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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 January 2, 

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). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

12, 2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27219 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257, Notice No. 78] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the fiftysecond meeting of the RSAC, a Federal 

Advisory Committee that develops 

railroad safety regulations through a 

consensus process. The RSAC meeting 

topics will include opening remarks 

from the FRA Administrator, and status 

reports will be provided by the Tourist 

and Historic, Recording Devices, and 

Rail Integrity Working Groups. A status 

report will also be provided by the 

Engineering Task Force. FRA will 

propose a new task for committee 

consideration regarding remotely 

controlled locomotives. This agenda is 

subject to change, including the possible 

addition of further proposed tasks. 

DATES: The RSAC meeting is scheduled 

to commence at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 

December 4, 2014, and will adjourn by 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be 

held at the National Housing Center, 

1201 15th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20005. The meeting is open to the 

public on a first-come, first-served basis 

and is accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. Sign and oral interpretation 

can be made available if requested 10 

calendar days before the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenton Kilgore, Acting RSAC 

Administrative Officer/Coordinator, 

FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 493–6286; or Jamie Rennert, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations, 

Office of Railroad Safety, FRA, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6474. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting 

of the RSAC. The RSAC was established 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to FRA on railroad safety matters. The 

RSAC is composed of 62 voting 

representatives from 36 member 

organizations, representing various rail 

industry perspectives. In addition, there 

are non-voting advisory representatives 

from the agencies with railroad safety 

regulatory responsibility in Canada and 

Mexico, the National Transportation 

Safety Board, and the Federal Transit 

Administration. The diversity of the 

Committee ensures the requisite range 

of views and expertise necessary to 

discharge its responsibilities. See the 

RSAC Web site for details on prior 

RSAC activities and pending tasks at 

http://rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please refer to 

the notice published in the Federal 

Register on March 11, 1996 (61 FR 

9740), for additional information about 

the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

12, 2014. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/ 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27252 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–1999–6253] 

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 the Utah Transit Authority 

(UTA) has petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) for a 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–1999–6253. 

UTA, operator of the TRAX light rail 

system in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks an 

extension/partial modification of the 

current terms and conditions of its 

current Shared Use waiver of 

compliance from certain provisions of 

Title 49. The TRAX system is operated 

with temporal separation on track 

owned by UTA and shared partially 

with Utah Railway Company and 

Savage Bingham & Garfield Railroad 

Company freight trains dispatched by 

UTA. Safety oversight of UTA is the 

responsibility of the Federal Transit 

Administration via the Utah Department 

of Transportation as prescribed in 49 

CFR Part 659. UTA was granted the 

original Shared Use waiver by the FRA 

Railroad Safety Board on August 19, 

1999, for the North-South Line; the 

waiver was modified on March 25, 

2011, to include a portion of the MidJordan extension with its additional 

new Siemens S70 rolling stock. With 

this request, UTA is modifying the 

limits of Shared Use of the North-South 

Line to reflect the cessation of freight 

service south of 6100 South as part of 

the new transit-exclusive Draper 

Extension to the North-South Line. 

Noting these various operational and 

infrastructure changes occurring on the 

TRAX system over the last several years, 

and the associated modifications to the 

regulatory relief granted by FRA, UTA is 

requesting that FRA extend the 

regulatory relief granted to date related 

to the TRAX system (inclusive of NorthSouth and Bingham Extension portions 

that feature nightly freight service and 

thus a connection with the general 

railroad system) and coordinate that 

relief so that all such waivers will 

expire at the same time—5 years from 

the date of FRA’s decision letter. UTA 

submits that the extension and 

modifications of the waiver sought are 

in the public interest and consistent 

with railroad safety because UTA will 

adopt specific policies and procedures 

that will provide a level of safety 

equivalent to that provided by full 

compliance with FRA regulations. UTA 

submits that this request is consistent 

with the waiver process for Shared Use. 

See Statement of Agency Policy 

Concerning Jurisdiction Over the Safety 

of Railroad Passenger Operations and 

Waivers Related to Shared Use of the 

Tracks of the General Railroad System 

by Light Rail and Conventional 

Equipment, 65 FR 42529 (July 10, 2000); 


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see also Joint Statement of Agency 

Policy Concerning Shared Use of the 

Tracks of the General Railroad System 

by Conventional Railroads and Light 

Rail Transit Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July 

10, 2000). 

Specifically, UTA requests relief from 

the following provisions of Title 49 of 

the CFR: Part 210—Railroad Noise 

Emission Compliance; Part 217— 

Railroad Operating Rules; Part 218— 

Railroad Operating Practices; Part 219— 

Control of Alcohol and Drug Use; Part 

220—Railroad Communications; 

221.13(d) and 221.14(a) (pertaining to 

rear end marking devices); 223.9(c), 

223.15(c) and 223.17 (pertaining to 

safety glazing standards and emergency 

windows); certain aspects of Part 225— 

Railroad Accidents/Incidents; Part 

228—Hours of Service (A–E); 229.46– 

229.59, 229.61, 229.65, 229.71, 

229.77(b), 229.125, 229.135 (pertaining 

to locomotive safety standards); 231.14 

(pertaining to railroad safety appliance 

standards); 234.105 (pertaining to grade 

crossing signal systems safety and 

activation failures); 238.113, 238.115(b), 

238.203, 238.205(b), 238.207, 238.209, 

238.211, 238.213, 238.215, 238.217, 

238.221, 238.229, 238.231, 238.233, 

238.301–238.319 (pertaining to 

passenger equipment safety standards); 

Part 239—Passenger Rail Emergency 

Preparedness; Part 240—Qualification 

and Certification of Locomotive 

Engineers; Part 242—Conductor 

Certification. 

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 

2, 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). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

12, 2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27217 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0106] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this provides the public notice that by 

a document dated October 16, 2014, the 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 

(MTA) Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 

compliance from several provisions of 

the Federal railroad safety regulations. 

Specifically, MNCW 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 request was assigned 

Docket Number FRA–2014–0106. The 

relief is contingent on MNCW’s 

implementation of and participation in 

the Confidential Close Call Reporting 

System (C3RS) pilot project. 

MNCW seeks to shield reporting 

employees and the railroad from 

mandatory punitive sanctions that 

would otherwise arise as provided in 49 

CFR 240.117(e)(1)–(4); 240.305(a)(l)–(4) 

and (a)(6); 240.307; and 242.403(b), (c), 

(e)(1)–(4), (e)(6)–(11), and (f)(l)–(2). 

The C3RS pilot project encourages 

certified operating crew members to 

report close calls and protect 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 

January 2, 2015 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 


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