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 [Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2008-0065] 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. National Railroad Passenger Corporation The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) seeks a waiver of compliance from the Passenger Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 238.309 , and the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR Parts 229.27 and 229.29 , as they pertain to the requirements to clean, repair and test airbrake equipment associated with twenty-one HHP-8 electric locomotives equipped with Computer Controlled Brake (CCB-KE-3.9) manufactured by Knorr Brake Corporation. The twenty-one locomotives are operated over Amtrak's North East Corridor and maintained by Amtrak, fifteen of these locomotives are owned by Amtrak, and five are owned by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA). Amtrak requests allowing the brake system periodic maintenance to go beyond the 5-year period (1,840 days) previously granted by waiver for Amtrak (FRA-2001-10596) and for MTA (FRA-2007-28611). Amtrak feels that because the KE-3.9 brake …