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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0029]
Amtrak’s Request To Conduct
Regression Testing of Its Certified
Positive Train Control System
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
This document provides the
public with notice that on January 6,
2023, the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (Amtrak) submitted a
document entitled ‘‘Advanced Civil
Speed Enforcement System (ACSES II)
Regression Test Waiver Request,’’ to
FRA. Amtrak asks FRA to approve its
request to conduct regression testing of
its FRA-certified ACSES II positive train
control (PTC) system on its PTCequipped track.
DATES: FRA will consider comments
received by April 3, 2023. FRA may
consider comments received after that
date to the extent practicable and
without delaying implementation of
valuable or necessary modifications to a
PTC system.
ADDRESSES: All comments concerning
this proceeding should identify the
agency name and Docket Number FRA–
2010–0029, and may be submitted on
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments. For convenience, all active
PTC dockets are hyperlinked on FRA’s
website at https://railroads.dot.gov/
train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-andquarterly-reports. All comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov; this
includes any personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train
Control, and Crossings Division,
telephone: 816–516–7168, email:
Gabe.Neal@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6,
2017, FRA certified Amtrak’s ACSES II
PTC system under title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) section
236.1015 and title 49 United States
Code (U.S.C.) 20157(h). Pursuant to 49
CFR 236.1035, a railroad must obtain
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FRA’s approval before field testing an
uncertified PTC system, or a product of
an uncertified PTC system, or any
regression testing of a certified PTC
system on the general rail system. See
49 CFR 236.1035(a). Please see Amtrak’s
test request for the required information,
including a complete description of
Amtrak’s Concept of Operations and its
specific test procedures, including the
measures that will be taken to ensure
safety during testing.
Amtrak’s test request is available for
review online at https://
www.regulations.gov (Docket No. FRA–
2010–0029). Interested parties are
invited to comment on the test request
by submitting written comments or data.
During its review of the test request,
FRA will consider any comments or
data submitted. However, FRA may
elect not to respond to any particular
comment, and under 49 CFR 236.1035,
FRA maintains the authority to approve,
approve with conditions, or deny the
test request at its sole discretion.
Privacy Act Notice
In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3,
FRA solicits comments from the public
to better inform its decisions. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov. To facilitate comment
tracking, we encourage commenters to
provide their name, or the name of their
organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. If you
wish to provide comments containing
proprietary or confidential information,
please contact FRA for alternate
submission instructions.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2010-0029]
Amtrak's Request To Conduct Regression Testing of Its Certified
Positive Train Control System
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that on January
6, 2023, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) submitted
a document entitled ``Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System (ACSES
II) Regression Test Waiver Request,'' to FRA. Amtrak asks FRA to
approve its request to conduct regression testing of its FRA-certified
ACSES II positive train control (PTC) system on its PTC-equipped track.
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by April 3, 2023. FRA may
consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable
and without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system.
ADDRESSES: All comments concerning this proceeding should identify the
agency name and Docket Number FRA-2010-0029, and may be submitted on
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. For convenience, all active PTC dockets are
hyperlinked on FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports. All comments received
will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov; this
includes any personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal,
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6, 2017, FRA certified Amtrak's
ACSES II PTC system under title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
section 236.1015 and title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 20157(h).
Pursuant to 49 CFR 236.1035, a railroad must obtain FRA's approval
before field testing an uncertified PTC system, or a product of an
uncertified PTC system, or any regression testing of a certified PTC
system on the general rail system. See 49 CFR 236.1035(a). Please see
Amtrak's test request for the required information, including a
complete description of Amtrak's Concept of Operations and its specific
test procedures, including the measures that will be taken to ensure
safety during testing.
Amtrak's test request is available for review online at https://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. FRA-2010-0029). Interested parties are
invited to comment on the test request by submitting written comments
or data. During its review of the test request, FRA will consider any
comments or data submitted. However, FRA may elect not to respond to
any particular comment, and under 49 CFR 236.1035, FRA maintains the
authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the test request
at its sole discretion.
Privacy Act Notice
In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the
public to better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate
comment tracking, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the
name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely
optional. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or
confidential information, please contact FRA for alternate submission
instructions.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2023-02201 Filed 2-1-23; 8:45 am]
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