[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 40139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15613]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2025-0137]
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 the Nevada State
Railroad Museum, Boulder City, operating as Nevada Southern Railway
(NVSV) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning
reflectorization on rail equipment.
DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by September 17, 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: Patrick Musselman, Railroad Safety
Specialist, FRA Motive Power & Equipment Division, telephone: 202-834-
5837, 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 June 3, 2025, NVSV petitioned FRA for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 224 (Reflectorization of Rail
Freight Rolling Stock). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2025-0137.
Specifically, FRA understands that NVSV seeks relief from the
reflectorization requirements for 24 pieces of equipment: 4
locomotives, 17 pieces of rolling stock, and 3 track inspection
``speeders.'' NVSV states that ``adding reflectorization to multiple
locomotives and all freight rolling stock would eliminate [their]
historical authenticity,'' which is demanded by NVSV's visitors and
dictated by its professional standards. Further, compromising the
equipment's historical authenticity would eliminate the opportunity for
photo shoots including the equipment.
In support of its request, NVSV notes that it operates over only
two grade crossings, which are both in low-traffic areas and are
equipped with active grade crossing protection and overhead
streetlights. NVSV adds that night operations, running between 5:00
p.m. and 8:00 p.m., are rare and amount to fewer than 30 trains.
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 September 17, 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. 2025-15613 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am]
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