Notice2024-23335
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
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Published
October 9, 2024
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81985-81986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23335]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2019-0090]
Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
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that by letters received August 16, 2024, and August 30, 2024, Norfolk
Southern Corporation's operating subsidiary, Norfolk Southern Railway
Company (NS), 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 232 (Brake
System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and
Equipment; End-of-Train Devices). The relevant Docket Number is FRA-
2019-0090.
Specifically, NS requests to extend the existing waiver, which
provides NS certain relief from the requirements of 49 CFR
232.305(b)(2), Single car air brake tests, to ``permit the replacement
of FRA condemnable and other non-FRA condemnable wheelsets on railcars
as part of an in-train wheelset replacement program, without the need
to also perform the [single car air brake tests (SCABTs)]'' as
required. The program is only operated on two designated tracks at the
NS railyard in Bluefield, West Virginia.
The existing wheelset replacement program aims to ``proactively
identify and replace wheelsets,'' which NS stated, ``reduces the number
of switching events that would otherwise be required to affect the
repairs, reducing the risk of injury and derailment.'' NS added that
the program permits NS ``to replace a greater percentage of wheelsets
than currently replaced using traditional techniques.''
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.
Communications received by December 9, 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. 2024-23335 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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