Document ID: FRA-2000-7137-0043
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2021-02-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 33 (Monday, February 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 10617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03485]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2000-7137]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on February 10, 2021, San 
Diego Trolley Incorporated (SDTI) submitted a supplemental petition to 
the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for additional waivers of 
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 270 and 243. FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2000-7137.
    In its petition dated December 21, 2020, SDTI seeks a five-year 
extension of its existing waiver with certain modifications. The 
existing waiver covers several sections of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations and applies to certain portions of SDTI's rail fixed 
guideway urban transit operations that employ temporal separation to 
safely share track with the general railroad system's San Diego & 
Imperial Valley Railroad. Contiguous to the shared trackage are 
portions with limited connections to the general railroad system, which 
include a small shared corridor with BNSF Railway and Coaster commuter 
train service. Coaster also shares a storage yard with SDTI.
    In SDTI's supplemental request, dated February 10, 2021, SDTI seeks 
additional relief from 49 CFR part 270, System Safety Program, and 49 
CFR part 243, Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related 
Railroad Employees. SDTI states that the foundation of SDTI's safety 
program is based on alternative regulations under 49 CFR parts 673 and 
674, which are equivalent to FRA's requirements. SDTI explains it 
requests a waiver to prevent duplicative and redundant requirements.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    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 parties 
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, 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:
     Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    Communications received by April 8, 2021 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable.
    Anyone can 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.). 
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better 
inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including 
any personal information the commenter provides, to 
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also http://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-03485 Filed 2-19-21; 8:45 am]
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