[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 99 (Friday, May 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22156-22157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09282]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2025-0059]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the period for public comment regarding
the Association of American Railroads' (AAR) petition for relief from
certain regulations concerning track inspections.
DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by July 9, 2025. FRA
will consider comments received after that date to the extent
practicable.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments related to this docket 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
docket number. All comments received will be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov; this includes any personal information.
Please see the Privacy Act heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document for Privacy Act information related to any
submitted comments or materials.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the
online instructions for accessing the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yujiang Zhang, Staff Director, FRA
Track & Structures Division, telephone: 202-493-6460, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 9, 2025, FRA published notice \1\
that AAR, on behalf of its members, petitioned FRA for a waiver of
compliance from 49 CFR 213.233(b) and (c), Visual track inspections,
which specifies the method and frequency in which railroads must
conduct visual track inspections. FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA-2025-0059.
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\1\ https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2025-0059-0002.
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On May 13, 2025, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
Division,\2\ and on May 14, 2025, the Transportation Trades Department,
AFL-CIO,\3\ requested that FRA extend the comment period on this
petition. Through this notice, FRA is extending the comment period for
an additional 30 days (until July 9, 2025).
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\2\ https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2025-0059-0003.
\3\ https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2025-0059-0004.
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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.
Communications received by July 9, 2025, will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered if practicable.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications
and comments received into any of FRA's 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 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
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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. 2025-09282 Filed 5-22-25; 8:45 am]
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