[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6261-6262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02031]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2009-0063]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on January 22, 2020, the 
Mohawk, Adirondack, and Northern Railroad Corporation (MHWA) petitioned 
the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to extend a waiver of 
compliance from the safety glazing requirements of 49 CFR 223.11, 
Requirements for existing locomotives. FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2009-0063.
    Specifically, MHWA seeks to extend its waiver for one 80-ton, 470-
horsepower diesel-electric locomotive numbered 1670. This locomotive 
was built for the United States Air Force by General Electric in March 
1952.
    MHWA operates this locomotive on a terminal/switching railroad at 
the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York, now called the 
Griffiss Industrial Park. MHWA operates at speeds not exceeding 10 
miles per hour and hauls one to three cars on a once-per-week basis. 
The locomotive is equipped with safety laminate glass (AS-1, AS-2) and 
is serviced and maintained by MHWA at Rome, New York. MHWA requests the 
extension due to the ``high cost to replace the glazing and the low 
risk to safety of continuing to operate with the current glazing.''
    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 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 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:
     Website: 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 Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave. 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 20, 2020 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

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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.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-02031 Filed 2-3-20; 8:45 am]
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