[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64446-64447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26469]


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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

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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.

Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc.

[Docket Number FRA-2002-13309]

    The Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc (P&L), located in Paducah, 
KY, seeks a waiver of compliance from the requirements of the 
Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR part 229. Section 229.27(a) of the 
standards requires the filtering devices located in the main reservoir 
supply line to the airbrake system to be cleaned, repaired, or replaced 
at intervals that do not exceed 368 calendar days. The P&L states that 
they are operating eleven (11) sets of newly refurbished GP40-3 and 
GP35 locomotives converted as power mates. During the most recent 
annual test, the main reservoir filters being replaced were identical 
to the new filters being applied. If the waiver is granted, P&L would 
change the main reservoir filters at the Biennial Test (49 CFR 229.29) 
required to be performed every 1,104 days on these locomotives.
    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-
2002-13309) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central 
Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh 
Street SW., 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 September 10, 2002.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 02-26469 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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