[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52457-52458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20855]


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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) has received a request for temporary 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, and the nature of the relief being requested.

Alaska Railroad Corporation

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2006-26029]

    In September 2006, the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) submitted 
a temporary waiver petition to support field testing of its processor-
based train control system, identified as Collision Avoidance System 
(CAS), pursuant to 49 CFR 211.7 and 211.51. The regulatory relief 
sought by ARRC was for development testing and demonstration purposes 
only. This waiver request was conditionally approved by FRA on February 
22, 2007. All information submitted in conjunction with ARRC's previous 
waiver petition can be found in Docket Number FRA-2006-26029.

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    ARRC has now submitted a new waiver petition requesting 
modification to the previously approved regulatory relief. In the 
petition, ARRC specifically seeks relief from the following 
regulations:
    1. Regulatory relief from 49 CFR 236.514 (Interconnection of cab 
signal system with roadway signal system); and
    2. Modification to the previously approved regulatory relief from 
49 CFR 236.11 (Adjustment, repair, or replacement of component) to 
specifically exempt the wayside interface that was installed to support 
CAS.
    Interested parties are invited to provide written views, data, or 
comments pertinent to FRA's consideration of the ARRC's request for 
waiver of compliance. All communications concerning this petition 
should identify the appropriate docket number (Docket Number FRA-2006-
26029) and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
    <bullet> Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
    <bullet> 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 30 days of the date of this notice 
will be considered by FRA prior to final action being taken. Comments 
received after this period will be considered to the extent 
practicable. All written communications concerning these proceedings 
are available for examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 
p.m.) at the DOT Docket Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Room W12-140, in Washington, DC. 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 and comments received into any of our dockets by 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 the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 3, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E8-20855 Filed 9-8-08; 8:45 am]
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