Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 31911-31912 [E8-12407]

Download as PDF 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] BILLING CODE 4910–13–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) 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. rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:46 Jun 03, 2008 Jkt 214001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31911 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). E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES 31912 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 4, 2008 / Notices NS accepted delivery of 50 new ES40DC locomotives from General Electric, which were equipped with DBSR systems as specified in the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Standard S–5509 (S–5509). At that time, S–5509 required the DBSR systems to operate on ANSI/EIA 709.2 (Echelon PL–22) communication frequency on the C-band, which is the same communication band used by the Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brake systems. On February 14, 2008, AAR modified S–5509 by requiring the DBSR systems to use a communication frequency on A-band, instead of the C-band, to eliminate any interference problems the two systems could encounter using the same frequency band. This modification applies to all new locomotives, as well as a retrofit of locomotives presently equipped with DBSR systems employing the C-band. NS currently operates trains equipped with ECP brake technology that utilize many of the 50 locomotives that were equipped with the DBSR systems using the C-band communication configuration. These trains have experienced communication interference problems due to the two systems using the same C-band channel. Tests have shown that electrically disconnecting the DBSR system from the affected locomotives causes the communication interference to subside. Therefore, NS requests a temporary waiver of § 232.109(g)(2) in order to electrically disconnect the DBSR system until the locomotives are modified with the new A-band DBSR system. In addition to these locomotives being equipped with functioning acceleration/ deceleration displays per § 232.109(h)(2), NS will continue to inform the locomotive engineer of the operational status of dynamic brakes on all locomotives, pursuant to § 232.109(a) and (i). The locomotive numbers for this waiver request are NS 7670–7719. 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–2008– 0042) and may be submitted by any of the following methods: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:46 Jun 03, 2008 Jkt 214001 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 20 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. E8–12407 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) has 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. PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company (Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA– 2008–0043) The San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company (SMAR) seeks a petition for a permanent waiver of compliance from the requirements of 49 CFR Part 223 Safety Glazing—223.11, Requirement for Existing Locomotives. This waiver request is specifically for locomotive numbers 16, 18 and 19. Locomotive numbers 18 and 19 are equipped with Type I and locomotive number 16 is equipped with Type I–A DOT Glazing. SMAR states that equipping their locomotives with FRA Type Certified Glazing would be a financial burden. 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–2008– 0043) 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 E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31911-31912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12407]


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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 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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    NS accepted delivery of 50 new ES40DC locomotives from General 
Electric, which were equipped with DBSR systems as specified in the 
Association of American Railroads (AAR) Standard S-5509 (S-5509). At 
that time, S-5509 required the DBSR systems to operate on ANSI/EIA 
709.2 (Echelon PL-22) communication frequency on the C-band, which is 
the same communication band used by the Electronically Controlled 
Pneumatic (ECP) brake systems. On February 14, 2008, AAR modified S-
5509 by requiring the DBSR systems to use a communication frequency on 
A-band, instead of the C-band, to eliminate any interference problems 
the two systems could encounter using the same frequency band. This 
modification applies to all new locomotives, as well as a retrofit of 
locomotives presently equipped with DBSR systems employing the C-band.
    NS currently operates trains equipped with ECP brake technology 
that utilize many of the 50 locomotives that were equipped with the 
DBSR systems using the C-band communication configuration. These trains 
have experienced communication interference problems due to the two 
systems using the same C-band channel. Tests have shown that 
electrically disconnecting the DBSR system from the affected 
locomotives causes the communication interference to subside. 
Therefore, NS requests a temporary waiver of Sec.  232.109(g)(2) in 
order to electrically disconnect the DBSR system until the locomotives 
are modified with the new A-band DBSR system. In addition to these 
locomotives being equipped with functioning acceleration/deceleration 
displays per Sec.  232.109(h)(2), NS will continue to inform the 
locomotive engineer of the operational status of dynamic brakes on all 
locomotives, pursuant to Sec.  232.109(a) and (i). The locomotive 
numbers for this waiver request are NS 7670-7719.
    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-
2008-0042) 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 20 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. E8-12407 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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