[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14352]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2021-0024]


Notice of Petition for Waiver of Compliance

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides the public notice that Sandersville 
Railroad Company (SAN) petitioned FRA for relief from certain 
regulations concerning bridge safety standards.

DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by August 29, 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: Alan Craine, Railroad Safety 
Specialist, FRA Track and Structures Division, telephone: 202-740-4908, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by 
letter received July 7, 2025, SAN petitioned FRA for a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 237 (Bridge Safety Standards). FRA 
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2021-0024.
    Specifically, SAN requests relief from Sec.  237.31, Adoption of 
bridge management programs, for its weigh-in-motion scale that is 
considered a ``railroad bridge'' under Sec.  237.5, Definitions.\1\ In 
support of its request, SAN states that it has no ``actual bridges'' 
and that ``the reoccurring costs of maintaining the Bridge Management 
Program for a single scale with 2 inches of ground clearance could be 
invested in structural or operational improvements that would benefit 
safety without negatively impacting the risk of human casualties, 
environmental damage, or disrupting the Nation's railroad 
transportation system.'' SAN adds that the scale's structural integrity 
is essential for its operation and accuracy and that the scale is 
inspected weekly by track inspectors.
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    \1\ By letter received February 1, 2021, SAN sought the same 
relief, and FRA denied the request by letter dated August 19, 2021. 
See https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2021-0024-0001 and 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2021-0024-0007.
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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 August 29, 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 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. 2025-14352 Filed 7-29-25; 8:45 am]
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