[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30386-30387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12100]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0028]


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 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. FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0028.
    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 1954 M500-type coach car, 
Number ORXX 3247, which is being purchased from a private owner, 
Ontario Rail (ORRX), from Canada. Once acquired, NSHR intends to use 
ORXX 3247 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), NSHR (38 miles), and the Shamokin Valley Railroad (25 miles). 
NSHR intends to operate on two additional lines. The West Shore 
Railroad Corporation owns approximately 5 miles on the Milton Branch; 
the Lewisburg and Buffalo Creek Railroad owns approximately 10 miles on 
the Winfield Branch on the Union County Industrial Railroad. ORXX 3247 
will be operated at a maximum timetable track speed authorized by each 
of the railroads mentioned above, but not to exceed 50 mph.
    ORXX 3247 has 24 side windows and no end windows. Nineteen side 
windows are 27'' x 61'' and five are 27'' x 25''. Each window has dual-
pane-style laminated safety glazing (plated outside and laminated 
inside). None of the windows opens; however, the two emergency exit 
windows on each end of ORXX 3247 are clearly marked and have hammers 
mounted on them to break out glazing under emergency conditions. ORXX 
3247 is 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 (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue 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.

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     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 8, 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 16, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-12100 Filed 5-21-13; 8:45 am]
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