[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 60953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25609]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2015-0068]


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 June 18, 2015, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation 
Authority (SEPTA) 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 238.309(b)(2). FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2015-0068.
    Title 49 CFR 238.309(b)(2) requires that brake equipment and brake 
cylinders of each multiple unit (MU) locomotive be cleaned, repaired, 
and tested at intervals of every 1,104 days if the MU locomotive is 
part of a fleet that is 100 percent equipped with air dryers, and has a 
brake system using RT-5A-style valves (among others). The RT-5A+ brake 
system in use on the Silverliner V MU fleet employs a microprocessor-
based control system, and uses active and passive diagnostics to 
monitor brake performance. Currently, other air brake systems that 
incorporate microprocessor controls are subject to overhaul intervals 
of 1,840 days (see 49 CFR 238.309(b)(3) and 238.309(e)(l)). SEPTA 
therefore submitted an alternate proposal to increase the periodic 
brake equipment maintenance interval for the Silverliner V air brake 
system to a minimum of 1,840 days.
    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 November 23, 2015 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.). 
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, 
without edit, including any personal information the commenter 
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records 
notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-25609 Filed 10-7-15; 8:45 am]
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