[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 178-179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31109]


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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 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 favour of relief.

Alton & Southern Railway

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2009-0121]

    The Alton & Southern Railway Company (ALS) has petitioned for a 
waiver of compliance from the requirements of Title 49 CFR 
229.23(d)(f), 229.27(3), and 229.29(a) as it pertains to the physical 
recordkeeping requirements for 92-day periodic, annual, and biennial 
locomotive inspection reports at mechanical facilities where the 
inspections are performed, and for the maintenance of a copy of the 
locomotive inspection and repair record in the cab of the locomotive.
    Through this waiver, for all locomotives leased from the Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, ALS seeks to complete and maintain an 
electronic report of each locomotive inspection report, repair record, 
and a hard copy. Pursuant to Title 49 CFR 229.23(d)(f), 229.27(3), and 
229.29(a), this electronic report will be maintained in a centralized 
computer database for the required period, and a hard copy of the

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same report will be maintained in the cab of the locomotive.
    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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2009-0121) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
    1. Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    2. Fax: 202-493-2251.
    3. Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
    4. Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    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:[sol][sol]www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written 
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the 
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 DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in 
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 28, 2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-31109 Filed 12-31-09; 8:45 am]
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