Document ID: FRA-2013-0119-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Posted Date: 2014-01-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 3458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00952]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0119]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document 
dated January 17, 2013, Railserve, Inc. (RASX) 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 223, Safety Glazing Standards--Locomotives, Passenger Cars and 
Cabooses. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0119.
    RASX of Atlanta, GA, petitioned for a permanent waiver of 
compliance for 10 locomotives from the requirements of 49 CFR 223.11, 
Requirements for existing locomotives, which require certified glazing 
in all windows. The reporting marks on these locomotives are RASX 103, 
RASX 356, RASX 1077, RASX 1810, RASX 2524, RASX 4487, RASX 4489, RASX 
8049, RASX 8959, and RASX 8999.
    These locomotives are used in switching operations inside the DOW A 
and B Chemical Plants in Freeport, TX. The switching operations 
involved interchange with the Union Pacific Railroad for inbound and 
outbound cars on general system railroad trackage that is less than 
one-quarter of a mile long. RASX stated that there is no history of 
vandalism at the DOW A and B Chemical Plants in Freeport, TX, and that 
all of the locomotives are parked inside the plants when not in use. 
The top speed of operations is 5 mph. RASX also stated that to install 
glass that meets FRA specifications would be cost prohibitive.
    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 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:
     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 March 7, 2014 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered as far as practicable.
    Anyone is able to 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.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-00952 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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