Document ID: FRA-2013-0124-0004
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-01-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3460-3461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00956]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0124]

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 October 24, 2013, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSX) 
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 223, Safety Glazing Standards--
Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses. FRA assigned the petition 
Docket Number FRA-2013-0124. CVSX, an Ohio non-profit 501(c)(3) 
organization, petitioned for a waiver of compliance from certain 
provisions of the safety glazing standards as prescribed by 49 CFR 
223.15, Requirements for existing passenger cars, for 10 coach cars 
used in tourist/excursion service. Specifically, the car numbers are: 
CVSX 1, 89, 105, 110, 727, 2914, 3052, 3126, 6217, and 8700. These cars 
were built by various car builders in the late 1940s and early 1950s. 
The cars were acquired by CVSX between 1993 and 2009 from multiple 
sources. The trains are locomotive-hauled and operate in rural areas at 
speeds up to 29 mph. Since the cars were purchased and delivered to 
CVSX, there have been no acts of vandalism against the glazing. The 
primary use of the cars is for excursion trips on 25 miles of single 
track through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. These cars typically 
operate up to12 months a year.
    The cars are equipped with laminated safety glass and have windows 
marked for emergency egress on the interior as well as the exterior. 
The cars have emergency tools to break the marked egress windows. As 
these windows are not manufactured emergency egress windows, they will 
be marked as to where to break for emergency use. First responders 
within the park will attend periodic training seminars on how to remove 
these windows.
    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 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.

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     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 March 7, 2014 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).

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-00956 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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