[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 59580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16695]


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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.

Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad Company

[Waiver Docket Number FRA-2006-25793]

    The Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad Company (CKIN) seeks a 
permanent waiver of compliance from Control of Alcohol and Drug Use, 49 
CFR Part 219 Subparts D through J, which requires 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 coworker report policies, and which also specify drug and 
alcohol testing procedures and record-keeping requirements. CKIN has 
less than 16 hours of service employees and previously had no joint 
operations until the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum (HVRM) recently 
began operation of tourist trains on 5 to 10 miles of the 33 miles of 
track owned by the Incorporated Town of North Judson, Indiana, between 
North Judson and LaCrosse, Indiana. 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 are 
normally conducted on weekends and do 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-
2006-25793) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central 
Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400 7th Street, SW., 
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 October 4, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-16695 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]
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