Document ID: FRA-2010-0100-0020
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2022-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37904-37905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13493]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0100]

Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on May 31, 2022, Brownsville & 
Rio Grande International Railway, LLC (BRG) petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) to extend 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 Sec.  
232.205, Class I Brake Test--Initial Terminal Inspection. FRA assigned 
the petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0100.
    Specifically, BRG seeks to retain relief that permits BRG to pick 
up trains received in interchange at the U.S./Mexico border from Kansas 
City Southern de Mexico Railway (KCSM) via Union Pacific Railroad 
Company (UP) at UP's Olmito Yard in Olmito, Texas (in lieu of BRG's 
interchange point with UP at milepost (MP) 4.48), and move them to 
perform the required FRA inspections (see Docket Number FRA-2007-
28340). BRG's existing relief states that the inspection location is on 
BRG's South Lead on the Palo Alto Subdivision, between MPs 2.0 and 3.0. 
In this request, BRG seeks to modify the inspection location to between 
MPs 1.0 and 3.0.
    In support of its petition, BRG states the extension would help 
expedite any delays caused by required port of entry inspections and 
other unforeseen delays. It would also provide capacity to process two 
inbound trains back-to-back, allowing for more efficient use of bridge 
windows. BRG further states that the change will support the ongoing 
extensive growth in the Rio Grande Valley.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    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 and a public hearing, 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by August 8, 2022 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable.
    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.). 
Under 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 https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See

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also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-13493 Filed 6-23-22; 8:45 am]
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