[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70113-70114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32441]


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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.

Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation (Metra); (Waiver Petition 
Docket Number FRA-1999-6363)

    Metra seeks a permanent waiver of compliance with the Passenger 
Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 238.235, which requires that by 
December 31, 1999, each power operated door that is partitioned from 
the passenger compartment shall be equipped with a manual override 
adjacent to that door. Metra requests that the waiver be granted for 
165 electric multiple unit passenger cars (EMU's) equipped with double 
leaf power operated side doors. Metra states that one of each of the 
double leaf

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power operated side doors is equipped with a manual override. They 
indicate that these EMU's will be retired and replaced within the next 
ten years.
    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 1999-
6363) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management 
Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20590. Communications received by December 27, 1999, 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 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above 
facility. 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, D.C., on December 9, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-32441 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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