Notice2024-11907
Metro-North Railroad's Request To Amend Its Positive Train Control Safety Plan and Positive Train Control System
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Published
May 31, 2024
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
This document provides the public with notice that, on May 17, 2024, Metro-North Railroad (MNR) submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to its FRA-approved Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP) in order to update its positive train control (PTC) Onboard Computer (OBC) to System Release 5.04.002. As this RFA may involve a request for FRA's approval of proposed material modifications to an FRA-certified PTC system, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on MNR's RFA to its PTCSP.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47210-47211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11907]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number: FRA-2010-0032]
Metro-North Railroad's Request To Amend Its Positive Train
Control Safety Plan and 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 May 17,
2024, Metro-North Railroad (MNR) submitted a request for amendment
(RFA) to its FRA-approved Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP) in
order to update its positive train control (PTC) Onboard Computer (OBC)
to System Release 5.04.002. As this RFA may involve a request for FRA's
approval of proposed material modifications to an FRA-certified PTC
system, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on
MNR's RFA to its PTCSP.
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by June 20, 2024. 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/research-development/program-areas/train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets">https://railroads.dot.gov/research-development/program-areas/train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets</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#22654340470c6c47434e62464d560c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f280e0d0a41210a0e032f0b001b41080019">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, title 49 United States Code
(U.S.C.) 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 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 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 of a signal or train control
system. Accordingly, this notice informs the public that, on May 17,
2024, MNR submitted an RFA to its PTCSP for its Advanced Civil Speed
Enforcement System (ACSES), which seeks FRA's approval for an update to
its PTC system OBC to System Release 5.04.002. That RFA is available in
Docket No. FRA-2010-0032.
Interested parties are invited to comment on MNR's RFA to its PTCSP
by submitting written comments or data. During FRA's review of MNR'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
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railroad's RFA to its PTCSP 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.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-11907 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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