[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8239-8240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02866]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0134]


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 
dated November 19, 2013, the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 
Railroad (RBMN) has petitioned the Federal

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Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain 
provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 
CFR Part 230-Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards. FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0134. RBMN owns and 
operates No.425, a 4-6-2 Pacific class steam locomotive built in 1928 
by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio 
Railroad. RBMN No. 425 is operated periodically for special trains on 
RBMN.
    RBMN requests relief from 49 CFR 230.16(a)(2), Fifth annual 
inspection, with respect to 49 CFR 230.41, Flexible staybolts with 
caps. Specifically, RBMN is petitioning for a delay of the flexible 
staybolt and cap inspection for an undetermined amount of calendar days 
until RBMN No. 425 has accumulated 200 service days. Inclusive of the 
2013 operating season, RBMN No. 425 will have accumulated 125 service 
days since the 1,472 service-day inspection was performed in December 
2007. RBMN states that the flexible staybolt and cap inspection 
required by 49 CFR 230.41 would require 14 man-weeks to perform and be 
a burden on the RBMN steam program.
    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.
     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 March 28, 2014 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 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).

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02866 Filed 2-10-14; 8:45 am]
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