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type used before 49 CFR 223.11 was in standards. The individual petition is hearing. If any interested party desires effect. described below, including the party an opportunity for oral comment, they Interested parties are invited to seeking relief, the regulatory provisions should notify FRA, in writing, before participate in these proceedings by involved, the nature of the relief being the end of the comment period and submitting written views, data, or requested, and the petitioner’s specify the basis for their request. comments. FRA does not anticipate arguments in favour of relief. All communications concerning these scheduling a public hearing in proceedings should identify the Illinois Railway Museum connection with these proceedings since appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver the facts do not appear to warrant a [Docket Number FRA–2005–21271] Petition Docket Number FRA–2005– hearing. If any interested party desires The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM), a 21271) and must be submitted in an opportunity for oral comment, they standard gage railroad and electric triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT should notify FRA, in writing, before traction museum, seeks a waiver of Central Docket Management Facility, the end of the comment period and compliance from the requirements of Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590– specify the basis for their request. title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 0001. Communications received within All communications concerning these (CFR) 230.17 One thousand four 45 days of the date of this notice will proceedings should identify the hundred seventy-two (1472) service day be considered by FRA before final appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver inspection for their locomotive number action is taken. Comments received after Petition Docket Number 2005–21181) (IRM) 428. Locomotive number 428, is that date will be considered as far as and must be submitted to the Docket a former Union Pacific steam practicable. All written communications Clerk, DOT Docket Management locomotive, built by the Baldwin concerning these proceedings are Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), Locomotive Works in 1901 (Boiler available for examination during regular 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC Number 18303) with a wheel business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at DOT 20590. Communications received within arrangement of 2–8–0. Central Docket Management Facility, 45 days of the date of this notice will The IRM is not engaged in general Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 400 be considered by FRA before final railroad transportation, and provides Seventh Street, SW., Washington. All action is taken. Comments received after only railroad/electric railway tourist documents in the public docket are also that date will be considered as far as excursions on a limited schedule. The available for inspection and copying on practicable. All written communications IRM currently consists of approximately the Internet at the docket facility’s Web concerning these proceedings are 26 acres of display area, with 1.5 miles site at http://dms.dot.gov. available for examination during regular of track under cover for display Anyone is able to search the business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the purposes. In addition, they operate a electronic form of all comments above facility. All documents in the segment of track on the former Elgin & received into any of our dockets by the public docket are also available for Belvidere electric railway right-of-way, name of the individual submitting the inspection and copying on the Internet between Kishwaukee Grove and East comment (or signing the comment, if at the docket facility’s Web site at Union, Illinois, in McHenry County. submitted on behalf of an association, http://dms.dot.gov. This waiver specifically requests business, labor union, etc.). You may Anyone is able to search the relief from the requirements of 49 CFR review DOT’s complete Privacy Act electronic form of all comments 230.17(a) General that states: ‘‘In the Statement in the Federal Register received into any of our dockets by the case of a new locomotive or a published on April 11, 2000 (Volume name of the individual submitting the locomotive being brought out of 65, Number 70; Pages 19377–78). The comment (or signing the comment, if retirement, the initial 15 year period statement may also be found at http:// submitted on behalf of an association, shall begin on the day that the dms.dot.gov. locomotive is placed in service or 365 business, labor union, etc.). You may Issued in Washington, DC, on July 13, review DOT’s complete Privacy Act days after the first flue tube is installed in the locomotive, which ever comes 2005. Statement in the Federal Register Grady C. Cothen, Jr., published on April 11, 2000 (Volume first.’’ The IRM initiated restoration of the number 428 in January 1984, Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). The Standards and Program Development. Statement may also be found at http:// underwent a successful interior boiler [FR Doc. 05–14345 Filed 7–20–05; 8:45 am] dms.dot.gov. inspection by FRA in October 1999, and passed a hydrostatic test in early 2000. BILLING CODE 4910–06–P Issued in Washington, DC on July 13, 2005. The locomotive has been stored dry, and Grady C. Cothen, Jr., indoors since the initiation of the Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety restoration project. Relief is sought by DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Standards and Program Development. IRM to begin the 1,472 service days, and Federal Railroad Administration [FR Doc. 05–14343 Filed 7–20–05; 8:45 am] the corresponding 15 year period on the BILLING CODE 4910–06–P day of the first steam test, not the day Petition for Waiver of Compliance the first tube was installed, as they installed the tubes in October 1999, and In accordance with part 211 of title 49 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FRA published the revised 49 CFR part Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 230 Inspection and Maintenance notice is hereby given that the Federal Federal Railroad Administration Standards for Steam Locomotives on Railroad Administration (FRA) received Petition for Waiver of Compliance November 17, 1999. a request for a waiver of compliance Interested parties are invited to with certain requirements of its safety In accordance with part 211 of title 49 participate in these proceedings by standards. The individual petition is Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), submitting written views, data, or described below, including the party notice is hereby given that the Federal comments. FRA does not anticipate seeking relief, the regulatory provisions Railroad Administration (FRA) received scheduling a public hearing in involved, the nature of the relief being a request for a waiver of compliance connection with these proceedings since requested, and the petitioner’s with certain requirements of its safety the facts do not appear to warrant a arguments in favour of relief.

