Notice2021-14538
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
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July 8, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 128 (Thursday, July 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14538]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2016-0086]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that on June 11, 2021, Kansas City
Southern Railway Company (KCS) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) to join an existing waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained
at 49 CFR parts 232 (Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and
Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-Of-Train Devices), and
229 (Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards). The relevant FRA Docket
Number is FRA-2016-0086.
Specifically, KCS requests to join a waiver previously granted to
CSX Transportation (CSX) and BNSF Railway (BNSF), and be granted relief
from 49 CFR 232.205(c)(1)(iii), Class I brake test-initial terminal
inspection, and 229.29(b), Air brake system calibration, maintenance,
and testing, related to air flow method (AFM) indicator calibration
intervals. The relief granted to CSX and BNSF allows the railroads to
test extending the AFM test intervals from 92 days to 184 days on
locomotives equipped with the New York Air Brake (NYAB) CCB-II air
brake systems. KCS seeks to form a test waiver team operating under the
current test committee overseeing the relief in FRA-2016-0086 to test
376 NYAB CCBII-equipped locomotives owned by KCS. KCS states that it
has been an active member of the Association of American Railroads
Locomotive Committee and is familiar with the work performed by the
FRA-2016-0086 test committee.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
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.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
<bullet> Website: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Communications received by August 23, 2021 will be considered by
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date
will be considered if practicable.
Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications
and comments received into any of our 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 better
inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the commenter provides, to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/privacy">https://www.transportation.gov/privacy</a>. See also <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice">https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice</a> for the
privacy notice of <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-14538 Filed 7-7-21; 8:45 am]
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