[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 20940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07324]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2006-25764]


Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on February 24, 2023, Union 
Pacific Railroad Company (UP) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an extension of a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR parts 215 (Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards) and 232 
(Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-passenger 
Trains and Equipment; End of Train Devices). The relevant Docket Number 
is FRA-2006-25764.
    Specifically, UP requests a waiver extension from 49 CFR 232.205, 
Class 1 brake test--initial terminal inspection, and certain provisions 
of part 215 related to the inspection of trains entering the United 
States from Mexico at Calexico, California. UP seeks to continue to 
move trains received in interchange from Mexico approximately 10.1 
miles to the facility at El Centro, California, before an initial 
terminal air brake test is performed. UP notes that the inspection 
point at El Centro ``was designed and built . . . for the sole purpose 
of inspecting and testing of equipment'' passing through the 
interchange. Further, UP states that the facility ``supports 
inspections and any repair associated activities . . . safer and better 
than other upstream properties.'' Finally, UP states that the relief 
``avoid[s] . . . excessively blocked crossings'' and ``alleviates undue 
additional locomotive emissions from excessive idling times.''
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    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 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications are requested by June 6, 2023. Comments received 
after that date will be considered if practicable. FRA reserves the 
right to extend the existing relief subject to subsequent consideration 
of any comments submitted to the docket.
    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), the U.S. Department of Transportation (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/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-07324 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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