[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64627-64628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24770]


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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.

WABCO Locomotive Products

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2002-13397]

    WABCO Locomotive Products (WABCO), a Wabtec company, seeks to amend 
an existing waiver of compliance to include its new FastBrake line of 
electronic air brake equipment. The existing waiver, FRA-2002-13397 (a 
renewal of H-92-3), conditionally extends to five years clean, repair 
and test intervals for certain pneumatic air brake components contained 
in 49 CFR 229.27(a)(2) and 49 CFR 229.29(a) for WABCO's EPIC electronic 
air brake equipment.
    In support of this proposal, WABCO states that ``virtually all of 
the core pneumatic technology that has been service proven in EPIC from 
the time of its introduction and documented as such under the 
provisions of the above waiver'' has been transferred into FastBrake 
``with little or no change.'' They state that ``A further reduction of 
pneumatic logic devices has been made possible by the substitution of 
computer based logic.'' WABCO also provides a discussion of the 
similarities between EPIC and FastBrake as well as the differences, 
which are primarily in the area of electronics rather than pneumatics. 
In conclusion, WABCO states, ``On the basis of the technical 
information provided, this waiver amendment can be accomplished without 
a compromise of safety.''
    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 2002-
13397) 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 30 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

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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 November 1, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-24770 Filed 11-4-04; 8:45 am]
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