secondary

line from Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, to a

point south of the Gang Mills Yard in

New York. The railroad states the route

is very rural with a few small hamlets

along the way. Vandalism has been

minimal since relocating.

Anthracite Railroads Historical Society,

Incorporated (ATRW)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–

95–10)

The ATRW seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (Title 49

CFR Part 223) for two locomotives.

Locomotives CRP 56 and 57 were built

by EMD in 1948. The railroad states that
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the locomotives are equipped with FRA

glazing in the windshields but the

original safety glass has been retained in

other locations for historical purposes.

The locomotives are used primarily in

excursion passenger service but will be

used in very limited freight service. The

ATRW operates on the Southern

Railroad of New Jersey.

West Jersey Railroad (WJ)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–

95–11)

The WJ seeks a permanent waiver of

compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (Title 49

CFR Part 223) for one locomotive. The

locomotive, WJ 7803, an ALCO model

RS–3 road switcher built in 1952, will

be operated on 15 miles of track

between Hartford and Paw Paw,

Michigan. The area is very rural and not

subject to vandalism.

Decatur Junction Railway Company

(DT)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–

95–12)

The DT seeks a permanent waiver of

compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (Title 49

CFR Part 223) for one locomotive. The

locomotive, WJ 7804, an ALCO model

RS–3 road switcher built in 1952, was

formerly used on the West Jersey

Railroad in Salem, New Jersey. The

locomotive will be operated on 15.4

miles of track between Cisco and

Green’s Switch, Decatur, Illinois, and

16.6 miles between Elwin and

Assumption, Illinois. The area is rural

farm country. The DT has trackage

rights on the Illinois Central Railroad

between Elwin and Green’s Switch and

operate over this area no more than one

or two times per week.

Vandalia Railroad Company (VRRC)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–

95–13)

The VRRC seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (Title 49

CFR Part 223) for one locomotive. The

locomotive, number 56, is an ALCO

Model T–6 switcher. Waiver RSGM 94–

21 was recently granted to the West

Jersey Railroad for operation of this

locomotive at Salem, New Jersey. The

locomotive has now been moved to the

affiliated VRRC. The locomotive will be

operated over approximately 2.54 miles

of track at Vandalia, Illinois. This is a

small rural farming community with

very little vandalism.

Massachusetts Central Railroad

Corporation (MCER)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–

95–14)

The MCER seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (Title 49

CFR Part 223) for one locomotive. The

locomotive, number 4243, is an ALCO

road switcher. The MCER operates on

approximately 24.8 miles of track

between Palmer and South Barre,

Massachusetts, and 2.6 miles on the

Bondsville Branch between Forest Lake

Junction and Bondsville, Massachusetts.

The railroad states there have been no

incidents of broken glass due to

vandalism.

Florida Central Railroad (FCEN)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–

95–15)

The FCEN seeks a permanent waiver

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Safety Glazing Standards (Title 49

CFR Part 223) for four passenger cars.

The cars were recently acquired from

the New Georgia Railroad. The cars will

be operated four to five times per week

in excursion or dinner train service.

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Transportation Authority (SEPTA)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number H–95–

5)

The SEPTA is seeking a five year test

waiver of compliance from Section

229.29(a) of the Railroad Locomotive

Safety Standards, (Title 49 CFR Part

229) for 33 electric MU locomotives.

SEPTA is requesting that it be permitted

to extend the clean, oil, test and stencil

(COT&S) period from 24 months to 60

months on 8 test cars equipped with 26–

R Brake Equipment and 25 test cars with

PS–68 Brake Equipment. The test cars

represent approximately 10 percent of

their fleet of 304 electric MU

locomotives. SEPTA states that the

condition of the brake equipment at the

two year overhaul indicates the

maintenance cycle could be increased.

The test locomotives would be

selected from those due COT&S at the

inception of the test. Each test car will

be so identified and its computer work

report will show the test status. Major

valvular components will be sealed so

that tampering or changes can be

detected. Monitoring will consist of a

weekly check of road failure reports and

computer work order records as well as

any special failure reports, and a check

at each periodic inspection to ensure

that the original test components are

intact. The test locomotives will be run

beyond their two year COT&S cycle

with one 26–R and two PS–68

locomotives being overhauled at three

and four year intervals after their last

overhaul. Each valve will be tested prior

to a tear down inspection which will be

witnessed by SEPTA’s project manager,

manufacturer’s representatives and

FRA. Failed components will be

analyzed to determine if the failure

could have been prevented by a two

year COT&S period. Final analysis of

the data will be used to determine if the

COT&S cycle can be extended.

Issued in Washington, DC on December 4,

1995.

Phil Olekszyk,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Compliance and Program Implementation.

[FR Doc. 95–29929 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

Notice of Application for Approval of

Discontinuance or Modification of a

Railroad Signal System or Relief From

the Requirements of Title 49 CFR Part

236

Pursuant to Title 49 CFR Part 235 and

49 U.S.C. App. 26, the following

railroads have petitioned the Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking

approval for the discontinuance or

modification of the signal system or

relief from the requirements of Title 49

CFR Part 236 as detailed below.

Block Signal Application (BS–AP)–No.

3367

Applicant: Burlington Northern

Railroad Company, Mr. William G.

Peterson, Director Signal Engineering,

1900 Continental Plaza, Fort Worth,

Texas 76102–5304.

The Burlington Northern Railroad

Company seeks approval of the

proposed modification of the traffic

control system, on the two main tracks,

between milepost 337.1, near Chariton,

Iowa, and milepost 310.0, near Halpin,

Iowa, on the Northern Corridor,

Galesburg Division, Ottumwa

Subdivision; consisting of the

discontinuance and removal of 18

automatic signals and installation of 34

automatic signals.

The reason given for the proposed

changes is to respace signals associated

with the installation of electronic coded

track circuits.

BS–AP–No. 3368

Applicant: CSX Transportation,

Incorporated, Mr. D. G. Orr, Chief

Engineer—Train Control, 500 Water

Street (S/C J–350), Jacksonville,

Florida 32202.

CSX Transportation, Incorporated

seeks approval of the proposed

discontinuance and removal of the