[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 49382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19132]


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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.

Finger Lakes Railway, Corp.

[Docket Number FRA-2001-10215]

    The Finger Lakes Railway, Corp. seeks to amend a previously granted 
waiver of compliance from the requirements of the Safety Glazing 
Standards-Passenger Car, 49 CFR 223.15, which requires all windows be 
FRA certified glazing and a minimum of four emergency windows. The 
petitioner requests the waiver for four cars recently purchased from 
Via Rail Canada, Inc. The coaches were built between 1954 and 1956, and 
were equipped with tempered glazing which met the Canadian glazing 
requirements. The coaches would be utilized in charter service in the 
rural Finger Lakes Region of New York State for trips between 15 to 20 
miles in length. The original request was granted for speeds not to 
exceed 15 mph. The Finger Lakes Railway indicates that they have 
upgraded various sections of their track and are requesting to amend 
the previously granted waiver to allow speed not to exceed 25 mph.
    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-
2001-10215) 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 July 22, 2002.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 02-19132 Filed 7-29-02; 8:45 am]
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