Document ID: FRA-2013-0065-0005
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2013-09-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 54951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21690]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0065]

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 documents dated 
June 11, 2013, and August 12, 2013, Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad 
(TEVR) 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. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-
0065.
    TEVR seeks relief from 49 CFR 215.303-Stenciling of restricted 
cars, which requires that restricted railroad freight cars shall be 
stenciled or marked in clearly legible letters with the letter ``R'' 
and a series of designated terms to completely indicate the basis for 
the restricted operation of the car.
    The petition concerns one caboose, numbered RERX 5404, and four 
freight cars: RERX 101, 213, 504 and 702. The freight cars are railroad 
flatcars converted to passenger carriage cars for tourist and excursion 
railroad service by the addition of seating, superstructures, and 
steps. Each of the TEVR freight cars in the present petition is more 
than 50 years old, measured from the date of original construction. 
These freight cars are the subject of a parallel petition for Special 
Approval for continued operation under 49 CFR 215.203(c). Therefore, 
TEVR seeks waiver of the requirement for stenciling found in 49 CFR 
215.303, as the railroad states that the stenciling would detract from 
both the aesthetic and historical nature of the reproduction vintage 
railcar equipment. As TEVR passenger equipment will operate in a 
limited area, TEVR requests permission to keep documentation related to 
the restricted status of the equipment at their business office, 
similar to the conditions granted to other tourist and excursion 
railroads.
    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 October 21, 2013 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 complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

Issued in Washington, DC.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-21690 Filed 9-5-13; 8:45 am]
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