Document ID: FRA-2010-0010-0006
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2011-08-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22053]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0010]

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 July 11, 2011, CSX Transportation (CSX) has petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for reconsideration of a denied 
waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad 
safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 236. FRA has assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0010 Reconsideration.
    The application had been reviewed by the FRA Railroad Safety Board 
on September 9, 2010, with the decision being that more information was 
required. CSX was provided, by the FRA Region 3 Regional Office, with a 
request for the following:
     CSX to address security of dual-tone multiple frequency 
(DTMF) tones.
     CSX to provide FRA with an understanding of how the bridge 
closing without visual is safely accomplished.
     CSX to provide the proposed operating instructions of the 
bridge.
    Subsequent to CSX failing to respond to requests for the 
information, FRA denied the application on February 4, 2011, and 
considered FRA-2010-0010 closed.
    CSX has, in the enclosure to the July 11, 2011, letter, provided 
the requested information; FRA, therefore, considers Docket Number FRA-
2010-0010 opened for reconsideration.
    CSX seeks reconsideration of the proposed modification of the 
bridge tender controlled signals to automatic signals at Big Manatee 
Drawbridge in Bradenton, Florida, at Milepost AZA 915.8, in the 
Jacksonville Division, Palmetto Subdivision. The modification consist 
of the conversion of bridge tender controlled signals to automatic 
signals.
    The reason given for the proposed change is that the drawbridge 
tender position is being eliminated. Train crews will request that the 
bridge open and close via DTMF radio. Signals will clear automatically 
for train movements once the bridge has been closed and locked and an 
approach circuit is occupied.
    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 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 October 14, 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 at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 23, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-22053 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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