
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28283-28284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11432]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0031]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by an undated 
document, which was received by the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) on March 26, 2013, the North Shore Railroad Company (NSHR) has 
petitioned FRA for 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-2013-0031.
    Specifically, NSHR seeks exemption from the requirements for 
stenciling of restricted cars described in 49 CFR 215.203(a) that are 
set forth in 49 CFR 215.303 for its caboose, Car Number NSHR 61312 
(NSHR 61312).
    NSHR states that stenciling the caboose to meet the requirements of 
Part 215 would detract from the historical and educational impression 
that this car is intended to preserve. NSHR further states that NSHR 
61312 was built in 1952 and has Type 1 FRA glazing at all window 
locations with a sound car body, including ABDX service and ABDX 
emergency airbrakes. NSHR 61312 also has 5\1/2\ x 10 roller bearings 
with 33-inch wheels.
    NSHR plans to operate NSHR 61312 in excursion, VIP, and shipper 
service on approximately 170 miles of track that is owned by the 
Susquehanna Economic Development Authority-Council of Governments' 
(SEDA-COG) Joint Rail Authority. Rail lines of the SEDA-COG Joint Rail 
Authority over which NSHR 61312 will operate include the Nittany & Bald 
Eagle Railroad (72 miles), the Lycoming Valley Railroad (34 miles), the 
North Shore Railroad (38 miles), and the Shamokin Valley Railroad (25 
miles). NSHR will also operate NSHR 61312 in excursion, VIP, and 
shipper service on approximately 15 miles of track on the Union County 
Industrial Railroad. The West Shore Railroad Corporation owns 
approximately 5 miles on the Milton Branch and the Lewisburg & Buffalo 
Creek Railroad owns approximately 10 miles on the Winfield Branch.
    NSHR 61312 will be operated at a maximum timetable track speed 
authorized by all of the railroads listed above, not to exceed 50 mph.
    As information, NSHR also requests a Special Approval to continue 
NSHR 61312 in service in accordance with 49 CFR 205.203(c).
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation'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.
    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

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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 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 by June 28, 2013 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered as far as practicable.
    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 document, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-11432 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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