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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2006–25764]
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Petition for Extension of Waiver of
Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on February 24, 2023, Union Pacific
Railroad Company (UP) 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 parts 215 (Railroad
Freight Car Safety Standards) and 232
(Brake System Safety Standards for
Freight and Other Non-passenger Trains
and Equipment; End of Train Devices).
The relevant Docket Number is FRA–
2006–25764.
Specifically, UP requests a waiver
extension from 49 CFR 232.205, Class 1
brake test—initial terminal inspection,
and certain provisions of part 215
related to the inspection of trains
entering the United States from Mexico
at Calexico, California. UP seeks to
continue to move trains received in
interchange from Mexico approximately
10.1 miles to the facility at El Centro,
California, before an initial terminal air
brake test is performed. UP notes that
the inspection point at El Centro ‘‘was
designed and built . . . for the sole
purpose of inspecting and testing of
equipment’’ passing through the
interchange. Further, UP states that the
facility ‘‘supports inspections and any
repair associated activities . . . safer
and better than other upstream
properties.’’ Finally, UP states that the
relief ‘‘avoid[s] . . . excessively blocked
crossings’’ and ‘‘alleviates undue
additional locomotive emissions from
excessive idling times.’’
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 party desires
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
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submitted at https://www.regulations.
gov. Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
Communications are requested by
June 6, 2023. Comments received after
that date will be considered if
practicable. FRA reserves the right to
extend the existing relief subject to
subsequent consideration of any
comments submitted to the docket.
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), the U.S.
Department of Transportation (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.
[FR Doc. 2023–07324 Filed 4–6–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2003–15010]
Petition for Extension of Waiver of
Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on February 28, 2023, Canadian
Pacific Railway (CP) 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 241 (United
States Locational Requirements for
Dispatching of United States Rail
Operations). The relevant Docket
Number is FRA–2003–15010.
Specifically, CP requests an extension
of relief and permanent waiver pursuant
to 49 CFR 241.7(c), Fringe border
dispatching, to allow the continuation
of Canadian dispatching of three
locations in the United States: (1) 1.8
miles of the Windsor Subdivision
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between Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and
Detroit, Michigan, United States; 1 and
(2) two track segments totaling 23.44
miles on the Newport Subdivision
between Richford, Vermont, and East
Richford, Vermont, United States and
between North Troy, Vermont, and
Newport, Vermont, United States.2 CP
notes that all locations are dispatched
by the Operations Centre in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada. In support of its
request, CP states that ‘‘in the
approximately twenty years since the
original waiver was granted, CP has
operated safely on the Windsor
Subdivision and has operated safe[ly]
on the Newport Subdivision since the
acquisition of this territory in 2020.’’
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 party desires
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 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by June 6,
2023 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), the U.S.
Department of Transportation (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
1 This section on the Windsor Subdivision is
defined in appendix A to part 241, List of Lines
Being Extraterritorially Dispatched in Accordance
with the Regulations Contained in 49 CFR part 241,
Revised as of October 1, 2002.
2 The track segments on the Newport Subdivision
cross the U.S./Canada border at three separate
locations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2006-25764]
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that on February 24, 2023, Union
Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 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 parts 215 (Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards) and 232
(Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-passenger
Trains and Equipment; End of Train Devices). The relevant Docket Number
is FRA-2006-25764.
Specifically, UP requests a waiver extension from 49 CFR 232.205,
Class 1 brake test--initial terminal inspection, and certain provisions
of part 215 related to the inspection of trains entering the United
States from Mexico at Calexico, California. UP seeks to continue to
move trains received in interchange from Mexico approximately 10.1
miles to the facility at El Centro, California, before an initial
terminal air brake test is performed. UP notes that the inspection
point at El Centro ``was designed and built . . . for the sole purpose
of inspecting and testing of equipment'' passing through the
interchange. Further, UP states that the facility ``supports
inspections and any repair associated activities . . . safer and better
than other upstream properties.'' Finally, UP states that the relief
``avoid[s] . . . excessively blocked crossings'' and ``alleviates undue
additional locomotive emissions from excessive idling times.''
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 party
desires 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 at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Communications are requested by June 6, 2023. Comments received
after that date will be considered if practicable. FRA reserves the
right to extend the existing relief subject to subsequent consideration
of any comments submitted to the docket.
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), the U.S. Department of Transportation (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.
[FR Doc. 2023-07324 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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