Notification of Informational Filing To Test a Processor-Based Signal and Train Control System, and a Request for Waiver of Compliance, 74578-74579 [E6-21016]
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Railroad System by Conventional
Railroads and Light Rail Transit
Systems, 65 FR 42526.)
VTA Tasman West LRT Line is a twotrack, 7.6-mile urban rapid transit light
rail line owned and operated by VTA
within the City of Mountain View, City
of Sunnyvale, and County of Santa
Clara, California. A 1.6-mile segment of
this LRT Line, called the Moffett Drill
Track, features 2 tracks and 11 grade
crossings and is shared with freight
service of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company (UP). This Moffett Drill Track
segment is nominally connected to the
General Railroad System (connection
exists at the westward terminus of the
Tasman West LRT Line at the
Downtown Mountain View Station with
mainline tracks used by UPRR and
Caltrain) by virtue of a contractual right
of a single shipper for freight service to
the NASA-Ames Research Center, a
right that has not been exercised in the
last 12 years.
VTA states that considering the total
absence of freight service on this
segment for the last 12 years, and the
heavy restrictions which would be
placed on any such movement, that the
term ‘‘shared’’ is technical in name only
and well below the level of activity
which would justify application of FRA
regulations to a light rail operation.
Further, the character of the freight
operation across the Moffett Drill Track
is equivalent to providing service to a
shipper facility that is not considered to
be part of the General Railroad System,
except when a UP freight train operating
in interstate commerce actually enters
the facility. In this case, unless and until
the NASA-Ames Research Center
actually requests and schedules the UP
to enter its facility, then the FRA should
waive jurisdiction over light rail
operations on this 1.6-mile shared track
segment. VTA states that it has received
numerous noise complaints because its
light rail vehicles (LRV) must blow their
horns in the manner prescribed in the
Locomotive Horn Rule as per 49 CFR
parts 222 and 229. Its LRVs cross the 11
highway grade crossings 114 times per
day from 0400 a.m. until 0100 a.m.
daily, and utilize a horn with a decibel
range from 85dB to 97dB. Given the
history of nonexistent freight operations
on this 1.6-mile segment, VTA contends
a waiver of the Horn Rule requirements
is more suitable and practical than
establishing a quiet zone. In the event
NASA-Ames Research Center does
request freight service, UP remains
subject to FRA regulations, and VTA
will adhere to the terms and conditions
of the current Shared Use Waiver with
movement on the Moffett Drill Track
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heavily restricted, including full
temporal separation.
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–1999–
6254) and may be submitted by one of
the following methods:
• Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic 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–
0001; or
• Hand Delivery: 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 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 December 6,
2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notification of Informational Filing To
Test a Processor-Based Signal and
Train Control System, and a Request
for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 211,
notice is hereby given that the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) has
received a request for a waiver of
compliance with certain requirements of
Federal railroad 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.
CSX Transportation, Inc.
[Docket Number FRA–2006–25057]
In association with continued
development and implementation
testing of the CSX Transportation, Inc.
(CSXT) Communications Based Train
Control (CBTM) System, CSXT of
Jacksonville, Florida, has petitioned for
a waiver of compliance from certain
FRA regulatory safety requirements.
CBTM is a non-vital safety-critical
overlay designed to supplement the
existing method of operation to protect
against the consequences of human
error.
CSXT is requesting a petition of
regulatory relief from the following
Federal regulations: 49 CFR 216.13
(Special Notice of Repairs—
Locomotive), 49 CFR 217.9 (Program of
Operational Tests and Inspections—
Recordkeeping), 49 CFR 217.11
(Program of Instruction on Operating
Rules—Recordkeeping, Electronic
Recordkeeping), 49 CFR part 218
subpart D (Prohibition Against
Tampering with Safety Devices), 49 CFR
229.7 (Prohibited Acts), 49 CFR 229.135
(Event Recorders), 49 CFR 233.9
(Reports), 49 CFR 235.5 (Changes
Requiring Filing of Application), 49 CFR
240.127 (Criteria for Examining Skill
Performance), and 49 CFR 240.129
(Criteria for Monitoring Operational
Performance of Certified Engineers).
CSXT is requesting regulatory relief for
testing related to the CBTM on the
CSXT Blue Ridge, Duke, Spartanburg,
and McCormick Subdivisions, which
consist of approximately 137 miles of
Traffic Control System territory and 130
miles of Direct Traffic Control territory.
The regulatory relief requested was
previously granted; however, this relief
was withdrawn by FRA in a letter dated
April 8, 2005 (see docket FRA–2002–
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12507). The regulatory relief requested
in CSX’s current petition is only for
CBTM-related equipment and testing,
and only through the conclusion of
CBTM testing. Compliance with the
rules for which relief is requested will
not apply to non-CBTM-related
equipment and operations. Details of the
exact relief requested and CSXT’s
supporting rationale are detailed in
FRA–2006–25057–4.
