Document ID: FRA-2003-15340-0012
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-06-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31402-31403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12620]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2003-15340]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a letter dated 
November 28, 2013, the American Association of Private Railroad Car 
Owners (AAPRCO) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
for a renewal of its waiver of compliance from certain provisions of 
the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR Part 238, 
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards. FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2003-15340.

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    AAPRCO seeks renewal of its relief from 49 CFR 238.321(m)(2), Brake 
system. This section specifies that ``up to two cars may be operated in 
direct release mode when the rest of the cars in the train are operated 
in graduated release mode, provided that the cars operated in direct 
release mode are hauled at the rear of the train consist.'' The present 
relief provides that ``up to two cars may be operated in direct release 
mode when the rest of the cars in the train are operated in graduated 
release mode,'' thereby eliminating the placement restrictions of the 
direct release cars to the rear of the train. AAPRCO was granted its 
original relief in 2003; this relief was renewed for 5 years in 2008.
    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.
     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 July 17, 2014 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 document, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2014.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-12620 Filed 5-30-14; 8:45 am]
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