[Federal Register: March 31, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 62)]
[Notices]               
[Page 17026-17027]
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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.

Nebraska Railroad Museum (NRRM)

(Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2004-17098)

    The Nebraska Railroad Museum (NRRM) seeks a waiver of compliance 
from certain provisions of the Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR part 
223, which requires certified glazing in all windows. The NRRM operates 
1-3 trains per week over 9.5 miles of track

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in primarily rural territory at speeds of less than twenty miles per 
hour.
    This request is for four locomotives, specifically locomotive 
numbers 2, 316, 481, and 1219. All units were built prior to 1956. At 
the present time, all locomotives are equipped with shatterproof glass. 
The railroad claims that there has never been an instance of personal 
injury to any of its railroad employees due to glazing or vandalism.
    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 (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number 2004-
17098) 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 March 25, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 04-7117 Filed 3-30-04; 8:45 am]

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