80_FR_16784 80 FR 16724 - Petition for Waiver of Compliance

80 FR 16724 - Petition for Waiver of Compliance

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 60 (March 30, 2015)

Page Range16724-16725
FR Document2015-07102

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16724-16725]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07102]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2015-0021]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated November 20, 2014, the Transportation Technology Center 
(TTCI) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a 
waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad 
safety regulations contained at 49 CFR 231.136(c)(4) and 231.126(c)(4). 
FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2015-0021.
    Industry efforts are underway to develop industry standards for 
natural gas fuel tenders (NGFT) as fuel sources for locomotives. FRA 
has provided funding for a program to complement work conducted by the 
Association of American Railroads (AAR) NGFT Technical Advisory Group 
(TAG) in developing industry standards for NGFT tenders. This effort is 
focused on documenting (measuring and analyzing) the worst-case 
displacement environment between a common line-haul locomotive and a 
trailing vehicle (simulating a fuel tender).
    This petition for a temporary waiver has been filed so that a test 
project can be conducted to measure and an understanding can be had of 
the tri-axial displacement environment of interconnections (e.g., gas, 
cooling system loop, electrical, air, etc.) between the locomotive and 
adjacent tender vehicle during normal full-scale freight train 
operations in revenue service. This waiver also serves to give notice 
that the instrumentation brackets will be mounted to and partially 
obstruct the safety appliances on the locomotive and box car. The 
safety appliances affected will be the A-end end platform and the A-end 
handhold on the box car, and, in addition, a test fixture bracket will 
be attached to the uprights that secure horizontal handholds on the 
rear end of the locomotive. The test program outlined in the petition 
includes measurement of relative longitudinal, lateral, and vertical 
displacements and accelerations between the locomotive and simulated 
fuel tender. Data gathered will provide input for testing future fuel 
transfer components (e.g., hoses, wires, and connectors for gas/heat 
exchange fluids/electrical power/control) planned for use on the next 
generation of NGFT vehicles.
    Canadian National Railway (CN) is supplying the locomotive and 
high-cube box car for this testing. The locomotive's long hood end will 
be connected to and leading the box car's A-end. The intent is for both 
to be used throughout the testing from Chicago, IL, to Memphis, TN, and 
back. The requested duration of the waiver is to allow the testing from 
Chicago, IL, to Memphis, TN, and back to be completed. A copy of the 
petition, as well as any written communications concerning the 
petition, is available for review online at www.regulations.gov and in 
person at the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Docket 
Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, 
DC, 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    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

