Document ID: FRA-2014-0057-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-07-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 42631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17176]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0057]

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 June 10, 2014, Mr. Wayne Kirchhof, President of the Walkersville 
Southern Railroad (WSRR), 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 
215. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0057.
    Specifically, WSRR requests a waiver from the stenciling 
requirement found at 49 CFR 215.303, for two flat cars, identified as 
Car Numbers 10 and 11.
    WSRR states that the flat cars are more than 50 years of age from 
their original construction date and, therefore, are restricted per 49 
CFR 215.203(a).
    WSRR further states that these two flat cars have been outfitted 
with seats, and are used in passenger excursion service over 7 miles of 
track located entirely in Frederick County, MD, where all trains 
operate under restricted speed rules not exceeding 10 mph.
    Additionally, WSRR states that the subject cars are not, and will 
not be, interchanged with any other railroad. WSRR's operating 
territory is generally rural in nature, and the cars have been 
inspected and found to be safe to operate.
    WSRR has requested a Special Approval for these flat cars to 
continue in service in accordance with 49 CFR 205.203(c).
    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 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:
     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 September 5, 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 July 8, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-17176 Filed 7-21-14; 8:45 am]
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