[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1476-1477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00345]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2011-0009]


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 November 7 and 8, 2021, the 
Nevada Northern Railway Museum (NNR) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) for an extension of a waiver of compliance from 
certain

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provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 
CFR parts 215 (Railroad Freight Car Safety Standards) and 224 
(Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock). The relevant FRA 
Docket Number is FRA-2011-0009.
    Specifically, NNR requested to extend its special approval pursuant 
to 49 CFR 215.203, Restricted cars, for a total of 13 cars, including 2 
cabooses (NN 22 and NN 3), 2 flat cars (NN 23 and NN 100), 5 hopper 
cars (WSOR 102, WSOR 128, WSOR 134, WSOR 158, and WSOR 159), and 4 
boxcars (NN 1021, NN 1023, NN 1024, and NN1025) that are more than 50 
years from the date of original construction.\1\ NNR also requests to 
extend its existing relief from 49 CFR 215.303, Stenciling of 
restricted cars, and 224.101, General requirements. NNR seeks to 
continue use of the cars in mobile storage, occasional tourist 
photographic events, and tourist excursion operations. In support of 
its request, NNR states that the relief would enable the cars to 
maintain historic integrity and that the cars would remain on NNR's 
track, not connected to the general railroad system.
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    \1\ Along with its request to renew the relief in this docket, 
NNR submitted a request to extend the relief in Docket Number FRA-
2016-0110 and combine that relief into the FRA-2011-0009 docket.
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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 received by February 25, 2022 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), 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.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-00345 Filed 1-10-22; 8:45 am]
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