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hearing. If any interested party desires an opportunity for oral 
comment, 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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2015-0021) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice 
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments 
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable.
    Anyone is able to 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.). 
In accordance with 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 www.dot.gov/privacy. 
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-07102 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
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16724 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 60 / Monday, March 30, 2015 / Notices capacity of 100 attendees. Since space is www.regulations.gov) has been Technical Advisory Group (TAG) in limited and access to the DOT established for committee documents developing industry standards for NGFT headquarters building is controlled for including any written comments that tenders. This effort is focused on security purposes, any member of the may be filed. At the discretion of the documenting (measuring and analyzing) general public who plans to attend this Chairperson and time permitting, after the worst-case displacement meeting must notify the registration completion of the planned agenda, environment between a common line- contact identified below no later than individual members of the public may haul locomotive and a trailing vehicle April 7, 2015. provide oral comments. Any oral (simulating a fuel tender). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To comments presented must be limited to This petition for a temporary waiver register to attend the meeting, please the objectives of the committee and will has been filed so that a test project can contact Amy Przybyla, Research be limited to five (5) minutes per be conducted to measure and an Analyst, CENTRA Technology, Inc., person. Individual members of the understanding can be had of the tri-axial przybylaa@centratechnology.com; 703– public who wish to present oral displacement environment of 894–6962. For other information please comments must notify the Department interconnections (e.g., gas, cooling contact Kathleen Blank Riether, Senior of Transportation contact noted above system loop, electrical, air, etc.) between Attorney, Office of Aviation via email that they wish to attend and the locomotive and adjacent tender Enforcement and Proceedings, present oral comments no later than vehicle during normal full-scale freight kathleen.blankriether@dot.gov; U.S. April 7, 2015. train operations in revenue service. This Department of Transportation, 1200 Persons with a disability who plan to waiver also serves to give notice that the New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC attend the meeting and require special instrumentation brackets will be 20590; 202–366–9342 (phone), 202– accommodations, such as an interpreter mounted to and partially obstruct the 366–5944 (fax). for the hearing impaired, should notify safety appliances on the locomotive and the registration contact noted above no box car. The safety appliances affected SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May later than April 7, 2015. will be the A-end end platform and the 24, 2012, the Secretary, as mandated by A-end handhold on the box car, and, in Section 411 of the FAA Modernization Notice of this meeting is being provided in accordance with the Federal addition, a test fixture bracket will be and Reform Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112– attached to the uprights that secure 95, 126 Stat. 11 (2012)), established the Advisory Committee Act and the General Services Administration horizontal handholds on the rear end of Advisory Committee on Aviation the locomotive. The test program Consumer Protection. The committee’s regulations covering management of Federal advisory committees. outlined in the petition includes charter, drafted in accordance with the measurement of relative longitudinal, Federal Advisory Committee Act, as (41 CFR part 102–3.) lateral, and vertical displacements and amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, sets forth Issued in Washington, DC, on the 25th of accelerations between the locomotive policies for the operation of the advisory March, 2015. and simulated fuel tender. Data gathered committee and is available on the Blane A. Workie, will provide input for testing future fuel Department’s Web site at http:// Assistant General Counsel for Aviation transfer components (e.g., hoses, wires, www.facadatabase.gov/committee/ Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department and connectors for gas/heat exchange charters.aspx?cid=2448&aid=47. of Transportation. fluids/electrical power/control) planned The seventh meeting of the committee [FR Doc. 2015–07292 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am] for use on the next generation of NGFT is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P vehicles. 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Canadian National Railway (CN) is Eastern Time in the Media Center at the supplying the locomotive and high-cube DOT headquarters, 1200 New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION box car for this testing. The locomotive’s Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. At long hood end will be connected to and the meeting, the issues that will be Federal Railroad Administration leading the box car’s A-end. The intent discussed are space allocated per is for both to be used throughout the [Docket Number FRA–2015–0021] passenger on the aircraft and airlines’ testing from Chicago, IL, to Memphis, frequent flyer programs. Petition for Waiver of Compliance TN, and back. The requested duration of As announced in the notices of prior the waiver is to allow the testing from meetings of the committee, the meeting In accordance with Part 211 of Title Chicago, IL, to Memphis, TN, and back will be open to the public, and, time 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations to be completed. A copy of the petition, permitting, comments by members of (CFR), this document provides the as well as any written communications the public are invited. Attendance will public notice that by a document dated concerning the petition, is available for necessarily be limited by the size of the November 20, 2014, the Transportation review online at www.regulations.gov meeting room (maximum 100 Technology Center (TTCI) has and in person at the U.S. Department of attendees). Since space is limited and petitioned the Federal Railroad Transportation’s (DOT) Docket access to the DOT headquarters building Administration (FRA) for a waiver of Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey is controlled for security purposes, we compliance from certain provisions of Avenue SE., W12–140, Washington, DC, ask that any member of the general the Federal railroad safety regulations 20590. The Docket Operations Facility public who plans to attend the seventh contained at 49 CFR 231.136(c)(4) and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday meeting notify the registration contact 231.126(c)(4). FRA assigned the petition through Friday, except Federal mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES noted above no later than April 7, 2015. Docket Number FRA–2015–0021. Holidays. Additionally, DOT will stream the event Industry efforts are underway to Interested parties are invited to live on the Internet at www.dot.gov/ develop industry standards