Notice2024-14626
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
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July 3, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55302-55303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14626]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2008-0097]
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 letter dated May 8, 2024,
New Jersey Transit (NJT) 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 218 (Railroad Operating Practices). The relevant Docket Number
is FRA-2008-0097.
Specifically, NJT requests continued relief from Sec.
218.29(c)(1), Alternate methods of protection, which states that ``when
workers are on, under, or between rolling equipment on any track, other
than main track: a derail . . . will fulfill the requirements of a
manually operated switch when positioned no less than 150 feet from the
end [of] such equipment.'' This relief permits NJT to instead apply the
requirements of Sec. 218.29(a)(4), which allows a derail to be
positioned ``at least 50 feet from the end of the equipment to be
protected by the blue signal,'' at the Morrisville Yard facility in
Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
In support of its request, NJT states that since the waiver has
been in effect, no accidents, incidents, or injuries have occurred due
to the relief. Additionally, NJT continues to enforce a speed
restriction of 5 miles per hour and ensure that a Yard Master is
present at the Morrisville Yard 7 days per week and for 24 hours per
day, per the conditions of the relief.
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 parties
desire 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">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
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Communications received by September 3, 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 the Department of Transportation's
(DOT) 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), 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. 2024-14626 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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