[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11014-11015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3071]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Notification of Petitions for Approval; Processor-Based Signal 
and Train Control Systems

    In accordance with 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
236.913(e)(1), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) has received a petition for approval of a Product 
Safety Plan (PSP) submitted pursuant to 49 CFR part 236, subpart H. 
Although not required, FRA is providing notice that it has also 
received petitions for approval of three Railroad Safety Program Plans 
(RSPP) submitted pursuant to 49 CFR part 236, subpart H. The individual 
petitions are described below, including the party seeking approval, 
the requisite docket numbers, and a brief summary of the petition where 
required. FRA will only accept comments on the petition for approval 
for the Product Safety Plan, as required by 49 CFR 236.913(e)(2).

PSP

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF)

    Docket Number FRA 2006-23687 (Other Docket Numbers that may contain 
relevant information: FRA 2006-23686 and FRA 2003-15432).
    BNSF submitted a petition for approval of a PSP for its Electronic 
Train Management System (ETMS). BNSF asserts that the PSP demonstrates 
that ETMS has been designed in a safe manner and that it supports 
BNSF's assessment that railroad operations with ETMS are as safe, or 
safer, than railroad operations without ETMS. The PSP provides 
descriptions of: The ETMS itself; ETMS safety process and analyses; 
validation and verification processes used during development of ETMS; 
and operational and support requirements and procedures.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in this safety review 
by providing written information or comments pertinent to FRA's 
consideration of the above petition for approval of a Product Safety 
Plan. All communications concerning this safety review should identify 
the appropriate docket number (e.g., Petition for Approval Docket 
Number FRA-2006-23687) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-
0001. Communication received within 90 days of the date of this notice 
will be considered by FRA to the extent practicable. All written 
communications concerning this safety review 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 the comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the

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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.

RSPPs

BNSF

    Docket Number FRA-2006-23686 (Other Docket Numbers that may contain 
relevant information: FRA 2006-23687 and FRA 2006-FRA 2003-15432).
    BNSF submitted a petition for approval of an RSPP. The petition, 
the RSPP, and any related documents have been placed in the requisite 
docket and are available for public inspection.

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX)

    Docket Number FRA 2006-23685 (Other Docket Numbers that may contain 
relevant information: FRA).
    CSX submitted a petition for approval of an RSPP. The petition, the 
RSPP, and any related documents have been placed in the requisite 
docket and are available for public inspection.

Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

    Docket Number FRA 2006-24002 (Other Docket Numbers that may contain 
relevant information: FRA).
    UP submitted a petition for approval of an RSPP. The petition, the 
RSPP, and any related documents have been placed in the requisite 
docket and are available for public inspection.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 23, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-3071 Filed 3-2-06; 8:45 am]
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