[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23312]


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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 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.

VIA Rail Canada, Incorporated (Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM-
97-4)

    VIA Rail Canada, Incorporated (VIA) seeks a temporary waiver of 
compliance with the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR Part 223.9(c), 
which requires FRA certified glazing in all windows of passenger cars, 
for fifteen passenger coaches rebuilt in 1997. VIA states that the 
contractor who rebuilt the cars failed to equip the cars with FRA 
certified glazing. VIA plans to use the coaches to operate a special 
train on September 21, 1997, between Toronto, Ontario, and Buffalo, New 
York, for Canadian Buffalo Bills fans. A second trip is planned for 
November 1997. VIA is working with the contractor to replace the 
windows with FRA certified glazing and requests the waiver to ensure 
the equipment is available. VIA states that the fifteen coaches have 
standard VIA safety glazing in all locations and are equipped with four 
emergency egress windows per coach, not FRA certified.
    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-97-
4) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, Office of 
Chief Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Mail 
Stop 10, Washington, D.C. 20590. Communications received within 30 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. Any protest to the special train movement of 
September 21, 1997, must be filed prior to September 15, 1997. 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 August 28, 1997.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-23312 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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