[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 21 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 4766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1738]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2006-25765]


Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Petition 
for Waiver of Compliance and Cancellation of Public Hearing

    On November 28, 2006, FRA published a document in the Federal 
Register announcing that it had received a petition from the Union 
Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeking a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and 
Other Non-passenger Trains and Equipment, End of Train Devices, Title 
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 232; Freight Car Safety 
Standards, 49 CFR Part 215; and Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR 
Part 229. 71 FR 68885. The requested relief would have permitted run-
through trains that originate in Mexico and are interchanged with the 
UP at the Laredo, Texas Gateway, to operate into the interior of the 
United States without having to perform additional train or locomotive 
inspections at the U.S./Mexican border. In response to the November 28, 
2006 notice, an interested party requested a public hearing on the 
issue and FRA subsequently scheduled a public hearing for February 7, 
2007. 72 FR 185 (January 3, 2007).
    By a letter dated January 25, 2007, the UP has withdrawn its 
petition for waiver.
    Accordingly, the public hearing scheduled for February 7, 2007, in 
Laredo, Texas is hereby canceled.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 30, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-1738 Filed 1-31-07; 8:45 am]
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