[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57796-57797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23829]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0100]


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 April 29, 2011, the Brownsville & Rio Grande 
International Railroad (BRG) has

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petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a modification 
to its waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal 
railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 232 and 215. FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0100.
    BRG seeks a modification to its waiver of compliance with certain 
requirements 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. 
Presently, BRG's relief permits trains transferred by Union Pacific 
Railroad (UP) (under Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2007-28340 from 
the U.S./Mexico border interchange with the Kansas City Southern De 
Mexico Railway (KCSM) at Brownsville, Texas) to move from BRG's 
interchange point with UP at Milepost (MP) 4.48 to the BRG inspection 
point between MP 8.0 and MP 9.0, where required FRA inspections are 
performed. Occasionally, trains destined for interchange to BRG are 
delayed at UP's Olmito Yard by additional Federal agency inspection 
activities. BRG petitions for a modification to its present relief to 
allow the railroad to pick up trains at Olmito Yard (in lieu of the 
interchange point at MP 4.48). On those occasions, BRG would continue 
to perform the required FRA inspections between MP 8.0 and MP 9.0 in 
accordance with its present relief under FRA-2010-0100.
    A copy of the 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 U.S. Department of 
Transportation's (DOT) 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 October 31, 2011 will be considered by 
FRA before final action is taken. 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 September 13, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-23829 Filed 9-15-11; 8:45 am]
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