[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8135-8136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3018]


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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

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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.

Uniontown Central Railroad (UTCV) (Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2004-19999)

    The Uniontown Central Railroad (UTCV) seeks a waiver of compliance 
from certain provisions of the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR part 
223, which requires certified glazing in all windows.
    This request is for two (2) cabooses, Car Numbers PC 18086 (built 
in 1946) and P&LE 504 (built in 1956), and one locomotive, UTCV 5656. 
The UTCV claims that its operation has low incidence of vandalism, the 
windows of these cabooses and locomotive are of odd sizes, and the 
costs of FRA Type I and II glazing are high. In addition, the UTCV 
stated that the maximum speed of its equipment is 20 miles per hour.
    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 2004-
19999) 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 February 9, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-3018 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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