Document ID: FRA-2017-0017-0009
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Posted Date: 2022-11-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66366-66367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23972]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2017-0017]

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 July 29, 2022,\1\ Norfolk 
Southern Corporation (NS) 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 236 (Rules, Standards, and Instructions Governing the 
Installation, Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and Train 
Control Systems, Devices, and Appliances). The relevant FRA Docket 
Number is FRA-2017-0017.
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    \1\ On October 13, 2022, NS submitted a revised petition. Both 
the original and revised petitions are available in the docket 
(https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2017-0017-0007).
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    Specifically, NS requests a waiver extension from Sec.  236.566, 
Locomotive of each train operating in train stop, train control or cab 
signal territory; equipped, for: (1) all operations between and 
including the limits of control point (CP) Bright at mile post (MP) PC 
28.2 and CP West Conway at MP PC 24.5; and (2) all movements on the 
Fort Wayne Line Tracks #1 and #2, both to and from CP Rochester, at MP 
PC 25.9 on the Cleveland Line, CP Bright on the Youngstown Line, and 
the yard tracks at East Conway. In support of its request, NS states 
that any movement directed by this relief will be at restricted speed 
and an absolute block will be established in advance of each movement.
    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

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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 January 3, 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. 2022-23972 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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