[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50498-50499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14112]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 of the 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.

City of Placentia, California,

[Docket Number FRA-2006-24654]

    The City of Placentia, California (City) and BNSF Railway Company 
(BNSF) have petitioned for an extension to the waiver granted on June 
21, 2006 in FRA Docket No. FRA-2006-24654. In the June 21, 2006 waiver, 
FRA agreed to extend the original deadline of June 24, 2006 set forth 
in 49 CFR 222.42 for continuation of an intermediate partial quiet zone 
until September 22, 2006. In this current request, the City and BNSF 
state that they are working towards establishment of a 24-hour new 
quiet zone, but they will be unable to meet the September 22, 2006 
deadline due to technical problems with the radio

[[Page 50499]]

communications system, the need to conduct a 30-day test period of the 
radio communications system before exit gate installation, and the need 
to install advance warning signs before the 24-hour new quiet zone 
takes effect. The City and BNSF seek to retain the current partial 
quiet zone in order to avoid disruption and confusion in the interim 
and state that safety will not be compromised.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by submitting written views, data or comments. Each comment shall 
specifically set forth the basis upon which it is made and contain a 
concise statement of the interest of the commenter in the proceeding. 
FRA does not anticipate the need to schedule a public hearing in 
connection with this proceeding since the facts do not appear to 
warrant a hearing. If any interested party desires an opportunity to 
comment, they should notify FRA in writing within 15 days of the date 
of publication of this notice and specify the basis for their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
docket number set forth above 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 
30 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. FRA reserves the right to grant 
temporary relief to avoid lapse of the existing partial quiet zone 
while the comment period is open, after consideration of any comments 
filed prior to the initial date of decision. All written communications 
concerning this proceeding 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 available for inspection and copying on the 
Internet at the docket facility's Web site: 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 the 
Department of Transportation's complete Privacy Act Statement, which 
was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, 
Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Privacy Act Statement may also be found 
at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 22, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-14112 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-06-P