[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59497-59498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25630]


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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.

CSX Transportation

[Docket Number FRA-2000-7701]

    The CSX Transportation (CSX) seeks a waiver of compliance for 
locomotives that operate (move over) hump yard retarders from the 
requirements of the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 229.123, 
which requires each lead locomotive be equipped with an end plate, 
pilot plate, or snow plow, that extends across both rails at a maximum 
clearance of six inches. CSX indicates that due to the height of the 
retarders     (2 \3/4\ inches over top of rail) it is not

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uncommon for locomotive pilots to strike the retarder. If the waiver is 
granted, CSX would increase the height of the pilot plates on 
locomotives assigned to hump yard service to nine inches, these 
locomotives would be restricted to trailing position outside hump yard 
and when moving over the railroad for service or re-assignment.
    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-
2000-7701) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, Washington, DC, 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 S.W., 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. 00-25630 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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