Notice2022-24960
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
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Published
November 16, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68792-68793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24960]
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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 October 12,
2022, Canadian National Railway Company (CN) 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, CN requests to join a waiver previously granted to
CSX Transportation (CSX), BNSF Railway (BNSF), and Kansas City Southern
Railway Company (KCS), 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, BNSF, and KCS 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. CN seeks to form a test waiver team operating under the
current test committee overseeing the relief in FRA-2016-0086 to test
CN's 772 NYAB CCBII-equipped locomotives. CN 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
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appropriate docket number and may be submitted at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Communications received by January 16, 2023 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. 2022-24960 Filed 11-15-22; 8:45 am]
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