Document ID: FRA-2015-0043-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2015-09-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 58809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24697]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2015-0043]

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 
dated April 25, 2015, the Historic Railroad Equipment Association 
(HREA) 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 part 215--Railroad Freight Car 
Safety Standards and part 223--Safety Glazing Standards--Locomotives, 
Passenger Cars and Cabooses. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number 
FRA-2015-0043.
    Mr. David Kloke, the principal partner in HREA, is the builder and 
operator of the Lincoln Funeral Car replica currently on exhibition to 
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the operation of the Lincoln Funeral 
Train in 1865. Mr. Kloke is also the builder of the Leviathan #63 and 
the York, reproductions of 1860s era steam locomotives that are 
currently in operation. The Lincoln Funeral Car is to be pulled by 
these locomotives at various tourist railroads to commemorate the 
operation of the Lincoln Funeral Train. HREA requests a waiver from 49 
CFR 215.123--Defective couplers, 215.127--Defective draft arrangement, 
and 215.129--Defective cushioning device as it pertains to the use of a 
drawbar instead of a coupler. The Lincoln Funeral Car will be attached 
to the locomotives by use of a drawbar. Further, HREA requests a waiver 
from 49 CFR 223.3(b)(3) as it pertains to the use of tempered 
automobile safety glazing instead of FRA Type I glazing.
    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 November 16, 2015 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.). 
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its processes. 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 www.dot.gov/privacy. 
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 23, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-24697 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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