Document ID: FRA-2010-0149-0002
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petitions for Waiver of Compliance: Austin and Texas Central Railroad
Posted Date: 2010-11-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register: November 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 211)]
[Notices]               
[Page 67451]
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.

Austin & Texas Central Railroad

(Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0149)

    The Austin & Texas Central Railroad (ATCX), a Class III railroad, 
seeks a waiver of compliance from the requirements of 49 CFR part 223, 
Safety Glazing Standards 49 CFR 223.15 Requirements for existing 
passenger cars. Specifically, ATCX has petitioned for one lightweight 
passenger car built in 1948, for the Denver Rio Grande & Western 
Railway in 1948. ATCX operates this car on 154.1 miles of track owned 
by the Capital Metro Transit Authority. Since the railroad's creation 
in 1992, the railroad has operated primarily between milepost (MP) 54.5 
at Milby in Austin, Texas, and MP 115.0 at Burnet, Texas. Since before 
1992, there have been no acts of vandalism involving any glazing 
location associated with the operation of a train. The railroad 
operates five other cars that operate under a previous waiver (Docket 
Number FRA-2008-0066). The maximum authorized speed for this train is 
20 mph.
    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-
2010-0149) 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 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 October 26, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-27567 Filed 11-1-10; 8:45 am]
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