[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07787]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0015]


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 January 25, 2014, Texas State Railroad (TSRR) 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-2014-
0015.
    TSRR is a 25-mile-long tourist railroad that operates between Rusk 
and Palestine, TX, at a track speed of 20 mph. It shares track with 
another freight railroad, the Rusk, Palestine, and Pacific Railway. 
TSRR is requesting relief from the glazing requirements for three 
locomotives: TSRR Nos. 1, 8, and 22. These three locomotives were built 
in the 1940s and 1950s and do not currently have compliant glazing. 
TSRR No. 8, an Alco MRS3, is used as a backup locomotive for passenger 
and excursion service when a TSRR steam locomotive is out of service. 
TSRR No. 1 is a General Electric (GE) 45-ton center cab locomotive used 
as a shop switcher and to haul maintenance-of-way equipment. TSRR No. 
22 is a GE 70-ton locomotive, which is currently out of service, but 
TSRR plans to return to service in the near future. Each of these 
locomotives would incur less than 2,500 service miles per year.
    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 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 May 23, 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. 2014-07787 Filed 4-7-14; 8:45 am]
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