[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11457-11458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03626]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2016-0126]


Notice of Petition for Extension of 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 dated 
December 31, 2024, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CMTY) 
petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from certain regulations 
concerning Stadler G4 vehicles.

DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by May 5, 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

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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: Harold 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 dated December 31, 2024, CMTY petitioned FRA for an extension 
\1\ of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal 
railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 229 (Railroad 
Locomotive Safety Standards), 231 (Railroad Safety Appliance 
Standards), and 238 (Passenger Equipment Safety Standards). The 
relevant Docket Number is FRA-2016-0126.
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    \1\ See FRA's August 16, 2017, decision letter, available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2016-0126-0009.
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    Specifically, CMTY seeks an extension of relief from the following 
regulations for four Stadler GTW fourth-generation vehicles (201, 202, 
203, and 204):
     Sec.  229.47(b)--Emergency brake valve
     Sec.  229.71--Clearance above top of rail
     Sec.  229.135(b)(4)(xviii) and (xix)--Event recorders
     Sec.  231.14(a)(2), (b)-(d), (f), and (g)--Passenger-train 
cars without end platforms
     Sec.  238.305(c)(5)--Interior calendar day mechanical 
inspection of passenger cars
     Sec.  238.309, Periodic brake equipment maintenance.
    In its petition, CMTY states that the 49 CFR part 238 Alternative 
Vehicle Technology final rule ``will demonstrate to the FRA's Safety 
Board an equivalent level of safety and compliance to support the 
renewal'' of the relief.
    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 
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 May 5, 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. 2025-03626 Filed 3-5-25; 8:45 am]
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