Document ID: FRA-2003-15513-0011
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-08-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 51394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20507]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2003-15513]

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 
received on April 16, 2014, Sunflour Railroad Inc./Denver Rock Island 
Railroad 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 223.11, Requirements for 
existing locomotives. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2003-
15513.
    The Sunflour Railroad Inc./Denver Rock Island Railroad (SNR) of 
Commerce City, Colorado, petitioned for a permanent waiver of 
compliance for one locomotive (SNR 61) from 49 CFR 223.11(c), which 
requires certified glazing in all windows. The locomotive is equipped 
with automotive-type safety glass that is in good condition with no 
discoloration. SNR operates over 26.3 miles of excepted track in 
primarily rural territory at speeds not exceeding 10 mph. There has 
been no instance of vandalism from the time the original waiver was 
granted in 2003. As stated in the original petition for waiver in 2003, 
SNR considers that the expense of retrofitting the locomotive to comply 
with FRA safety glazing standards would impose an undue financial 
burden on the company to protect against situations it does not 
encounter.
    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 October 14, 2014 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 August 20, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-20507 Filed 8-27-14; 8:45 am]
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