[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22426-22427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11064]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Exemption or Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Title 49 CFR Sections 211.9 and 211.41, notice 
is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has 
received requests for exemptions from or waivers of compliance with 
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petitions are 
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory 
provisions involved, and the nature of the relief being requested.
    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, 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 RSRM-94-
1) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, Office of 
Chief Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20590. Communications received within 45 days of the 
date of publication 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. All written communications concerning 
these proceedings are available for examination during regular business 
hours (9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) in Room 8201, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.
    The individual petitions seeking an exemption or waiver of 
compliance are as follows:

Birmingham Southern Railroad Company (BS)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSRM-94-1)

    The BS has petitioned for relief from the Rear End Marking Device 
regulations, Title 49 CFR Part 221. The railroad states that the use of 
a rear end marking device is unnecessary on their railroad due to their 
method of operation on main tracks, which requires an absolute block 
behind all trains operated, and granting the exemption is in the public 
interest and will not adversely affect safety. The BS is a Class 3 
switching and terminal railroad headquartered in Fairfield 
(Birmingham), Alabama. It operates in Birmingham, Alabama, and 
surrounding area, over about 84 track miles. A particular line segment 
known as the Port Birmingham Main, a distance of approximately 15 
miles, is designated as a main track. [[Page 22427]] 

Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation (NN)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM-95-5)

    The NN seeks a permanent waiver of compliance with certain 
provisions of the Safety Glazing Standards, Title 49 CFR Part 223 for 
two locomotives. The 70-ton switcher locomotives were built by General 
Electric Company in 1950 and 1952 and were recently acquired from the 
Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company. The NN operates 129 miles of track 
between Shafter, its interchange with Union Pacific Railroad Company 
(UP), and Keystone, Nevada. In 1995 the line will be extended to 
Reiptown, Nevada, a distance of approximately 3 miles, to a new 
concentrator mill site of Magna Copper. Also in 1995, NN expects to 
complete a rail/rail crossing at Shafter with the UP and reactivate 18 
miles of isolated track to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company 
interchange at Cobre, Nevada. This will give NN a total of 150 track 
miles. The area of operation is mostly flat and is extremely rural in 
nature with a few small towns. The railroad states that there is no 
record of vandalism.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 25, 1995.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 95-11064 Filed 5-4-95; 8:45 am]
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