[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64408-64409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30883]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration
[FRA Docket No. RST-95-3]


Addendum to Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the New York State Department of 
Transportation (NYDOT) requested an addendum to its request for a 
waiver of compliance with certain requirements of the CFR in order to 
operate various types of equipment at higher cant deficiencies.

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    In its original request (see 60 Federal Register No. 230, November 
30, 1995) NYDOT requested a waiver from certain requirements of 49 CFR 
Part 213, Track Safety Standards, for the purpose of operating Rohr 
Turboliner trainsets at up to eight inches of cant deficiency on the 
Empire Corridor extending from New York City, New York, to Niagara 
Falls, New York.
    NYDOT now requests to add the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation's (Amtrak) equipment to its request: FL-9, FL-9 AC, Genesis 
I and II locomotives, Bombardier Shoreliner coaches, M-1 and M-3 
electric-propelled coaches. NYDOT also proposes to limit its request to 
underbalance levels up to six inches and limit the territory of its 
request to that portion of the Empire Corridor extending between Penn 
Station, New York, and Poughkeepsie, New York, over track owned by 
Amtrak and Metro-North Commuter Railroad.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proceeding by 
submitting written views, data, or comments on this petition. 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 this proceeding should identify the 
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket No. RST-95-3) 
and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, Office of 
Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration, Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 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. All written communications concerning 
these proceedings are available for examination during regular business 
hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at FRA's temporary docket room located at 1120 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 7051, Washington, DC 20005.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 25, 1996.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 96-30883 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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