[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41161-41162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16130]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2010-0031]
Long Island Rail Road's Request To Amend Its Positive Train
Control System
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document provides public notice that, on August 11, 2025,
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to
its FRA-certified positive train control (PTC) system. FRA is
publishing this notice and inviting public comment on the railroad's
RFA to its PTC system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by September 11, 2025. FRA
may consider comments received after that date to the extent
practicable and without delaying implementation of valuable or
necessary modifications to a PTC system.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments 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 the
applicable docket number. The relevant PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2010-0031. For convenience, all active PTC
dockets are hyperlinked on FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/research-development/program-areas/train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov; this includes any personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal,
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 49 U.S.C. 20157(h) requires FRA
to certify that a host railroad's PTC system complies with 49 CFR part
236, subpart I, before the technology may be operated in revenue
service. Before making certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC system
or the associated FRA-approved PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad
must submit, and obtain FRA's approval of, an RFA to its PTC system or
PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA's regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an RFA includes a request for
approval of a material modification of a signal or train control
system. Accordingly, this notice informs the public that, on August 11,
2025, LIRR submitted an RFA to its PTCSP for its Advanced Civil Speed
Enforcement System II (ACSES II), seeking FRA's approval to disable
ACSES II temporarily to facilitate the installation, testing, and
commissioning of modifications to certain transponders, wayside
interface units, and the back office map. That RFA is available in
Docket No. FRA-2010-0031.
Interested parties are invited to comment on LIRR's RFA by
submitting written comments or data. During FRA's review of this
railroad's RFA, FRA will consider any comments or data submitted within
the timeline specified in this notice and to the extent practicable,
without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary modifications
to a PTC system. See 49 CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 236.1011(e).
Under 49 CFR 236.1021, FRA maintains the authority to approve, approve
with conditions, or deny a railroad's RFA at FRA's sole discretion.
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Privacy Act Notice
In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the
public to better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate
comment tracking, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the
name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely
optional. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or
confidential information, please contact FRA for alternate submission
instructions.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-16130 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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