[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 222 (Friday, November 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19448]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2006-25764]


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) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain 
Federal railroad safety requirements. 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.

Union Pacific Railroad Company

    On November 6, 2006, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), amended 
its original petition (Docket Number FRA-2006-25764) for a waiver of 
compliance with certain requirements of 49 CFR 232.205 (Class I Brake 
Test--Initial Terminal Inspection, published January 17, 2001) and 49 
CFR 215 (Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards, published April 21, 
1980), for freight cars received in interchange from the Ferrocarriles 
Nacionales de Mexico Railroad (FXE) at Calexico, California. 
Specifically, UP amended its petition to request that freight cars be 
allowed to move from the FXE interchange point at Calexico to Heber 
and/or to El Centro, California, a distance of 5.5 and 10.1 miles, 
respectively. A Class III brake test-trainline continuity inspection 
per 49 CFR 232.211 would be performed prior to departing Calexico, and 
cars would be moved at a speed not to exceed 20 miles per hour. The 
train would be equipped with an operable ``end-of-train'' device, and 
any bad order freight cars would be switched out at Heber or El Centro, 
California, for repair by mechanical forces.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by submitting written 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 this petition should identify the 
appropriate docket number (FRA-2006-25764) and may be submitted by one 
of the following methods:
     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic site;
     Fax: 202-493-2251;
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001; or
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Communication received within 20 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 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Statement 
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 13, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.
Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-19448 Filed 11-16-06; 8:45 am]
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