[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 108 (Thursday, June 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34487-34488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12014]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2010-0025]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on May 12, 2020, Copper Basin 
Railway (CBR) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to 
extend its special approval and request a waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR part 215, Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards. FRA assigned 
the petition Docket Number FRA-2010-0025.
    Specifically, CBR seeks to renew its special approval pursuant to 
49 CFR 215.203, Restricted cars, to continue in service 10 open-top 
hopper cars built in 1958. CBR also seeks relief (not previously 
granted for these 10 cars) from Sec.  215.303, Stenciling of restricted 
cars.
    CBR states that these cars are captive ore cars used to haul ore 
from the mine at Ray Mine yard, in Ray, Arizona, to the Hayden smelter 
yard in Hayden, Arizona, in a local unit train with like-kind ore cars, 
never used with hazardous materials or other cars. These cars will not 
be interchanged with other railroads, and they have been in continuous 
duty and inspection cycles since their date of manufacture.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the

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petition, is available for review online at www.regulations.gov and in 
person at the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Docket 
Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    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, 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 July 20, 2020 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. 2020-12014 Filed 6-3-20; 8:45 am]
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