[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60964-60965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23997]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2010-0049]


North County Transit District's Request for Positive Train 
Control Safety Plan Approval and System Certification

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that the North 
County Transit District (SDNX) submitted its Positive Train Control 
Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 3.0, dated September 30, 2021, to FRA's 
Secure Information Repository. SDNX asks FRA to approve its amendment 
to its PTCSP and issue a Positive Train Control System Certification as 
a Mixed System for SDNX's Interoperable Electronic Train Management 
System (I-ETMS).

DATES: FRA will consider comments received by January 3, 2022 before 
taking final action on the PTCSP. FRA may consider comments received 
after that date to the extent practicable and without delaying 
implementation of valuable or necessary modifications to a PTC system.

ADDRESSES: 
    Comments: Comments 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 the 
applicable docket number. The relevant PTC docket number for this host 
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2010-0049. For convenience, all active PTC 
dockets are hyperlinked on FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports. All comments 
received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov; 
this includes any personal information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, 
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its PTCSP, SDNX asserts that the I-ETMS 
it is implementing is designed as a mixed PTC system as defined in 
Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 236.1015(e). The PTCSP 
describes SDNX's I-ETMS implementation and the associated I-ETMS safety 
processes, safety analyses, and test, validation, and verification 
processes used during the development of I-ETMS. The PTCSP also 
contains SDNX's operational and support requirements and procedures.
    SDNX's PTCSP and the accompanying request for approval and system 
certification are available for review online at www.regulations.gov 
(Docket Number FRA-2010-0049) and in person at DOT's Docket Operations 
Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 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.

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    Interested parties are invited to comment on the PTCSP by 
submitting written comments or data. During its review of the PTCSP, 
FRA will consider any comments or data submitted. See 49 CFR 
236.1011(e). However, FRA may elect not to respond to any particular 
comment and, under 49 CFR 236.1009(d)(3), FRA maintains the authority 
to approve or disapprove the PTCSP at its sole discretion. FRA does not 
anticipate scheduling a public hearing regarding SDNX's PTCSP because 
the circumstances do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested 
party desires an opportunity for oral comment, the party should notify 
FRA in writing before the end of the comment period and specify the 
basis for their request.

Privacy Act Notice

    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.). In 
accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the public to 
better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments, without edit, 
including any personal information the commenter provides, to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate comment tracking, we encourage 
commenters to provide their name, or the name of their organization; 
however, submission of names is completely optional. If you wish to 
provide comments containing proprietary or confidential information, 
please contact FRA for alternate submission instructions.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2021-23997 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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