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Maine Narrow Gage Railroad & triplicate to the Docket Clerk, DOT extension was granted by the FRA Museum Central Docket Management Facility, Railroad Safety Board on May 2, 2005), [Docket Number FRA–2005–21014] Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590– NJ Transit seeks a permanent waiver of 0001. Communications received within compliance from additional sections of The Maine Narrow Gage Railroad & 45 days of the date of this notice will Title 49 of the CFR for continued safe Museum (MNGR), a 2-foot gage museum be considered by FRA before final operation of its Southern New Jersey railroad, seeks a waiver of compliance action is taken. Comments received after Light Rail Transit (SNJLRT) River Line. from the requirements of Title 49 Code that date will be considered as far as NJ Transit submits that this request is of Federal Regulations (CFR) 230.51 consistent with the waiver process for Water glasses and gage cocks, number practicable. All written communications Shared Use. See Statement of Agency and location. The MNGR is not engaged concerning these proceedings are available for examination during regular Policy Concerning Jurisdiction Over the in general railroad transportation, and Safety of Railroad Passenger Operations provides only railroad tourist business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at DOT Central Docket Management Facility, and Waivers Related to Shared Use of excursions on a limited schedule. The the Tracks of the General Railroad MNGR currently consists of Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington. All System by Light Rail and Conventional approximately two miles of track, all Equipment, 65 FR 42529 (July 10, 2000); located within the waterfront district of documents in the public docket are also available for inspection and copying on see also Joint Statement of Agency Portland, Maine, and adjacent to a park. Policy Concerning Shared Use of the This waiver would be for MNGR the Internet at the docket facility’s Web Tracks of the General Railroad System locomotives numbers 3 and 4, and site at http://dms.dot.gov. Anyone is able to search the by Conventional Railroads and Light specifically requests that the minimum Rail Transit Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July reading for the water glasses on these electronic form of all comments 1 received into any of our dockets by the 10, 2000). two locomotives be retained at 1 ⁄2 The River Line is a temporally inches above the highest part of the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if separated light rail system, sharing track crown sheet as originally designed, with Conrail, operating through 19 constructed, and operated since 1912. submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may communities, often as close as 100 feet The current requirement, as specified by from residences, schools, hospitals, and title 49 CFR 230.51, requires a minimum review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register businesses. NJ Transit estimates that at water reading be visible at 3 inches moderate levels of service, the River above the highest part of the crown published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19377–78). The Line generates over 5400 audible sheet. If locomotives numbers 3 and 4 warnings per day over its 54 highway- are brought into compliance with the statement may also be found at http:// dms.dot.gov. rail grade crossings and street regulatory requirement, raising the intersections on the shared trackage of water glasses would result in the top or Issued in Washington, DC on July 13, 2005. the Bordentown Secondary from full reading being equal height with the Grady C. Cothen, Jr., milepost 3.4 to milepost 33.1. NJ Transit top of the boiler. Thus, when the water Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety proposes that the quality of life of the glass indicates full, there is very little Standards and Program Development. residents of these communities is remaining volume for steam to [FR Doc. 05–14344 Filed 7–20–05; 8:45 am] significantly impacted by frequent accumulate, and water may carry over BILLING CODE 4910–06–P intrusion of horns and bells, resulting in into the dry pipe, an unsafe condition. numerous complaints from residents In addition, the boilers on these two and elected officials. In order to mitigate locomotives are 371⁄8 inches in DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION these concerns, NJ Transit adopted the diameter, which is significantly smaller use of the 86dB(A) setting of the two- Federal Railroad Administration than that found on standard gage level horn on the SNJLRT vehicle as the locomotives. The petitioner believes Petition for Waiver of Compliance standard highway-rail grade crossing that due to the difference in boiler audible warning device and developed diameters, an equivalent level of safety In accordance with part 211 of title 49 specific light rail operating rules exists with their water glass at 11⁄2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), regarding audible warnings at grade inches above the highest part of the notice is hereby given that the Federal crossings on the River Line. crown sheet when compared to a Railroad Administration (FRA) received On April 27, 2005, the FRA issued the standard gage locomotive set at 3 a request for a waiver of compliance Final Rule on Use of Locomotive Horns inches. with certain requirements of its safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, 69 FR Interested parties are invited to standards. The individual petition is 21844 (2005), with an effective date on participate in these proceedings by described below, including the party June 24, 2005. Although NJ Transit submitting written views, data, or seeking relief, the regulatory provisions states that its audible warning operating comments. FRA does not anticipate involved, the nature of the relief being practices on the River Line are generally scheduling a public hearing in requested, and the petitioner’s in compliance with the rules contained connection with these proceedings since arguments in favor of relief. in 49 CFR parts 222 and 229 Use of the facts do not appear to warrant a Locomotive Horns at Highway Rail hearing. If any interested party desires New Jersey Transit Corporation Grade Crossings; Final Rule, it seeks an opportunity for oral comment, they (Supplement to Waiver Petition Docket waivers from parts of this rule because should notify FRA, in writing, before Number FRA–1999–6135) of variances in the following areas: The the end of the comment period and As a supplement to New Jersey River Line light rail vehicle audible specify the basis for their request. Transit Corporation’s (NJ Transit) warning decibel level, the use of the All communications concerning these Petition for Approval of Shared Use and River Line vehicle bell in Burlington proceedings should identify the Waiver of Certain FRA Regulations (the City, NJ, operating practices for near- appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver original shared use waiver was granted side station stops in close proximity to Petition Docket Number FRA–2005– by the FRA Railroad Safety Board on fully activated and deployed grade 21014) and must be submitted in December 3, 1999 and a five year crossing warning devices, one highway-

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