[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31975]


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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.

The South Carolina Railroad Museum, Inc.

[Docket Number FRA-2000-8249]

    The South Carolina Railroad Museum (SCMX), Inc. of Columbia, South 
Carolina, has petitioned for a permanent waiver of compliance for four 
passenger coaches and one dining car from the requirements of the 
Railroad Power Brakes and Drawbars, 49 CFR Part 232.17(b)(2), which 
requires that air brake equipment on passenger cars be cleaned, 
repaired, lubricated, and tested (COTS) as often as necessary, but not 
less frequently then as required in Standard S-045 in the Manual of 
Standards and Recommended Practices of the Association of American 
Railroads (AAR). Standard S-045 requires that these cars equipped with 
S-22 brake equipment receive COTS every 24 months. The museum requests 
that the maintenance interval be extended from 24 months to 60 months. 
SCMX indicates that cars are utilized in excursion service and for 
special charters and were used 53 days in the last calendar year.
    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-
2000-8249) 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 (9:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m.) at DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room Pl-401 (Plaza Level), 400 
Seventh Street SW., Washington. 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 December 11, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-31975 Filed 12-14-00; 8:45 am]
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