Notice2024-26996
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
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Published
November 20, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91883-91884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26996]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2024-0115]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice that by letters received October 1,
2024, and November 4, 2024, the City of North Salt Lake (the City)
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 222 (Use of Locomotive Horns at
Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings). FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA-2024-0115.
Specifically, the City requests relief from Sec. 222.35(b)(1),
What are the minimum requirements for quiet zones?--Active grade
crossing warning devices, which states that each public highway-rail
grade crossing in a quiet zone ``must be equipped, no later than the
quiet zone implementation date, with active grade crossing warning
devices comprising both flashing lights and gates which control traffic
over the crossing.'' The City requests a two-year waiver from the
regulation ``until the design and construction of the relocated signal
mast and gate arm can be completed.''
In support of its request, the City stated that the signal mast and
gate arm are currently located before the crossing on an industrial
spur, where trains are operated at not more than 10 miles per hour. The
crossing currently has signal lights, and the City will add a painted
stop bar and sign reading ``STOP HERE WHEN FLASHING'' to ``further
improve the safety at the crossing . . . until the design and
construction of the gate arm can be completed.'' The City further
explained that funding for the project has been secured and that
granting this relief will allow ``reinstatement of the quiet zone while
design, approval and construction of the gate arm is completed.''
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>.
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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">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by January 21, 2025 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 U.S. 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. 2024-26996 Filed 11-19-24; 8:45 am]
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