[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 29776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14244]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain 
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is 
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory 
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the 
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

Northern Central Railway, Incorporated

[Waiver Petition Docket Number: RSGM-96-9]

    Northern Central Railway, Incorporated, (NCR) seeks a permanent 
waiver of compliance with the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR Part 
223.9(a), certified glazing, for its ALCO locomotive, RSD-5, #1689, 
built in 1955. NCR is a Class III shortline railroad located in New 
Freedom, Pennsylvania, which operates dinner train passenger excursions 
from New Freedom to Hyde Siding, approximately three miles south of 
York, Pennsylvania. Currently, the maximum track speed on the line is 
15 mph, but most trains are operated at substantially slower speeds of 
3 to 7 mph for approximately three days per week. NCR states that its 
primary purpose of operation is for dinner train passenger excursions 
and some potential freight service. No vandalism has been reported.
    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 RSGM-96-
9] 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 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.) at FRA's temporary docket room located at 1120 Vermont 
Avenue, N.W., Room 7051, Washington, D.C. 20005.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 1997.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-14244 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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