[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34841-34842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16469]


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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.

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Canadian National Railway; Docket Number FRA-1999-5756

    The Canadian National Railway (CN) seeks a permanent waiver of 
compliance with the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 229.47(a), 
which requires each car body type road locomotive be equipped with an 
emergency brake valve adjacent to each end exit door, that these brake 
pipe valve locations shall be stencilled as ``EMERGENCY BRAKE VALVE'' 
or shall be identified on adjacent badge plate. The CN seeks this 
waiver for 178 car body locomotives built between 1985 and 1990, 
utilized to haul freight that have never been equipped with an 
emergency brake valve at the rear exit door. CN states that they do not 
believe that the emergency brake valve at the rear exit of these 
locomotives is needed.
    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-
1999-5756) 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. 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 June 23, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-16469 Filed 6-28-99; 8:45 am]
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