[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11458-11459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03624]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2025-0022]
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 by letter
received January 8, 2025, Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District
(SMART) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning
the clean, oil, test, and stencil (COT&S) requirements of diesel
multiple unit (DMU) vehicles.
DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by April 7, 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 https://www.regulations.gov 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
https://www.regulations.gov; 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 https://www.regulations.gov and follow the
online instructions for accessing the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry Weisinger, Railroad Safety
Specialist, FRA Motive Power & Equipment Division, telephone: 202-493-
0036, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by
letter received January 8, 2025, SMART petitioned FRA for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part 238 (Passenger Equipment Safety
Standards). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2025-0022.
Specifically, SMART seeks relief from Sec. 238.309(b)(3), Periodic
brake equipment maintenance, for 18 Nippon Sharyo DMUs equipped with
Knorr Brake Company (KBC) KBCT1 air brake systems. SMART requests one-
time relief to extend the DMUs' COT&S intervals from the 1,840 days
specified in the regulation to 2,392 days (an additional 18 months), as
KBC is experiencing delayed delivery times. SMART states that brake
units will not begin being shipping to SMART until late April 2026. To
support its request, SMART detailed in its petition the current and
future safety measures it will take during the proposed COT&S interval
extension.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
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
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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 April 7, 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 www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-03624 Filed 3-5-25; 8:45 am]
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