[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 38455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16413]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Numbers FRA-2003-14565 and FRA-2006-24216]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated October 12, 2010, the Sacramento Regional Transit 
District (SRTD) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal 
railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR 229.125 (Headlights and 
auxiliary lights) and 234.105(c)(3) (Activation failure flagging). FRA 
assigned the petitions Docket Numbers FRA-2003-14565 and FRA-2006-
24216.
    By letters dated October 12, 2010, and February 24, 2011, SRTD has 
petitioned FRA to extend the terms and conditions of the shared use 
waivers applicable to portions of its light rail Blue and Gold Lines 
that share corridors, including highway-rail grade crossings, with the 
Union Pacific Railroad. The relief granted in Docket Number FRA-2003-
14565 was granted to SRTD in September of 2003, and by its terms 
expired in 2008. SRTD, however, failed to seek an extension of this 
relief until the filing of its October 12, 2010, petition.
    For administrative purposes, FRA is closing Docket Number FRA-2003-
14565 and consolidating both of SRTD's applicable requests for relief 
into Docket Number FRA-2006-24216. A copy of SRTD's October 12, 2010, 
petition, as well as any written communications concerning the 
petition, is available for review online at http://www.regulations.gov 
and in person at the Department of Transportation's Docket Operations 
Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The 
Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    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 and may be submitted by any of the following 
methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     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 by August 1, 2011 will be considered by 
FRA. Comments received after that date will be considered as far as 
practicable.
    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 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) or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 23, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory & Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-16413 Filed 6-29-11; 8:45 am]
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