Document ID: FRA-2001-10237-0011
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2012-02-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10798-10799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4159]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2001-10237]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated February 1, 2012, the Port of Los Angeles, with the 
cooperation and input of Pacific Harbor Line (PHL), has petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an extension of its waivers 
of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 217, Railroad Operating Rules; 
part 220, Railroad Communications; part 221, Rear End Marking Device--
Passenger, Commuter and Freight Trains; part 223, Safety Glazing 
Standards--Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses; part 225, Railroad 
Accidents/Incidents: Reports Classification, and Investigations; part 
228, Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Recordkeeping and 
Reporting; Sleeping Quarters; part 228, Subpart A--General, and Subpart 
B--Records and Reporting; part 229, Railroad Locomotive Safety 
Standards; part 231, Railroad Safety Appliance Standards; part 238, 
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; and part 239, Passenger Train 
Emergency Preparedness. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2001-10237.
    The Port of Los Angeles explained that their request is consistent 
with the waiver process for shared use. See Statement of Agency Policy 
Concerning Jurisdiction Over the Safety of Railroad Passenger 
Operations and Waivers Related to Shared Use of the Tracks of the 
General Railroad System by Light Rail and Conventional Equipment, 65 FR 
42529 (July 10, 2000); see also Joint Statement of Agency Policy 
Concerning Shared Use of the Tracks of the General Railroad System by 
Conventional Railroads and Light Rail Transit Systems, 65 FR 42626 
(July 10, 2000). The Port of Los Angeles received its initial waiver 
and permission from FRA on May 8, 2002. The Port of Los Angeles was 
granted a 5-year extension of the terms and conditions of the original 
waiver on April 24, 2007.
    The Port of Los Angeles stated in its most recent petition that it 
desires to continue the operation of the Red Car Line under the same 
rules, procedures, and directives as originally prescribed and granted 
by FRA. The Port of Los Angeles operates the ``Waterfront Red Car 
Line'' over 1.5 miles of PHL track, located in the Port of Los Angeles. 
Freight and vintage trolley operations are temporally separated on this 
portion of track. PHL no longer services Westway Terminal's tank farm 
on this portion of track.
    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:
     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.

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     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 April 9, 2012 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 comment, 
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; Pages 
19477-78), or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-4159 Filed 2-22-12; 8:45 am]
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