Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 69453 [2019-27250]
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Act. The draft supporting statement for
this information collection is available
in the docket.
Title: Beyond Compliance.
OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carrier
operational managers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
225 (estimated that 225 will receive the
survey with 112 fully completing the
survey).
Estimated Time per Response: Email
Invitation: 5 minutes. Webinar: 10
minutes. Survey: 45 minutes. Email
Reminder (first): 5 minutes. Email
Reminder (second): 5 minutes. Total
time per response (estimated 113 that
choose not to complete the survey): 10
minutes. Total time per response
(estimated 112 that fully complete the
survey): 70 minutes.
Expiration Date: This is a new ICR.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 160
hours [225 email recipients × 15
minutes + 112 webinar respondents × 10
minutes + 112 survey respondents × 45
minutes].
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; (4) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing
the quality of the collected information;
and (5) whether the potential
respondents should be expanded to
include carriers who have made
significant safety improvements and/or
carriers who wish to participate in the
study, and if so, how should
‘‘significant safety improvements’’ be
defined. The Agency will summarize or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: December 11, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2019–0105]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
provides the public notice that by letter
received December 10, 2019, Kansas
City Southern (KCS) petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
for a waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part
236. FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA–2019–0105.
Specifically, KCS seeks relief from the
2-year periodic testing requirements in
§ 236.377, Approach locking; § 236.378,
Time locking; § 236.379, Route locking;
§ 236.380, Indication locking; and
§ 236.381, Traffic locking. KCS also
requests relief from the 1-year periodic
testing period of § 236.109, Time
releases, timing relays, and timing
devices, on all vital microprocessorbased systems.
KCS proposes to verify and test signal
locking systems controlled by
microprocessor-based equipment by use
of alternative procedures every 4 years
after initial baseline testing or program
change as follows:
• Verification of the Cyclic
Redundancy Check (CRC)/Check Sum/
Universal Control Number (UNC) of an
existing location’s application logic to
the baseline tested version.
• Comparison and verification of all
input/output arrangement, vital timer
durations, and vital program settings
between the existing location and
prints/records pertaining to the baseline
tested version.
• Re-establishment of the baseline
tested version via full compliance with
49 CFR part 236 when a discrepancy is
caused/found between the existing and
baseline versions.
• Incorporate recording of alternative
method into KCS’s test record-keeping
system.
KCS states its current record-keeping
system has all the information and
requirements for baseline tests.
Furthermore, the existing test records
fulfil all the requirements for baseline
test record keeping. Given this, KCS
desires to use these test records as the
existing baseline versions. Subsequent
alternative tests would be recorded as
such within KCS’s record-keeping
system.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
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the Department of Transportation’s
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE, W12–140, Washington,
DC 20590. The Docket Operations
Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
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 and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Website: 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 Ave. SE, W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Ave. SE, Room W12–140, Washington,
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Communications received by
February 3, 2020 will be considered by
FRA before final action is taken.
Comments received after that date will
be considered if practicable.
Anyone can 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
document, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better
inform its processes. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
See also https://www.regulations.gov/
#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety
Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–27250 Filed 12–17–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2019-0105]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), this provides the public notice that by letter received December
10, 2019, Kansas City Southern (KCS) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions
of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part
236. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2019-0105.
Specifically, KCS seeks relief from the 2-year periodic testing
requirements in Sec. 236.377, Approach locking; Sec. 236.378, Time
locking; Sec. 236.379, Route locking; Sec. 236.380, Indication
locking; and Sec. 236.381, Traffic locking. KCS also requests relief
from the 1-year periodic testing period of Sec. 236.109, Time
releases, timing relays, and timing devices, on all vital
microprocessor-based systems.
KCS proposes to verify and test signal locking systems controlled
by microprocessor-based equipment by use of alternative procedures
every 4 years after initial baseline testing or program change as
follows:
Verification of the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)/Check
Sum/Universal Control Number (UNC) of an existing location's
application logic to the baseline tested version.
Comparison and verification of all input/output
arrangement, vital timer durations, and vital program settings between
the existing location and prints/records pertaining to the baseline
tested version.
Re-establishment of the baseline tested version via full
compliance with 49 CFR part 236 when a discrepancy is caused/found
between the existing and baseline versions.
Incorporate recording of alternative method into KCS's
test record-keeping system.
KCS states its current record-keeping system has all the
information and requirements for baseline tests. Furthermore, the
existing test records fulfil all the requirements for baseline test
record keeping. Given this, KCS desires to use these test records as
the existing baseline versions. Subsequent alternative tests would be
recorded as such within KCS's record-keeping system.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the Department of Transportation's
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
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 and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Website: 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 Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by February 3, 2020 will be considered by
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date
will be considered if practicable.
Anyone can 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 document, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better
inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. See also
https://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-27250 Filed 12-17-19; 8:45 am]
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