Document ID: FRA-2010-0034-0048
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests for Positive Train Control Safety Plan Approval and System Certification: Port Authority Trans-Hudson
Posted Date: 2018-09-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47407-47408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20302]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0034]

Port Authority Trans-Hudson's Request for Positive Train Control 
Safety Plan Approval and System Certification

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. 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 Port 
Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) submitted to FRA its Positive Train 
Control Safety Plan (PTCSP), Revision 4.0, dated August 21, 2018, on 
FRA's Secure Information Repository (SIR) site on August 23, 2018. PATH 
asks FRA to approve its PTCSP and issue a Positive Train Control System 
Certification for PATH's Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) 
system.

DATES: FRA will consider comments received by October 19, 2018 before 
taking final action on the PTCSP. FRA may consider comments received 
after that date if practicable.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning this proceeding should identify 
Docket Number FRA-2010-0034 and may be submitted by any of the 
following methods:
     Website: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mark Hartong, Senior Scientific 
Technical Advisor, at 202-493-1332, or [email protected], or Ms. 
Carolyn Hayward-Williams, Staff Director, Positive Train Control/Signal 
& Train Control Division, at 202-493-6399, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its PTCSP, PATH asserts that the CBTC 
system it is implementing is designed as a stand-alone PTC system as 
defined in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 236.1015(e)(3). 
The PTCSP describes PATH's CBTC system implementation and the 
associated CBTC system safety processes; safety

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analyses; and test, validation, and verification processes used during 
the development of CBTC. The PTCSP also contains PATH's operational and 
support requirements and procedures.
    PATH's PTCSP and the accompanying request for approval and system 
certification are available for review online at www.regulations.gov 
(Docket Number FRA-2010-0034) and in person at DOT's 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 comment on the PTCSP by 
submitting written comments or data. During its review of the PTCSP, 
FRA will consider any comments or data submitted. 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. FRA does not anticipate 
scheduling a public hearing regarding PATH's PTCSP because the 
circumstances do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested 
party desires an opportunity for oral comment, the party should notify 
FRA in writing before the end of the comment period and specify the 
basis for the request.

Privacy Act Notice

    Anyone can 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 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 
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/privacyNotice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20302 Filed 9-18-18; 8:45 am]
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