[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 128 (Thursday, July 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 36178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14538]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2016-0086]


Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this 
document provides the public notice that on June 11, 2021, Kansas City 
Southern Railway Company (KCS) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) to join an existing waiver of compliance from 
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained 
at 49 CFR parts 232 (Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and 
Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-Of-Train Devices), and 
229 (Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards). The relevant FRA Docket 
Number is FRA-2016-0086.
    Specifically, KCS requests to join a waiver previously granted to 
CSX Transportation (CSX) and BNSF Railway (BNSF), and be granted relief 
from 49 CFR 232.205(c)(1)(iii), Class I brake test-initial terminal 
inspection, and 229.29(b), Air brake system calibration, maintenance, 
and testing, related to air flow method (AFM) indicator calibration 
intervals. The relief granted to CSX and BNSF allows the railroads to 
test extending the AFM test intervals from 92 days to 184 days on 
locomotives equipped with the New York Air Brake (NYAB) CCB-II air 
brake systems. KCS seeks to form a test waiver team operating under the 
current test committee overseeing the relief in FRA-2016-0086 to test 
376 NYAB CCBII-equipped locomotives owned by KCS. KCS states that it 
has been an active member of the Association of American Railroads 
Locomotive Committee and is familiar with the work performed by the 
FRA-2016-0086 test committee.
    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 by any of the following 
methods:
     Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
    Communications received by August 23, 2021 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), 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. 2021-14538 Filed 7-7-21; 8:45 am]
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