Document ID: FRA-2013-0118-0003
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]
[Pages 3461-3462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00951]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0118]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with 49 CFR part 211 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-2013-0118.
    RASX of Atlanta, GA, petitioned for a waiver of compliance for one 
locomotive from the requirements of 49 CFR 223.11, Requirements for 
existing locomotives, which requires certified glazing in all windows. 
The reporting mark on this locomotive is RASX 2580. This locomotive is 
used in switching operations inside the Cargill Plant in Memphis, TN. 
The switching operations involved interchange with Norfolk Southern 
Railway for inbound and outbound cars on railroad general system 
trackage that is less than one-quarter of a mile long. RASX stated that 
there is no history of vandalism at the Cargill Plant in Memphis, TN. 
The top speed of operations is 5 mph. RASX also stated that installing 
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

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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. 2014-00951 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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