Document ID: FRA-2014-0103-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2015-05-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27227-27228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11445]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0103]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated September 26, 2014, the Ohi-Rail Corporation (OHIC) 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 223.11--Requirements for existing 
locomotives. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0103. 
OHIC, categorized as a Railroad Switching and Terminal Establishment 
and headquartered in Steubenville, Ohio, has petitioned for a permanent 
waiver of compliance for its ALCO S-2 locomotive, Number AOSX 84, from 
the requirements of the Railroad Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR part 
223, that require certified glazing in all windows and a minimum of 
four emergency windows. The locomotive was built in 1943. OHIC is a 
Class III railroad operating on a single and non-signaled line 
(approximately 40 miles long) in Ohio between Bayard and Hopedale. The 
line passes through mainly rural areas with Minerva, Ohio, approximate 
population 3,700, being the largest populated area on the line. There 
is no record of incidents of stoning or other acts of vandalism to OHIC 
trains in recent memory. OHIC plans to use the locomotive in work-train 
service for interchanges with Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, Norfolk 
Southern Railway, and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway.
    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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2014-0103) 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 June 26, 2015 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received

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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 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, on May 6, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-11445 Filed 5-11-15; 8:45 am]
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