[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 40 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 10851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4742]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-1999-6404]


Petition for Grandfathering of Non-compliant Equipment; National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation; Extension of Comment Period

    On October 18, 1999, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for 
grandfathering of non-compliant passenger equipment manufactured by 
Renfe Talgo of America (Talgo) for use on rail lines between Vancouver, 
British Columbia and Eugene, Oregon; between Las Vegas, Nevada and Los 
Angeles, California; and between San Diego, California and San Luis 
Obispo, California. Notice of receipt of such petition was published in 
the Federal Register on November 2, 1999, at 64 FR 59230. Interested 
parties were invited to comment on the petition before the end of the 
comment period of December 2, 1999.
    Through published notice in the Federal Register, FRA has extended 
the comment period in this proceeding and explained the reasons 
therefor. FRA most recently extended the comment period until February 
22, 2000. See 65 FR 5723; Feb. 4, 2000. By this notice, FRA announces 
that the comment period in this proceeding will remain open to permit 
the resolution of issues involving an ongoing Freedom of Information 
Act (FOIA) request for information related to this proceeding. See 65 
FR 2223; Jan. 13, 2000. By separate notice, FRA will publicly announce 
in the Federal Register the final closing date of the comment period in 
this proceeding. FRA will set that closing date at least ten days after 
the date such notice is published to permit the requester and any 
others sufficient time in which to analyze any further documents that 
may be released by FRA. FRA will place in the docket a copy of any 
documents provided to the FOIA requester.
    Amtrak's petition, documents inserted in the docket, and all 
written communications concerning this proceeding are available for 
examination during regular business hours (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) at 
DOT Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 
Seventh, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590-0001. 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 February 22, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-4742 Filed 2-28-00; 8:45 am]
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