[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67736-67737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30099]


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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-2003-16265]

    Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) seeks a waiver of compliance with the 
Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR part 229. Section 81(b), for their 
fleet of ``M-7-EMU'' passenger locomotives and Dual-Mode Locomotives 
(DM30) that requires that locomotives equipped with third-rail shoes 
shall have a device for insulating current collecting apparatus from 
the third-rail. LIRR is requesting that FRA extend a previously granted 
waiver, LI-80-15, covering M1 & M3 Electric Multiple Unit passenger 
cars to include newly acquired M7 cars and DM-30 locomotives. The 
request indicates that the LIRR continues to utilize the Electric 
Operating Instructions (CT290) for rail isolation and de-energizing, 
which was the basis for the granting of the original waiver.
    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-2003-16265) 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

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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 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 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 November 26, 2003.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 03-30099 Filed 12-2-03; 8:45 am]
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