Notice2023-04832
Brightline Trains Florida, LLC's Positive Train Control Safety Plan and Request for Positive Train Control System Certification
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Published
March 9, 2023
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
This document provides the public with notice that, on February 28, 2023, Brightline Trains Florida, LLC (BLF) submitted its Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 1.0, dated January 30, 2023, to FRA's Secure Information Repository. BLF asks FRA to approve its PTCSP and certify BLF's Interoperable Electronic Train Management System (I-ETMS) as a mixed PTC system.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14666-14667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04832]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2022-0098]
Brightline Trains Florida, LLC's Positive Train Control Safety
Plan and Request for Positive Train Control System Certification
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), 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, on
February 28, 2023, Brightline Trains Florida, LLC (BLF) submitted its
Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 1.0, dated January
30, 2023, to FRA's Secure Information Repository. BLF asks FRA to
approve its PTCSP and certify BLF's Interoperable Electronic Train
Management System (I-ETMS) as a mixed PTC system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by May 8, 2023 before taking
final action on the PTCSP. FRA may consider comments received after
that date to the extent practicable and without delaying implementation
of 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
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2022-0098. 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: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal,
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4b3959691daba919598b4909b80da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df98bebdbaf191babeb39fbbb0abf1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its PTCSP, BLF asserts that the I-ETMS
PTC system is a mixed PTC system as defined in title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 236.1015(e)(4). The PTCSP describes BLF's I-ETMS 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 I-ETMS's operational and support
requirements and procedures.
BLF's PTCSP is available for review online at https://
www.regulations.gov/
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docket/FRA-2022-0098. 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.
Privacy Act Notice
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. 2023-04832 Filed 3-8-23; 8:45 am]
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