Document ID: FRA-2008-0161-0024
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2023-01-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01178]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2008-0161]

Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that by letter dated November 29, 
2022, Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) for an extension of a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 238 (Passenger Equipment Safety 
Standards). The relevant FRA Docket Number is FRA-2008-0161.
    Specifically, ARRC requests to extend its relief from Sec.  
238.303, Exterior calendar day mechanical inspection of passenger 
equipment, and Sec.  238.313, Class I brake test, for its Hurricane 
Turn passenger train equipment, consisting of two locomotives, three 
passenger coaches, and one baggage car. ARRC states that the 
requirement for a qualified maintenance person (QMP) to complete the 
inspections would cause hardship, as ``there is not enough work to 
support a [QMP] position'' in Talkeetna, Alaska, where the equipment is 
stored, and the nearest QMP would have to drive 224 miles each day from 
Anchorage, Alaska. This equipment is operated in seasonal service five 
days a week, one round trip per day, between Talkeetna, Alaska, and 
Hurricane Gulch Bridge, Alaska.
    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 party 
desires 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by March 24, 2023 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), the U.S. Department of Transportation (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 https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01178 Filed 1-20-23; 8:45 am]
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