[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.
[FR Doc. 2013-11700 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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