[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20053-20054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10164]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with 49 CFR 211.9 and 211.41, notice is hereby given 
that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has received a request 
for a waiver of compliance with certain requirements of the Federal 
safety laws and regulations. The petition is described below, including 
the regulatory provisions involved, the nature of the relief being 
requested and the petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad Company (Docket Number FRA-1999-
4989)

    The Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad Company (MH) seeks a 
permanent waiver of compliance with the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 
CFR Part 223.11(c), which requires certified glazing in all locomotive 
windows, except those locomotives used in yard service. The MH seeks 
this waiver for two locomotives, number 1016 built in 1969, and number 
151 built in 1956. The owner states the locomotives are equipped with 
automotive type safety glazing and were never equipped with FRA 
certified glazing. The MH operates 6.5 miles of track through rural 
country side with a maximum speed of 10 mph freight and 15 mph 
passenger. I11All communications concerning these proceedings should 
identify the appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket 
Number FRA-1999-4989) 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

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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. 99-10164 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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