Document ID: FRA-2012-0097-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2013-04-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21705-21706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08491]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0097]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that R. J. Corman 
Railroad Company (RJCC) has petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain

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provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 
CFR part 230, Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards. 
FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2012-0097.
    RJCC is a railroad company based in Nicholasville, KY, that 
primarily operates freight railroads in five states. RJCC operates one 
steam locomotive, RJCC 2008, several times a year in the spring and 
fall on its Central Kentucky Line. RJCC 2008 is a 2-10-2 steam 
locomotive that was built in China in 1986. The boiler and the running 
gear were rebuilt in China and received a 1472 service-day inspection, 
pursuant to 49 CFR 230.17, prior to entering service in the United 
States on March 14, 2008. Since then, RJCC 2008 has operated 37 days in 
service and has undergone four annual inspections. RJCC plans to 
operate RJCC-2008 for 4 or 5 service days in 2013.
    RJCC requests relief from 49 CFR 230.16(a)(2) with respect to 
flexible staybolt and cap inspection and 49 CFR 230.41, Flexible 
staybolts with caps. RJCC requests that 2.5 years be added to the 
prescribed 5-year period to perform the flexible staybolt inspection, 
thereby allowing 2,760 calendar days from the date that RJCC put RJCC 
2008 into service. The flexible staybolts were installed in the boiler 
with caps welded to the staybolt cups, which were also welded to the 
boiler. The inspection process would involve torching off each cap, 
causing possible damage to each cup, thereby requiring replacement. 
There are in excess of 1,200 flexible staybolts installed on the boiler 
of RJCC 2008. RJCC will perform the annual inspection pursuant to 49 
CFR 230.16. Granting the waiver would allow RJCC 2008 to receive an 
annual inspection without the added burden of removing the locomotive 
cab, boiler jacketing, and attendant insulation, which is required for 
the flexible staybolt inspection.
    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 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 May 28, 2013 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).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-08491 Filed 4-10-13; 8:45 am]
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