Document ID: FRA-2006-23687-0039
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Federal Register Notice – Petition for Approval
Posted Date: 2010-03-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 52)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13204-13205]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

 
Notice of Petition for Approval

    In accordance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Sec.  236.913(e)(1), notice is hereby given that the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) has received a petition for approval of a 
revised version of an approved Product Safety Plan (PSP) submitted 
pursuant to 49 CFR Part 236, subpart H. The individual petition is 
described below, including the party seeking approval, the requisite 
docket number and a brief summary of the petition.

BNSF Railway Company

Docket Number FRA-2006-23687

    The BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) submitted a petition for approval 
of a revised version (version 3.0) of their already approved PSP for 
the Electronic Train Management System (ETMS). BNSF asserts that the 
revised PSP demonstrates that ETMS has been designed to incrementally 
scale out functionality and applicability to different railroad 
territory type configurations. Consequently, ETMS and the PSP has 
evolved over time as new functionality was added to the system and 
tested on different operational scenarios that exist on the BNSF rail 
network. BNSF also believes the revised PSP supports the requirements 
as described in 49 CFR Part 236, subpart H regarding the ``Standards 
for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control 
Systems'' to receive approval for implementation of the ETMS II, ETMS 
IV and ETMS VI configuration types. The revised PSP provides 
descriptions of: The ETMS itself, ETMS safety process and analyses, 
validation and verification processes used during development of ETMS, 
and operational and support requirements and procedures.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in this safety review 
by providing written information or comments pertinent to FRA's 
consideration of the above petition for approval of a revised PSP. All 
communications concerning this approval should identify the appropriate 
docket number (Docket Number FRA-2006-23687) and may be submitted by 
any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Room W12140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 U.S. Department of 
Transportation Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC, 
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 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.
    Interested parties are invited to review the informational filing 
and associated documents at the DOT Docket Management facility during 
regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. All documents in the public docket 
are available for inspection and copying on the internet at http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written 
communications received into any of our dockets by name of the 
individual submitting the document (or signing the document, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).

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You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78) or at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 10, 2010.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-5859 Filed 3-17-10; 8:45 am]
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