Notice2024-10177
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
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May 9, 2024
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39682-39683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10177]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2003-15012]
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 on February 28, 2024, Canadian
National Railway Company (CN) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for an extension of a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained
at 49 CFR part 241 (United States Locational Requirements for
Dispatching of United States Rail Operations). The relevant FRA Docket
Number is FRA-2003-15012.Specifically, CN requests an extension of
relief pursuant to 49 CFR 241.7(c), Fringe border dispatching, to allow
the continuation of Canadian dispatching of two locations in the United
States: the portion of the Sprague Subdivision extending approximately
43.8 miles between Baudette and International Boundary, Minnesota, and
the portion of the Strathroy Subdivision extending approximately 3.1
miles between Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, through the St. Clair River
Tunnel, to Port Huron, Michigan.\1\ In support of its request, CN
states that, since the initial waiver was granted, ``each of these
fringe border segments ha[ve] been regularly and safety dispatched from
Canada'' and this extension would allow CN to ``continue what it has
been safely doing for decades.'' CN explains that changing dispatching
to the United States on this section of the Sprague Subdivision ``would
introduce two [dispatching] hand-offs, given that the track only
briefly enters the United States before re-entering Canada.''
Additionally, in reference to the portion of track on the Strathroy
Subdivision, CN states that grating the waiver extension ``avoids any
risk or safety concern associated with a [dispatching] hand-off in the
middle of a single-track underwater tunnel.''
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\1\ Both of these locations are defined in appendix A to part
241, List of Lines Being Extraterritorially Dispatched in Accordance
with the Regulations Contained in 49 CFR part 241, Revised as of
October 1, 2002.
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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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Communications received by July 8, 2024 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 https:/
/www.regulations.gov/
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privacy-notice 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. 2024-10177 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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