[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]
[FR Doc No: 00-25627]


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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.

Charlotte Southern Railroad

[Docket Number FRA-2000-7929]

    The Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Company of Madison Heights, 
Michigan has petitioned on behalf of Charlotte Southern Railroad 
Company (CHS) for a permanent waiver of compliance for one locomotive 
from the requirements of the Railroad Safety Appliance Standards, 49 
CFR Part 231.30, which requires all locomotives used in switching 
service be equipped with four corner stairway openings and each 
stairway opening must be equipped with two vertical handholds. The 
waiver request is for a 65 ton mid-cab locomotive built by General 
Electric in 1956. The locomotive is equipped with one set of ladder 
style steps on each side leading to the cab. CHS indicates that the 
locomotive is used in switching service over 3.22 miles at a speed not 
to exceed 10 mph. All switching movements are made with the locomotive 
attached and air brakes cut in.
    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-
2000-7929) 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. 00-25627 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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