Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 59580-59581 [E6-16696]

Download as PDF 59580 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 10, 2006 / Notices declaration for the State of New York, dated 07/03/2006, is hereby amended to extend the deadline for filing applications for physical damages as a result of this disaster to 10/16/2006. All other information in the original declaration remains unchanged. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008) BILLING CODE 8025–01–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice #5564] jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Notice of Meeting—United States International Telecommunication Advisory Committee The Department of State announces a meeting of the ITAC. The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Department on matters related to telecommunication and information policy matters in preparation for international meetings pertaining to telecommunication and information issues. The ITAC will meet to discuss the matters related to the meeting of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector’s Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference. The CPM will take place 19 February-2 March 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. ITAC meetings will be convened on 3 November from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and on 14 November and 6 December from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Boeing Company, 1200 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. That is one-half block from the Rosslyn Metrorail station on the Orange and Blue lines. Members of the public will be admitted to the extent that seating is available and may join in the discussions subject to the instructions of the Chair. Entrance to 1200 Wilson Blvd. is controlled. Persons planning to attend the meeting should arrive early enough to complete the entry procedure. One of the following current photo identifications must be presented to gain entrance to 1200 Wilson Blvd.: U.S. driver’s license with your photo on it, U.S. passport, or U.S. Government identification. Foreign Nationals are required to pre-clear 24 hours in advance by contacting Keisha Findley at keisha.m.findley@boeing.com or 703– 465–3680. 16:42 Oct 06, 2006 Jkt 211001 BILLING CODE 4710–45–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Herbert L. Mitchell, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–16632 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] VerDate Aug<31>2005 Dated: October 2, 2006. Douglas R. Spalt, International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State. [FR Doc. E6–16655 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 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) has 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. Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad Company [Waiver Docket Number FRA–2006–25793] The Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad Company (CKIN) seeks a permanent waiver of compliance from Control of Alcohol and Drug Use, 49 CFR Part 219 Subparts D through J, which requires a railroad to conduct reasonable suspicion alcohol and/or drug testing, preemployment drug testing, random alcohol and drug testing, and to have voluntary referral and coworker report policies, and which also specify drug and alcohol testing procedures and record-keeping requirements. CKIN has less than 16 hours of service employees and previously had no joint operations until the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum (HVRM) recently began operation of tourist trains on 5 to 10 miles of the 33 miles of track owned by the Incorporated Town of North Judson, Indiana, between North Judson and LaCrosse, Indiana. CKIN conducts freight operations on 23 miles of this 33mile rail line; however, the only common track use would be a wye track in LaCrosse. HVRM’s tourist train operations are normally conducted on weekends and do not operate at the same time as the CKIN freight trains. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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–2006– 25793) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL–401, 400 7th Street, SW., 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 the above facility. 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. FRA wishes to inform all potential commenters that 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 19477– 78) or you may visit https://dms.dot.gov. Issued in Washington, DC on October 4, 2006. Grady C. Cothen, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program Development. [FR Doc. E6–16695 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 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. E:\FR\FM\10OCN1.SGM 10OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 10, 2006 / Notices Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES [Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2005– 22688] Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) seeks a waiver of compliance with 49 CFR 229.27(d)(2) (locomotive safety standards), which requires locomotives that are equipped with a self-monitoring event recorder to undergo further maintenance and testing if a ‘‘download of the event recorder, taken within the preceding 30 days and reviewed for the previous 48 hours of locomotive operation, reveals a failure to record a regularly recurring data element or reveals that any required data element is not representative of the actual operations of the locomotive during this time period.’’ Specifically, 49 CFR 229.27(d)(2) provides that, ‘‘[i]f the review is not successful, further maintenance and testing shall be performed until a subsequent test is successful. When a successful test is accomplished, a record, in any medium, shall be made of that fact and of any maintenance work necessary to achieve the successful result. This record shall be kept at the location where the locomotive is maintained until a record of a subsequent successful test is filed. The download shall be taken from information stored in the certified crashworthy crash-hardened event recorder memory module if the locomotive is so equipped.’’ SEPTA operates a fleet of MU passenger locomotives that have an event recorder incorporated within the cab signal system. The event recorder incorporates a software self-test every 250 milliseconds whenever the system is energized. If any event recorder input fails, a fault is declared, which causes a penalty brake application, and the fault is logged. SEPTA believes that the system has proved reliable with no data lost over the previous 10 years. SEPTA requests that they be allowed to continue this practice of checking fault indications at the time of periodic inspections, and if the waiver is granted, that they perform no annual downloads of their event recorders. 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. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:42 Oct 06, 2006 Jkt 211001 All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the appropriate docket number (FRA–2005– 22688) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 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 the above facility. 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 19477–78). The Statement may also be found at https:// dms.dot.gov. Issued in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2006. Grady C. Cothen, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program Development. [FR Doc. E6–16696 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration Notification of Extension of Comment Period In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) gave notice that it had received a request of approval for a waiver by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). UP is implementing remote authority technology, designed to permit authorized users in the field to request, be granted, or release on-track authority without train dispatcher interaction. To facilitate the implementation of this technology, UP is requesting that FRA suspend compliance with certain rules in accordance with the provisions contained in 49 CFR 211.51. FRA placed the supporting documentation under docket number PO 00000 Frm 00156 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 59581 FRA–2006–24840. FRA also gave notice that it would accept comments on the petition for 45 days subsequent to the publication of the notice. The comment period ended on September 10, 2006, and FRA is reopening the docket for comments to allow the public time to analyze and comment on additional documentation submitted by UP. All communications concerning this proceeding should identify the appropriate docket number (FRA–2006– 24840) and may be submitted by any of the following methods: • Web site: https://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site. • Fax: 202–493–2251 • Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590– 001. • Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, Room PL–401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Communications received within 90 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 the above facility. 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 19477–78). The statement may also be found at https:// dms.dot.gov. Issued in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2006. Grady C. Cothen, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program Development. [FR Doc. E6–16708 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P E:\FR\FM\10OCN1.SGM 10OCN1

