Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Public Comment Period, 9831 [E7-3798]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2006–
25764]
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Union Pacific Railroad Company;
Notice of Public Hearing and Extension
of Public Comment Period
On September 26, 2006, the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA)
published a notice in the Federal
Register (71 FR 56217) announcing the
Union Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP)
request for a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 232,
Brake System Safety Standards for
Freight and Other Non-passenger Trains
and Equipment, and 49 CFR Part 215,
Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards,
for trains received in interchange from
the Ferrocarriles Nationales de Mexico
Railroad at the Calexico, California
border crossing. Subsequently, on
November 17, 2006, FRA published a
notice in the Federal Register (71 FR
67011) announcing that UP had
amended its original petition.
Specifically, UP seeks approval to
postpone performing Class I brake tests
and freight car safety standards
inspections until trains arrive at El
Centro, California (a distance of
approximately 10.1 miles). Trains
would receive a Class III brake testtrainline continuity inspection prior to
departing Calexico, and move to Heber,
California (5.5 miles), where U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
and U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) personnel would
inspect the trains. Upon completion of
the CBP and ICE inspections, trains
would continue to El Centro, California
(4.6 miles), where the postponed brake
tests and mechanical inspections would
then be performed. Trains would be
equipped with a compliant end-of-train
device and move to El Centro at a speed
not to exceed 20 mph.
FRA received several comments from
interested parties requesting a public
hearing. FRA hereby grants those
requests.
Accordingly, a public hearing is
hereby scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., on
March 29, 2007, at Fairfield Inn & Suites
El Centro, located at 503 Danenburg
Drive, El Centro, California 92243.
Interested parties are invited to present
oral statements at the hearing. The
informal hearing will be conducted in
accordance with FRA’s Rules of Practice
(49 CFR 211.25) by a representative
designated by FRA. FRA’s
representative will make an opening
statement outlining the scope of the
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hearing and any additional procedures
for the conduct of the hearing. The
hearing will be a nonadversarial
proceeding in which all interested
parties will be given the opportunity to
express their views regarding the waiver
petition without cross-examination.
After all initial statements have been
completed, individuals wishing to make
a brief rebuttal statement will be given
an opportunity to do so in the same
order in which the initial statements
were made.
In addition, FRA is hereby extending
the comment period to April 13, 2007.
All communications concerning this
waiver petition should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g. Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2006–
25764) and may be submitted by one of
the following methods:
• Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submissions
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–
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.
All written communications
concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular
business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the
above facility. Documents in the public
docket are also available for review 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 February 28,
2007.
Edward Pritchard,
Director, Office of Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2006–26094]
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
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.
Maine Narrow Gage Railroad and
Museum
The Maine Narrow Gage Railroad &
Museum (MNGR), a 2-foot-gage museum
railroad, seeks a waiver of compliance
from the requirements of 49 CFR 230.17,
One thousand four hundred seventy-two
service day inspection. The MNGR is
not engaged in general railroad
transportation, and provides only
railroad tourist excursions on a limited
schedule. The MNGR currently consists
of approximately 2 miles of track
located in the waterfront district of
Portland, Maine, and is adjacent to a
park.
This waiver would apply to MNGR
Locomotive Number 8, and specifically
requests temporary use of this
locomotive while they are working to
bring a second locomotive into
compliance with the requirements of 49
CFR Part 230, as was recently
accomplished with MNGR Locomotive
Number 4. Bringing a second
locomotive into compliance with the
requirements of 49 CFR 230.17 has
become a significant burden to the
MNGR due to the limited availability of
volunteer manpower, and overall cost.
Allowing the temporary use of
Locomotive Number 8 would allowing
the petitioner to continue to operate the
railroad’s steam schedule and perform
the required maintenance on
Locomotive Number 4.
The petitioner believes that this
locomotive can be safely operated for up
to 3 years, not exceeding 144 service
days. Locomotive Number 8 was built
by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924,
for the Bridgton and Harrison Railroad.
However, a new, all-welded boiler was
installed in 1958, built to the ASME
code of construction. As designed, the
maximum authorized working pressure
for this boiler is 225 psi, but the MNGR
derated the pressure to 160 psi to reduce
the stress on the boiler’s shell. In 1992,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2006-25764]
Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and
Extension of Public Comment Period
On September 26, 2006, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 56217) announcing the
Union Pacific Railroad Company's (UP) request for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 232, Brake System Safety Standards for Freight
and Other Non-passenger Trains and Equipment, and 49 CFR Part 215,
Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards, for trains received in
interchange from the Ferrocarriles Nationales de Mexico Railroad at the
Calexico, California border crossing. Subsequently, on November 17,
2006, FRA published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 67011)
announcing that UP had amended its original petition. Specifically, UP
seeks approval to postpone performing Class I brake tests and freight
car safety standards inspections until trains arrive at El Centro,
California (a distance of approximately 10.1 miles). Trains would
receive a Class III brake test-trainline continuity inspection prior to
departing Calexico, and move to Heber, California (5.5 miles), where
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel would inspect the trains. Upon
completion of the CBP and ICE inspections, trains would continue to El
Centro, California (4.6 miles), where the postponed brake tests and
mechanical inspections would then be performed. Trains would be
equipped with a compliant end-of-train device and move to El Centro at
a speed not to exceed 20 mph.
FRA received several comments from interested parties requesting a
public hearing. FRA hereby grants those requests.
Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby scheduled to begin at 9
a.m., on March 29, 2007, at Fairfield Inn & Suites El Centro, located
at 503 Danenburg Drive, El Centro, California 92243. Interested parties
are invited to present oral statements at the hearing. The informal
hearing will be conducted in accordance with FRA's Rules of Practice
(49 CFR 211.25) by a representative designated by FRA. FRA's
representative will make an opening statement outlining the scope of
the hearing and any additional procedures for the conduct of the
hearing. The hearing will be a nonadversarial proceeding in which all
interested parties will be given the opportunity to express their views
regarding the waiver petition without cross-examination. After all
initial statements have been completed, individuals wishing to make a
brief rebuttal statement will be given an opportunity to do so in the
same order in which the initial statements were made.
In addition, FRA is hereby extending the comment period to April
13, 2007. All communications concerning this waiver petition should
identify the appropriate docket number (e.g. Waiver Petition Docket
Number FRA-2006-25764) and may be submitted by one of the following
methods:
Web site: https://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submissions 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 20590-0001; 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.
All written communications concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
at the above facility. Documents in the public docket are also
available for review 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 February 28, 2007.
Edward Pritchard,
Director, Office of Safety.
[FR Doc. E7-3798 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am]
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