Notice2025-03626
Notice of Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
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Published
March 6, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
This document provides the public notice that by letter dated December 31, 2024, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CMTY) petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from certain regulations concerning Stadler G4 vehicles.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11457-11458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03626]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2016-0126]
Notice of Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document provides the public notice that by letter dated
December 31, 2024, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CMTY)
petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from certain regulations
concerning Stadler G4 vehicles.
DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by May 5, 2025. FRA
will consider comments received after that date to the extent
practicable.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments related to this docket 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. 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.
Please see the Privacy Act heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of
[[Page 11458]]
this document for Privacy Act information related to any submitted
comments or materials.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the
online instructions for accessing the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold Weisinger, Railroad Safety
Specialist, FRA Motive Power & Equipment Division, telephone: 202-493-
0036, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8c0c9dac7c4cc86dfcdc1dbc1c6cfcddae8ccc7dc86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cba3aab9a4a7afe5bcaea2b8a2a5acaeb98bafa4bfe5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by
letter dated December 31, 2024, CMTY petitioned FRA for an extension
\1\ of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal
railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 229 (Railroad
Locomotive Safety Standards), 231 (Railroad Safety Appliance
Standards), and 238 (Passenger Equipment Safety Standards). The
relevant Docket Number is FRA-2016-0126.
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\1\ See FRA's August 16, 2017, decision letter, available at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2016-0126-0009">https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2016-0126-0009</a>.
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Specifically, CMTY seeks an extension of relief from the following
regulations for four Stadler GTW fourth-generation vehicles (201, 202,
203, and 204):
<bullet> Sec. 229.47(b)--Emergency brake valve
<bullet> Sec. 229.71--Clearance above top of rail
<bullet> Sec. 229.135(b)(4)(xviii) and (xix)--Event recorders
<bullet> Sec. 231.14(a)(2), (b)-(d), (f), and (g)--Passenger-train
cars without end platforms
<bullet> Sec. 238.305(c)(5)--Interior calendar day mechanical
inspection of passenger cars
<bullet> Sec. 238.309, Periodic brake equipment maintenance.
In its petition, CMTY states that the 49 CFR part 238 Alternative
Vehicle Technology final rule ``will demonstrate to the FRA's Safety
Board an equivalent level of safety and compliance to support the
renewal'' 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 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.
Communications received by May 5, 2025 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered if practicable.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications
and comments received into any of FRA's 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 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. 2025-03626 Filed 3-5-25; 8:45 am]
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