[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 39140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10755]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Waivers of Compliance

    In accordance with 49 CFR 211.9 and 211.41, notice is hereby given 
that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has received a request 
for a waiver of compliance with certain requirements of the Federal 
safety laws and regulations. The petition is described below, including 
the party seeking relief, the regulatory provisions involved, and the 
nature of the relief being requested, and the petitioner's arguments in 
favor of relief.

Canadian National Railway Company

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2000-8089]

    Canadian National Railway Company (CN) seeks an extension of an 
existing waiver in Docket Number FRA 2000-8089 on behalf of itself and 
its U.S. affiliates.
    CN is North America's fifth largest railroad with 18,300 route 
miles and approximately 22,000 employees in Canada and the U.S. It 
operates the largest rail network in Canada and the only 
transcontinental network in North America. Within the last ten years, 
CN has integrated operations with Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central, 
and Great Lakes Transportation rail entities.
    CN seeks an extension for an existing waiver in which the FRA has 
waived compliance with 49 CFR part 231, which specifies the number, 
location and dimensional specifications for handholds, ladders, sill 
steps, uncoupling levers and handbrakes, and 49 CFR 231.31 (formerly 
232.2), which regulates drawbar height, for CN's use of 
RoadRailer[supreg] equipment.
    In a letter dated May 23, 2001, the FRA granted CN approval of 
their petition FRA-2000-8089 to operate RoadRailer[supreg] trains on 
their railroad property. Since granting of the waiver in 2001, the CN 
has operated RoadRailer[supreg] equipment without incident.
    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 2000-
8089) 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 665, Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Statement 
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 5, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-10755 Filed 7-10-06; 8:45 am]
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