Notice2023-07124
Metro-North Railroad's Request To Amend Its Positive Train Control System
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Published
April 6, 2023
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
This document provides the public with notice that, on March 3 and 15, 2023, Metro-North Railroad (MNR) submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train control (PTC) system, the Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System II (ACSES II), in order to support the construction of a new interlocking at Control Point 243 and associated adjacent signal system changes on MNR's New Haven Line in the vicinity of Norwalk, CT. The RFA proposes to establish an ACSES II Construction Zone (CZ) through the installation of transponders during the interlocking construction. This RFA does not propose any changes to safety critical elements of the ACSES II PTC system.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20607-20608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07124]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2010-0032]
Metro-North Railroad's Request To Amend Its Positive Train
Control System
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 March 3
and 15, 2023, Metro-North Railroad (MNR) submitted a request for
amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train control (PTC)
system, the Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System II (ACSES II), in
order to support the construction of a new interlocking at Control
Point 243 and associated adjacent signal system changes on MNR's New
Haven Line in the vicinity of Norwalk, CT. The RFA proposes to
establish an ACSES II Construction Zone (CZ) through the installation
of transponders during the interlocking construction. This RFA does not
propose any changes to safety critical elements of the ACSES II PTC
system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by April 26, 2023. 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-2010-0032. 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: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal,
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#64230506014a2a01050824000b104a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcfbddded992f2d9ddd0fcd8d3c892dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, Title 49 United States Code
(U.S.C.) section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify
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that a host railroad's PTC system complies with Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, before the technology
may be operated in revenue service. Before making certain changes to an
FRA-certified PTC system or the associated FRA-approved PTCSP, a host
railroad must submit, and obtain FRA's approval of, an RFA to its PTC
system or PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA's regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an RFA includes a request for
approval of a material modification or discontinuance of a signal and
train control system. Accordingly, this notice informs the public that,
on March 15, 2023, MNR submitted an RFA to its Advanced Civil Speed
Enforcement System II (ACSES II), which seeks FRA's approval to
discontinue its PTC system temporarily for three months from September
1, 2023, to December 1, 2023, while it installs a new interlocking and
makes certain signal system changes. That RFA is available in Docket
No. FRA-2010-0032.
Interested parties are invited to comment on MNR's RFA to its PTC
system by submitting written comments or data. During FRA's review of
this railroad's RFA, FRA will consider any comments or data submitted
within the timeline specified in this notice and to the extent
practicable, without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system. See 49 CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, FRA maintains the authority to
approve, approve with conditions, or deny a railroad's RFA to its PTC
system at FRA's 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. 2023-07124 Filed 4-5-23; 8:45 am]
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