[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16914-16915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06848]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2020-0001]
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 Canadian Pacific
Kansas City (CPKC) petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from
certain regulations concerning virtual simulation training.
DATES: FRA must receive comments on the petition by May 22, 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: Lance Hawks, Rail Safety Specialist,
FRA Human Performance Division, telephone: 678-633-7400, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by
letters dated November 14, 2024 and February 4, 2025, CPKC petitioned
FRA for an extension of relief from certain provisions of the Federal
railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 232, Brake System
Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and
Equipment; End-of-Train Devices. The relevant Docket Number is FRA-
2020-0001.
Specifically, CPKC seeks an extension of relief from Sec.
232.203(b)(8), Training requirements, to use three-dimensional
simulations using web-based or desktop software to satisfy the ``hands-
on'' portion of required training, in connection with periodic
refresher training for conductors, enginemen, and supervisory personnel
responsible for performing Class I air brake tests.
In support of its request, CPKC states that the ``systematic,
blended training curriculum . . . exceeds the training objectives of
[the regulations] and will continue to increase proficiency, ultimately
reducing air brake defects across the CPKC network.'' Additionally,
CPKC cites the individual training environment of the simulation as
more conducive to learning and states that ``[d]ue to the velocity
within CPKC's network, it is often difficult to provide a consistent
training and testing environment.''
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 22, 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
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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. 2025-06848 Filed 4-21-25; 8:45 am]
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