Notice2021-23997
North County Transit District's Request for Positive Train Control Safety Plan Approval and System Certification
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Published
November 4, 2021
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
This document provides the public with notice that the North County Transit District (SDNX) submitted its Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 3.0, dated September 30, 2021, to FRA's Secure Information Repository. SDNX asks FRA to approve its amendment to its PTCSP and issue a Positive Train Control System Certification as a Mixed System for SDNX's Interoperable Electronic Train Management System (I-ETMS).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60964-60965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23997]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2010-0049]
North County Transit District's Request for Positive Train
Control Safety Plan Approval and System Certification
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that the North
County Transit District (SDNX) submitted its Positive Train Control
Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 3.0, dated September 30, 2021, to FRA's
Secure Information Repository. SDNX asks FRA to approve its amendment
to its PTCSP and issue a Positive Train Control System Certification as
a Mixed System for SDNX's Interoperable Electronic Train Management
System (I-ETMS).
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by January 3, 2022 before
taking final action on the PTCSP. 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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-2010-0049. For convenience, all active PTC
dockets are hyperlinked on FRA's website at <a href="https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports">https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports</a>. All comments
received will be posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>;
this includes any personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal,
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fabd9b989fd4b49f9b96ba9e958ed49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c483a5a6a1ea8aa1a5a884a0abb0eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its PTCSP, SDNX asserts that the I-ETMS
it is implementing is designed as a mixed PTC system as defined in
Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 236.1015(e). The PTCSP
describes SDNX's I-ETMS implementation and the associated I-ETMS safety
processes, safety analyses, and test, validation, and verification
processes used during the development of I-ETMS. The PTCSP also
contains SDNX's operational and support requirements and procedures.
SDNX's PTCSP and the accompanying request for approval and system
certification are available for review online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>
(Docket Number FRA-2010-0049) and in person at DOT's Docket Operations
Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The
Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
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Interested parties are invited to comment on the PTCSP by
submitting written comments or data. During its review of the PTCSP,
FRA will consider any comments or data submitted. See 49 CFR
236.1011(e). However, FRA may elect not to respond to any particular
comment and, under 49 CFR 236.1009(d)(3), FRA maintains the authority
to approve or disapprove the PTCSP at its sole discretion. FRA does not
anticipate scheduling a public hearing regarding SDNX's PTCSP because
the circumstances do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested
party desires an opportunity for oral comment, the party should notify
FRA in writing before the end of the comment period and specify the
basis for their request.
Privacy Act Notice
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.). 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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 <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>. 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.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2021-23997 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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