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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0014]
Petition for Approval: Canadian
National Railway
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of petition for approval
to move to phase 3 of track inspection
test program.
AGENCY:
This document provides the
public notice that on July 23, 2021,
Canadian National Railway (CN)
petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) to transition from
phase 2 to phase 3 of a previously
approved Test Program and associated
temporary suspension of some visual
track inspections. The Test Program is
designed to test track inspection
technologies (i.e., an autonomous track
geometry measurement system) and new
operational approaches to track
inspections (i.e., combinations of
autonomous inspection and traditional
visual inspections).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: YuJiang Zhang, Staff Director, Track and
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Structures Division, Office of Railroad
Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, telephone
(202) 493–6460 or email yujiang.zhang@
dot.gov; Aaron Moore, Attorney, Office
of Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
telephone (202) 493–7009 or email
aaron.moore@dot.gov.
On April
3, 2020, FRA conditionally approved
the Test Program and CN’s petition
under 49 CFR 211.51 to suspend
§§ 213.233(b)(3) and 213.233(c) as
applied to operations under the Test
Program. A copy of the Test Program,
FRA’s conditional approval of the Test
Program, and a previously published
Federal Register notice explaining
FRA’s rationale for approving the Test
Program and related suspension are
available for review in the docket.1
As approved, the Test Program
included four separate phases over 12
months, as outlined in Exhibit C of the
Program.2 Accordingly, CN began the
Test Program on April 19, 2020. On
December 6, 2020, CN transitioned from
phase 1 to phase 2. Subsequently, CN
requested, and FRA approved, an
extension of the Test Program until
February 19, 2022.
CN is requesting to transition from
phase 2 to 3 on October 24, 2021. In
support of its request, CN states that it
has met the Test Program conditions
required to move to phase 3 and has met
the Test Program’s baseline safety
metric of less than 0.19 unprotected
geometry defects per 100 miles tested as
established in phase 1 of the Test
Program. Specifically, for the 90 days
prior to petitioning to move to phase 3,
CN achieved an average of 0.15
unprotected geometry defects per 100
miles tested.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, if any, are available for review
online at www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA2020-0014-0004 (Test Program); https://
www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2020-00140002 (FRA’s approval decision); https://
www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2020-00140003 (FRA’s published notice of approval).
2 https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA2020-0014-0004.
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• Website: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by
September 7, 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/
privacy-notice 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 No. FRA–2020–0013]
Petition for Approval Extension: CSX
Transportation
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of petition for an
extension of approval of track
inspection test program.
AGENCY:
This document provides the
public notice that on July 27, 2021, CSX
Transportation (CSX) petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
to extend an existing temporary
suspension of some visual track
inspections to allow for a continuation
of a previously approved Test Program
designed to test track inspection
technologies (i.e., an autonomous track
geometry measurement system) and new
operational approaches to track
inspections (i.e., combinations of
autonomous inspection and traditional
visual inspections).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: YuJiang Zhang, Staff Director, Track and
Structures Division, at (202) 493–6460
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2020-0014]
Petition for Approval: Canadian National Railway
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of petition for approval to move to phase 3 of track
inspection test program.
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SUMMARY: This document provides the public notice that on July 23,
2021, Canadian National Railway (CN) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) to transition from phase 2 to phase 3 of a
previously approved Test Program and associated temporary suspension of
some visual track inspections. The Test Program is designed to test
track inspection technologies (i.e., an autonomous track geometry
measurement system) and new operational approaches to track inspections
(i.e., combinations of autonomous inspection and traditional visual
inspections).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yu-Jiang Zhang, Staff Director, Track
and Structures Division, Office of Railroad Safety, FRA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202) 493-6460 or
email [email protected]; Aaron Moore, Attorney, Office of Chief
Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
telephone (202) 493-7009 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 3, 2020, FRA conditionally approved
the Test Program and CN's petition under 49 CFR 211.51 to suspend
Sec. Sec. 213.233(b)(3) and 213.233(c) as applied to operations under
the Test Program. A copy of the Test Program, FRA's conditional
approval of the Test Program, and a previously published Federal
Register notice explaining FRA's rationale for approving the Test
Program and related suspension are available for review in the
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(Test Program); https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2020-0014-0002 (FRA's approval decision); https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2020-0014-0003 (FRA's published notice of approval).
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As approved, the Test Program included four separate phases over 12
months, as outlined in Exhibit C of the Program.\2\ Accordingly, CN
began the Test Program on April 19, 2020. On December 6, 2020, CN
transitioned from phase 1 to phase 2. Subsequently, CN requested, and
FRA approved, an extension of the Test Program until February 19, 2022.
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CN is requesting to transition from phase 2 to 3 on October 24,
2021. In support of its request, CN states that it has met the Test
Program conditions required to move to phase 3 and has met the Test
Program's baseline safety metric of less than 0.19 unprotected geometry
defects per 100 miles tested as established in phase 1 of the Test
Program. Specifically, for the 90 days prior to petitioning to move to
phase 3, CN achieved an average of 0.15 unprotected geometry defects
per 100 miles tested.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, if any, are available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments.
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.
Communications received by September 7, 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/privacy-notice 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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