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no longer needed. Of the total 32.566
acres, 5.705 acres are identified as
Parcel V; 9.302 acres are from the
26.807-acre parcel known as N–2; 9.745
acres are from the 19.238-acre parcel
known as K–3; 3.654 acres are from the
22.588-acre parcel known as K–4; and
4.169 acres are from the 63.731-acre
Parcel X–2. The parcels were identified
on the Airport Property Map—Exhibit A
accepted July 15, 2015. The 32.566 acres
is proposed for sale to The Rockefeller
Group Development Corporation
(Rockefeller Group), 500 International
Drive North, Suite 345, Mt. Olive, NJ
07828. As shown on the Airport Layout
Plan, the property is not needed now or
in the future for airport development.
The Federal share of the proceeds of the
sale will be distributed towards
approved AIP eligible efforts, with the
remaining proceeds to be utilized to
operate the airport.
Any person may inspect the request
by appointment at the FAA office
address listed above.
Interested persons are invited to
comment on the proposed release. All
comments will be considered by the
FAA to the extent practicable.
Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania,
September 28, 2020.
Rick Harner,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2020–22101 Filed 10–6–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2020–0078]
Notice of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System
Under part 235 of title 49 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides
the public notice that on September 21,
2020, Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UPRR) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
to discontinue or modify a signal
system. FRA assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA–2020–0078.
Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad
Company, Mr. Neal Hathaway,
A.V.P.—Signal Maintenance &
Construction, 1400 Douglas Street,
MS/RM 0910, Omaha, NE 68179
Specifically, UPRR requests
permission to re-classify a portion of
Main Track #2 from yard limits (YL)/
automatic block system (ABS) to YL,
between milepost (MP) 2.6 and MP 4.7,
allowing the remote control locomotive
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(RCL) pullback on Main Track #2 to be
extended through Grand Avenue at
Milwaukee Subdivision (Proviso Yard 9)
located in Proviso, Illinois.
UPRR states that extending YL on
Main Track #2 will allow Operating
Practices to pull longer cuts out of the
yard, which will in turn help with
congestion and conflict in the yard. RCL
Operations would end a minimum of
290 feet from the track feed for the
signal at MP 4.7 on Main Track #2.
The current configuration of the 2WT
track circuit and the Main Track
Crossover between the current end of
ABS Limits and MP 4.7 will not change
with this application.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 parties desire
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, 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:
• 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
(DOT), 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
November 23, 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
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provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://
www.transportation.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. 2020–22204 Filed 10–6–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2020–0075]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on September 15, 2020, Southern
California Regional Rail Authority
(SCRRA) 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 229, Railroad
Locomotive Safety Standards; 49 CFR
part 231, Railroad Safety Appliance
Standards; and 49 CFR part 238,
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards.
FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA–2020–0075.
Specifically, SCRRA is requesting
relief from portions of 49 CFR 229.47(b),
Emergency brake valve; 231.14(a)(2),
(b)–(d), (f), (g), Passenger-train cars
without end platforms; and
238.305(c)(5), Interior calendar day
mechanical inspection of passenger
cars, for three new Fast Light Intercity
and Regional Train (FLIRT) Diesel
Multiple Unit (DMU) railcars
manufactured by Stadler US.
The new FLIRT DMU railcars are to
undergo pre-revenue service testing on
the SCRRA system and be used in
revenue service on an extension of the
SCRRA San Bernardino line known as
the Redlands Passenger Rail Project
(RPRP). The RPRP is a 9-mile rail
corridor owned by the San Bernardino
County Transportation Authority
(SBCTA). Before the start of revenue
service, SBCTA will transfer track
responsibility and vehicle ownership to
SCRRA. The RPRP will have five station
stops beginning at the San Bernardino—
Downtown station and ending at the
Redlands—University station.
SCRRA asserts that the FLIRT trainset
is a service-proven design based on
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European standards. It further states that
the design features subject to this
request are identical to those on FLIRT
vehicles in service at TexRail in Fort
Worth, Texas. SCRRA believes that the
design characteristics of the Stadler
FLIRT vehicles provide an equivalent or
higher level of safety and security to the
passengers and crew.
