[Federal Register: August 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 151)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.
Maryland Department of Transportation Waiver Petition Docket Number
FRA-2003-15193
Maryland Department of Transportation (MARC) seeks a temporary
waiver of compliance with the Passenger Equipment Safety Standards, 49
CFR part 238 section 103 as it pertains to fire Safety Analysis;
Section 303 and 305 as they pertain to exterior and interior calendar
day inspection; Section 307 as it pertains to periodic inspection; and
Section 311 as it pertains to periodic brake equipment single car test,
for nine retired passenger coaches built by the Budd Company in 1949.
If the waiver is granted, MARC will perform required inspections with
the exception of the fire Safety Analysis to the nine cars and store
the equipment
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in serviceable condition at its Brunswick, MD, facility for utilization
in the event of a Public Emergency. During the day the passenger cars
utilized to operate MARC's Brunswick line stored at Union Station,
Washington, DC, in the event of a Public Emergency that closed or
blocked access to Union Station, MARC could use any locomotive
available to haul these cars. The plan would be to operate the cars
between the extreme ends of the Washington, DC, Metro system and MARC's
Martinsburg, WV, and Frederick, MD, stations.
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 (FRA-2003-15193) and must be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza
Level), 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. Communications
received within 45 days of the date of this notice will be considered
by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date
will be considered as far as practicable. All written communications
concerning these proceedings are available for examination during
regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. All
documents in the public docket are also available for inspection and
copying on the Internet at the docket facility's web site at http://dms.dot.gov
.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78). The Statement
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2003.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 03-20021 Filed 8-5-03; 8:45 am]
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