97-9454. Westinghouse Air Brake Company; Public Hearing

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18163-18164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9454]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration
[Waiver Petition Docket Number H-92-3]


Westinghouse Air Brake Company; Public Hearing

    On January 15, 1997, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
published a notice in the Federal Register announcing Westinghouse Air 
Brake Company's (WABCO) request to amend the conditions of a waiver 
which had been granted in 1992 for their EPIC microprocessor-based 
locomotive braking equipment. The current waiver authorizes 1,000 
locomotives equipped

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with EPIC braking equipment to be exempt from time interval 
requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 229.29. 
Specifically, the waiver extends the required time interval for 
cleaning, testing, and inspecting locomotive air brake valves from 736 
calendar days to five years. WABCO requests that the waiver condition 
which limits the number of locomotives to 1,000, be adjusted to include 
all locomotives in the United States that are equipped with EPIC 3102 
and EPIC II electronic brake equipment. The EPIC 3101 series electronic 
brake equipment is not included in this request.
    As a result of the comments received by FRA concerning this waiver 
petition, FRA has determined that a public hearing is necessary before 
a final decision is made on this petition. Accordingly, a public 
hearing is hereby set for 10:00 a.m. on May 12, 1997, in the 9th floor 
conference room, 1120 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. 
Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at this 
hearing.
    The hearing will be informal and conducted in accordance with Rule 
25 of FRA's Rules of Practice (49 CFR part 211.25) by a representative 
designated by FRA. FRA's representative will make an opening statement 
outlining the scope of the hearing, as well as any additional 
procedures for the conduct of the hearing. The hearing will be a non-
adversary proceeding in which all interested parties will be given the 
opportunity to express their views regarding this waiver petition, 
without cross-examination. After all initial statements have been 
completed, those persons wishing to make a brief rebuttal will be given 
an opportunity to do so in the same order in which initial statements 
were made.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1997.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 97-9454 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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