Document ID: FRA-2010-0150-0002
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petitions for Waiver of Compliance: Northeast Illinois Commuter Railroad Corp.
Posted Date: 2010-10-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 204)]
[Notices]               
[Page 65397]
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.

Northeast Illinois Commuter Railroad Corporation

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0150]

    The Northeast Illinois Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra) seeks 
a waiver of compliance with the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR 
229.21, 229.23(d), 229.27(a)(3), and 229.29(a). Also, from the 
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR 238.19, 238.303, 238.305, 
and 238.307 as they pertain to record-keeping and employee signatures. 
Metra seeks to keep locomotive Daily Inspection, Periodic Inspection, 
Annual Tests, and Biennial tests records in a centralized database, and 
provide for employees performing these inspections to utilize 
electronic signatures. These electronic records would be available at 
the various mechanical facilities where hard copies of the records are 
now maintained. FRA does not see a need to grant a waiver from the 
record-keeping requirements of the Passenger Equipment Safety Standards 
which already allows for electronic record-keeping.
    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- 0150) 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 October 18, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-26682 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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