[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 149 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43319-43320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15150]


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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) received a request for a waiver of compliance from 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.

Kansas City Southern Railway Company

[Docket Number FRA-2007-28700]

    Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) seeks a waiver of 
compliance from certain requirements

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of 49 CFR Part 232, Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other 
Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment: End-of Train Devices; and 49 CFR 
Part 215, Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards, for freight cars 
received in interchange at Laredo, Texas (International Bridge), from 
Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM). Specifically, KCS seeks a waiver 
to postpone performing pre-departure inspections and Class I brake 
tests until the trains move from the border crossing to KCS's Laredo 
Yard (a distance of approximately 9 miles).
    According to the petitioner, all required inspections will be 
performed at the rail yard rather than at the International Bridge 
interchange point. KCS proposes to inspect all cars received in 
interchange from KCSM and perform all regulatory brake tests at Laredo 
Yard prior to the train's further movement in the United States. Before 
departing the International Bridge border crossing, KCS will perform a 
Class III brake test-trainline continuity inspection in accordance with 
49 CFR 232.211 and at a minimum, inspect the lead locomotive to verify 
that the headlight, horn, and bell function correctly. The current KCS 
timetable identifies the method of operation over this portion of 
railroad (Milepost 0.1 to Milepost 10.0) as ``Yard Limits,'' therefore, 
train movement will be made at ``restricted speed'' as required by 
rule. KCS will also ensure compliance with rear-end marking device 
regulations.
    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 (FRA-2007-28700), and must be submitted to 
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 
SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
    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.
    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 July 30, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-15150 Filed 8-2-07; 8:45 am]
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