[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 92 (Monday, May 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27171-27172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9167]


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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 (the City) and BNSF Railway 
Company (BNSF) have petitioned for a third extension to the waiver 
originally granted on June 21, 2006, in FRA Docket Number FRA-2006-
24654. In the aforementioned 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. On 
September 21, 2006, FRA granted a joint request from the City and BNSF 
to extend the September 22 deadline until January 20, 2007. 
Subsequently, on January 19, 2007, FRA granted another joint request 
from the City and BNSF to extend the January 20 deadline to May 20, 
2007.
    In the current request, the City and BNSF state that they are 
working towards establishing a new 24-hour quiet zone and that the City 
has completed installation of its quiet zone safety improvements, but 
they will be unable to meet the May 20, 2007, deadline due to technical 
problems with BNSF's radio communications system and the need to 
conduct a 30-day test

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period of the radio communications system after the installation of 
necessary radio equipment has been completed. 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 may be submitted by any of the 
following methods:
     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site;
     Fax: (202) 493-2251;
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
    Communications received within 15 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 
considering 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 May 7, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-9167 Filed 5-11-07; 8:45 am]
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