[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49839-49840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21138]


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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

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2003-15638]

    Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) seeks a waiver of compliance with the 
Passenger Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR 238.303 (e)(15)(i), for 
their fleet of ``M-7-EMU'' passenger locomotives, as it pertains to MU 
type locomotives equipped with dynamic brakes found not to be in 
operating condition during performance of the exterior calendar day 
inspection. LIRR states these EMU

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locomotive braking systems operate differently than more traditional 
style MU equipment. The LIRR letter of request indicates that the 
braking system on this equipment utilizes axle mounted disk brakes 
which provide 80% of friction braking effort, tread brakes which 
provide 20% of friction braking effort, and additional dynamic braking 
effort to a speed of 3 mph. If the waiver is granted , LIRR would treat 
any failure of dynamic braking system on the EMU equipment as if it 
were a traditional locomotive with defective dynamic brakes [49 CFR 
238.303(e)(15)(ii)].
    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 (FRA-2003-15638) and must be submitted to the 
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza 
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 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.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Statement 
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2003.
Michael J. Logue,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 03-21138 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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