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MNGR requests relief from 49 CFR 

230.17, One thousand four hundred 

seventy-two (1472) service day 

inspection. Specifically, MNGR is 

petitioning for a delay of the 1472 

service-day inspection (SDI) due on 

April 29, 2014, until December 31, 2014. 

The delay of the SDI would allow No. 

4 to complete the 2014 MNGR winter 

holiday operating season. To date, No. 

4 has used 482 service days and requires 

30 of the remaining 990 service days to 

finish the 2014 operating schedule. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 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 by 

December 4, 2014 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered as far as practicable. 

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 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). See http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov 

or interested parties may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 

2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24746 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0074] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated July 24, 

2014, Grand Canyon Railway (GCR) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 

compliance from certain provisions of 

the Federal railroad safety regulations 

contained at 49 CFR Part 229, Railroad 

Locomotive Safety Standards. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2014–0074. 

Specifically, GCR petitioned for a 

waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 

229.140, Alerters, which requires all 

controlling locomotives operating at 

speeds greater than 25 mph to be 

equipped with a functioning alerter 

effective January 1, 2017. GCR currently 

has five locomotives that would fall 

under this regulation. GCR cites the cost 

of equipping the locomotives with 

alerters, the fact that they operate with 

two crew members in the operating cab 

per Arizona State law, and its 25-year 

record of no reportable accidents 

attributable to nonvigilant crew 

members as justification for this relief. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 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 by 

December 4, 2014 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered as far as practicable. 

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 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). See http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov 

or interested parties may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 

2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24756 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0101] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated October 

3, 2014, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail 

Transit District (SMART) petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

for a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR Part 

236–Rules, Standards, and Instructions 

Governing the Installation, Inspection, 

Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and 


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Train Control Systems, Devices, and 

Appliances. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2014–0101. 

Specifically, SMART seeks temporary 

relief from the requirements of 49 CFR 

236.0—Applicability, minimum 

requirements, and penalties. 

SMART proposes to perform 

acceptance testing of new diesel 

multiple units (DMUs) at speeds of up 

to 79 miles per hour (MPH) on trackage 

without a block signal system, as 

required in 49 CFR 236.0(c)(2). 

SMART is scheduled to receive its 

pilot two-car set of DMUs in February 

2015. However, SMART’s Enhanced 

Automatic Train Control (E–ATC) 

system is not scheduled to be 

commissioned until 2016. SMART seeks 

permission to perform limited 

nonrevenue testing of its new fleet of 

DMUs at a speed not to exceed 79 mph, 

solely on a remote 6.3-mile segment of 

track, absent the installation of a block 

signal system. SMART is seeking to 

perform testing under this temporary 

waiver until its E–ATC system is fully 

commissioned. 

SMART has submitted a test plan 

with its petition that outlines the safety 

procedures that are to be in place during 

the testing. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 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 by 

December 4, 2014 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered as far as practicable. 

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 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). See http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov 

or interested parties may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 

2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24751 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2010–0056] 

Notice of Petition for Approval of 

Positive Train Control Safety Plan 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated August 

29, 2014, BNSF Railway (BNSF) has 

petitioned for approval of its Positive 

Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP) 

submitted pursuant to the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained in 

49 CFR part 236, Subpart I, Positive 

Train Control Systems. FRA assigned 

the petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0056. 

BNSF seeks approval of its PTCSP 

and system certification for its 

implementation of the Interoperable 

Electronic Train Management System 

(I–ETMS) in accordance with 49 CFR 

236.1009, Procedural requirements. 

BNSF asserts that the PTCSP 

demonstrates that I–ETMS has been 

designed as a vital overlay PTC system 

in compliance with 49 CFR 236.1015, 

PTC Safety Plan content requirements 

and PTC System Certification. The 

PTCSP describes the BNSF I–ETMS 

implementation and the associated 

I–ETMS safety processes; safety 

analyses; and test, validation, and 

verification processes used during 

development of I–ETMS. The PTCSP 

also contains BNSF’s operational and 

support requirements and procedures. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 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 by January 

20, 2015 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered as far as practicable. 

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 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). See http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov 

or interested parties may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477). 


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