Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 58906 [E6-16471]
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 193 / Thursday, October 5, 2006 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC on October 2,
2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E6–16473 Filed 10–4–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
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In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
notice is hereby given that the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) received
a request for a waiver of compliance
with certain requirements of its safety
standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party
seeking relief, the regulatory provisions
involved, the nature of the relief being
requested, and the petitioner’s
arguments in favor of relief.
The Messena Terminal Railroad
Company (Docket Number FRA–2000–
7949)
The Messena Terminal Railroad
Company (MSTR), a home shop fleet of
71 AOCX aluminum covered hopper
cars, has petitioned FRA for an
extension of and modification to, the
waiver granted on October 17, 2001 in
FRA Docket No. 2000–7949.
Specifically, MSTR has requested that
the existing waiver be modified as
follows:
1. Eliminate the requirement in
condition no. 6 to lower the handbrake
assembly and comply with 49 CFR
231.27(i)(iii) since § 231.27(i)(iii) only
applies to cars that were built or placed
into service after October 1, 1966, and
that do not have roof hatches.
2. Remove condition no. 7 requiring
MSTR to report immediately to FRA’s
Office of Safety any injury involving
glazing that results from the use of the
locomotive subject to this waiver since
all locomotives comply with 49 CFR 223
Safety Glazing Standards.
3. Reword condition no. 4 to allow
running boards to be relocated to the
outboard area, provided the welding of
attachment points is performed by an
industry recognized, certified welder;
where a sampling of welds are tested
per industry standards, and the welds
comply 100% with those standards. In
support of this request, MSTR notes that
upon completion of these
modifications/repairs, the AOCX cars
are expected to be in full compliance
with 49 CFR 231.1(c) (Running boards).
4. Eliminate condition no. 5 which
requires that each car in the pool be
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stencilled with the words ‘‘Keep Off
Roof-No Running Board’’ as outlined in
49 CFR 231.27(i)(iii) since each railcar
roof is currently equipped with a
running board.
5. MSTR requests that FRA extend the
waiver granted on October 17, 2001, for
a minimum of one additional year in
order to complete the modifications/
repairs needed for running boards to be
relocated to the outer area.
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 (e.g., Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2000–
7949) and must be submitted in
triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT
Central Docket Management Facility,
Room Pl-401, Washington, DC, 20590–
0001. Communications received within
45 days of the date of this notice will
be considered by FRA before final
action is taken. Comments received after
that date will be considered as far as
practicable. All written communications
concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular
business hours (9 a.m–5 p.m.) at DOT
Central Docket Management Facility,
Room Pl-401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC. All
documents in the public docket are also
available for inspection and copying on
the Internet at the docket facility’s Web
site at https://dms.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of all 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 19377–78). The
statement may also be found at https://
dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 2,
2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E6–16471 Filed 10–4–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
notice is hereby given that the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) received
a request for a waiver of compliance
from certain requirements of its safety
regulations. The individual petition is
described below including the party
seeking relief, the regulatory provisions
involved, the nature of the relief being
requested, and the petitioner’s
arguments in favor of relief.
Minnesota Transportation Museum,
Inc. (Waiver Petition Docket Number
FRA–2006–24775)
The Minnesota Transportation
Museum (MTM) seeks a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of
49 CFR Part 232, Brake System Safety
Standards for Freight and Other NonPassenger Trains and Equipment.
Specifically, § 232 Appendix B-Part 232,
prior to May 31, 2001, § 232.17(b)(2) for
passenger car maintenance
requirements.
MTM is a nonprofit corporation that
operates a historical and excursion train
as the Osceola and St. Croix Valley
Railway between Dresser, Wisconsin
and Withrow, Minnesota, a distance of
25 miles, over Canadian National track.
Operation of this train is from mid April
to the end of October on Thursdays,
Saturdays and Sundays, a total of
approximately 70 operating days.
MTM currently operates three
passenger coaches equipped with UCtype brakes that require a clean oil test
and stencil (COT&S) every 15 months,
as prescribed in the Manual of
Standards and Recommended Practices
of the Association of American
Railroads, S–045, which was last
published in 1984. MTM is requesting
that a waiver be granted to extend the
COT&S time period from 15 months to
24 months. This would give MTM the
ability to operate for two operating
seasons between COT&S events. This
would also provide a savings of $640
per year in COT&S costs for this
nonprofit organization.
Also, MTM currently operates four
passenger coaches equipped with D–22
type brakes that requires a COT&S every
24 months, as prescribed in the Manual
of Standards and Recommended
Practices of the Association of American
Railroads, S–045, which was last
published in 1984. MTM is requesting
that a waiver be granted to extend the
COT&S time period from 24 months to
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.
The Messena Terminal Railroad Company (Docket Number FRA-2000-7949)
The Messena Terminal Railroad Company (MSTR), a home shop fleet of
71 AOCX aluminum covered hopper cars, has petitioned FRA for an
extension of and modification to, the waiver granted on October 17,
2001 in FRA Docket No. 2000-7949. Specifically, MSTR has requested that
the existing waiver be modified as follows:
1. Eliminate the requirement in condition no. 6 to lower the
handbrake assembly and comply with 49 CFR 231.27(i)(iii) since Sec.
231.27(i)(iii) only applies to cars that were built or placed into
service after October 1, 1966, and that do not have roof hatches.
2. Remove condition no. 7 requiring MSTR to report immediately to
FRA's Office of Safety any injury involving glazing that results from
the use of the locomotive subject to this waiver since all locomotives
comply with 49 CFR 223 Safety Glazing Standards.
3. Reword condition no. 4 to allow running boards to be relocated
to the outboard area, provided the welding of attachment points is
performed by an industry recognized, certified welder; where a sampling
of welds are tested per industry standards, and the welds comply 100%
with those standards. In support of this request, MSTR notes that upon
completion of these modifications/repairs, the AOCX cars are expected
to be in full compliance with 49 CFR 231.1(c) (Running boards).
4. Eliminate condition no. 5 which requires that each car in the
pool be stencilled with the words ``Keep Off Roof-No Running Board'' as
outlined in 49 CFR 231.27(i)(iii) since each railcar roof is currently
equipped with a running board.
5. MSTR requests that FRA extend the waiver granted on October 17,
2001, for a minimum of one additional year in order to complete the
modifications/repairs needed for running boards to be relocated to the
outer area.
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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2000-7949) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT
Central Docket Management Facility, Room Pl-401, Washington, DC, 20590-
0001. Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. All
written communications concerning these proceedings are available for
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m-5 p.m.) at DOT Central
Docket Management Facility, Room Pl-401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC. All documents in the public docket are also
available for inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket
facility's Web site at https://dms.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 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 19377-78). The statement
may also be found at https://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 2, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-16471 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
