Document ID: FRA-2019-0055-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2019-09-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46777-46778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19170]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2019-0055]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
provides the public notice that by letter dated May 22, 2019, the Belt 
Railway Company of Chicago (BRC) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions 
of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR 234.309, 
ENS signs in general, and 49 CFR 234.311, ENS sign placement and 
maintenance. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2019-0055.
    Specifically, BRC requests relief from the requirement to replace 
signage under Sec. Sec.  234.309 and 234.311, pending the successful 
conclusion of two 49 CFR part 236 block signal applications (BSAP) (see 
Docket Numbers FRA-2019-0039 and FRA-2019-0010). Access to the subject 
track is either over Bridge 710 on Canadian National Railway's (CN) 
Lakefront Subdivision or via access from BRC's Kenton Line. BSAPs were 
filed by both BRC and CN based on lack of traffic and upgrades that 
will render this trackage entirely inaccessible for train traffic. 
There is currently no rail service on this track, and no plan to 
restore service.
    This single industrial track includes no sidings or auxiliary 
tracks and runs parallel to Harbor Avenue and South Lake Shore Drive. 
There are five private highway-rail grade crossings (HRGC) and one 
public HRGC on the route:
    (1) DOT #869205W--milepost (MP) 0.29--Private;
    (2) DOT #869206D--MP 0.52--Ewing Avenue;
    (3) DOT #869207K--MP 0.53--Private;
    (4) DOT #869208S--MP 0.63--Private;
    (5) DOT #869209Y--MP 0.65--Private; and
    (6) DOT #869210T--MP 0.71--Private.
    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

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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 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, 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 October 21, 2019 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 www.transportation.gov/privacy. 
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-19170 Filed 9-4-19; 8:45 am]
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