Document ID: FRA-2015-0062-0051
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Florida East Coast Railway's Request for Approval to Field Test Positive Train Control on Its Cocoa Subdivision
Posted Date: 2022-03-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18063-18064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06612]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2015-0062]

Florida East Coast Railway's Request for Approval To Field Test 
Positive Train Control on Its Cocoa Subdivision

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that on March 
18, 2022, Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) submitted a document 
entitled, ``Combined FECR Test Request V 2.0,'' dated March 1, 2022, to 
FRA. FECR asks FRA to approve its request so that FECR may field test, 
on its Cocoa Subdivision, FECR's freight trains and Brightline's 
passenger trains that have been equipped with positive train control 
(PTC) technology.

DATES: FRA will consider comments received by May 31, 2022. FRA may 
consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable 
and without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary 
modifications to a PTC system.

ADDRESSES: All comments should identify the agency name and Docket 
Number FRA-2015-0062, and may be submitted on https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. All comments received will be posted without change to 
https://www.regulations.gov; this includes any personal information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, 
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 15, 2021, FRA conditionally 
certified FECR's Interoperable Electronic Train Management System (I-
ETMS) PTC system under Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Section 236.1015 and Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 20157(h). 
Pursuant to 49 CFR 236.1035, a railroad must obtain FRA's approval 
before field testing an uncertified PTC system, or a

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product of an uncertified PTC system, or any regression testing of a 
certified PTC system on the general rail system. See 49 CFR 
236.1035(a). Please see FECR's test request for the required 
information, including a complete description of both FECR's Concept of 
Operations and its specific test procedures, including the measures 
that will be taken to ensure safety during testing.
    FECR's test request is available for review online at https://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. FRA-2015-0062). Interested parties are 
invited to comment on the test request by submitting written comments 
or data. During its review of the test request, FRA will consider any 
comments or data submitted. However, FRA may elect not to respond to 
any particular comment, and under 49 CFR 236.1035, FRA maintains the 
authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the test request 
at its sole discretion.

Privacy Act Notice

    In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments, 
without edit, including any personal information the commenter 
provides, to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate 
comment tracking, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the 
name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely 
optional. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or 
confidential information, please contact FRA for alternate submission 
instructions.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2022-06612 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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