[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70113-70114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32441]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.
Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation (Metra); (Waiver Petition
Docket Number FRA-1999-6363)
Metra seeks a permanent waiver of compliance with the Passenger
Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 238.235, which requires that by
December 31, 1999, each power operated door that is partitioned from
the passenger compartment shall be equipped with a manual override
adjacent to that door. Metra requests that the waiver be granted for
165 electric multiple unit passenger cars (EMU's) equipped with double
leaf power operated side doors. Metra states that one of each of the
double leaf
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power operated side doors is equipped with a manual override. They
indicate that these EMU's will be retired and replaced within the next
ten years.
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, 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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number 1999-
6363) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management
Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20590. Communications received by December 27, 1999, will be
considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after
that date will be considered as far as practicable. All written
communications concerning these proceedings are available for
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above
facility. All documents in the public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's web
site at http://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-32441 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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