Document ID: FRA-2007-28454-0043
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Expansion of Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2022-02-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8921-8922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03288]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2007-28454]

Petition for Expansion of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on January 29, 2022, Union 
Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an expansion of a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR part 232 (Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other 
Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-Of-Train Devices). The relevant 
FRA Docket Number is FRA-2007-28454.
    UPRR's existing waiver in this docket provides conditional relief 
from the requirements for performing the single car air brake test 
(SCABT) as prescribed in 49 CFR 232.305(b)(2), Single car air brake 
tests. The relief allows UPRR to replace non-FRA condemnable wheelsets 
on railcars as part of an in-train wheelset replacement program at 
North Platte, Nebraska, and Roseville, California, without the need to 
also perform the SCABT as required, if the car has not received a SCABT 
within the previous 12 months.
    In this petition, UPRR requests to expand the scope of relief for 
in-train wheel replacement beyond the two current facilities to also 
include the South Morrill, Nebraska, facility. UPRR states that the 
original waiver and subsequent extensions have had no adverse effect on 
safety, and that UPRR has operated under the guidelines set forth in 
the waiver.
    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 parties 
desire 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 www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    Communications received by April 4, 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), the U.S. Department of Transportation (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/

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    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03288 Filed 2-15-22; 8:45 am]
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