[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81949-81950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32880]


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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.

North Carolina Transportation Museum

[Docket Number FRA-2000-8418]

    The North Carolina Transportation Museum of Spencer, North 
Carolina, has petitioned for a temporary waiver of compliance for one 
locomotive from the requirements of the Locomotive Inspection, 49 CFR 
230.23(a), which requires staybolts having caps over their outer ends 
shall have the caps removed at least every two years and the bolts and 
sleeves examined for breakage. The museum states that they rotate the 
operation of steam locomotive number 604 on weekends during summer 
months in tourist service. Locomotive number 604 last had its staybolt 
caps removed on March 28, 1999, at which time the bolts and sleeves 
were inspected. If the waiver is approved the staybolt caps would be 
removed in 2002 when the locomotive would receive required work to 
bring it into compliance with the recently published, November 17, 
1999, Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives. The 
museum indicates that if the waiver is granted that the locomotive 
would operate an additional thirty five days over the next 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

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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-
2000-8418) 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, DC. 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 20, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-32880 Filed 12-26-00; 8:45 am]
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