Extension of Comment Period; Petition for Grandfathering of Non- compliant Equipment National Railroad Passenger Corporation

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33210]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-1999-6404]


Extension of Comment Period; Petition for Grandfathering of Non-
compliant Equipment National Railroad Passenger Corporation

    On October 18, 1999, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for 
grandfathering of non-compliant passenger equipment for use on rail 
lines between Vancouver, British Columbia and Eugene, Oregon; between 
Las Vegas, Nevada and Los Angeles, California; and between San Diego, 
California and San Luis Obispo, California. Notice of receipt of such 
petition was published in the Federal Register on November 2, 1999, at 
64 FR 59230. Interested parties were invited to comment on the petition 
before the end of the comment period of December 2, 1999.
    On December 2, 1999, FRA extended the comment period in this 
proceeding until December 15, 1999, following a Freedom of Information 
Act request that certain items in FRA files referenced in Amtrak's 
petition be made available for review (see 64 FR 68195, Dec. 6, 1999). 
FRA is currently processing this request, and has provided, in part, 
such information to the requestor in accordance with the provisions of 
the Freedom of Information Act. FRA has also submitted to the public 
docket in this proceeding such information provided to the requestor, 
and FRA will further submit to the public docket any such additional 
information that may be provided to the requestor pursuant its request.
    FRA's processing of the request is not complete, however, and FRA 
is further extending the comment period in this proceeding until 10 
a.m. on December 27, 1999 in order to provide the requestor, and other 
interested parties, an opportunity to review any additional information 
that may be submitted to the public docket in this proceeding. Comments 
received after that date will be considered to the extent possible. 
Amtrak's petition and all written communications concerning this 
proceeding are available for examination during regular business hours 
(9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at DOT Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-
401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. All 
documents in the public docket are also available for inspection and 
copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web site at http://
dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on December 16, 1999.
Jolene M. Molitoris,
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-33210 Filed 12-21-99; 8:45 am]
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