[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11084]


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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.

Long Island Rail Road

[Docket Number FRA-2000-8588]

    Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) seeks a waiver of compliance with the 
Safety Appliance Safety Standards, 49 CFR part 231.14, which requires 
that sill steps be mounted utilizing mechanical fasteners. They request 
that the waiver be granted for one hundred twenty-one bi-level 
passenger coaches and twenty-three bi-level control car locomotives 
manufactured by Kawasaki. The waiver, if granted, would allow sill 
steps located at the four corners and two located on each side of the 
equipment, at the side door locations, to be mechanical fastened to a 
bracket that is welded to a tubular side sill. The railroad states that 
the equipment is a center sill-less design and is supported by two 
tubular side sills and to mechanically fasten the step to the car would 
require drilling the sill which would weaken it.
    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-
2000-8588) and must be submitted 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 the above 
facility. 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 April 27, 2001.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 01-11084 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]
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