Notice2023-11786
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
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June 2, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36360-36361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11786]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2011-0101]
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that by letters dated March 20,
2023, and May 11, 2023, the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter
Railroad Corporation (Metra) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA)
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for an extension of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of
the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 236
(Rules, Standards, and Instructions Governing the Installation,
Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and Train Control
Systems, Devices, and Appliances). The relevant FRA Docket Number is
FRA-2011-0101.
Specifically, Metra requested an extension of relief from Sec.
236.377, Approach locking; Sec. 236.378, Time locking; Sec. 236.379,
Route locking; Sec. 236.380, Indication locking; and Sec. 236.281,
Traffic locking, to extend the periodic testing schedules from ``at
least once every 2 years'' to ``at least once every 4 years'' after
initial testing has been performed. The relief applies at
interlockings, control points, and other signal locations controlled by
vital microprocessor-based equipment. In support of its request, Metra
states that it will ``remain in compliance with all conditions of the
FRA extension approval letter dated September 24, 2018. Metra's
petition also included a list of locations that have been ``tested
under the waiver from 2022 to present with the results and baseline
comparison.''
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 August 1, 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), the U.S. Department of
Transportation (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. 2023-11786 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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