[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59498-59499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25626]


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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 favour of relief.

Inman Service Company

[Docket Number FRA-2000-7586]

    The Inman Service Company of Baytown, Texas, has petitioned on 
behalf of Watco Switching Company for a temporary 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 
railroad indicates that the locomotive is used in switching service 
within the Greensport Industrial Park, in Houston, Texas. They also 
indicate that some of the cab windows meet the FRA glazing requirements 
The locomotive is scheduled to be re-built within two years at which 
time all windows will be replaced with FRA compliant 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-
2000-7586) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, Washington, DC, 20590-

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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. 00-25626 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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