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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
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Issued in Washington, DC on May 28,
2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E8–12410 Filed 6–3–08; 8:45 am]
Issued in Washington, DC on May 29,
2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E8–12408 Filed 6–3–08; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System or Relief From
the Requirements of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 236
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2008–0047]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance;
Correction
SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) published a
document in the Federal Register on
April 28, 2008 announcing receipt of a
joint request for waiver of compliance
from the City of Seattle, Washington and
the BNSF Railway Company. This
notice corrects that document by
acknowledging that the request for
waiver of compliance from a certain
provision of 49 CFR Part 222 was solely
filed by the City of Seattle, Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald Ries, Office of Safety, FRA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: 202–493–6299 or
e-mail: Ronald.Ries@dot.gov); or
Kathryn Shelton, Office of Chief
Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
202–493–6038 or e-mail:
Kathryn.Shelton@dot.gov).
On April
28, 2008, FRA published a document
announcing its receipt of a joint request
for permanent waiver of compliance
from a certain provision of 49 CFR Part
222 pertaining to the establishment of
Pre-Rule Quiet Zones. However, BNSF
Railway Company subsequently filed
written correspondence asserting that it
did not consent to the filing of the
request for waiver of compliance that
was allegedly submitted on its behalf by
the City of Seattle, Washington. In light
of this additional information, FRA will
treat the request for waiver of
compliance as having been solely filed
by the City of Seattle, Washington.
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Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad
has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
for the discontinuance or modification
of the signal system or relief from the
requirements of 49 CFR Part 236 as
detailed below.
Docket Number FRA–2008–0056
Applicant: Utah Transit Authority,
Ms. Jennifer Rigby, General Counsel,
3600 South 700 West, P.O. Box 30810,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130.
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
seeks relief from the requirements of the
Rules, Standards, and Instructions, Title
49 CFR Part 236, Section 236.310,
Signal governing approach to home
signal, for its planned commuter rail
system ‘‘FrontRunner’’, to the extent
that UTA be permitted to utilize cab
signals in place of wayside approach
signals to home signals. The location of
the request is the entire current and
planned FrontRunner system. Phase 1
will be approximately 44 miles between
Pleasant View, in Weber County, and
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Applicant’s justification for relief:
(1) The wayside portion of the
automatic train control system
continually monitors the track
conditions ahead of a train. These
conditions are continually transmitted
to the train by the cab signals and
impose the proper speed limit based
upon the conditions that exist in
advance of the train.
(2) There are 21 control points located
on phase 1 of the FrontRunner system.
There are no roadway signals in
approach to these control point
locations. Rather, the cab signal system
will register the approach to a control
point and display a cab signal to the
operator. Visibility of cab signals is
superior to that of roadway signals
because the signal aspects are located
within the operating cab in clear view
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of the operator where visibility is not
hampered by weather or debris. The cab
signal system permits automatic
enforcement of adherence to speed
limits and to the proper approach to the
home signal. If the operator does not
respond to the cab signal appropriately,
an irrevocable penalty brake application
will be provided.
(3) The cab signal system design as
implemented provides an equivalent, if
not higher, level of safety than that
required under Section 236.310 because
the visibility of cab signals is superior
to that of roadway signals. Moreover,
the cab signal system continually
monitors the adherence to the speed
limit and automatically warns the
operator when the limit is exceeded and
implements a penalty brake application
if the operator fails to take appropriate
action. Accordingly, relief from the
requirements of Section 236.310 is
justified.
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.
Any interested party desiring to
protest the granting of an application
shall set forth specifically the grounds
upon which the protest is made, and it
shall contain a concise statement of the
interest of the party in the proceeding.
Additionally, one copy of the protest
shall be furnished to the applicant at the
address listed above.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should be identified by
Docket Number FRA–2008–0056 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
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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. E8–12406 Filed 6–3–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0106]
NHTSA’s Activities Under the United
Nations Economic Commission for
Europe 1998 Global Agreement;
Electronic Stability Control
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA).
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NHTSA is issuing this notice
to publish the schedule of upcoming
meetings of WP.29 and its working
parties of experts for the remainder of
calendar year and to inform the public
that a vote to establish a Global
Technical Regulation (GTR) on
Electronic Stability Control is planned
for the June 2008 session of the World
Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle
Regulations (WP.29). In anticipation of
this, NHTSA is requesting comment to
inform its decision for the vote.
DATES: Written comments may be
submitted to this agency by June 20,
2008.
You may submit comments
[identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA–
2008–0106] by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
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• Mail: Docket Management Facility:
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Telephone: 1–800–647–5527.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this proposed collection of
information. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: 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 (65 FR
19477–78) or you may visit https://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ezana Wondimneh, Division Chief,
International Policy and Harmonization
(NVS–133), National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590;
phone (202) 366–0846, fax (202) 493–
2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
and AC.3. The schedule and place of
meetings are made available to
interested parties in proposals and
periodic reports which are posted on the
Web site of WP.29. Note that this
schedule supersedes the one published
in the last Federal Register notice (71
FR 59582).