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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.

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2005-22688]

    Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) seeks a 
waiver of compliance with 49 CFR 229.27(d)(2) (locomotive safety 
standards), which requires locomotives that are equipped with a self-
monitoring event recorder to undergo further maintenance and testing if 
a ``download of the event recorder, taken within the preceding 30 days 
and reviewed for the previous 48 hours of locomotive operation, reveals 
a failure to record a regularly recurring data element or reveals that 
any required data element is not representative of the actual 
operations of the locomotive during this time period.'' Specifically, 
49 CFR 229.27(d)(2) provides that, ``[i]f the review is not successful, 
further maintenance and testing shall be performed until a subsequent 
test is successful. When a successful test is accomplished, a record, 
in any medium, shall be made of that fact and of any maintenance work 
necessary to achieve the successful result. This record shall be kept 
at the location where the locomotive is maintained until a record of a 
subsequent successful test is filed. The download shall be taken from 
information stored in the certified crash-worthy crash-hardened event 
recorder memory module if the locomotive is so equipped.''
    SEPTA operates a fleet of MU passenger locomotives that have an 
event recorder incorporated within the cab signal system. The event 
recorder incorporates a software self-test every 250 milliseconds 
whenever the system is energized. If any event recorder input fails, a 
fault is declared, which causes a penalty brake application, and the 
fault is logged. SEPTA believes that the system has proved reliable 
with no data lost over the previous 10 years. SEPTA requests that they 
be allowed to continue this practice of checking fault indications at 
the time of periodic inspections, and if the waiver is granted, that 
they perform no annual downloads of their event recorders.
    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 (FRA-2005-22688) and must be submitted to the 
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza 
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 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 the above facility. 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 19477-78). The Statement 
may also be found at https://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-16696 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]
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