Document ID: FRA-2022-0098-0007
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Positive Train Control Safety Plan and Request for Positive Train Control System Certification: Brightline Trains Florida, LLC
Posted Date: 2023-03-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14666-14667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04832]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2022-0098]

Brightline Trains Florida, LLC's Positive Train Control Safety 
Plan and Request for Positive Train Control System Certification

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that, on 
February 28, 2023, Brightline Trains Florida, LLC (BLF) submitted its 
Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 1.0, dated January 
30, 2023, to FRA's Secure Information Repository. BLF asks FRA to 
approve its PTCSP and certify BLF's Interoperable Electronic Train 
Management System (I-ETMS) as a mixed PTC system.

DATES: FRA will consider comments received by May 8, 2023 before taking 
final action on the PTCSP. FRA may consider comments received after 
that date to the extent practicable and without delaying implementation 
of a PTC system.

ADDRESSES: 
    Comments: Comments may be submitted by going to https://www.regulations.gov and following the online instructions for 
submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the 
applicable docket number. The relevant PTC docket number for this 
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2022-0098. All comments received will be 
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov; this includes any 
personal information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, 
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its PTCSP, BLF asserts that the I-ETMS 
PTC system is a mixed PTC system as defined in title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) 236.1015(e)(4). The PTCSP describes BLF's I-ETMS and 
the associated I-ETMS safety processes, safety analyses, and test, 
validation, and verification processes used during the development of 
I-ETMS. The PTCSP also contains I-ETMS's operational and support 
requirements and procedures.
    BLF's PTCSP is available for review online at https://
www.regulations.gov/

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docket/FRA-2022-0098. Interested parties are invited to comment on the 
PTCSP by submitting written comments or data. During its review of the 
PTCSP, FRA will consider any comments or data submitted. See 49 CFR 
236.1011(e). However, FRA may elect not to respond to any particular 
comment, and under 49 CFR 236.1009(d)(3), FRA maintains the authority 
to approve or disapprove the PTCSP at its sole discretion.

Privacy Act Notice

    In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments, 
without edit, including any personal information the commenter 
provides, to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate 
comment tracking, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the 
name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely 
optional. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or 
confidential information, please contact FRA for alternate submission 
instructions.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2023-04832 Filed 3-8-23; 8:45 am]
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