Document ID: FRA-2022-0037-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2022-05-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32226-32227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11376]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2022-0037]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on April 25, 2022, SMS Rail 
Service, Inc. (SLRS) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal 
railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 215 (Railroad 
Freight Car Safety Standards), 223 (Safety Glazing Standards--
Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses), and 224 (Reflectorization of 
Rail Freight Rolling Stock). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number 
FRA-2022-0037.
    Specifically, SLRS requested a special approval pursuant to Sec.  
215.203, Restricted cars, for one caboose, SLRS 92857, that is more 
than 50 years from the date of original construction. SLRS also 
requests relief from Sec.  215.303, Stenciling of restricted cars; 
Sec.  223.13, Requirements for existing cabooses; and Sec.  224.101, 
General requirements. SLRS seeks to operate the caboose for 
educational, tourist excursion, and limited freight service purposes. 
In support of its request, SLRS states that the relief would enable the 
cars to maintain historic integrity and that the caboose would not 
exceed 20 miles per hour.
    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://

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www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by July 11, 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. 2022-11376 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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