[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55302-55303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14626]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2008-0097]


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 by letter dated May 8, 2024, 
New Jersey Transit (NJT) 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 218 (Railroad Operating Practices). The relevant Docket Number 
is FRA-2008-0097.
    Specifically, NJT requests continued relief from Sec.  
218.29(c)(1), Alternate methods of protection, which states that ``when 
workers are on, under, or between rolling equipment on any track, other 
than main track: a derail . . . will fulfill the requirements of a 
manually operated switch when positioned no less than 150 feet from the 
end [of] such equipment.'' This relief permits NJT to instead apply the 
requirements of Sec.  218.29(a)(4), which allows a derail to be 
positioned ``at least 50 feet from the end of the equipment to be 
protected by the blue signal,'' at the Morrisville Yard facility in 
Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
    In support of its request, NJT states that since the waiver has 
been in effect, no accidents, incidents, or injuries have occurred due 
to the relief. Additionally, NJT continues to enforce a speed 
restriction of 5 miles per hour and ensure that a Yard Master is 
present at the Morrisville Yard 7 days per week and for 24 hours per 
day, per the conditions of the relief.
    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 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 at www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

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    Communications received by September 3, 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 the Department of Transportation's 
(DOT) 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), 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. 2024-14626 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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