Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/15/2020-15187/petition-for-waiver-of-compliance
Timestamp: 2020-08-06 19:51:30
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 211', 'art 270', 'art 270', '§\u2009270', 'art 270', '§\u2009270', '§\u2009270']

A Notice by the Federal Railroad Administration on 07/15/2020
85 FR 42975
Docket Number FRA-2020-0054
2020-15187
FRA-2020-0054
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-15187
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this Start Printed Page 42976document provides the public notice that on June 26, 2020, Virgin Trains USA—Florida, LLC (VTUS) 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 270, System Safety Program. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2020-0054.
VTUS requests relief from certain deadlines required under 49 CFR part 270 considering the company's temporary suspension of revenue passenger rail operations. Specifically, VTUS requests relief from the March 4, 2021, system safety program (SSP) plan filing requirement in § 270.201(a)(1). VTUS states that due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, VTUS suspended all passenger rail operations on March 26, 2020. A timeline for service restoration is currently unknown, but is not anticipated to precede the March 4, 2021, filing deadline for SSP. VTUS proposes to comply with part 270 as applicable to passenger railroads not currently in operation, and submit its SSP plan not less than 90 days before recommencing passenger operations.
Additionally, VTUS requests relief from the July 2, 2020, deadline in § 270.107(a)(3) for holding a preliminary meeting with directly affected employees. Due to the suspension of passenger rail operations on March 26, 2020, and that there are currently no directly affected employees to consult with, VTUS states that the July 2, 2020, deadline is not practicable. VTUS seeks to postpone such preliminary meeting until 120 days before recommencing passenger operations, allowing the company 30 days to incorporate comments from such meeting into its railroad consultation statement described in § 270.107(b).
Communications received by August 31, 2020 will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be considered if practicable.
[FR Doc. 2020-15187 Filed 7-14-20; 8:45 am]