[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39681-39682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10179]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2003-15010]


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 28, 2024, CPKC \1\ 
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 part

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241 (United States Locational Requirements for Dispatching of United 
States Rail Operations). The relevant Docket Number is FRA-2003-15010.
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    \1\ On April 14, 2023, Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) and 
Kansas City Southern (KCS) combined to create a single railway 
company doing business under the trademark CPKC. The original waiver 
in this docket was granted to CP.
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    Specifically, CPKC requests an extension of relief pursuant to 49 
CFR 241.7(c), Fringe border dispatching, to allow the continuation of 
Canadian dispatching of three locations in the United States: (1) 1.8 
miles of the Windsor Subdivision between Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and 
Detroit, Michigan, United States; \2\ and (2) two track segments 
totaling 23.44 miles on the Newport Subdivision between Richford, 
Vermont, and East Richford, Vermont, United States, and between North 
Troy, Vermont, and Newport, Vermont, United States.\3\ CPKC notes that 
all locations are dispatched by the Operations Centre in Calgary, 
Alberta, Canada. In support of its request, CPKC states that ``in the 
approximately twenty-one years since the original waiver was granted, 
CPKC has operated safely on the Windsor Subdivision and has operated 
safely on the Newport Subdivision since the acquisition of this 
territory in 2020.'' CPKC adds that it ``is not aware of any issues 
that have developed since the last waiver was granted.''
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    \2\ This section on the Windsor Subdivision is defined in 
appendix A to part 241, List of Lines Being Extraterritorially 
Dispatched in Accordance with the Regulations Contained in 49 CFR 
part 241, Revised as of October 1, 2002.
    \3\ The track segments on the Newport Subdivision cross the 
U.S./Canada border at three separate locations.
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    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 https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by July 8, 2024 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), 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. 2024-10179 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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