Document ID: FRA-2007-28340-0018
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2020-01-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3742-3743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00976]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2007-28340]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
provides the public notice that on October 24, 2019, Union Pacific 
Railroad Company (UP) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) to renew a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the 
Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR 232.205, Class 
I brake test--initial terminal inspection, and part 215, Railroad 
Freight Car Safety Standards. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number 
FRA-2007-28340.
    By letter dated April 24, 2015, UP received conditional relief from 
these Federal railroad safety regulations for freight cars received in 
interchange at the U.S./Mexico border crossing in Brownsville, Texas, 
to permit required inspections to be conducted in Olmito,

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Texas, 5.65 miles north of West Rail International Bridge, located west 
of Brownsville, Texas. The original justification for the relief, as 
stated by UP, was to reduce train delays and congestion within the city 
of Brownsville, Texas. By letter dated February 7, 2018, UP received a 
modified waiver to incorporate unified conditions with its recently 
renewed waivers for its Mexican interchanges at Laredo and Eagle Pass, 
Texas, and Nogales, Arizona.
    In support of its present petition to extend its relief, UP states 
it has been operating under the requirements set forth in this waiver 
since the grant date and have found no adverse effect on operational 
safety.
    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 Ave. 
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 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 by any of the following 
methods:
     Website: 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 Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received by February 21, 2020 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/privacyNotice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-00976 Filed 1-21-20; 8:45 am]
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