Document ID: FRA-2002-13490-0010
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-08-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51394-51395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20506]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2002-13490]

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 May 20, 2014, the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) has 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations contained at 49 CFR 223.11, Requirements for existing 
locomotives. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2002-13490.
    The LSRM, formerly the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation, of 
Duluth, MN, is a nonprofit corporation under the provisions of Section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The LSRM collects and displays 
significant historical railroad equipment and, as part of its 
interpretation program, operates excursion trains with selected antique 
items of rolling stock. The LSRM has petitioned for a permanent waiver 
of compliance for its Erie Mining diesel locomotive, Number 4211, from 
the railroad safety glazing standards contained at 49 CFR part 223, 
which require certified glazing in all windows and a minimum of four 
emergency windows. This locomotive was built by General Motors in 1956 
and was restored to operation by museum staff and volunteers. The 
railroad operates on 26-mile line of the North Shore Scenic Railroad 
between Duluth and Two Harbors, MN. The LSRM indicates that there has 
been no instance of vandalism and professes financial burden in 
retrofitting the locomotive to comply with FRA safety glazing 
standards.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
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:

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     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, 2014 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 document, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-20506 Filed 8-27-14; 8:45 am]
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