Petition for Waiver of Compliance

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0077]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document dated July 16, 2013, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) 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 215.127(c)(1). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0077.

AAR has requested a waiver from the provisions of 49 CFR 215.127 that state that a railroad may not place or continue in service a car if an end of car cushioning unit is leaking clearly formed droplets. In its petition for relief, AAR has submitted a technical report that indicates that a unit condition indicator (UCI) may be a better way to determine the actual performance of a unit rather than clearly formed droplets. AAR requests a 3-year test period during which it may be shown that end of car cushioning units that are leaking droplets should be permitted to continue in service if cushion UCIs indicate that the unit is not defective.

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 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.

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:

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Web site: http://www.regulations.gov/.

Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

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Fax:

202-493-2251.

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Mail:

Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.

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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 October 15, 2013, 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.). See

http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the

Federal Register

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).

Robert C. Lauby,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations.

[FR Doc. 2013-18827 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]

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