[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 40715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15252]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2003-16306]


Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Postponement of Public 
Hearing

    On December 11, 2003, FRA published a notice in the Federal 
Register announcing the Union Pacific Railroad Company's (UP) intent to 
be granted a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the 
Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 229. See 68 FR 69123. 
Specifically, UP requests relief from the requirements of 49 CFR 
229.27(a)(2) Annual Tests and 49 CFR 229.29(a) Biennial Tests, 
applicable to all existing and future installations of electronic air 
brake equipment furnished by Wabtec Corporation of Wilmerding, 
Pennsylvania on UP locomotives.
    As a result of the comments received by FRA concerning this waiver 
petition, FRA determined that a public hearing was necessary before a 
final decision could be made on this petition. Accordingly, on June 14, 
2004, FRA issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing that a 
public hearing was set to begin at 10 a.m. on July 13, 2004, at the 
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington DC 20005. See 
69 FR 33097. Subsequent to the issuance of that notice, FRA was 
informed by UP that it would like to postpone the scheduled public 
hearing in order to engage in additional outreach with the involved 
labor organizations. The commenter in this matter has informally agreed 
to postponement of the scheduled public hearing. Consequently, FRA is 
postponing the public hearing in this matter until further notice. A 
new public hearing will be rescheduled if any interested party notifies 
FRA, in writing, within 45 days of the date of this notice of its 
desire to have an opportunity for oral comment and specifies the basis 
for their request. Furthermore, no decision will be rendered in this 
matter without conducting a public hearing unless the party or parties 
originally requesting the public hearing formally withdraws that 
request. FRA will issue a notice in the Federal Register at least 30 
days prior to the date of any new public hearing scheduled in this 
matter. All communications concerning these proceedings should identify 
the appropriate docket number (FRA-2003-16306) and must be submitted to 
the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza 
Level), 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 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 June 29, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-15252 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45am]
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