
[Federal Register: June 19, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 119)]
[Notices]               
[Page 34980-34981]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

 
Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain 
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is 
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory 
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the 
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

National Railroad Passenger Corporation

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2008-0065]

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) seeks a waiver 
of compliance from the Passenger Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR 
Part 238.309, and the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR Parts 229.27 
and 229.29, as they pertain to the requirements to clean, repair and 
test airbrake equipment associated with twenty-one HHP-8 electric 
locomotives equipped with Computer Controlled Brake (CCB-KE-3.9) 
manufactured by Knorr Brake Corporation.
    The twenty-one locomotives are operated over Amtrak's North East 
Corridor and maintained by Amtrak, fifteen of these locomotives are 
owned by Amtrak, and five are owned by the Maryland Transit 
Administration (MTA). Amtrak requests allowing the brake system 
periodic maintenance to go beyond the 5-year period (1,840 days) 
previously granted by waiver for Amtrak (FRA-2001-10596) and for MTA 
(FRA-2007-28611). Amtrak feels that because the KE-3.9 brake system 
employs real time self monitoring of the locomotive brake performance, 
age exploration for periodic brake valve maintenance is appropriate.
    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, 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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number 2008-
0065) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice 
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments 
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. All 
written communications concerning these proceedings are available for 
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above 
facility. All documents in the public docket are also available for 
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web 
site at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to 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 comment, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78).


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    Issued in Washington, DC on June 16, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E8-13882 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]

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