[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76425-76426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21658]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Petition for Waiver of Compliance: Date and Location of Public 
Hearings

    By public notice published on December 8, 2006 (71 FR 71237), The 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced the receipt of a 
petition from BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern Railway, two Class I 
Railroads, for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of Title 
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 232 Brake System Safety 
Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment, to 
begin implementation of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brake 
technology. In the notice, FRA stated that the facts appear to warrant 
a public hearing. (The petition is identified as Docket FRA-2006-
26435.)
    A public hearing is hereby set for 1 p.m.-6 p.m. on Tuesday, 
January 16,

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2006, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW., Washington, 
DC 20005. Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at 
the hearing. The hearing will be informal and will be conducted by a 
representative designated by FRA in accordance with FRA's Rules of 
Practice (49 CFR 211.25). The hearing will be a non-adversarial 
proceeding; therefore, there will be no cross examination of persons 
presenting statements. The FRA representative will make an opening 
statement outlining the scope of the hearing. After all initial 
statements have been completed, those persons wishing to make a brief 
rebuttal will be given the opportunity to do so in the same order in 
which initial statements were made. Additional procedures, as necessary 
for the conduct of the hearing, will be announced at the hearing.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 14, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-21658 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]
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