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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. 2014–24748 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0095] 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

In accordance with Part 235 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides 

the public notice that by a document 

dated September 5, 2014, the Wisconsin 

Central Limited (WC) petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

seeking approval for the discontinuance 

or modification of a signal system. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2014–0095. 

Applicant: Wisconsin Central 

Limited, Mr. Thomas L. Brasseur, 

Manager S&C, Engineering Department, 

Southern Region, 1625 Depot Street, 

Stevens Point, WI 54481. 

WC, a subsidiary of Canadian 

National Railway (CN), seeks approval 

of the proposed discontinuance and 

removal of a traffic control system (TCS) 

between Milepost (MP) 162.9, South 

Ranier, and MP 161.8, Van Lynn, on the 

Rainy Subdivision, Ranier, MN. TCS 

will be removed and listed limits will be 

operated per CN’s U.S. Operating Rules, 

Rule 520, Yard limits. New TCS limits 

will begin and end at Van Lynn. 

The reason given for the proposed 

changes is to allow Canadian train 

crews more headroom to avoid blocking 

Spruce Street in Ranier. Currently, 

Canadian train crews cannot operate 

into United States TCS territory; 

therefore, Canadian crews have to be 

relieved by a United States crew to 

move the train. This changing of crews 

adds to the length of time that Spruce 

Street is blocked. In addition, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection has a 

new inspection facility and requires 

more room to remove containers for 

inspection. This creates the need for a 

crew change to move the train far 

enough for this action to take place. 

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. 2014–24750 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0087] 

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 

September 5, 2014, Rouge Valley 

Terminal Railroad Corporation (RVTC) 

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 223, Safety 

Glazing Standards—Locomotives, 

Passenger Cars and Cabooses. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2014–0087. 

RVTC petitioned for a waiver of 

compliance for one locomotive from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 223.11, 

Requirements for existing locomotives, 

that requires certified glazing in all 

locations. The subject locomotive is a 

leased Electro-Motive Diesel Model 

SW1200 locomotive built in 1949 and 

bearing the number WRIX 82. This 

locomotive is operated over 9.5 miles of 

RVTC track and 2 miles of Central 

Oregon and Pacific Railroad track (for 

interchange of freight cars), all within 

the Medford Industrial Park in White 

City, OR. Speeds do not exceed 10 mph. 

It is equipped with glazing that meets an 

ASI rating of AS–1. This locomotive has 

been operating over the same trackage 

under a glazing waiver per Docket 

Number FRA–2005–23332, issued to 

former operator White City Terminal 

and Utility Railway, for the last 8 years 

with no incidents of vandalism to the 

glazing or any other railroad property. 

This new waiver petition was 

necessitated by a change in corporate 

ownership. RVTC also cites economic 


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conditions in its request to continue use 

of the locomotive as presently equipped. 

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 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. 2014–24747 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0093] 

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 

September 12, 2014, the Long Island 

Rail Road Company (LIRR) has 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 

compliance from several provisions of 

the Federal railroad safety regulations. 

FRA assigned the petition Docket 

Number FRA–2014–0093. 

Specifically, LIRR requests relief from 

certain provisions of 49 CFR Part 240, 

Qualification and Certification of 

Locomotive Engineers, and 49 CFR Part 

242, Qualification and Certification of 

Conductors. The relief is contingent on 

LIRR’s implementation of and 

participation in the Confidential Close 

Call Reporting System (C3RS) pilot 

project. 

LIRR seeks to shield reporting 

employees and the railroad from 

mandatory punitive sanctions that 

would otherwise arise as provided in 49 

CFR Sections 240.117(e)(1)–(4); 

240.305(a)(l)–(4) and (a)(6); 240.307; and 

242.403(b), (c), (e)(l)–(4), (e)(6)–(11), 

(f)(l)–(2). The C3RS pilot project 

encourages certified operating crew 

members to report close calls and 

protects the employees and the railroad 

from discipline or sanctions arising 

from the incidents reported per the 

C3RS Implementing Memorandum of 

Understanding. 

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 within 

December 4, 2014 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. 

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. 2014–24749 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0077] 

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 30, 

2014, the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad 

Company and Museum (MNGR) has 

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 230, Steam 

Locomotive Inspection and 

Maintenance Standards. FRA assigned 

the petition Docket Number FRA–2014– 

0077. MNGR is a 2-foot gauge railroad 

that owns and operates No. 4, a 0–4–4 

type steam locomotive, built in 1918 by 

the Vulcan Iron Works. 


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