
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69271-69272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28363]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2015-0114]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 of Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a 
document dated September 29, 2015, the Graham-White Company (Graham-
White) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a 
waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad 
safety regulations contained at 49 CFR 231.27. FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2015-0114.
    Graham-White manufactures electric locomotive parking brakes. The 
Graham White design provides transmission of torque from the hand wheel 
into the input shaft of the brake through a key that engages the hand 
wheel hub and the input shaft. Title 49 CFR 231.27(a)(2) requires the 
hand brake wheel be affixed to the input shaft using a square taper fit 
not less than seven-eighths of an inch square. A Graham-White technical 
analysis report demonstrates that the company's design provides the 
same degree of safety or a greater degree of safety than that specified 
in 49 CFR 231.27. Graham-White is requesting relief from the hand brake 
shaft square taper fit regulation, as stipulated in 49 CFR 231 Plate A, 
to allow the key and shaft design currently in service on Graham-White 
electric parking hand brakes.
    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 (DOT) 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 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, 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 December 24, 2015 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.). 
In accordance with 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 www.dot.gov/privacy. See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-28363 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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