Document ID: FRA-2007-28096-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Exemption petitions, etc.: Oregon Pacific Railroad
Posted Date: 2007-12-13T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 239)]
[Notices]               
[Page 70927-70928]
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) received a request for a waiver of compliance with 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.

The Oregon Pacific Railroad (Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2007-
28096)

    The Oregon Pacific Railroad (OPR), seeks a waiver of compliance 
from certain provisions of Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR part 223 
that requires certified glazing for four self-propelled switcher 
locomotives.
    OPR operates on two disconnected rail lines in the Portland area 
consisting of the former East Portland Traction Company and Molalla 
Western Railway, which were merged in 1997, to become the OPR. Over the 
years, a waiver was granted in 1993, for several of the units. An 
upturn in business has required placing several units not in compliance 
into service, as follows:

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OPR 100..................................  SW-1 built 1952.............  600 h.p.
OPR 801..................................  SW-8 built 1953.............  800 h.p.
OPR 802..................................  SW-8 built 1954.............  800 h.p.
OPR 803..................................  SW-8 built 1954.............  800 h.p.

    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-
2007-28096) 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 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 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 
19477-19478).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-24190 Filed 12-12-07; 8:45 am]

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