Document ID: FRA-2010-0180-0025
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2021-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22297-22298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08735]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0180]

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 April 7, 2021, the Denton 
County Transit Authority (DCTA) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an extension of a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR parts 229, Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards; 231, 
Railroad Safety Appliance Standards; 238, Passenger Equipment Safety 
Standards; and 239, Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness. The 
relevant FRA Docket Number is FRA-2010-0180.
    Specifically, DCTA is requesting an extension of its existing 
relief from the following regulations:
     49 CFR 229.31, Main reservoir tests; 229.47, Emergency 
brake valve; 229.51, Aluminum main reservoirs; 229.71, Clearance above 
top of rail; 229.135, Event recorders; and Appendix D, Criteria for 
Certification of Crashworthy Event Recorder Memory Module;

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     49 CFR 231.14, Passenger-train cars without end platforms;
     49 CFR 238.115, Emergency lighting; 238.121, Emergency 
communication; 238.223, Locomotive fuel tanks; 238.305, Interior 
calendar day mechanical inspection of passenger cars; 238.309, Periodic 
brake equipment maintenance; and Appendix D, Requirements for External 
Fuel Tanks on Tier I Locomotives; and
     49 CFR 239.101, Emergency preparedness plan.
    DCTA requests this extension of relief to continue operation of its 
Stadler diesel multiple-unit vehicles, which were constructed to meet 
European safety standards for crashworthiness and related safety 
measures.
    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 by any of the following 
methods:
     Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
    Communications received by June 11, 2021 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 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. 2021-08735 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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