Document ID: FRA-2010-0120-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2010-09-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 171)]
[Notices]               
[Page 54222-54223]
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) has received a request for a waiver of compliance from 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.

Aronco Leasing Company

(Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0120)

    The Aronco Leasing Company (Aronco), a private passenger car 
operator based in Helendale, California, seeks a waiver of compliance 
from the Safety Glazing Standards of 49 CFR 223.15 Requirements for 
existing passenger cars. Specifically, Aronco has petitioned FRA for a 
waiver for private railroad passenger car Tioga Pass, which was built 
for the Canadian National Railroad in 1959. The Petitioner operates 
this car in charter and excursion service on Amtrak and other 
railroads.
    Aronco states that passenger car Tioga Pass is primarily equipped 
with double pane laminated safety glass, with the exception of seven 
windows in which the outer panes are glazed with \1/4\'' polycarbonate. 
Aronco states that in 4 years of operating the car in charter service, 
there have been no incidents of broken windows, and no injuries have 
occurred to passengers or crew due to broken glass. Aronco additionally 
states the Tioga Pass is always operated with a fully qualified car 
operator, and is equipped with a fully accessible emergency tool 
locker.
    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-
2010-0120) 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

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document (or signing the document, 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; Page 19477) or at http://
www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-22004 Filed 9-2-10; 8:45 am]
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