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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
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James E. Rivera,
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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),
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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.
Denton County Transportation
Authority (Waiver Petition Docket
Number FRA–2010–0180)
The Denton County Transportation
Authority (DCTA) seeks a temporary
waiver from some of the regulatory
requirements of the CFR to operate new
Stadler 2/6 GTW Diesel Multiple Units
(DMUs) for use on its new ‘‘A-train’’
commuter rail service. This temporary
relief is necessary so that DCTA can
conduct vehicle acceptance, employee
training, and equipment familiarization
until such time that a second waiver
request, relating to Alternate Vehicle
Technology (AVT), is submitted.
DCTA has ordered 11 Stadler
Bussnang AG, GTW 2/6 DMUs (the first
of which will arrive in July 2011) for use
on its new ‘‘A-train’’ commuter rail
service between Dallas and Denton, TX.
These vehicles are constructed by a
European manufacturer and meet
European safety standards for
crashworthiness and related safety
measures. DCTA submitted the first
petition for relief (the ‘‘Base Waiver’’) in
which it sought relief from certain
requirements of 49 CFR Part 238,
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards
(Sections 238.115, 238.121, 238.223,
238.229, 238.230, 238.305, 238.309, and
Appendix D—Requirements for External
Fuel Tanks on Tier I Locomotives); part
229, Railroad Locomotive Safety
Standards (§§ 229.31, 229.47, 229.51,
229.71, 229.135, and Appendix D—
Criteria for Certification of Crashworthy
Event Recorder Memory Module); part
231, Railroad Safety Appliance
Standards (§ 231.14); and part 239,
Passenger Train Emergency
Preparedness (§ 239.101). FRA rendered
its decision in a July 13, 2011, letter.
DCTA is currently in the process of
developing the technical justification
documentation to petition FRA for an
AVT compliance waiver for use of this
equipment on main tracks.
Until such documentation is
submitted, DCTA would like to operate
this equipment so it can conduct vehicle
acceptance, employee training, and
equipment familiarization. DCTA will
implement temporal separation, and
seeks temporary relief from certain
requirements of 49 CFR, particularly
§ 238.203—Static end strength;
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§ 238.205—Anti-climbing mechanism;
§ 238.207—Link between coupling
mechanism and car body; § 238.209—
Forward end structure of locomotives,
including cab cars and MU locomotives;
§ 238.211—Collision posts; § 238.213—
Corner posts; § 238.215—Rollover
strength; § 238.217—Side structure;
§ 238.219—Truck-to-car-body
attachment; and § 238.233—Interior
fittings and surfaces.
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–2010–
0180) 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 the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
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online at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC on August 1,
2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2011–0110]
Tesla Motors, Inc.; Receipt of Petition
for Temporary Exemption From the
Electronic Stability Control
Requirements of FMVSS No. 126
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of receipt of a petition for
temporary exemption from Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
No. 126, Electronic Stability Control
Systems.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
procedures in 49 CFR part 555, Tesla
Motors, Inc., has petitioned the agency
for a temporary exemption from the
electronic stability control requirements
of FMVSS No. 126. The bases for the
application are that the petitioner avers
that the exemption would make the
development or field evaluation of a
low-emission vehicle easier and would
not unreasonably lower the safety level
of that vehicle and that compliance
would cause it substantial economic
hardship and that it has tried in good
faith to comply with the standard.1 This
notice of receipt of an application for a
temporary exemption is published in
accordance with statutory and
administrative provisions. NHTSA has
made no judgment on the merits of the
application.
DATES: You should submit your
comments not later than September 6,
2011.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Jasinski, Office of the Chief
Counsel, NCC–112, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 4th
Floor, Room W41–213, Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: (202) 366–2992; Fax:
(202) 366–3820.
1 To view the application, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and enter the docket number
set forth in the heading of this document.
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We invite you to submit
comments on the application described
above. You may submit comments
identified by docket number at the
heading of this notice by any of the
following methods:
• Web Site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on the electronic docket site by clicking
on ‘‘Help and Information’’ or ‘‘Help/
Info.’’
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number. 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 discussion
below. We will consider all comments
received before the close of business on
the comment closing date indicated
above. To the extent possible, we will
also consider comments filed after the
closing date.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov at any time or to
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 am
and 5 pm, Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays. Telephone:
(202) 366–9826. 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
(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–
78) or you may visit https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.html.
Confidential Business Information: If
you wish to submit any information
under a claim of confidentiality, you
should submit three copies of your
complete submission, including the
information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Chief
ADDRESSES:
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Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. In addition, you should
submit two copies, from which you
have deleted the claimed confidential
business information, to Docket
Management at the address given above.
