Guidance on Submitting Requests for Waivers, Block Signal Applications, and Other Approval Requests to the Federal Railroad Administration
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FRA is issuing this notice to advise all interested stakeholders that it has issued and made available on its website a guidance document addressing requirements related to the submission of requests for waivers, applications to modify or discontinue a railroad signal system, and other special approval requests to FRA. The guidance document is intended to provide information regarding existing requirements and best practices when submitting requests for waivers, block signal applications, and other special approval requests to FRA.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 1448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00238]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Guidance on Submitting Requests for Waivers, Block Signal
Applications, and Other Approval Requests to the Federal Railroad
Administration
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: FRA is issuing this notice to advise all interested
stakeholders that it has issued and made available on its website a
guidance document addressing requirements related to the submission of
requests for waivers, applications to modify or discontinue a railroad
signal system, and other special approval requests to FRA. The guidance
document is intended to provide information regarding existing
requirements and best practices when submitting requests for waivers,
block signal applications, and other special approval requests to FRA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucinda Henriksen, Senior Advisor,
Office of Railroad Safety, FRA, telephone: 202-657-2842, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9b5acbab0b7bdb8f7b1bcb7abb0b2aabcb799bdb6adf7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dcb0a9bfb5b2b8bdf2b4b9b2aeb5b7afb9b29cb8b3a8f2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>; or Veronica Chittim, Senior Attorney, Office
of the Chief Counsel, telephone: 202-480-3410, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7b1a2b5a8a9aea4a6e9a4afaeb3b3aeaa87a3a8b3e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f48291869b9a9d9795da979c9d80809d99b4909b80da939b82">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The guidance document titled Guidance on
Submitting Requests for Waivers, Block Signal Applications, and Other
Approval Requests to FRA is available on FRA's website at <a href="https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/guidance-submitting-requests-waivers-block-signal-applications-and-other-approval-requests">https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/guidance-submitting-requests-waivers-block-signal-applications-and-other-approval-requests</a>. The document is
intended to provide information regarding existing requirements and
best practices when submitting to FRA requests for waivers, block
signal applications, and other special approvals. The guidance document
replaces previous guidance on this subject, including the document
titled ``Waivers, Block Signal Applications, and Special Approvals''
last updated on September 28, 2012. Except when referencing laws,
regulations, or orders, the contents of the guidance document do not
have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public
in any way.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-00238 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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