[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 80 (Monday, April 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 22591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9435]


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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.

Union Pacific Railroad Company (Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2004-
17308)

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) seek a waiver of 
compliance with the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR 229.23, 229.27, 
and 229.29, as they pertain to the requirement to maintain the 
locomotive repair record form FRA 6180.49A, commonly referred to as the 
Blue Card, in the cab of their locomotives. If granted, UPRR would 
maintain locomotive inspection information in a secure data base. The 
data base would be maintained as the required office copy of form FRA 
6180.49A. A computer generated form, which contains all information 
currently contained on the required FRA 6180.49A, would be maintained 
on board the locomotive. In place of required signatures of persons 
performing inspections and tests, UPRR employees would be provided a 
unique login identification number and a secure password to access the 
system and verify performance of inspections. In place of signatures, 
computer generated reports would block print the name of the employee 
performing a required inspection and block print the employee's 
supervisor who is certifying that all inspections have been made and 
all repairs were completed. Required filing of the previous inspection 
record will be maintained through the data base.
    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-2004-17308) 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 April 21, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 04-9435 Filed 4-23-04; 8:45 am]
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