Document ID: FRA-2014-0017-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-02-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8236-8237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02870]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0017]

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 January 22, 2014, Caltrain Commuter Railroad Company (PCMZ) 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 236, Rules, Standards, and 
Instructions Governing the Installation Inspection and Maintenance, and 
Repair of Signal and Train Control Systems, Devices, and Appliances. 
FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0017. PCMZ seeks 
relief from the 2-year periodic testing requirements of 49 CFR part 
236, Sections 236.377--Approach locking; 236.378--Time locking; 
236.379--Route locking; 236.380--Indication locking; and 236.381--
Traffic locking; on vital microprocessor-based systems. PCMZ proposes 
to verify and test signal locking systems controlled by microprocessor-
based equipment using alternative procedures every 4 years after the 
initial baseline testing or a program change as follows:
     Verify the cyclic redundancy check, checksum, and 
universal control number of the existing location's specific 
application logic to the previously tested version.
     Test the appropriate interconnection to the associated 
signaling hardware equipment outside the processor (switch, track, and 
searchlight signal indications, and approach locking (if external)) 
verifying that the correct and intended inputs to and outputs from the 
processor are maintained.
    PCMZ submitted their petition with a list of 30 signal locations 
subject to the relief being requested.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at http://www.regulations.gov/ and in person at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation'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 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 March 28, 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

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complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02870 Filed 2-10-14; 8:45 am]
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