Document ID: FRA-2012-0067-0012
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2023-01-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4072-4073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01169]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0067]

Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on November 30, 2022, the 
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (JPBX), which owns and operates 
Caltrain, petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for an 
extension of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the 
Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 215 
(Railroad Freight Car Safety

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Standards). The relevant FRA Docket Number is FRA-2012-0067.
    Specifically, JPBX requested to extend its special approval 
pursuant to 49 CFR 215.203, Restricted cars, for 2 flat-straight deck 
cars, JPBX 711 and JPBX 712, that are more than 50 years from the date 
of original construction. JPBX also requests to extend its existing 
relief from 49 CFR 215.303, Stenciling of restricted cars. JPBX seeks 
to continue use of the cars to transport decorations during its annual 
Holiday Train event. In support of its request, JPBX states that the 
cars have been inspected and determined to be safe for continued 
operation and they will not be interchanged.
    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 party 
desires 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 http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by March 24, 2023 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/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01169 Filed 1-20-23; 8:45 am]
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