SCRRA also requests that FRA
exercise its authority under 49 U.S.C.
20306 to exempt SCRRA from certain
statutory provisions of 49 U.S.C.
Chapter 203, because the FLIRT DMU
vehicles will be equipped with their
own array of safety devices resulting in
equivalent safety.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 parties desire
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, 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
(DOT), 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
November 23, 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
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www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.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. 2020–22203 Filed 10–6–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2020–0081]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on September 23, 2020, Canadian
National Railway Company (CN)
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 232, Brake
System Safety Standards for Freight and
Other Non-Passenger Trains and
Equipment; End-of-Train Devices. FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number
FRA–2020–0081.
CN seeks relief from the requirements
of 49 CFR 232.219 regarding the Class
III airbrake test for helper locomotives
equipped with the ‘‘Helperlink’’ system.
Specifically, CN requests relief on trains
with one or more distributed power (DP)
locomotives on the rear in helper
operations without cutting in the brake
pipe to the helper locomotive.
CN explains that the operation of
trains over Steelton Hill, and
intermittently on Hawthorne Hill, near
Superior, Wisconsin, as well as Byron
Hill, near Fond-Du-Lac, Wisconsin,
require the use of helper locomotives.
CN currently shoves with conventional
helper locomotives and cannot utilize
the ‘‘Helperlink’’ technology due to a
lack of an End-of-Train Telemetry
Device on many trains with DP at the
rear the train. The number of trains with
this configuration, particularly in the
bulk product category, has been steadily
increasing over the past few years.
CN contends ‘‘Helperlink’’ technology
will help to eliminate unnecessary risks
to transportation employees in helper
service, as CN helper service employees
could couple and uncouple from trains
being assisted over grade from the rear
without cutting in train-line air,
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eliminating going between rolling
equipment twice per train assisted. The
waiver would reduce (1) the amount of
mounting and dismounting equipment
an employee does during their shift, and
(2) related slip/trip/fall incidents from
occurring. Additionally, CN states
relieving train crews from stopping their
trains at the top of mountain grades to
cut away helpers will improve the
overall train handling scenario and
reduce the potential for in-train
mechanical failures related to having to
start and stop trains on varying degrees
of grade.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 parties desire
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, 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
(DOT), 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
November 23, 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
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2020-0075]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that on September 15, 2020,
Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) 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 229, Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards; 49 CFR part
231, Railroad Safety Appliance Standards; and 49 CFR part 238,
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards. FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA-2020-0075.
Specifically, SCRRA is requesting relief from portions of 49 CFR
229.47(b), Emergency brake valve; 231.14(a)(2), (b)-(d), (f), (g),
Passenger-train cars without end platforms; and 238.305(c)(5), Interior
calendar day mechanical inspection of passenger cars, for three new
Fast Light Intercity and Regional Train (FLIRT) Diesel Multiple Unit
(DMU) railcars manufactured by Stadler US.
The new FLIRT DMU railcars are to undergo pre-revenue service
testing on the SCRRA system and be used in revenue service on an
extension of the SCRRA San Bernardino line known as the Redlands
Passenger Rail Project (RPRP). The RPRP is a 9-mile rail corridor owned
by the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA). Before
the start of revenue service, SBCTA will transfer track responsibility
and vehicle ownership to SCRRA. The RPRP will have five station stops
beginning at the San Bernardino--Downtown station and ending at the
Redlands--University station.
SCRRA asserts that the FLIRT trainset is a service-proven design
based on
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European standards. It further states that the design features subject
to this request are identical to those on FLIRT vehicles in service at
TexRail in Fort Worth, Texas. SCRRA believes that the design
characteristics of the Stadler FLIRT vehicles provide an equivalent or
higher level of safety and security to the passengers and crew.
SCRRA also requests that FRA exercise its authority under 49 U.S.C.
20306 to exempt SCRRA from certain statutory provisions of 49 U.S.C.
Chapter 203, because the FLIRT DMU vehicles will be equipped with their
own array of safety devices resulting in equivalent safety.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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 parties
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, 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 (DOT), 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 November 23, 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 https://www.transportation.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. 2020-22203 Filed 10-6-20; 8:45 am]
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