Document ID: FRA-2011-0052-0001
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2011-07-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 41556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17681]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2011-0052]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated June 14, 2011, the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation 
(NS) 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 236. FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2011-0052.
    NS seeks a waiver from compliance with cab signal system 
requirements found in 49 CFR 236.566 Locomotive of each train operating 
in train stop, train control, or cab signal territory; equipped. 
Specifically, NS seeks relief to operate non-equipped locomotives in 
the following locations:
     Operations on the Pittsburgh Line, Harrisburg Division 
from control point (CP) Cannon at milepost (MP)-PT 118.9 near 
Duncannon, Pennsylvania to CP Harrisburg at MP-PT 105.1 near 
Harrisburg, PA.
     Operations on the Pittsburgh Line, Pittsburgh Division 
from CP Cannon at MP-PT 118.9 near Duncannon, PA to CP Solomon at MP-PT 
352.5 near Pittsburgh, PA, with the condition that an absolute block be 
established in advance of each movement of foreign trains and engines 
between CP Bloom at MP-PT 351.6 near Pittsburg, PA and CP Solomon.
     Operations on the Fort Wayne Line, Pittsburgh Division 
from CP Rochester at MP-PC 29.5, near East Rochester, PA to CP Alliance 
at MP-PC 83.2.
     Operations on the Conemaugh Line, Pittsburgh Division from 
CP Conpit at MP-LC 0.0, near Bolivar, PA to CP Kiski at MP-LC 47.8, 
near Freeport, PA.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at http://www.regulations.gov and in person at the Department of Transportation's 
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 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 August 29, 2011 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 comment, 
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; Pages 
19477-78) or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 7, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory & Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-17681 Filed 7-13-11; 8:45 am]
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