[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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.

Appalachian Rail Car Services, Inc.

[Docket Number FRA-2000-7947]

    Appalachian Rail Car Services, Inc, on behalf of Big Eagle Rail 
LLC, has petitioned for a permanent waiver of compliance for one 
locomotive from the requirements of the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 
CFR Part 223, which requires certified glazing in all locomotive 
windows, except those locomotives used in yard service. The petitioner 
indicates that the locomotive is used in captive service hauling coal 
from a mine to a coal dock a distance of six miles in Winifrede, West 
Virginia. The petitioner states that the locomotive, a SW 1500 
switcher, is only partially equipped with FRA certified glazing.
    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-
2000-7947) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, Washington, D.C., 
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 a.m.-5 p.m.) at DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, 20590. 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 October 1, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-25624 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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