Document ID: FRA-2016-0125-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance: Age of Steam Roundhouse
Posted Date: 2017-04-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 67 (Monday, April 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 17326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07014]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2016-0125]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on December 15, 2016, the Age 
of Steam Roundhouse (AOSR) 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 
230, Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards. FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2016-0125.
    AOSR maintains and operates the locomotive number 1293, a 4-6-2 
Pacific Class type steam locomotive built by the Canadian Locomotive 
Works in 1948 for the Canadian Pacific Railway. AOSR requests relief 
from performing the 1,472 service day inspection (SDI) required by 49 
CFR 231.17, for number 1293, as it pertains to the inspection of the 
boiler. AOSR is requesting an additional 3 calendar years before 
performing the 1,472 SDI. The previous SDI was performed on May 4, 
2002. Granting relief will allow number 1293 a SDI period of 18 
calendar years, while not exceeding the 1,472 service days.
    AOSR sporadically operates number 1293 on the Ohio Central Railroad 
(OHCR), part of the Genesee & Wyoming Corporation (GWRR). AOSR's 
justification for requesting relief is that number 1293 has only 
operated for a total 285 service days within the 15 calendar year 
period. Due to the purchase of OHCR by the GWRR in 2008, AOSR now only 
operates number 1293 for static and switching displays at its facility 
while under steam. Since 2008, number 1293 has tallied 34 service days. 
AOSR anticipates that number 1293 will be used for approximately 34 
additional service days during the requested time extension.
    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 Department of Transportation's 
(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 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 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 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 May 25, 2017 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/privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-07014 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am]
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