Table of Contents
I. List of Meetings of WP.29 and Its Working
Parties of Experts
II. Electronic Stability Control
II. Electronic Stability Control
I. List of Meetings of WP.29 and Its
Working Parties of Experts
The following lists meetings of WP.29
and its subsidiary working parties of
experts for vehicle safety for the
remainder of calendar year 2008. In
addition to the below meetings, working
parties of experts may schedule, if
necessary, informal sessions outside
their regular schedule in order to
address technical matters specific to
GTRs under consideration. The
formation and timing of these groups are
recommended by the sponsor and chair
of the group and are approved by WP.29
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2008 Schedule of Meetings of WP.29
and Its Working Parties of Experts
June
23—Administrative Committee for the
Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2)
(97th session).
24–27—World Forum for
Harmonization of Vehicle
Regulations (WP.29) (145th session)
and Administrative Committee of
the 1958 Agreement (AC.1) (39th
session) and Executive Committee
of the 1998 Global Agreement
(AC.3) (23rd session).
September
16–19—Working Party on Brakes and
Running Gear (GRRF) (64th
session).
29–Oct 1—Working Party on Lighting
and Light Signaling (GRE) (60th
session).
October
21–24—Working Party on General
Safety Provisions (GRSG) (95th
session).
November
10—Administrative Committee for the
Coordination of Work (WP.2/AC.2)
(98th session).
11–14—World Forum for
Harmonization of Vehicle
Regulations (WP.29) (146th
session); Administrative Committee
of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1) (40th
session); Executive Committee of
the 1998 Global Agreement (AC.3)
(24th session).
December
10–12—Working Party on Passive
Safety (GRSP) (44th session).
In early 2007, the United States
proposed the development of a Global
Technical Regulation (GTR) under the
1998 Agreement for Electronic Stability
Control (ESC) systems. The proposal
noted that studies from around the
world indicate that ESC systems are
very effective in reducing single-vehicle
crashes involving light vehicles (such as
passenger cars, multipurpose passenger
vehicles, pickup trucks and mini buses
weighing 4,536 kg or less). As an
example, a study of ESC systems in the
U.S. indicated that ESC systems could
potentially reduce single-vehicle
crashes of passenger cars by 34 per cent
and single vehicle crashes of sport
utility vehicles (SUVs) by 59 percent.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the
Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance
or modification of the signal system or relief from the requirements of
49 CFR Part 236 as detailed below.
Docket Number FRA-2008-0056
Applicant: Utah Transit Authority, Ms. Jennifer Rigby, General
Counsel, 3600 South 700 West, P.O. Box 30810, Salt Lake City, Utah
84130.
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) seeks relief from the requirements
of the Rules, Standards, and Instructions, Title 49 CFR Part 236,
Section 236.310, Signal governing approach to home signal, for its
planned commuter rail system ``FrontRunner'', to the extent that UTA be
permitted to utilize cab signals in place of wayside approach signals
to home signals. The location of the request is the entire current and
planned FrontRunner system. Phase 1 will be approximately 44 miles
between Pleasant View, in Weber County, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Applicant's justification for relief:
(1) The wayside portion of the automatic train control system
continually monitors the track conditions ahead of a train. These
conditions are continually transmitted to the train by the cab signals
and impose the proper speed limit based upon the conditions that exist
in advance of the train.
(2) There are 21 control points located on phase 1 of the
FrontRunner system. There are no roadway signals in approach to these
control point locations. Rather, the cab signal system will register
the approach to a control point and display a cab signal to the
operator. Visibility of cab signals is superior to that of roadway
signals because the signal aspects are located within the operating cab
in clear view of the operator where visibility is not hampered by
weather or debris. The cab signal system permits automatic enforcement
of adherence to speed limits and to the proper approach to the home
signal. If the operator does not respond to the cab signal
appropriately, an irrevocable penalty brake application will be
provided.
(3) The cab signal system design as implemented provides an
equivalent, if not higher, level of safety than that required under
Section 236.310 because the visibility of cab signals is superior to
that of roadway signals. Moreover, the cab signal system continually
monitors the adherence to the speed limit and automatically warns the
operator when the limit is exceeded and implements a penalty brake
application if the operator fails to take appropriate action.
Accordingly, relief from the requirements of Section 236.310 is
justified.
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.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the
protest is made, and it shall contain a concise statement of the
interest of the party in the proceeding. Additionally, one copy of the
protest shall be furnished to the applicant at the address listed
above.
All communications concerning these proceedings should be
identified by Docket Number FRA-2008-0056 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
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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. E8-12406 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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