Document ID: FRA-2017-0109-0010
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2023-01-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 2753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00687]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2017-0109]

Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on October 6, 2022, and 
November 29, 2022,\1\ The Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation 
(PATH) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an 
extension of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the 
Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 229, 
Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards. The relevant FRA Docket Number is 
FRA-2017-0109.\2\
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    \1\ PATH submitted supplemental information to its October 6, 
2022, petition, by letter dated November 29, 2022.
    \2\ Additional relief applicable to this equipment (pertaining 
to requirements for each lead locomotive to be equipped with a 
pilot, snowplow, or end plate across both rails) may be found in 
Docket Number FRA-2008-0135.
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    Specifically, PATH seeks to extend its waiver of compliance from a 
portion of 49 CFR 229.123, Emergency roof access, which requires 
passenger cars ordered on or after April 1, 2009, or placed in service 
for the first time on or after April 1, 2011, to have two emergency 
roof access locations. Alternatively, PATH requests continued approval 
to install a single emergency roof access location on any newly ordered 
passenger cars. In support of its request, PATH states that its PA-5 
vehicles are of a ``unique nature'' and PATH's operations are ``more 
representative of an inter-urban rapid transit system.'' The 
supplemental information further adds that the vehicles have ``multiple 
emergency exits on each side . . . that can be opened by the passengers 
or first responders in the event of an emergency.''
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    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 and a public hearing, 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by March 20, 2023 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable. Anyone can 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.). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (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 https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-00687 Filed 1-13-23; 8:45 am]
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