Document ID: FRA-2022-0028-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2022-05-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26800-26801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09604]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2022-0028]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that in a letter dated September 
17, 2021, the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) petitioned 
the

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Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR 222.9, Definitions. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number 
FRA-2022-0028.
    Specifically, LCDOT requests relief from the Sec.  222.9 definition 
of ``non-traversable curb,'' which states that ``[n]on-traversable 
curbs are used at locations where highway speeds do not exceed 40 miles 
per hour [(mph)] and are at least six inches high.'' LCDOT seeks to 
maintain the current highway speed of 45 mph at Aptakisic Road and 
Midlothian Road,\1\ two crossings with non-traversable curbs, instead 
of reducing the speed to 40 mph. In support of its petition, LCDOT 
references a speed study of the corridor and guidance from the American 
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
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    \1\ In its petition, LCDOT discusses five grade crossings within 
the Lake County, IL, Quiet Zone (THR-000481), but it only requests 
relief for Aptakisic Road and Midlothian Road. LCDOT states the 40-
mph speed restriction is not applicable to the other three crossings 
due to the installation of Mountable Median Pylons.
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    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 June 21, 2022 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. 2022-09604 Filed 5-4-22; 8:45 am]
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