[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 10189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04118]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2026-0100]


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 Elizabethtown 
Industrial Railroad (EZR) petitioned FRA for relief from certain 
regulations concerning safety glazing.

DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by April 1, 2026. 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: Derrick Griffith, Railroad Safety 
Specialist, FRA Motive Power & Equipment Division, telephone: 202-493-
6322, 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 dated January 14, 2026, EZR petitioned FRA for a waiver of 
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety 
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 223 (Safety Glazing Standards--
Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses). FRA assigned the petition 
Docket Number FRA-2026-0100.
    Specifically, EZR seeks relief from the requirements of Part 223 
for safety glazing on one locomotive, PNLX 300. In its petition, EZR 
explains that the locomotive will only be used for switching operations 
in an industrial park and will operate at a maximum speed of 10 miles 
per hour, and asserts that, for this locomotive, compliance would be 
cost prohibitive and cause financial hardship for EZR.
    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 April 1, 2026 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. 2026-04118 Filed 2-27-26; 8:45 am]
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