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0102) 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 30
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
document (or signing the document, 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) or at
https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 23,
2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E9–28482 Filed 11–27–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
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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.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
[Docket Number FRA–2007–28454]
By a letter dated January 16, 2009,
FRA granted conditional relief in
response to the petition filed by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
for a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR
232.305(b)(2) Single car air brake tests
as it relates to UP’s in-train wheel-set
replacement program. Specifically, UP
sought relief from the regulation to the
extent necessary to permit the
replacement of non-FRA-condemnable
wheel-sets on railcars as part of an intrain wheel-set replacement program
without the need to also perform single
car air brake tests (SCABT) as required
by § 232.305(b)(2), if the car has not
received a SCABT within the previous
12 months. UP now, by a letter dated
June 5, 2009, seeks revision of
Condition 6 of FRA’s January 16, 2009,
letter. Condition 6 requires the
identification and removal of wheels
exerting 100 kips or greater, or exerting
90 kips and an acoustic bearing detector
defect, when the car is empty at the first
in-train wheel replacement location.
UP’s complete request can be reviewed
at https://www.regulations.gov under the
docket number listed above.
UP states that the threshold of ‘‘100
kips’’ in Condition 6 is onerous, is
contrary to UP’s and other railroads
experience of this threshold as being
close to 140 kips, is not a requirement
in 49 CFR regulations, is an
unnecessarily strict standard exclusive
to UP’s in-train wheel-set replacement
program, places UP in a different
category than other railroads, and
hampers UP’s innovative and voluntary
effort to improve safety by allowing it to
replace an increased numbers of wheelsets with incipient defects. As a result,
UP requests that FRA modify this
condition to require replacement of
wheels exerting 140 kips or greater, or
wheels exerting 90 kips in conjunction
with acoustic bearing detector defects.
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–2007–
28454) and may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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• 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, D.C. 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 November 23,
2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E9–28480 Filed 11–27–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–1999–5578; FMCSA–
1999–5748; FMCSA–2001–9258; FMCSA–
2002–12844; FMCSA–2003–15892; FMCSA–
2005–21711]
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Applications; Vision
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of
exemptions; request for comments.
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its
decision to renew the exemptions from
the vision requirement in the Federal
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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 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.
Union Pacific Railroad Company
[Docket Number FRA-2007-28454]
By a letter dated January 16, 2009, FRA granted conditional relief
in response to the petition filed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UP) for a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 232.305(b)(2) Single car
air brake tests as it relates to UP's in-train wheel-set replacement
program. Specifically, UP sought relief from the regulation to the
extent necessary to permit the replacement of non-FRA-condemnable
wheel-sets on railcars as part of an in-train wheel-set replacement
program without the need to also perform single car air brake tests
(SCABT) as required by Sec. 232.305(b)(2), if the car has not received
a SCABT within the previous 12 months. UP now, by a letter dated June
5, 2009, seeks revision of Condition 6 of FRA's January 16, 2009,
letter. Condition 6 requires the identification and removal of wheels
exerting 100 kips or greater, or exerting 90 kips and an acoustic
bearing detector defect, when the car is empty at the first in-train
wheel replacement location. UP's complete request can be reviewed at
https://www.regulations.gov under the docket number listed above.
UP states that the threshold of ``100 kips'' in Condition 6 is
onerous, is contrary to UP's and other railroads experience of this
threshold as being close to 140 kips, is not a requirement in 49 CFR
regulations, is an unnecessarily strict standard exclusive to UP's in-
train wheel-set replacement program, places UP in a different category
than other railroads, and hampers UP's innovative and voluntary effort
to improve safety by allowing it to replace an increased numbers of
wheel-sets with incipient defects. As a result, UP requests that FRA
modify this condition to require replacement of wheels exerting 140
kips or greater, or wheels exerting 90 kips in conjunction with
acoustic bearing detector defects.
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-
2007-28454) 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, D.C. 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 November 23, 2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-28480 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
