Document ID: FRA-2011-0055-0008
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Approval: Product Safety Plan
Posted Date: 2011-08-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 48941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20194]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2011-0055]

Notification of Petition for Approval; Product Safety Plan

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document 
dated May 23, 2011, the Marquette Rail, LLC (Marquette) has petitioned 
the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approval of a Product Safety 
Plan (PSP) submitted pursuant to 49 CFR part 236, subpart H. FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2011-0055.
    Marquette submitted a petition for approval of a PSP for the 
Railsoft TrackAccess System. The TrackAccess System is a processor-
based dispatch system developed to be operated in the autonomous mode 
(without dispatcher intervention) for low density lines. The system 
provides a processor-based methodology of requesting and issuing track 
authority to either qualified train crewmembers or roadway workers, and 
to do so while significantly improving safety of train operations, 
roadway workers, and other railway equipment, while also increasing 
railroad productivity. Marquette asserts the PSP demonstrates that the 
TrackAccess System has been designed in a highly safe manner, and has 
been sufficiently tested to verify that fact. The PSP provides 
descriptions of the TrackAccess System itself.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at http://www.regulations.gov and in person at the Department of Transportation's 
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 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 September 8, 2011 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 comment, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78) or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 2, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory & Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-20194 Filed 8-8-11; 8:45 am]
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