When you send a comment containing
information claimed to be confidential
business information, you should
include a cover letter setting forth the
information specified in our
confidential business information
regulation (49 CFR part 512).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Statutory Basis for Temporary
Exemptions
The National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act (Safety Act), codified
as 49 U.S.C. chapter 301, authorizes the
Secretary of Transportation to exempt,
on a temporary basis and under
specified circumstances, motor vehicles
from a motor vehicle safety standard or
bumper standard. This authority is set
forth at 49 U.S.C. 30113. The Secretary
has delegated the authority in this
section to NHTSA.
NHTSA established 49 CFR part 555,
Temporary Exemption from Motor
Vehicle Safety and Bumper Standards,
to implement the statutory provisions
concerning temporary exemptions. A
vehicle manufacturer wishing to obtain
an exemption from a standard must
demonstrate in its application (A) that
an exemption would be in the public
interest and consistent with the Safety
Act and (B) that the manufacturer
satisfies one of the following four bases
for an exemption: (i) Compliance with
the standard would cause substantial
economic hardship to a manufacturer
that has tried to comply with the
standard in good faith; (ii) the
exemption would make easier the
development or field evaluation of a
new motor vehicle safety feature
providing a safety level at least equal to
the safety level of the standard; (iii) the
exemption would make the
development or field evaluation of a
low-emission motor vehicle easier and
would not unreasonably lower the
safety level of that vehicle; or (iv)
compliance with the standard would
prevent the manufacturer from selling a
motor vehicle with an overall safety
level at least equal to the overall safety
level of nonexempt vehicles.
Only small manufacturers can obtain
an economic hardship exemption. A
manufacturer is eligible to apply for a
hardship exemption if its total motor
vehicle production in its most recent
year of production did not exceed
10,000 vehicles, as determined by the
NHTSA Administrator (49 U.S.C.
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-19827]
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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.
Denton County Transportation Authority (Waiver Petition Docket Number
FRA-2010-0180)
The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) seeks a temporary
waiver from some of the regulatory requirements of the CFR to operate
new Stadler 2/6 GTW Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) for use on its new
``A-train'' commuter rail service. This temporary relief is necessary
so that DCTA can conduct vehicle acceptance, employee training, and
equipment familiarization until such time that a second waiver request,
relating to Alternate Vehicle Technology (AVT), is submitted.
DCTA has ordered 11 Stadler Bussnang AG, GTW 2/6 DMUs (the first of
which will arrive in July 2011) for use on its new ``A-train'' commuter
rail service between Dallas and Denton, TX. These vehicles are
constructed by a European manufacturer and meet European safety
standards for crashworthiness and related safety measures. DCTA
submitted the first petition for relief (the ``Base Waiver'') in which
it sought relief from certain requirements of 49 CFR Part 238,
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Sections 238.115, 238.121,
238.223, 238.229, 238.230, 238.305, 238.309, and Appendix D--
Requirements for External Fuel Tanks on Tier I Locomotives); part 229,
Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards (Sec. Sec. 229.31, 229.47,
229.51, 229.71, 229.135, and Appendix D--Criteria for Certification of
Crashworthy Event Recorder Memory Module); part 231, Railroad Safety
Appliance Standards (Sec. 231.14); and part 239, Passenger Train
Emergency Preparedness (Sec. 239.101). FRA rendered its decision in a
July 13, 2011, letter.
DCTA is currently in the process of developing the technical
justification documentation to petition FRA for an AVT compliance
waiver for use of this equipment on main tracks.
Until such documentation is submitted, DCTA would like to operate
this equipment so it can conduct vehicle acceptance, employee training,
and equipment familiarization. DCTA will implement temporal separation,
and seeks temporary relief from certain requirements of 49 CFR,
particularly Sec. 238.203--Static end strength; Sec. 238.205--Anti-
climbing mechanism; Sec. 238.207--Link between coupling mechanism and
car body; Sec. 238.209--Forward end structure of locomotives,
including cab cars and MU locomotives; Sec. 238.211--Collision posts;
Sec. 238.213--Corner posts; Sec. 238.215--Rollover strength; Sec.
238.217--Side structure; Sec. 238.219--Truck-to-car-body attachment;
and Sec. 238.233--Interior fittings and surfaces.
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-
2010-0180) 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 the U.S. Department of Transportation's complete Privacy
Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000
(Volume
[[Page 47639]]
65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or online at https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC on August 1, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-19827 Filed 8-4-11; 8:45 am]
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