[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13621-13622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5407]


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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 
petitioners' arguments in favor of relief.

National Railway Historical Society

Freemont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad

[Docket Number FRA-2000-8367]

    The Eastern Nebraska Chapter of the National Railway Historical 
Society (NRHS), which operates the Freemont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad 
(FEVR), has petitioned for a permanent waiver of compliance for two 
former C&NW Pullman sleeper cars, one former Burlington Northern RPO, 
one former Burlington Northern caboose, one former C&NW SW1200, one 
Davenport center cab, one Whitcomb/Baldwin S-4300, and one GE center 
cab from the requirements of Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR Part 223, 
which requires certified glazing. The NRHS,

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which is located in Fremont, Nebraska, states that they operate in a 
rural farming area with a low incidence of vandalism.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by submitting written views, data, 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-
2000-8367) and must be submitted in triplicate to: Docket Clerk, DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room P1-401, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Communications received within 45 days 
of the date will be considered as for as practical. 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 P1-401 (Plaza Level, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. All documents in the 
public docket are also available for inspection and copying on the 
internet at the facility's Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2001.
Grady Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 01-5407 Filed 3-5-01; 8:45 am]
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