Notice2022-11377
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
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Published
May 27, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11377]
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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 by letter dated April 4, 2022,
BNSF Railway (BNSF) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) to make permanent a 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, BNSF requests to transition the current test waiver
in this docket to a permanent waiver in which relief is granted from
Sec. 232.205(c)(1)(iii), Class I brake test-initial terminal
inspection, and Sec. 229.29(b), Air brake system calibration,
maintenance, and testing, related to air flow method (AFM) indicator
calibration intervals. The existing relief allows BNSF, CSX
Transportation, Canadian National Railway, and Kansas City Southern
Railway Company to test extending the AFM test intervals from 92 days
to 184 days on locomotives equipped with the New York Air Brake CCB-II
air brake systems. In support of its request, BNSF states that AFM
calibration performance has been greatly improved over the lifetime of
the test waiver and that the AFM test waiver committee has concluded
that 184-day calibration significantly improves air brake system
quality and offers additional benefits.
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 at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Communications received by July 11, 2022 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. 2022-11377 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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