[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39645-39646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17585]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2006-24774]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under Part 211 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that on April 25, 2017, 
the Minnesota Transportation Museum (MTM) requested renewal of a waiver 
of compliance from certain provisions of 49 CFR part 232, Brake System 
Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and 
Equipment.
    Specifically, MTM requests relief from part 232, Appendix B, Sec.  
232.17(b)(2) for passenger car maintenance requirements. MTM is a non-
profit corporation that operates historic and educational excursion 
trains as the Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway between Dresser, 
Wisconsin and Withrow, Minnesota, a distance of 25 miles, over Canadian 
National track. Operation of this train is from mid-April to the end of 
October primarily on weekends with occasional mid-week special event 
trains for approximately 70 operating days. MTM currently operates six 
coaches equipped with either LN, UC or D-22 type brakes that require a 
clean, oil, test, and stencil (COT&S) servicing, as prescribed in the 
Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices of the Association of 
American Railroads, S-4045, Passenger Equipment Maintenance 
Requirements, last published in 2013.
    MTM requests a renewal of relief for the COT&S intervals for the 
coaches with the UC and LN type brake valves. MTM asserts that it has 
been performing the COT&S servicing at 24-month intervals instead of 
the 15-month intervals prescribed in part 232,

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Appendix B, Sec.  232.17(b)(2) with no decrease to public safety.
    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 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 connection with these proceedings since 
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested parties 
desire 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 October 5, 2017 will be considered by 
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date 
will be considered if practicable.
    Anyone can 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.). 
Under 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 https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 11, 2017.
John Karl Alexy,
Director, Office of Safety Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2017-17585 Filed 8-18-17; 8:45 am]
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