Document ID: FRA-2007-28340-0007
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petitions for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2010-08-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 163)]
[Notices]               
[Page 52059-52060]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

 
Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) has received a request for a waiver of compliance from certain 
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is 
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory 
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the 
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

Union Pacific Railroad Company

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2007-28340]

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeks a modification to its 
waiver of compliance with certain requirements of 49 CFR part 232 --
Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger 
Trains and Equipment; End-of Train Devices and CFR Part 215--Railroad 
Freight Car Safety Standards. Specifically, UP seeks to modify the 
current waiver to allow it to move freight cars received in interchange 
from Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM) for the Brownsville and Rio 
Grande International Railroad (BRG) an additional 4 miles beyond its 
Olmito Yard for interchange with BRG without performing the regulatory 
tests and inspections specified in 49 CFR part 215 and 232.205(a)(1).
    UP proposes moving the trains from the border at Milepost (MP) 0.7 
on the Brownsville subdivision, to the UP interchange with BRG at MP 
4.48, a distance of 11.5 miles. BRG will then move the cars to a 
location, and FRA inspections will be performed as outlined in BRG's 
Waiver Petition under Docket Number FRA-2010-0100.
    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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2007-28340) 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 within 45 days of the date of this notice 
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments 
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. All 
written communications

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concerning these proceedings are available for examination during 
regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. All 
documents in the public docket are also available for inspection and 
copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web site at  http://
www.regulations.gov.
    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 document (or signing the 
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor 
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in 
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; 
Page 19477) or at  http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 17, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-20982 Filed 8-23-10; 8:45 am]
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