Document ID: FRA-2010-0008-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2010-02-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 38)]
[Notices]               
[Page 9018]
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) has received a request for a waiver of compliance from 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.

Genesis Worldwide Logistics

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0008]

    The Genesis Worldwide Logistics (GWWL) has petitioned FRA for a 
waiver of compliance from the requirements of 49 CFR 223.11, ``Safety 
Glazing Standards for Locomotives,'' and 49 CFR 231.30, ``Locomotives 
used in Switching Service.'' GWWL is in the business of providing in-
plant switching services for a warehousing and packaging distribution 
business located in Houston, Texas. The efficiency and safety of their 
in-plant operation is dependent on their use of the ``Stewart-Stevenson 
SS-4650 RailKing.'' GWWL reports that this is a most technologically 
up-to-date self-propelled vehicle designed for the movement of rail 
cars. The switching and interchange operations of GWWL are limited to 
movement on tracks at speeds of less than 10 mph on ``other-than-main-
track'' and on their own leased track from the Union Pacific. The 
approval of this request would allow for ``compliant use'' of the 
SS4650 RailKing for these operations.
    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-
2010-0008) 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 document (or signing the 
document, 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 (65 FR 19477) or at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2010.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-3949 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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