[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 63 (Monday, April 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 17668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06951]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2007-28454]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on February 23, 2021, Union 
Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an extension and expansion of a waiver of 
compliance 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. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2007-28454.
    UPRR's current waiver provides conditional relief from the 
requirements for performing the single car air brake test (SCABT) as 
prescribed in 49 CFR 232.305(b)(2), Single car air brake tests. The 
relief allows UPRR to replace non-FRA condemnable wheelsets on railcars 
as part of an in-train wheelset replacement program at North Platte, 
Nebraska, without the need to also perform the SCABT as required, if 
the car has not received a SCABT within the previous 12 months.
    In this petition, UPRR requests to expand the scope of conditions 
one and two of FRA's decision letter, dated September 6, 2018. In 
condition one, UPRR requests to extend the relief of in-train wheel 
replacement beyond the North Platte, Nebraska, facility to also include 
the Roseville, California, facility. In condition two, UPRR requests to 
expand the applicability of the waiver beyond empty coal cars in unit 
train service to also include covered hopper cars in unit train 
service. UPRR additionally requests that the relief be extended.
    UPRR states that the original waiver and subsequent extensions have 
had no adverse effect on safety, and that UPRR has operated under the 
guidelines set forth in the waiver.
    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 parties 
desire 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 by any of the following 
methods:
     Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received by May 20, 2021 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable.
    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), 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/privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-06951 Filed 4-2-21; 8:45 am]
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