[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 12231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3313]


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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) has 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.

Fayette Central Railroad

[Docket Number FRA-2006-23836]

    The Fayette Central Railroad (FCRV) seeks a permanent waiver of 
compliance from Control of Alcohol and Drug Use, 49 CFR 219.601, which 
requires a railroad to submit for FRA approval, a random alcohol and 
drug testing program. FCRV has less than 16 hours of service employees, 
but operates on the tracks of the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company (SWP). FCRV states that four of its hours of service employees 
are subject to random testing at their other places of employment. FCRV 
also says that it normally operates trains on weekends while the SWP 
normally operates on weekdays, and that track warrants and/or 
permission is required on all SWP tracks and only one train can operate 
at one time within specified limits.
    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 FRA-
2006-23836) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central 
Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001. 
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.
    FRA wishes to inform all potential commenters that 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) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-3313 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am]
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