36106 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 132 / Tuesday, July 9, 1996 / Notices

Federal Highway Administration

George S. Moore, Jr., Associate

Administrator for Administration,

Federal Highway Administration.

Arthur E. Hamilton, Regional

Administrator, Region 7, Kansas City,

Missouri, Federal Highway

Administration.

Dennis C. Judycki, Associate

Administrator for Safety and System

Applications, Federal Highway

Administration.

Andrew M. Paven, Director of

External Communications, Federal

Highway Administration.

Christine M. Johnson, Director, ITS

Joint Program Office, Federal Highway

Administration.

Patricia D. Parrish, Director, Customer

Service, Transportation Administrative

Service Center.

Federal Railroad Administration

S. Mark Lindsey, Chief Counsel,

Federal Railroad Administration.

Sally Hill Cooper, Associate

Administrator for Policy and Program

Development, Federal Railroad

Administration.

Ray Rogers, Associate Administrator

for Administration and Finance, Federal

Railroad Administration.

James T. McQueen, Associate

Administrator for Railroad

Development, Federal Railroad

Administration.

Philip Olekszyk, Associate

Administrator for Safety, Federal

Railroad Administration.

Rosalind A. Knapp, Deputy General

Counsel, Office of the Secretary.

Judith Burrell, Director, Executive

Secretariat, Office of the Secretary.

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Donald Bischoff, Associate

Administrator for Plans and Policy,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration.

Samuel Dubbin, Chief Counsel,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration.

James Hedlund, Associate

Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration.

Dennis Judycki, Associate

Administrator for Safety and System

Application, Federal Highway

Administration.

Jerry Hawkins, Director, Office of

Personnel and Training, Federal

Highway Administration.

Luz Hopewell, Director, Office of

Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization, Office of the Secretary.

Federal Transit Administration

Rosalind A. Knapp, Deputy General

Counsel, Office of the Secretary.

Peter G. Halpin, Director, Office of

Congressional Affairs, Office of the

Secretary.

James T. McQueen, Associate

Administrator for Railroad

Development, Federal Railroad

Administration.

Charlotte M. Adams, Associate

Administrator for Planning, Federal

Transit Administration.

Gloria J. Jeff, Associate Administrator

for Policy, Federal Highway

Administration.

Jerry A. Hawkins, Director, Office of

Personnel and Training, Federal

Highway Administration.

Kevin E. Heanue, Director, Office of

Environment and Planning, Federal

Highway Administration.

Maritime Administration

Bruce J. Carlton, Associate

Administrator for Policy and

International Affairs, Maritime

Administration.

James J. Zok, Associate Administrator

for Ship Financial Assistance Cargo

Preference, Maritime Administration.

Margaret D. Blum, Associate

Administrator for Port, Intermodal and

Environmental Activities, Maritime

Administration.

John L. Mann, Jr., Associate

Administrator for Administration,

Maritime Administration.

James E. Caponiti, Associate

Administrator for National Security,

Maritime Administration.

Joan M. Bondareff, Chief Counsel,

Maritime Administration.

Sharon (Cher) Brooks, Director, Office

of Congressional and Public Affairs,

Maritime Administration.

Jerry Hawkins, Director, Office of

Personnel and Training, Federal

Highway Administration.

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Sally Hill Cooper, Associate

Administrator for Policy, Federal

Railroad Administration.

Beverly Pheto, Director, Office of

Budget and Program Performance,

Office of the Secretary.

Philip S. Coonley, Director, Office of

Administration, Volpe National

Transportation Systems Center,

Research and Special Programs

Administration.

Jane F. Garvey, Deputy Administrator,

Federal Highway Administration.

David J. Litman, Director, Acquisition

and Grant Management, Office of the

Secretary.

Rose A. McMurray, Associate

Administrator for Management and

Administration, Research and Special

Programs Administration.

Patricia D. Parrish, Director, Customer

Service, Transportation Administrative

Service Center.

Richard Felder, Associate

Administrator for Pipeline Safety,

Research and Special Programs

Administration.

Joseph Kanianthra, Director, Office of

Crash Avoidance Research, National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Frank F.C. Tung, Deputy Director,

Volpe National Transportation Systems

Center, Research and Special Programs

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–17416 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Federal Aviation Administration

Proposed Advisory Circular 21–SQC,

Use of Statistical Quality Control for

Product Inspection and Acceptance

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of proposed Advisory

Circular (AC) 21–SQC, Use of Statistical

Quality Control for Product Inspection

and Acceptance, for review and

comments. The proposed AC 21–SQC

provides information and guidance

concerning an acceptable means, but not

the only means, of demonstrating

compliance with the requirements of the

Federal Aviation Regulations Part 21,

Certification Procedures for Products

and Parts.

DATES: Comments submitted must

identify the proposed AC 21–SQC

project number, 94–034, and be received

by September 6, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed AC

21–SQC can be obtained from and

comments may be returned to the

following: Federal Aviation

Administration, Policy, Evaluation, and

Analysis Branch, AIR–230, Production

and Airworthiness Certification

Division, Aircraft Certification Service,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Policy, Evaluation, and Analysis

Branch, AIR–230, Production and

Airworthiness Certification Division,

Room 815, Aircraft Certification Service,

Federal Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267–8361.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The proposed AC 21–SQC provides

information and guidance to FAA

production approval applicants or

holders concerning the use of statistical

quality control (SQC).

Comments Invited

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed AC 21–SQC

listed in this notice by submitting such

written data, views, or arguments as

they desire to the aforementioned

specified address. All communications

received on or before the closing date

for comments specified above will be

considered by the Director, Aircraft

Certification Service, before issuing the

final AC.

