Document ID: FRA-2010-0123-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance: Orange Empire Railway Museum
Posted Date: 2010-10-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 190)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60859-60860]
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.

Orange Empire Railway Museum

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0123]

    The Orange Empire Railway Museum (OERM) seeks a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of 49 CFR part 232, Brake System 
Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and 
Equipment. Specifically, OERM seeks a waiver from the requirements of 
Appendix B to 49 CFR part 232 for passenger car maintenance 
requirements. See also 49 CFR 232.17(b)(2).
    OERM is a non-profit corporation that operates a historical and 
excursion train known as the Southern California Railway Museum, Inc. 
on its own tracks as a Non-insular Tourist Railway. Occasionally, OERM 
operates off of its line and onto the San Jacinto Industrial Spur for 
approximately \1/4\ mile in order to reach the Historic Perris Depot. 
As the San Jacinto Industrial Spur is part of the general system of 
transportation, compliance with part 232 is required. Because of the 
expense, mileage, low speed operation, and frequency of use of the four 
passenger cars for which relief is requested, OERM is requesting a 5-
year waiver and increased time cycle for the servicing of the brake 
valves attached to these passenger cars.
    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-
2010-0123) 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

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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 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 September 27, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-24703 Filed 9-30-10; 8:45 am]
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