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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 4, 2008 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29,
2008.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2008–0481.
Petitioner: AirTran Airways.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR
121.619
Description of Relief Sought: To
permit AirTran Airways to dispatch to
domestic airports at which, for at least
1 hour before and 1 hour after the
estimated time of arrival at the
destination airport, the appropriate
weather reports or forecasts, or any
combinations of them, indicate the
ceiling will be reduced from at least
2,000 feet to 1,000 feet above the airport
elevation; and visibility will be reduced
from at least 3 miles to 1 mile.
[FR Doc. E8–12422 Filed 6–3–08; 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) 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.
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority
(Modification to Waiver Petition Docket
Number FRA–1999–6254)
As a modification to Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA)
existing Vasona Corridor Light Rail
(Vasona Line) Shared Use/Temporal
Separation waiver originally granted by
FRA on September 26, 2005, VTA
requests FRA to modify the original
terms and conditions of its permanent
waiver of compliance from sections of
Title 49 of the CFR. This request is
made due to changes that have recently
occurred along the Vasona Line, a light
rail line that features ‘‘limited
connections’’ such as a shared corridor
operation and an at-grade diamond rail
crossover of the VTA light rail track by
a Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UPRR) freight spur within this shared
corridor. See Statement of Agency
Policy Concerning Jurisdiction Over the
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Safety of Railroad Passenger Operations
and Waivers Related to Shared Use of
the Tracks of the General Railroad
System by Light Rail and Conventional
Equipment, 65 FR 42529 (July 10, 2000).
See also Joint Statement of Agency
Policy Concerning Shared Use of the
Tracks of the General Railroad System
by Conventional Railroads and Light
Rail Transit Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July
10, 2000).
On December 11, 2007, the spur and
siding at Milepost (MP) 3.82 that served
a wholesale flooring company were
abandoned and removed by UPRR,
which operates a freight railroad in this
corridor but on separate track from the
light rail system. This action rendered
obsolete the Lincoln/UPRR diamond
crossover which allowed UPRR trains
the ability to cross the VTA light rail
tracks to gain entry into the spur and
service the flooring business. With the
removal of the spur and siding, the
trackage, switch, and diamond, as well
as signal equipment at the diamond, are
no longer needed and can be removed
from service. With the exception of
eliminating freight car movements
across the light rail tracks, there will be
no other changes to VTA light rail
operations or UPRR freight rail
operations at this location or elsewhere
along the Vasona Corridor.
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–1999–
6254) and may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Web site: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
Fax: 202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, 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
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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://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and 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).
Issued in Washington, DC on May 29,
2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E8–12405 Filed 6–3–08; 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
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.
Norfolk Southern Corporation
(Docket Number FRA–2008–0042)
The Norfolk Southern Corporation
(NS) seeks a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of 49 CFR Part 232,
Brake System Safety Standards for
Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains
and Equipment. Specifically, NS is
requesting a temporary waiver from the
requirement to display in real-time, in
the cab of the locomotive, the total train
dynamic brake retarding force available
in the train, as prescribed in 49 CFR
232.109(g)(2), on locomotives placed in
service for the first time on or after
October 1, 2007. The functionality of
this requirement is commonly referred
to as the ‘‘Dynamic Brake Status
Reporting’’ (DBSR).
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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) 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.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
(Modification to Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-1999-6254)
As a modification to Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's
(VTA) existing Vasona Corridor Light Rail (Vasona Line) Shared Use/
Temporal Separation waiver originally granted by FRA on September 26,
2005, VTA requests FRA to modify the original terms and conditions of
its permanent waiver of compliance from sections of Title 49 of the
CFR. This request is made due to changes that have recently occurred
along the Vasona Line, a light rail line that features ``limited
connections'' such as a shared corridor operation and an at-grade
diamond rail crossover of the VTA light rail track by a Union Pacific
Railroad Company (UPRR) freight spur within this shared corridor. See
Statement of Agency Policy Concerning Jurisdiction Over the Safety of
Railroad Passenger Operations and Waivers Related to Shared Use of the
Tracks of the General Railroad System by Light Rail and Conventional
Equipment, 65 FR 42529 (July 10, 2000). See also Joint Statement of
Agency Policy Concerning Shared Use of the Tracks of the General
Railroad System by Conventional Railroads and Light Rail Transit
Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July 10, 2000).
On December 11, 2007, the spur and siding at Milepost (MP) 3.82
that served a wholesale flooring company were abandoned and removed by
UPRR, which operates a freight railroad in this corridor but on
separate track from the light rail system. This action rendered
obsolete the Lincoln/UPRR diamond crossover which allowed UPRR trains
the ability to cross the VTA light rail tracks to gain entry into the
spur and service the flooring business. With the removal of the spur
and siding, the trackage, switch, and diamond, as well as signal
equipment at the diamond, are no longer needed and can be removed from
service. With the exception of eliminating freight car movements across
the light rail tracks, there will be no other changes to VTA light rail
operations or UPRR freight rail operations at this location or
elsewhere along the Vasona Corridor.
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-
1999-6254) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, 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://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and 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).
Issued in Washington, DC on May 29, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E8-12405 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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