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CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021,
FRA maintains the authority to approve,
approve with conditions, or deny a
railroad’s RFA at FRA’s 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. 2023–23635 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0029]
Amtrak’s Request To Amend Its
Positive Train Control System
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
This document provides the
public with notice that, on October 17,
2023, the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (Amtrak) submitted a
request for amendment (RFA) to its
FRA-certified positive train control
(PTC) system. FRA is publishing this
notice and inviting public comment on
the railroad’s RFA to its PTC system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments
received by November 15, 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:
Comments: Comments may be
submitted by going to https://
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www.regulations.gov and following the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant
PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0029.
For convenience, all active PTC dockets
are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at
https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 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: In general,
Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify
that a host railroad’s PTC system
complies with title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I,
before the technology may be operated
in revenue service. Before making
certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC
system or the associated FRA-approved
PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad
must submit, and obtain FRA’s approval
of, an RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP
under 49 CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s
regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register
and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an
RFA includes a request for approval of
a material modification of a signal or
train control system. Accordingly, this
notice informs the public that, on
October 17, 2023, Amtrak submitted an
RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable
Electronic Train Management System
(I–ETMS), which seeks FRA’s approval
for an approximately two- hour but no
greater that three-hour PTC outage that
is necessary to enable an upgrade to
Amtrak’s PTC Back Office Subsystem.
Amtrak’s RFA states that to perform a
necessary PTC Back Office Subsystem
upgrade to improve the reliability and
stability of the Amtrak’s I–ETMS PTC
system, Amtrak plans to temporarily
disable its Mixed System PTC Back
Office Subsystem. The RFA is available
in Docket No. FRA–2010–0029.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on Amtrak’s RFA by
submitting written comments or data.
During FRA’s review of this railroad’s
RFA, FRA will consider any comments
or data submitted within the timeline
specified in this notice and to the extent
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practicable, without delaying
implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system. See 49
CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021,
FRA maintains the authority to approve,
approve with conditions, or deny a
railroad’s RFA at FRA’s 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. 2023–23638 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0064]
Consolidated Rail Corporation’s
Request To Amend Its Positive Train
Control System
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
This document provides the
public with notice that, on October 16,
2023, the Consolidated Rail Corporation
(Conrail) submitted a request for
amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified
positive train control (PTC) system to
notify FRA of a planned PTC outage to
perform a necessary PTC Back Office
Subsystem upgrade during December
2023. FRA is publishing this notice and
inviting public comment on the
railroad’s RFA to its PTC system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments
received by November 15, 2023. FRA
SUMMARY:
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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:
Comments: Comments may be
submitted by going to https://
www.regulations.gov and following the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant
PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0064.
For convenience, all active PTC dockets
are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at
https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 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: In general,
Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify
that a host railroad’s PTC system
complies with title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I,
before the technology may be operated
in revenue service. Before making
certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC
system or the associated FRA-approved
PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad
must submit, and obtain FRA’s approval
of, an RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP
under 49 CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s
regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register
and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an
RFA includes a request for approval of
a material modification of a signal and
train control system. Accordingly, this
notice informs the public that, on
October 16, 2023, Conrail submitted an
RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable
Electronic Train Management System
(I–ETMS) which seeks FRA’s approval
for a three-hour outage in December
2023 to perform an upgrade to Conrail’s
PTC Back Office Subsystem to improve
the reliability and stability of Conrail’s
I–ETMS system. Conrail’s RFA states
that their I–ETMS system must be
disabled in order to perform the PTC
Back Office System upgrade. The RFA is
available in Docket No. FRA–2010–
0064.
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Interested parties are invited to
comment on Conrail’s RFA to its PTC
system by submitting written comments
or data. During FRA’s review of this
railroad’s RFA, FRA will consider any
comments or data submitted within the
timeline specified in this notice and to
the extent practicable, without delaying
implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system. See 49
CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021,
FRA maintains the authority to approve,
approve with conditions, or deny a
railroad’s RFA to its PTC system at
FRA’s 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. 2023–23637 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2016–
0065]
Defect and Noncompliance Notification
and Reporting
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment
on the reinstatement of a previously
approved collection of information.
AGENCY:
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites
public comments about our intention to
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business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2010-0064]
Consolidated Rail Corporation's Request To Amend Its Positive
Train Control System
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), 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 October
16, 2023, the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) submitted a
request for amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train control
(PTC) system to notify FRA of a planned PTC outage to perform a
necessary PTC Back Office Subsystem upgrade during December 2023. FRA
is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on the railroad's
RFA to its PTC system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by November 15, 2023. FRA
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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:
Comments: Comments may be submitted by going to https://www.regulations.gov and following the online instructions for
submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2010-0064. For convenience, all active PTC
dockets are hyperlinked on FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/research-development/program-areas/train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 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: In general, Title 49 United States Code
(U.S.C.) section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify that a host
railroad's PTC system complies with title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, before the technology may be
operated in revenue service. Before making certain changes to an FRA-
certified PTC system or the associated FRA-approved PTC Safety Plan
(PTCSP), a host railroad must submit, and obtain FRA's approval of, an
RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA's regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an RFA includes a request for
approval of a material modification of a signal and train control
system. Accordingly, this notice informs the public that, on October
16, 2023, Conrail submitted an RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable
Electronic Train Management System (I-ETMS) which seeks FRA's approval
for a three-hour outage in December 2023 to perform an upgrade to
Conrail's PTC Back Office Subsystem to improve the reliability and
stability of Conrail's I-ETMS system. Conrail's RFA states that their
I-ETMS system must be disabled in order to perform the PTC Back Office
System upgrade. The RFA is available in Docket No. FRA-2010-0064.
Interested parties are invited to comment on Conrail's RFA to its
PTC system by submitting written comments or data. During FRA's review
of this railroad's RFA, FRA will consider any comments or data
submitted within the timeline specified in this notice and to the
extent practicable, without delaying implementation of valuable or
necessary modifications to a PTC system. See 49 CFR 236.1021; see also
49 CFR 236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, FRA maintains the authority
to approve, approve with conditions, or deny a railroad's RFA to its
PTC system at FRA's 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. 2023-23637 Filed 10-25-23; 8:45 am]
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