Notice2025-00862
CSX Transportation, Inc. Petition for Approval of Product Safety Plan
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Published
January 16, 2025
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
This document provides the public with notice that, on November 11, 2024, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX) submitted a petition for FRA approval of its Product Safety Plan (PSP) for the Trip Optimizer Air Brake Control product (also referred to as "TO Air Brake Control" or "Air Brake Control"). As this petition involves a railroad's PSP, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on the document.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4837-4838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00862]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2024-0126]
CSX Transportation, Inc. Petition for Approval of Product Safety
Plan
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
November 11, 2024, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX) submitted a petition
for FRA approval of its Product Safety Plan (PSP) for the Trip
Optimizer Air Brake Control product (also referred to as ``TO Air Brake
Control'' or ``Air Brake Control''). As this petition involves a
railroad's PSP, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public
comment on the document.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 17, 2025.
FRA will consider comments filed after this date to the extent
practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments related to this notice 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
docket number (FRA-2024-0126). Please note that comments submitted
online via <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> are not immediately posted to the
docket. Several business days may elapse after a comment has been
submitted online before it is posted to the docket.
Privacy Act: DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform
its regulatory process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, as described in the system of records notice, DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS, accessible through <a href="http://www.dot.gov/privacy">www.dot.gov/privacy</a>. To facilitate
comment tracking and response, commenters are encouraged to provide
their name, or the name of their organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. Whether or not commenters identify
themselves, all timely comments will be fully considered. If you wish
to provide comments containing proprietary or confidential information,
please contact the agency for alternate submission instructions.
Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, please
visit <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket.
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#f8bf999a9dd6b69d9994b89c978cd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89cee8ebeca7c7ece8e5c9ede6fda7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with part 236 of title 49 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, this document provides the public
notice that CSX has petitioned FRA for approval of its PSP for the Trip
Optimizer Air Brake Control product (also referred to as ``TO Air Brake
Control'' or ``Air Brake Control''). FRA has assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA-2024-0126. CSX's PSP has been placed in this docket
and is available for public inspection and comment.
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CSX states that the Trip Optimizer product is an energy management
system installed on locomotives that is used by the train's operator to
improve the energy efficiency of train operations. CSX goes on to state
that TO Air Brake Control is an expansion of the Trip Optimizer product
that was initially deployed by CSX starting in 2008. CSX indicates that
TO Air Brake Control functionality is designed to increase the number
of miles of automatic operation and thereby decrease fuel consumption
and the emissions output from all locomotives in the train. CSX also
indicates that a train equipped with TO Air Brake Control will continue
to operate under the supervision of a qualified train crew, who are
required to assume control of the train and operate in manual mode,
when necessary, and to retain overall responsibility for the safe
operation of the train.
Interested parties are invited to comment on CSX's PSP by
submitting comments to the electronic docket. Please refer to the
ADDRESSES section above for guidance on how to submit comments to the
electronic docket.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-00862 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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