Document ID: FRA-2010-0056-0331
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions: Positive Train Control Safety Plan Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-10-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62705-62706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24745]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0056]

Notice of Petition for Approval of Positive Train Control Safety 
Plan

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document 
dated August 29, 2014, BNSF Railway (BNSF) has petitioned for approval 
of its Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP) submitted pursuant to 
the Federal railroad safety regulations contained in 49 CFR part 236, 
Subpart I, Positive Train Control Systems. FRA assigned the petition 
Docket Number FRA-2010-0056.
    BNSF seeks approval of its PTCSP and system certification for its 
implementation of the Interoperable Electronic Train Management System 
(I-ETMS) in accordance with 49 CFR 236.1009, Procedural requirements. 
BNSF asserts that the PTCSP demonstrates that I-ETMS has been designed 
as a vital overlay PTC system in compliance with 49 CFR 236.1015, PTC 
Safety Plan content requirements and PTC System Certification. The 
PTCSP describes the BNSF I-ETMS implementation and the associated I-
ETMS safety processes; safety analyses; and test, validation, and 
verification processes used during development of I-ETMS. The PTCSP 
also contains BNSF's operational and support requirements and 
procedures.
    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.
    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 January 20, 2015 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).

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2014-24745 Filed 10-17-14; 8:45 am]
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