[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 20054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10161]


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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 favour of relief.

Southern Freight Logistics (Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-1998-
4565)

    The Southern Freight Logistics (SFL) Company seeks a permanent 
waiver of compliance with the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR 
223.11(c), which requires certified glazing in all locomotive windows, 
except those locomotives used in yard service. The SFL seeks this 
waiver for locomotive number 39-5310. The locomotive is a Model ALCO 
RS3 built in 1951 and has never been equipped with FRA certified 
glazing. SFL indicates that they operate 17 miles of track of which 12 
miles is on a United States Department of Energy reservation with guard 
service, the five miles outside the reservation is rural and not 
heavily populated.
    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 FRA-
1998-4565) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-
0001. 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 DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC. 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, DC, on April 15, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-10161 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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