Comments received on the proposed

AC 21–SQC may be examined before

and after the comment closing date in

Room 815, FAA headquarters building

(FOB–10A), 800 Independence Avenue

SW, Washington, DC 20591, between

8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 3, 1996.

Frank P. Paskiewicz,

Acting Manager, Production and

Airworthiness Certification Division.

[FR Doc. 96–17419 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Waivers of Compliance

In accordance with 49 CFR Sections

211.9, 211.41 and 211.45, notice is

hereby given that the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) has received a

request for a waiver of compliance with

certain requirements of the Federal

safety laws and regulations. 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.

3R International

[Docket Numbers F–96–3, RSGM–96–6, LI–

96–1, SA–96–3 and PB–96–4]

3R International (3R) requests waivers

of compliance with certain provisions of

the Federal Railroad Administration

(FRA) railroad safety regulations. It is

seeking relief from sections of the

Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards

(49 CFR Part 215) Docket number F–96–

1, Railroad Safety Glazing Standards (49

CFR Part 223) Docket number RSGM–

96–1, Railroad Locomotive Safety

Standards (49 CFR Part 229) Docket

number LI–96–1, Railroad Safety

Appliance Standards (49 CFR Part 231)

Docket number SA–96–3, and Railroad

Power Brake and Drawbar Regulations

(49 CFR Part 213) Docket number PB–

96–4. The relief is being sought in order

to place in service what the petitioner

describes as the 3R road/rail system.

The 3R system was developed and two

3R trains have been operated by the

Canadian National Railway in revenue

service without incident in Canada for

the previous two years.

The 3R road/rail system provides the

means to transform a common semitrailer at little cost for use in a convoy

on railway tracks. This adaptation is

made by adding at the rear of a semitrailer or container carrying chassis a

second king-pin similar to that used at

the front of a semi-trailer. The 3R road/

rail system is composed of a control cab

unit which is used as a crew station at

the front end of the convoy and contains

all the electronic controls for the

intermodal train, but has no propulsion

capability, nor does it have an air

compressor. The control cab has a

console type control stand with

computer screens. Air is supplied by the

power units through the main air

reservoir pipe which runs through the

train and into the cab control unit,

where it is supplied to the brake pipe

through the 26 L feed valve. A 26 L type

air brake with a 30CW controller is

located on the console. The control cab

unit does have an engine/generator set

to provide power for the control system

and battery charging. The control cab

unit controls the power units remotely

by radio, but a hard wire capability is

available. It is equipped with two nondriving rail wheel/axle sets and a set of

retractable rubber tires for off rail

movement. The control cab unit

contains a fifth wheel which engages

and locks the kingpin of the first semitrailer in the convoy or a power unit.

Subsequent semi-trailers are transported

on bogies which contains two rail wheel

sets and two fifth wheels for securing

the kingpin of the semi-trailers. A power

unit is incorporated in the convoy at

intervals of eight to ten semi-trailers.

For intermodal operation, each power

unit can haul seven to eight trailers of

93,500 pounds at 65 mph.

The 3R system allows the assembly of

a convoy directly in the yard of a

customer and such convoy remains

intact until it reaches its destination.

Assembling is made on a rail siding

which can be accessed by a highway

tractor. The train is made up by placing

a semi-trailer upon a bogie and locking

onto the kingpin, raising the highway

wheels and moving the assembled

portion of the train a distance sufficient

to place each subsequent semi-trailer in

the train. A power unit is placed

between two semi-trailers and

connected by a kingpin at one end to the

adjacent bogie’s fifth wheel and to the

kingpin of the semi-trailer with the

power units fifth. A dead weight unit,

which contains a standard automatic

coupler, is placed as a counter weight at

the back end of the last bogie in the

train. The coupler allows hauling from

the back end with a maximum tractive

effort of 50,000 pounds.

3R request for a waiver from the

requirements of 49 CFR Part 215 is

based upon the fact that the semi-trailer

is not a rail car. However, all those parts

of the train that are referenced in the

regulation, i.e., wheels, trucks, springs,

etc. are required to be in compliance,

and are contained within the bogies.

The bogies are fabricated of steel

elements arranged to encompass 2–AAR

6 by 11 cartridge roller bearings and

wheel sets. A sub assembly contains 2-

fifth wheels which engage the kingpin

of the semi-trailers. The sub-assembly is

raised by 12 air bags which lift the tires

off the ground after the semi-trailer is

connected to the bogie. The bogie is

equipped with an ABD air brake.

3R request for a waiver from 49 CFR

part 223 is related to the glazing

material of the control cab. The glazing

material is in compliance with the

Canadian Transport Commission (CTC)

Railway Safety Glazing Regulations. 3R

indicates that the front and side facing

glazing is in conformity with CTC

regulations. It may not be in compliance

with FRA glazing standards.

3R request for a waiver from 49 CFR

Part 229 is for the control cab and the

power units within the train, which are

defined in the Locomotive Safety

Standard, 49 CFR 229.5(k) as

Locomotives. The control cab has no

propelling motors but has a control

stand and the power units have

propelling motors designed to move

other equipment. The control cab is

designed with two front collision posts

which will withstand 500,000 pounds

each at a height of 30 inches above the

underframe. It can also withstand

200,000 pound load compression

between front coupler and kingpin

without permanent deformation. The

power units are placed in the train to

provide traction power through a 40

inch wheel set and an axle mounted

traction motor. The power unit is

designed so that one end rides on and

is connected to the adjacent bogie by the

kingpin and the other end connects to

the king-pin of an adjacent semi-trailer.

The power unit contains a 12 cylinder

Caterpillar diesel engine driving a Kato

traction alternator. The engine is rated

at 730 horsepower and the traction