Document ID: FRA-2012-0036-0008
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Alternative Locomotive Crashworthiness Designs
Posted Date: 2012-05-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30047-30048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12291]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0036]

Petition for Alternative Locomotive Crashworthiness Design

    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 2, 2012, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for 
approval of alternative locomotive crashworthiness design for an 
electric locomotive, Model ACS-64, built by Siemens Industry, Inc. This 
request is made in accordance with the provisions prescribed in 49 CFR 
229.209. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2012-0036.
    The alternative design incorporates crash energy management 
features, detailed in the petition and attachments, in lieu of 
collision and corner posts as required by 49 CFR 229.205. Amtrak states 
that the performance of this design is equivalent to that obtained 
through traditional structural requirements. Further, Amtrak states 
that the design will fully comply with the requirements of Appendix F 
to 49 CFR part 238.
    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

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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 July 20, 2012 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 online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-12291 Filed 5-18-12; 8:45 am]
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