[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 109 (Thursday, June 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 32071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12545]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Notice of Informational Filing

    In accordance with Section 236.913 of Title 49 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) has received an informational filing from 
the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra) 
to permit field testing of the railroad's processor-based train control 
system. The informational filing is described below, including the 
requisite docket number where the informational filing and any related 
information may be found. The document is also available for public 
inspection; however, FRA is not accepting public comments.

Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation

[Docket Number FRA-2008-0057]

    Metra has submitted an informational filing to permit field testing 
of the railroad's processor-based train control system identified as 
Electronic Train Management System (ETMS). The informational filing 
addresses the requirements under 49 CFR 236.913(j)(1).
    Specifically, the informational filing contains a description of 
the ETMS product and an operational concepts document, pursuant to 49 
CFR 236.913(j)(1). The ETMS is a locomotive-centric, non-vital system 
designed to be overlaid on existing methods of operation and to provide 
an improved level of railroad safety through enforcement of a train's 
authority limits and both permanent and temporary speed restrictions. 
An associated temporary waiver petition has also been submitted to 
support field testing of Metra's ETMS pursuant to 49 CFR Sections 211.7 
and 211.51, and can be found in the same docket as this informational 
filing (FRA-2008-0057).
    Metra desires to commence field testing on or about July 1, 2008, 
or as soon as practicable thereafter, contingent upon FRA's acceptance 
and approval of their informational filing. Metra intends to test and 
develop ETMS on its Rock Island District between Chicago, IL and 
Joliet, IL.
    Interested parties are invited to review the informational filing 
and associated documents at DOT's Docket Management facility during 
regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. All documents in the public docket 
are available for inspection and copying on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written 
communications received into any of our dockets by name of the 
individual submitting the document (or signing the document, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 30, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E8-12545 Filed 6-4-08; 8:45 am]
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