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Petitioner: United Parcel Service
Company.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected:
§ 121.463(a)(2) and (c).
Description of Relief Sought: United
Parcel Service Company petitions for
relief from § 121.463(a)(2) and (c) for an
aircraft dispatcher with impaired
mobility. This relief, if granted, would
allow the aircraft dispatcher to meet the
initial and annual recurrent operating
familiarization by remotely observing
live streamed audio and video of a LineOriented Flight Training conducted in a
§ 121.408 approved Full Flight
Simulator (FFS) in lieu of conducting
the operating familiarization from an
aircraft flight deck or in an FFS
approved under § 121.407.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2021–0034]
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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 March 9, 2021,
Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, Inc.
(A&O) and CSX Transportation (CSXT)
jointly petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
to discontinue or modify a signal
system. FRA assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA–2021–0034.
Applicants: Appalachian and Ohio
Railroad, Inc., J. Thomas Garrett,
President, 200 Clark Street, Paducah,
KY 42003
CSX Transportation, Carl A. Walker,
Chief Engineer Communications and
Signals, 500 Water Street, Speed Code
J–350, Jacksonville, FL 32202
Specifically, A&O and CSXT request
approval to discontinue the traffic
control system (TCS) on CSXT owned,
dispatched, and maintained trackage,
being leased and operated by A&O. The
track spans from, but does not include,
control point (CP) Berkeley Run
Junction, milepost (MP) BUC 0.0
Grafton, West Virginia, to CP Hampton
Junction, MP BUC 42.1, Buckhannon,
West Virginia, including signaled
sidings. A&O will install a new and
modern broken rail detection system
(BRDS) in Philippi, West Virginia, from
MP 13.3 to MP 16.4, and Buckhannon,
West Virginia, from MP 32.2 through
MP 39.3, on the Cowen District Main
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Line, and in Pleasant Creek Bridge, MP
5.5 through MP 7.2.
If this modification is made, the entire
A&O will operate under Track Warrant
Control Rules and will be dispatched by
A&O. The BRDS will be designed to
detect broken rails and misaligned
switches. Switch circuit controllers and
normally energized shunt-sensitive
track circuits will constantly monitor
switch positions and rail integrity. Each
BRDS block will be defined by wayside
indicators for displaying block
information to train crews at the block’s
entrance. A&O and CSXT state the
reasons for the proposed changes are
that traffic volumes do not warrant TCS
and that the current signal system is
obsolete and replacement components
are difficult to obtain or unavailable
from vendors.
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 May 20,
2021 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
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2008–0166]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on February 25, 2021, Union Pacific
Railroad Company (UPRR) petitioned
the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) for an extension of a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of
the Federal railroad safety regulations
contained at 49 CFR part 218, Railroad
Operating Practices. FRA assigned the
petition Docket Number FRA–2008–
0166.
Specifically, UPRR seeks continued
relief from blue signal requirements as
prescribed in 49 CFR 218.25, Workers
on a main track, on five specific track
locations in Kansas City, Kansas, and
Kansas City, Missouri. The subject
tracks are in the middle of the Kansas
City facilities and are used for functions
normally performed on yard tracks,
including fueling, locomotive
inspections, and adding or removing
power from trains. This request is for
the following track locations:
• Main 1 and Main 2, between
Manchester and Troost (MP MX279–
MX281);
• Main 1 and Main 2 at 18th St.,
between MP KX004 and KX006; and
• Main line at 10th St., between MP
KX287 and KX289.
UP requests flexibility to treat these
main tracks at the Kansas City facilities
as other-than-main-tracks, so it can have
the option of protecting its employees
working on, under, or between rolling
equipment in accordance with 49 CFR
218.25, Workers on a main track, or 49
CFR 218.27, Workers on track other
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than main track, or a combination of
both regulations.
UP states that the safest and most
efficient method of protecting its
employees in the Kansas City facilities
is by a combination of blue signal
protection and remotely-controlled
switches. UP explains that it has
operated under the requirements of this
waiver since 2009 without any adverse
effects on safety of operations.
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 May 20,
2021 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/
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17:23 Apr 02, 2021
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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. 2021–06950 Filed 4–2–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2007–28454]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on February 23, 2021, Union Pacific
Railroad Company (UPRR) petitioned
the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) for an extension and expansion of
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–2007–28454.
UPRR’s current waiver provides
conditional relief from the requirements
for performing the single car air brake
test (SCABT) as prescribed in 49 CFR
232.305(b)(2), Single car air brake tests.
The relief allows UPRR to replace nonFRA condemnable wheelsets on railcars
as part of an in-train wheelset
replacement program at North Platte,
Nebraska, without the need to also
perform the SCABT as required, if the
car has not received a SCABT within the
previous 12 months.
In this petition, UPRR requests to
expand the scope of conditions one and
two of FRA’s decision letter, dated
September 6, 2018. In condition one,
UPRR requests to extend the relief of intrain wheel replacement beyond the
North Platte, Nebraska, facility to also
include the Roseville, California,
facility. In condition two, UPRR
requests to expand the applicability of
the waiver beyond empty coal cars in
unit train service to also include
covered hopper cars in unit train
service. UPRR additionally requests that
the relief be extended.
UPRR states that the original waiver
and subsequent extensions have had no
adverse effect on safety, and that UPRR
has operated under the guidelines set
forth in the waiver.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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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 May 20,
2021 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. 2021–06951 Filed 4–2–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2008-0166]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that on February 25, 2021, Union
Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for an extension of a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained
at 49 CFR part 218, Railroad Operating Practices. FRA assigned the
petition Docket Number FRA-2008-0166.
Specifically, UPRR seeks continued relief from blue signal
requirements as prescribed in 49 CFR 218.25, Workers on a main track,
on five specific track locations in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas
City, Missouri. The subject tracks are in the middle of the Kansas City
facilities and are used for functions normally performed on yard
tracks, including fueling, locomotive inspections, and adding or
removing power from trains. This request is for the following track
locations:
Main 1 and Main 2, between Manchester and Troost (MP
MX279-MX281);
Main 1 and Main 2 at 18th St., between MP KX004 and KX006;
and
Main line at 10th St., between MP KX287 and KX289.
UP requests flexibility to treat these main tracks at the Kansas
City facilities as other-than-main-tracks, so it can have the option of
protecting its employees working on, under, or between rolling
equipment in accordance with 49 CFR 218.25, Workers on a main track, or
49 CFR 218.27, Workers on track other
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than main track, or a combination of both regulations.
UP states that the safest and most efficient method of protecting
its employees in the Kansas City facilities is by a combination of blue
signal protection and remotely-controlled switches. UP explains that it
has operated under the requirements of this waiver since 2009 without
any adverse effects on safety of operations.
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 May 20, 2021 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. 2021-06950 Filed 4-2-21; 8:45 am]
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