[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 225 (Friday, November 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55919-55920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25363]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2008-0028]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
provides the public notice that on November 14, 2017, Riverport 
Railroad, LLC (RVPR), 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-2008-0028.
    Specifically, RVPR seeks to renew a waiver of compliance from the 
glazing regulations in 49 CFR 223.11, Requirements for existing 
locomotives, for one locomotive, identified as RVPR 4029. RVPR is a 
terminal/switching railroad on the former Department of Defense (DOD) 
Savanna Army Depot. This installation is located in rural northwestern 
Illinois in Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties. RVPR states they own 80 
percent of the adjoining land, and the other 20 percent is privately 
owned and access controlled. The BNSF Railway interchanges cars with 
RVPR at Robinson Spur where there are eight interchange tracks. All 
trackage is enclosed and there are no overhead structures or bridges 
where objects could be thrown at trains. RVPR operates at 10 miles per 
hour or less, and provides car storage for customers, as well as 
servicing a railcar repair and a railcar cleaning company.
    The locomotive is a 60-ton 500-horsepower diesel electric 
locomotive numbered 4029. This engine was manufactured in 1950 and 
remanufactured for DOD between 1987

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and 1990. This unit has safety glass in all cab windows, but they are 
marked in accordance with DOD standards.
    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 parties 
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, 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 January 8, 2018 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.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-25363 Filed 11-22-17; 8:45 am]
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