[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 65117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23420]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2001-8697]


Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on July 29, 2022, Union 
Pacific Railroad Company (UP) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an extension of a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR parts 215 (Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards) and 232 
(Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-passenger 
Trains and Equipment; End of Train Devices). The relevant FRA Docket 
Number is FRA-2001-8697.
    Specifically, UP requests a waiver extension from 49 CFR 232.205, 
Class 1 brake test--initial terminal inspection, and certain provisions 
of part 215 related to the inspection of trains entering the United 
States from Mexico at Nogales, Arizona. UP seeks to continue to move 
trains received in interchange with Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico 
approximately 8 miles north of Nogales, Arizona, to the siding at Rio, 
Arizona, before an initial terminal air brake test is performed. UP 
stated in its initial 2001 petition \1\ that the relief prevents 
``blockages of key street crossings within the City of Nogales for 
considerable lengths of time.'' In its 2022 petition, UP asserts that 
it has ``been operating under the requirements set forth in the waiver 
for the past twenty-one years and no adverse effect on the safety of 
operations has occurred.''
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    \1\ https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2001-8697-0001.
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    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.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
appropriate docket number and may be submitted at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications are requested by December 27, 2022. Comments 
received after that date will be considered if practicable. FRA 
reserves the right to extend the existing relief subject to subsequent 
consideration of any comments submitted to the docket.
    Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications 
and comments received into any of our 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), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 
solicits comments from the public to better 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.
Carolyn Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2022-23420 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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