Document ID: FRA-2014-0125-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2015-02-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 6170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02160]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0125]

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 December 10, 2014, Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad 
(WNYP) 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 223, Safety Glazing 
Standards--Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses. FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0125.
    Specifically, WNYP requests a waiver from the glazing requirements 
at 49 CFR 223.9, Requirements for new or rebuilt equipment, for a steel 
bay window caboose, identified as Car Number WNYP 300.
    WNYP states that this caboose will be used infrequently for such 
things as special occasions, historical events, and Santa trains. This 
caboose would not be used in regular freight operations or in 
interchange service. Although many of the original side windows have 
been blanked over with steel sheeting, the bay and end windows remain. 
These windows are equipped with tempered glass, which is not of FRA 
Type II standards.
    WNYP further states that this caboose will be serviced, inspected, 
and maintained in compliance with other applicable regulations. The 
caboose was upgraded sometime during its life with modern 70-ton roller 
bearing trucks. The caboose is currently housed in Olean, NY.
    In addition, WNYP states that the Caboose WNYP 300 was built in 
1960 and is more than 50 years of age from its original construction 
date and, therefore, is restricted per 49 CFR 215.203(a). WNYP's 
petition also includes a request for Special Approval in accordance 
with 49 CFR 215.203(c).
    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 March 23, 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 January 28, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-02160 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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