[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28942-28943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11700]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2013-0029]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document
received on March 19, 2013, the North Shore Railroad Company (NSHR) 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 Part 223, Safety Glazing Standards-
Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses. FRA assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA-2013-0029.
NSHR petitioned FRA to grant a waiver of compliance from the safety
glazing provisions of 49 CFR 223.15, Requirements for existing
passenger cars. NSHR seeks this relief for a 1953 M500-type coach car,
Number ORRX 4885, which is being purchased from a private owner,
Ontario Rail (ORRX). NSHR intends to use ORRX 4885 in excursion, VIP,
and shipper service on tracks owned by the Susquehanna Economic
Development Authority-Council of Governments (SEDA-COG) Joint Rail
Authority, and the Union County Industrial Railroad. The component
railroads in SEDA-COG include the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (72
miles), the Lycoming Valley Railroad (34 miles), the North Shore
Railroad Company (NSHR, 38 miles), and the Shamokin Valley Railroad (25
miles). NSHR intends to operate on two additional lines: approximately
5 miles on the Milton Branch owned by the West Shore Railroad
Corporation, and approximately 10 miles that the Lewisburg and Buffalo
Creek Railroad owns on the Winfield Branch. The ORRX 4885 will be
operated at a maximum timetable track speed authorized by each of the
railroads mentioned above, but not to exceed 50 mph.
ORRX 4885 has 24 side windows and no end windows. Sixteen side
windows are 28'' x 66'' and eight are 28'' x 26''. Each window has
dual-pane-style laminated safety glazing (plated outside and laminated
inside). None of the windows open; however, the two emergency exit
windows on each end of the car are clearly marked and have hammers
mounted on them to break out glazing under emergency conditions. ORRX
4885 is also equipped with flashlights, other battery-powered lighting,
and an axe.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. 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
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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 July 1, 2013 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as is 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 document,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477).
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
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