Document ID: FRA-2004-20000-0018
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2019-10-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57807-57808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23450]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2004-20000]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this

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document provides the public notice that on October 10, 2019, Dallas 
Area Rapid Transit (DART) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) to extend its waiver of compliance from certain 
provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 
CFR parts 229 and 234. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2004-20000.
    Specifically, DART seeks an extension of the terms and conditions 
of its current waiver of compliance from the provisions of 49 CFR 
229.125, Headlights and auxiliary lights, and 49 CFR 234.105, 
Activation failure. This waiver was initially granted in 2005 and 
extended in 2010 and 2015, to allow operation of DART's rail-fixed 
guideway public transit lines that share a ``limited connection'' with 
the general railroad system, specifically with the Dallas Garland and 
Northeastern Railroad. DART's petition states that no modifications or 
changes have occurred since the waiver was initially granted in 2005. 
The petition also states that DART ``has no record of any accidents or 
safety-related incidents that occurred in these areas covered by the 
regulations where these waivers are being requested.''
    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 parties 
desire 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 by any of the following 
methods:
     Website: 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 12, 2019 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), 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/privacyNotice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-23450 Filed 10-25-19; 8:45 am]
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