[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 52 (Friday, March 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 13226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5364]


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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.

Metro North Railroad (MNCW)

(Docket Number FRA-2005-20314)

    The Metro North Railroad (MNCW) seeks a waiver of compliance from 
docket number, FRA-2005-20314, with the Passenger Equipment Safety 
Standards, 49 CFR part 238, section 309(b) periodic brake equipment 
maintenance, as it pertains to scheduled 1,104 day clean, repair, and 
test intervals for a MU locomotive that is part of a fleet that is 100% 
equipped with air driers and also equipped with one of the approved 
brake systems, RT-5A. MNCW is requesting permission to extend the 1,104 
day intervals by 184 days for 144 M1-A MU rail cars. MNCW explains in 
their request that the M1-A cars were slated for retirement prior to 
coming due for the 1,104 day maintenance but because they are not 
receiving new M7 cars on time, they are unable to do this.
    As part of the request, the railroad will perform a 368 day 
inspection, which will include the same maintenance and overhaul to the 
M1-A air compressor and air quality system as required as part of the 
1104 day maintenance. Also, at this time, they will renew the emergency 
brake valve portion, the J-1 Relay valve, and the electro-pneumatic 
emergency valve, and perform a single car test, to assure the emergency 
brake functions as intended.
    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-2005-20314) 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 March 14, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-5364 Filed 3-17-05; 8:45 am]
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