Document ID: FRA-2023-0087-0002
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2023-12-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 234 (Thursday, December 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 85357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26804]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2023-0087]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on October 10, 2023, Union 
Pacific Railroad (UP) 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 225 (Railroad 
Accidents/Incidents: Reports Classification, and Investigations). FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2023-0087.
    Specifically, UP requests relief from Sec.  225.25(h), 
Recordkeeping, which requires that a railroad post ``a listing of all 
injuries and occupational illnesses reported to FRA as having occurred 
at an establishment . . . in a conspicuous location at that 
establishment.'' In its petition, UP states that it ``maintains a web 
portal that allows employees to access and review information from 
internet enabled electronic devices . . . [and] includes a link to UP's 
posting of all injuries and occupational illnesses reported to the 
FRA.'' In support of its request, UP states that the digital posting 
allows employees to access the injury and occupational illness 
information quickly and easily from any location and at any time of 
day. Additionally, the reporting team can keep the listings up-to-date 
and accurate. UP also states that the listing will additionally be 
available on a television mounted to a wall at work locations where 
such screens are available, beginning with the Council Bluffs, Iowa, 
terminal as a pilot site. Moreover, UP notes that ``employees may also 
request a copy of the logs from their respective supervisor at any 
time.''
    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 parties 
desire 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 www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    Communications received by February 5, 2024 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), 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. 2023-26804 Filed 12-6-23; 8:45 am]
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