Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 24, 2010 / Notices 52059 

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. 

Brownsville & Rio Grande International 

Railroad 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0100] 

The Brownsville & Rio Grande 

International (BRG) seeks a waiver of 

compliance with certain requirements of 

49 CFR part 232 —Brake System Safety 

Standards for Freight and Other NonPassenger Trains and Equipment; Endof Train Devices and CFR Part 215— 

Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards. 

Specifically, BRG seeks relief to permit 

trains transferred by the Union Pacific 

Railroad (UP) under waiver petition 

Docket Number FRA–2007–28340 from 

the U.S./Mexico border at Brownsville, 

Texas, from the Kansas City Southern 

De Mexico Railway (KCSM), to move 

from BRG’s interchange point with UP 

without performing the regulatory tests 

and inspections specified in 49 CFR part 

215 and § 232.205(a)(1) at that location. 

BRG proposes moving the trains from 

the interchange at Milepost (MP) 4.48 to 

the BRG inspection point between MP 

8.0 and 9.0 under 49 CFR 232.211, a 

distance of 6.5 miles where required 

FRA inspections will be performed. 

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–2010– 

0100) 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 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Page 19477) or at 

http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 17, 

2010. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–20980 Filed 8–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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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 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. 

Union Pacific Railroad Company 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2007– 

28340] 

The Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP) seeks a modification to its waiver 

of compliance with certain requirements 

of 49 CFR part 232 —Brake System 

Safety Standards for Freight and Other 

Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; 

End-of Train Devices and CFR Part 

215—Railroad Freight Car Safety 

Standards. Specifically, UP seeks to 

modify the current waiver to allow it to 

move freight cars received in 

interchange from Kansas City Southern 

de Mexico (KCSM) for the Brownsville 

and Rio Grande International Railroad 

(BRG) an additional 4 miles beyond its 

Olmito Yard for interchange with BRG 

without performing the regulatory tests 

and inspections specified in 49 CFR part 

215 and 232.205(a)(1). 

UP proposes moving the trains from 

the border at Milepost (MP) 0.7 on the 

Brownsville subdivision, to the UP 

interchange with BRG at MP 4.48, a 

distance of 11.5 miles. BRG will then 

move the cars to a location, and FRA 

inspections will be performed as 

outlined in BRG’s Waiver Petition under 

Docket Number FRA–2010–0100. 

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– 

28340) 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 


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