Document ID: FRA-2001-9998-0013
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2013-06-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 37658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14892]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2001-9998]

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 March 5, 2013, Farmrail System, Inc. (Farmrail) has 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 223, Safety Glazing Standards--
Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses. FRA assigned the petition 
Docket Number FRA-2001-9998.
    Specifically, Farmrail petitioned FRA to grant an extension of a 
waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 223.15, Requirements for existing 
passenger cars. Farmrail seeks this relief for three passenger cars, 
numbered FMRC 5627, FMRC 5478, and FMRC 5560. These cars are used in 
excursion service, on a limited seasonal basis, through a sparsely 
populated area on trackage owned by the Oklahoma Department of 
Transportation. The cars are former VIA Rail Canada equipment and have 
a double-pane combination of \1/4\-inch thick safety glass inside and 
plate glass outside. Farmrail states that there has been no breakage of 
the existing glazing, and it has continued to operate these cars in 
accordance with the conditions of the waiver granted in Docket Number 
FRA-2001-9998 without accident, incident, or any condition that has 
posed a safety hazard to passengers, employees, or the public. In 
addition, Farmrail states that the waiver should be extended because of 
the infrequent usage of the subject cars, the fact that they operate in 
excursion service, and the cost of installing FRA-compliant glazing.
    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 August 5, 2013 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 June 17, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-14892 Filed 6-20-13; 8:45 am]
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