Document ID: FRA-2008-0028-0001
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance: Riverport Railroad, LLC
Posted Date: 2008-03-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 58)]
[Notices]               
[Page 15833-15834]
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) received a request for a waiver of compliance with 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.

Riverport Railroad, LLC

(Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2008-0028)

    The Riverport Railroad, LLC (RVPR), a Class III railroad, seeks a 
waiver of compliance from the requirements of Part 223--Safety Glazing 
Standards 49 CFR 223.11 Requirements for existing

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locomotives. Specifically, RVPR has petitioned FRA for a waiver for 
three (3) 60-ton 500 horsepower diesel electric locomotives numbered 
4029, 1251, and 1273. These locomotives were built for the Department 
of Defense (DoD) by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in 1953-54, and 
remanufactured by DoD circa 1987-90. RVPR operates these locomotives on 
a terminal/switching railroad at the former Savanna [IL] Army Ordnance 
Depot, presently controlled by the Jo Daviess/Carroll County Local 
Redevelopment Authority. RVPR operates at speeds of 10 miles per hour 
(or less) storing cars for customers, and servicing a railcar repair 
facility.
    RVPR states that all adjoining land to the railroad is controlled 
by itself, or privately owned and access controlled. All trackage is 
enclosed, and there are no overhead structures or bridges from where 
objects could be thrown. Interchange to the general system is 
accomplished with BNSF Railway on five interchange tracks at Robinson 
Spur, Illinois.
    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-
2008-0028) 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 comment (or signing the comment, 
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 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E8-6006 Filed 3-24-08; 8:45 am]

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