Document ID: FRA-2014-0066-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44967-44968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18216]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0066]

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 document 
dated May 28, 2014, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain 
provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 
CFR part 229. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0066.
    UP seeks a waiver of the requirement in 49 CFR 229.29(b) which 
requires that the air flow method (AFM) indicator on a locomotive be 
calibrated in accordance with 49 CFR 232.205(c)(1)(iii) at intervals 
not to exceed 92 days. UP states that calibration of the AFM indicator 
requires them to take locomotives out of service every 92 days and into 
a facility where the calibration can be performed, even though the 
locomotive may otherwise be eligible for 184-day periodic inspections. 
UP further states that the AFM indicator is used only to conduct AFM 
brake tests, and that the same air brake tests may be performed by the 
leakage test method, which does not use the AFM indicator. If the 
waiver is granted for locomotives with past due AFM indicator 
calibration, UP plans to inform the crew of the exceeded interval and 
require that air brake tests be done in accordance with the leakage 
test method of 49 CFR 232.205(c)(1)(i), with no resulting adverse 
impact on the safety of operations.
    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.

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    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 September 15, 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 July 28, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-18216 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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