[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 66617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25481]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2015-0062]


Florida East Coast Railway's Positive Train Control Development 
Plan

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), 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 on November 
12, 2021, Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) submitted to FRA its 
Positive Train Control Development Plan (PTCDP), Version 1.0, dated 
November 1, 2021, and that FECR's PTCDP is available for public 
comment. FECR requests that FRA approve its PTCDP, which describes the 
version of Wabtec Railway Electronics' Interoperable Electronic Train 
Management System (I-ETMS) that FECR intends to implement on at least 
one segment of its territory.

DATES: FRA will consider comments received by December 23, 2021. FRA 
may consider comments received after that date to the extent 
practicable, in accordance with the applicable FRA decision deadline 
under 49 CFR 236.1009(j)(2), and without delaying implementation of 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 is FRA-2015-
0062. 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: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, 
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 816-516-7168, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FECR submitted a PTCDP pursuant to Title 49 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 236.1009, Procedural requirements, 
and 236.1013, PTC Development Plan and Notice of Product Intent content 
requirements and Type Approval. FECR describes, in its PTCDP, the type 
of I-ETMS it intends to implement on at least one segment of its 
territory, and FECR asserts it is designed as vital overlay PTC system 
as defined in 49 CFR 236.1015(e)(2). The PTCDP describes FECR's planned 
I-ETMS implementation per 49 CFR 236.1013. During its review of the 
PTCDP, FRA will consider whether this proposed type of I-ETMS would 
satisfy the requirements for PTC systems under 49 CFR part 236, subpart 
I and whether the PTCDP has made a reasonable showing that a system 
built to the stated requirements would achieve the level of safety 
mandated for such a system under 49 CFR 236.1015, PTC Safety Plan 
content requirements and PTC System Certification. If so, in addition 
to approving FECR's PTCDP, FRA, in its discretion, may issue a Type 
Approval for this specific type of I-ETMS system. See 49 CFR 
236.1013(b)-(d).
    FECR's PTCDP is available for review online at https://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. FRA-2015-0062). Interested parties are 
invited to comment on the PTCDP by submitting written comments or data. 
During FRA's review of the PTCDP, FRA will consider any comments or 
data submitted within the timeline specified in this notice and to the 
extent practicable. See 49 CFR 236.1009(j), 236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 
236.1013(b), FRA maintains the authority to approve, approve with 
conditions, or deny railroads' PTCDPs at FRA's sole discretion.

Privacy Act Notice

    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.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-25481 Filed 11-22-21; 8:45 am]
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