Document ID: FRA-2014-0120-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2015-03-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07098]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0120]

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 by a document 
dated November 7, 2014, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation 
(PATH) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a 
waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad 
safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 236--Rules, Standards, and 
Instructions Governing the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance, and 
Repair of Signal and Train Control Systems, Devices, and Appliances. 
FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0120.
    This request is for an extension of time from the requirements of 
49 CFR 236.108(a), Insulation resistance tests, wires in trunking, and 
cables, and the related 49 CFR 236.110, Results of tests. PATH is 
seeking to extend the test time interval from 10 years to 13 years for 
the approximately 840 local and express cables involved. These cables 
would still be subject to all other rules and requirements under 49 CFR 
part 236, subpart A.
    The referenced cables are scheduled to be replaced within the next 
3 years under the PATH Automatic Train Control signal system 
replacement project. Under this project, which started in 2010, PATH is 
installing a communications-based train control/Positive Train Control 
system in which all of the existing relay-based interlocking and 
automatic block signal control equipment, internal bungalow wiring, and 
cabling from the bungalow to the field devices is being replaced. The 
requested extension of time will aid in the acceleration plans for the 
new system as PATH staff who will be relieved from cable testing 
requirements will be used for the installation of the new system.
    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 May 14, 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.). 
In accordance with 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 www.dot.gov/privacy. 
See also 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 March 24, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-07098 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
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