Notice2025-16938
Notice of Petition for Waiver of Compliance
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Published
September 4, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
This document provides the public notice that American Heritage Railways (AHR), on behalf of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, and Branson Scenic Railway (together, the Railroads), petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning injury and illness reporting and recordkeeping.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 169 (Thursday, September 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16938]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2025-0261]
Notice of Petition for 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 American
Heritage Railways (AHR), on behalf of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge
Railroad, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, and Branson Scenic Railway
(together, the Railroads), petitioned FRA for relief from certain
regulations concerning injury and illness reporting and recordkeeping.
DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by October 6, 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 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: Arnoldo Gonzalez, Railroad Safety
Specialist, FRA Incident Management, Accident Reporting, and Analysis
Division, telephone: 816-206-4809, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfbeadb1b0b3bbb0f1b8b0b1a5beb3baa59fbbb0abf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8998a9697949c97d69f97968299949d82b89c978cd69f978e">[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 June 23, 2025, AHR petitioned FRA for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 225 (Railroad Accidents/Incidents:
Reports Classification, and Investigations). FRA assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA-2025-0261.
Specifically, AHR seeks relief from 49 CFR 225.25(h),
Recordkeeping, to post its monthly listings of all injuries and
occupational illnesses online instead of physically on paper. AHR
explains that it maintains a companywide software system called Paycom
that allows employees to access and review information from computers
and mobile devices. Under its proposal, AHR would post, and update, a
digital listing of injuries and illnesses, generated by individual
railroad, on Paycom. AHR notes that employees would receive an
``electronic notification of a change or addition to the Documents/
Company Resources'' section in Paycom and that they may request a copy
of the logs from their supervisor. In support of the request, AHR
states that the relief would greatly enhance its employees' ability to
access the monthly listings.
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 October 6, 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. 2025-16938 Filed 9-3-25; 8:45 am]
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