[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24394]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2011-0104]


Central Florida Rail Corridor's Request for Positive Train 
Control Safety Plan Approval and System Certification

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that, on October 
26, 2022, Central Florida Rail Corridor (CFRC) submitted its Positive 
Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 4.1, dated October 21, 2022, 
to FRA's Secure Information Repository. CFRC asks FRA to approve its 
updated PTCSP and certify CFRC's Interoperable Electronic Train 
Management System (I-ETMS) as a mixed PTC system.

DATES: FRA will consider comments received by January 9, 2023 before 
taking final action on the PTCSP. FRA may consider comments received 
after that date to the extent practicable and without delaying 
implementation of valuable or necessary modifications to a PTC system.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments may be submitted by going to https://www.regulations.gov and following the online instructions for 
submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the 
applicable docket number. The relevant PTC docket number for this 
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2011-0104. For convenience, all active PTC 
dockets are hyperlinked on FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports. All comments 
received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov; 
this includes any personal information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, 
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its PTCSP, CFRC asserts that the I-ETMS 
it is implementing is a mixed PTC system as defined in Title 49 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) 236.1015(e). The PTCSP describes CFRC's I-
ETMS implementation and the associated I-ETMS safety processes, safety 
analyses, and test, validation, and verification processes used during 
the development of I-ETMS. The PTCSP also contains CFRC's operational 
and support requirements and procedures.
    CFRC's PTCSP is available for review online at https://www.regulations.gov (Docket Number FRA-2011-0104). Interested parties 
are invited to comment on the PTCSP by submitting written comments or 
data. During its review of the PTCSP, FRA will consider any comments or 
data submitted. See 49 CFR 236.1011(e). However, FRA may elect not to 
respond to any particular comment and, under 49 CFR 236.1009(d)(3), FRA 
maintains the authority to approve or disapprove the PTCSP at its sole 
discretion.

Privacy Act Notice

    In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments, 
without edit, including any personal information the commenter 
provides, to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate 
comment tracking, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the 
name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely 
optional. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or 
confidential information, please contact FRA for alternate submission 
instructions.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2022-24394 Filed 11-8-22; 8:45 am]
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