[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20052-20053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10165]
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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.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (Docket Number FRA-1999-5429)
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) seeks a permanent
waiver of compliance with the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR
229.21, which requires each locomotive in use be inspected once during
each calendar day. BNSF seeks this waiver for locomotives utilized to
haul loaded coal trains through Alliance, Nebraska. BNSF states that
these locomotives are inspected before the empty coal trains are hauled
to the mine. The round trip from the Alliance service track to the mine
takes 24 to 36 hours. BNSF states that on the return trip, the
locomotives are removed from their train and placed on the service
track for a second inspection which at a minimum takes three hours.
BNSF indicates that this second inspection is unwarranted and causes
undue congestion in the terminal.
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 FRA-
1999-5429) and must be submitted in triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT
Central Docket Management Facility, Room Pl-401, Washington, DC 20590-
001. Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice
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 (9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) at the
DOT Central Docket Management Facility, Room Pl-401 (Plaza Level), 400
7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. 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, DC on April 15, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-10165 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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