Document ID: FRA-2015-0116-0001
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Modifications: Special Approval for Designation of Repair Locations
Posted Date: 2015-11-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 69272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28364]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2015-0116]

Petition for Modification of Special Approval for Designation of 
Repair Locations

    In accordance with part 232 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document 
dated June 3, 2015, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a modification to its plan 
designating locations where brake system repairs will be performed, as 
prescribed in 49 CFR 232.17(b). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number 
FRA-2015-0116.
    BNSF stated that to appropriately handle freight cars with air 
brake systems or components that became defective en route, BNSF 
created and currently maintains a list of specific locations across its 
system that are defined as the ``nearest location where the needed 
repairs can be effectuated'' per 49 CFR 232.15(f). The list was last 
updated several years ago, and, due to changes in accessibility, 
infrastructure, staffing, and safety, BNSF has proposed modest changes 
to the current list of locations.
    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. 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.
    While 49 CFR 232.17(f) specifies that comments should be submitted 
to FRA's Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety 
Officer, and that a copy of the comment be served on each petitioner, 
this regulation predates the establishment of the Federal government's 
public regulatory Web site and the existing electronic petition and 
comment submittal options.
    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 December 9, 2015 will be considered by 
FRA before final action is taken. Pursuant to 49 CFR 232.17(g), if no 
comment objecting to the requested modification is received during the 
30-day comment period, and if FRA finds that the petition complies with 
the requirements of 49 CFR 232.17 and that the proposed plan under 49 
CFR 232.15(g) is acceptable and justified, the petition will be 
granted. If granted, the petition will become effective by February 8, 
2016.
    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.). 
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, 
without edit, including any personal information the commenter 
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records 
notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 26, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-28364 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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