[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32629-32630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8737]


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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.

Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum

[Docket Number FRA-2006-24647]

    The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum (HVRM) seeks a permanent waiver 
of compliance from Control of Alcohol and Drug Use, 49 CFR Part 219 
Subparts D through J, which require a railroad to conduct reasonable 
suspicion alcohol and/or drug testing, pre-employment drug testing, 
random alcohol and drug testing, and to have voluntary referral and co-
worker report policies, and which also specify drug and alcohol testing 
procedures and record-keeping requirements. HVRM has less than 16 hours 
of service employees, and while

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it is not currently part of the general railroad system of 
transportation, it will begin operation of tourist trains on five to 
ten miles of the 33 miles of track owned by the Incorporated Town of 
North Judson, Indiana between North Judson and LaCrosse, IN. The 
Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad (CKIN) conducts freight operations on 23 
miles of this 33-mile rail line; however, the only common track use 
would be a wye track in LaCrosse. HVRM's tourist train operations would 
normally be conducted on weekends and would not operate at the same 
time as the CKIN freight trains.
    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-
2006-24647) 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 May 26, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standard and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-8737 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am]
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