For informational purposes only, FRA
is also providing notice that it has
received an informational filing to test
CBTM submitted pursuant to 49 CFR
236.913(j). FRA will accept comments
only on those items requiring a waiver
from regulatory requirements. All
communications concerning the petition
from regulatory relief under 49 CFR part
211 should identify the appropriate
docket number (FRA–2006–25057) and
must be submitted by one of the
following methods:
• Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic 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–
0001; or
• Hand Delivery: 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 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 on
behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review the 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.
VerDate Aug<31>2005
18:00 Dec 11, 2006
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Issued in Washington, DC on December 6,
2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E6–21016 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Release of Waybill Data
The Surface Transportation Board has
received a request from Covington &
Burling on behalf of Union Pacific
Corporation (WB468–8—12/1/06), for
permission to use certain data from the
Board’s 2005 Carload Waybill Sample.
A copy of the request may be obtained
from the Office of Economics,
Environmental Analysis, and
Administration.
The waybill sample contains
confidential railroad and shipper data;
therefore, if any parties object to these
requests, they should file their
objections with the Director of the
Board’s Office of Economics,
Environmental Analysis, and
Administration within 14 calendar days
of the date of this notice. The rules for
release of waybill data are codified at 49
CFR 1244.9.
Contact: Mac Frampton, (202) 565–
1541.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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of the temporary trackage rights is to
facilitate maintenance work on UP lines.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee affected by the acquisition of
the temporary trackage rights will be
protected by the conditions imposed in
Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.—Trackage
Rights—BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—
Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653
(1980), and any employee affected by
the discontinuance of those trackage
rights will be protected by the
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line
R. Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360
I.C.C. 91 (1979).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8). If it contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 34969, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 1925
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, one copy of each
pleading must be served on Gabriel S.
Meyer, Union Pacific Railroad
Company, 1400 Douglas St., STOP 1580,
Omaha, NE 68179.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Decided: December 5, 2006.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
[STB Finance Docket No. 34969]
Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption—BNSF Railway Company
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has
agreed to grant temporary overhead
trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad
Company (UP) over BNSF’s lines
between milepost 146.0, Hobart, CA,
and milepost 9.8, Riverside, CA, a
distance of approximately 55 miles.1
The transaction is scheduled to be
consummated on January 2, 2007, and
the temporary trackage rights will expire
on or about April 5, 2007. The purpose
1 Total mileage does not correspond to the
milepost designations of the endpoints because the
trackage rights involve BNSF subdivisions with
non-contiguous mileposts.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notification of Informational Filing To Test a Processor-Based
Signal and Train Control System, and a Request for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part
211, notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) has received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain
requirements of Federal railroad 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.
CSX Transportation, Inc.
[Docket Number FRA-2006-25057]
In association with continued development and implementation
testing of the CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) Communications Based
Train Control (CBTM) System, CSXT of Jacksonville, Florida, has
petitioned for a waiver of compliance from certain FRA regulatory
safety requirements. CBTM is a non-vital safety-critical overlay
designed to supplement the existing method of operation to protect
against the consequences of human error.
CSXT is requesting a petition of regulatory relief from the
following Federal regulations: 49 CFR 216.13 (Special Notice of
Repairs--Locomotive), 49 CFR 217.9 (Program of Operational Tests and
Inspections--Recordkeeping), 49 CFR 217.11 (Program of Instruction on
Operating Rules--Recordkeeping, Electronic Recordkeeping), 49 CFR part
218 subpart D (Prohibition Against Tampering with Safety Devices), 49
CFR 229.7 (Prohibited Acts), 49 CFR 229.135 (Event Recorders), 49 CFR
233.9 (Reports), 49 CFR 235.5 (Changes Requiring Filing of
Application), 49 CFR 240.127 (Criteria for Examining Skill
Performance), and 49 CFR 240.129 (Criteria for Monitoring Operational
Performance of Certified Engineers). CSXT is requesting regulatory
relief for testing related to the CBTM on the CSXT Blue Ridge, Duke,
Spartanburg, and McCormick Subdivisions, which consist of approximately
137 miles of Traffic Control System territory and 130 miles of Direct
Traffic Control territory. The regulatory relief requested was
previously granted; however, this relief was withdrawn by FRA in a
letter dated April 8, 2005 (see docket FRA-2002-
[[Page 74579]]
12507). The regulatory relief requested in CSX's current petition is
only for CBTM-related equipment and testing, and only through the
conclusion of CBTM testing. Compliance with the rules for which relief
is requested will not apply to non-CBTM-related equipment and
operations. Details of the exact relief requested and CSXT's supporting
rationale are detailed in FRA-2006-25057-4.
For informational purposes only, FRA is also providing notice that
it has received an informational filing to test CBTM submitted pursuant
to 49 CFR 236.913(j). FRA will accept comments only on those items
requiring a waiver from regulatory requirements. All communications
concerning the petition from regulatory relief under 49 CFR part 211
should identify the appropriate docket number (FRA-2006-25057) and must
be submitted by one of the following methods:
Web site: https://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic 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 20590-0001; or
Hand Delivery: 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 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 on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the 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 December 6, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-21016 Filed 12-11-06; 8:45 am]
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