Document ID: FRA-2009-0113-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2010-01-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 14)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

 
Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) has received a request for a waiver of compliance from certain 
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is 
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory 
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the 
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

Adrian and Blissfield Railroad

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2009-0113]

    The Adrian and Blissfield Railroad (ADBF), a Class III railroad 
located in Lenawee County in the State of Michigan, seeks a waiver of 
compliance from the requirements of 49 CFR 223.15 Requirements for 
existing passenger cars. Specifically, ADBF has petitioned FRA for a 
waiver for passenger coach ADBF 3370, Columbia River, which was built 
for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1949. ADBF operates this car in a 
dinner train exclusively on ADBF tracks in a rural area at speeds not 
exceeding 15 miles per hour on a 16-mile round trip.
    ADBF states that passenger car ADBF 3370 is equipped with double 
pane safety glass. In the 15 years of operation in its present service, 
neither this car nor the two passenger cars it normally operates with 
have suffered any glazing breakage due to an accident or act of 
vandalism. The petitioner additionally states that preliminary 
estimates for upgrading this car to FRA Type I and II glazing are in 
the range of $20,000 to $30,000, which is the approximate value of the 
railcar.
    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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2009-0113) 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 within 45 days of the date of this notice 
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments 
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. All 
written communications concerning these proceedings are available for 
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above 
facility. All documents in the public docket are also available for 
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web 
site at http://www.regulations.gov.
    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 document (or signing the 
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor 
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in 
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 19, 2010.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-1228 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
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