Petition for Waiver of Compliance

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration [Docket Number FRA-2008-0065] In accordance with part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document dated May, 4, 2016, the Maryland Transit Administration (MARC) 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 238.309(a)(2) , 229.27(a)(2) , and 229.29(e) . FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2008-0065. MARC's purpose for the submission of this petition is to gain acceptance by FRA of the application of the following alternate standards for the CCB-KE-3.9 air brake system of the MARC HHP-8 locomotives. This alternate standard to 49 CFR 229.29(e) and 238.309(a)(2) is to allow for the level two and level three maintenance intervals to be 2,944 days (8 years). This request for the application of an alternate standard is based on the results of an age exploration study for the HHP8 air brake system as outlined in Docket Numbers FRA-2008-0065 and FRA-2001-10596. 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 U.S. Department of Transportation's Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, ( printed page 45219) Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mond…