[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06191]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2011-0104]


Central Florida Rail Corridor's Request To Amend Its Positive 
Train Control System Comment Extension Notice

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

ACTION: Notice of extension for request for comments.

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SUMMARY: On February 15, 2024, the Central Florida Rail Corridor (CFRC) 
submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified positive 
train control (PTC) system in order to temporarily disable its PTC 
system between Milepost (MP) 749.60 and MP 755.4 to perform necessary 
maintenance and improve an existing a crossing. FRA published a notice 
inviting public comment on CFRC's request to disable its PTC system to 
perform necessary maintenance, with the initial comment period closing 
on March 18, 2024. This document provides the public with notice that 
FRA is extending the comment period on CFRC's request from March 18, 
2024, to April 1, 2024, as CFRC's request was uploaded to the docket 
late due to a technical error, and was not available for review during 
the full initial comment period.

DATES: The comment period stated in the notice published in the Federal 
Register at 89 FR 14127 (February 26, 2024) is extended until April 1, 
2024. 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 host 
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2011-0104. For convenience, all active PTC 
documents are hyperlinked on FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/reserch-development/program-areas/train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 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 general, Title 49 United States Code 
(U.S.C.) Section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify that a host 
railroad's PTC system complies with Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, before the technology may be 
operated in revenue service. Before making certain changes to an FRA-
certified PTC system or the associated FRA-approved PTC Safety Plan 
(PTCSP), a host railroad must submit, and obtain FRA's approval of, an 
RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021.
    Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA's regulations provide that FRA will 
publish a notice in the Federal Register and invite public comment in 
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an RFA includes a request for 
approval of a material modification of a signal or train control 
system. Accordingly, this notice informs the public that, on February 
15, 2024, CFRC submitted an RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable 
Electronic Train Management System (I-ETMS), which seeks FRA's approval 
for a temporary outage to conduct planned track maintenance. That RFA 
is available in Docket No. FRA-2011-0104.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on CFRC's RFA by 
submitting written comments or data. During FRA's review of CFRC's RFA, 
FRA will consider any comments or data submitted within the timeline 
specified in this notice and to the extent practicable, without 
delaying implementation of valuable or necessary modifications to a PTC 
system. See 49 CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 
236.1021, FRA maintains the authority to approve, approve with 
conditions, or deny a railroad's RFA at FRA's 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, FRA encourages 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. 2024-06191 Filed 3-22-24; 8:45 am]
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