for natural participate in these proceedings by airconsumer/ACACP. gas fuel tenders (NGFT) as fuel sources submitting written views, data, or Members of the public may present for locomotives. FRA has provided comments. FRA does not anticipate written comments at any time. The funding for a program to complement scheduling a public hearing in docket number referenced above (DOT– work conducted by the Association of connection with these proceedings since OST–2012–0087, available at https:// American Railroads (AAR) NGFT the facts do not appear to warrant a VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:57 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 60 / Monday, March 30, 2015 / Notices 16725 hearing. If any interested party desires DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • Web site: http:// an opportunity for oral comment, they www.regulations.gov. Follow the online should notify FRA, in writing, before Federal Railroad Administration instructions for submitting comments. the end of the comment period and • Fax: 202–493–2251. specify the basis for their request. [Docket Number FRA–2015–0020] • Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 All communications concerning these Notice of Application for Approval of New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, proceedings should identify the Discontinuance or Modification of a Washington, DC 20590. appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Railroad Signal System • Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Petition Docket Number FRA–2015– Avenue SE., Room W12–140, 0021) and may be submitted by any of In accordance with Part 235 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. the following methods: and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, (CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this • Web site: http:// document provides the public notice except Federal holidays. www.regulations.gov. Follow the online Communications received by May 14, that by a document dated February 18, instructions for submitting comments. 2015 will be considered by FRA before 2015, the Union Pacific Railroad final action is taken. Comments received • Fax: 202–493–2251. Company (UP) petitioned the Federal after that date will be considered as far Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking • Mail: Docket Operations Facility, as practicable. approval for the discontinuance or Anyone is able to search the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 modification of a signal system. FRA New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, electronic form of any written assigned the petition Docket Number communications and comments Washington, DC 20590. FRA–2015–0020. received into any of our dockets by the • Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Applicants: Union Pacific Railroad name of the individual submitting the Avenue SE., Room W12–140, Company, Mr. Neal Hathaway, AVP comment (or signing the document, if Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. Engineering—Signal, 1400 Douglas submitted on behalf of an association, and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Street, MS 0910, Omaha, NE 68179. business, labor union, etc.). In except Federal holidays. UP seeks approval of the accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT Communications received within 45 discontinuance of the coded track solicits comments from the public to circuits on the siding between Control better inform its processes. DOT posts days of the date of this notice will be Point (CP) W045, at Milepost (MP) these comments, without edit, including considered by FRA before final action is 45.30. and CP W047 MP 47.20, on the any personal information the taken. Comments received after that Greely Subdivision at LaSalle, CO. The date will be considered as far as commenter provides, to diverging yellow and flashing yellow www.regulations.gov, as described in practicable. aspects will be retired from the B head the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– Anyone is able to search the of the W signal at CP W047, and the B 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at electronic form of any written head of the E signal at CP W045. www.dot.gov/privacy. See also http:// communications and comments The purpose of the discontinuance is www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice received into any of our dockets by the to facilitate the large number of for the privacy notice of regulations.gov name of the individual submitting the switching operations that take place in or interested parties may review DOT’s comment (or signing the document, if the siding. complete Privacy Act Statement in the submitted on behalf of an association, A copy of the petition, as well as any Federal Register published on April 11, business, labor union, etc.). In written communications concerning the 2000 (65 FR 19477). accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT petition, is available for review online at www.regulatons.gov and in person at the Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24, solicits comments from the public to 2015. better inform its processes. DOT posts U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 Ron Hynes, these comments, without edit, including Director, Office of Technical Oversight. New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, any personal information the [FR Doc. 2015–07099 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am] Washington, DC 20590. The Docket commenter provides, to Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. BILLING CODE 4910–06–P www.regulations.gov, as described in to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– except Federal Holidays. 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at Interested parties are invited to DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION www.dot.gov/privacy. See also http:// participate in these proceedings by www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice Federal Railroad Administration submitting written views, data, or for the privacy notice of regulations.gov comments. FRA does not anticipate [Docket No. FRA 2015–0007–N–5] or interested parties may review DOT’s scheduling a public hearing in complete Privacy Act Statement in the connection with these proceedings since Proposed Agency Information Federal Register published on April 11, the facts do not appear to warrant a Collection Activities; Comment 2000 (65 FR 19477). hearing. If any interested party desires Request Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24, an opportunity for oral comment, they AGENCY: Federal Railroad 2015. should notify FRA, in writing, before Administration, DOT. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Ron Hynes, the end of the comment period and ACTION: Notice. specify the basis for their request. Director, Office of Technical Oversight. All communications concerning these SUMMARY: In accordance with the [FR Doc. 2015–07102 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am] proceedings should identify the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and BILLING CODE 4910–06–P appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver its implementing regulations, the Petition Docket Number FRA–2015– Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 0020) and may be submitted by any of hereby announces that it is seeking an the following methods: extension of the following currently VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:57 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1


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