[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24175-24176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11953]


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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 Star Rail

[Docket Number FRA-2001-8961]

    The North Star Rail seeks a waiver of compliance with the 
Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives, 49 CFR part 
230, published November 17, 1999. Section 230.3(c) of the standards 
requires steam locomotives having flue tubes replaced prior to 
September 25, 1995, have a one thousand four hundred seventy-two 
service day inspection (49 CFR 230.17) performed prior to being allowed 
to operate under the requirements. North Star Rail seeks this waiver 
for one locomotive number 261 which was built in 1944. The railroad's 
records indicate the locomotive was overhauled and had the flue tubes 
replaced in 1993. Since the overhaul the locomotive has operated under 
steam a total of 240 days. North Star Rail states that the locomotive 
is stored year round indoors in a modern shop facility.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by

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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-
2001-8961) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central 
Docket Management Facility, Room PI-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 May 7, 2001.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 01-11953 Filed 5-10-01; 8:45 am]
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