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hearing. If any interested party desires an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, 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 at http
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by November 8, 2021 will be considered by FRA before final action is taken.
Comments received after that date will be considered if practicable. Anyone can 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.. Under 5
U.S.C. 553c, the U.S. Department of Transportation DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice DOT/ALL
14 FDMS, which can be reviewed at https www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See also https www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy, Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration Docket Numbers FRA20100028, 0029, 0039, 0042, 0043, 0045, 0048, 0051, 0054, 0056, 0057, 0058, 0059, 0060, 0061, 0062, 0064, 0065, and 0070

Railroads Requests To Amend Their Positive Train Control Safety Plans and Positive Train Control Systems Federal Railroad Administration FRA, Department of Transportation DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
AGENCY:

This document provides the public with notice that nineteen host railroads recently submitted requests for amendments RFA to their FRAapproved Positive Train Control Safety Plans PTCSP. As these RFAs may
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involve requests for FRAs approval of proposed material modifications to FRA-certified positive train control PTC systems, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on railroads RFAs to their PTCSPs.
DATES: FRA will consider comments received by October 14, 2021. FRA may consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable and without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary modifications to PTC systems.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments may be submitted by going to https
www.regulations.gov and following the online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the applicable docket number. The relevant PTC docket numbers for the host railroads that filed RFAs to their PTCSPs are cited above and in the Supplementary Information section of this notice. For convenience, all active PTC dockets are hyperlinked on FRAs website at https railroads.dot.gov/
train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-andquarterly-reports. All comments received will be posted without change to https www.regulations.gov; this includes any personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone: 8165167168, email:
Gabe.Neal@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, Title 49 United States Code U.S.C.
Section 20157h requires FRA to certify that a host railroads PTC system complies with 49 CFR part 236, subpart I, before the technology may be operated in revenue service. Before making certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC
system or the associated FRA-approved PTCSP, a host railroad must submit, and obtain FRAs approval of, an RFA to its PTCSP under Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations CFR Section 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021e, FRAs regulations provide that FRA will publish a notice in the Federal Register and invite public comment in accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an RFA includes a request for approval of a material modification of a signal and train control system. Accordingly, this notice informs the public that host railroads recent RFAs to their PTCSPs are available in their respective public PTC dockets, and this notice provides an opportunity for public comment on these RFAs.
On September 10, 2021, the following 19 host railroads jointly submitted an
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RFA to their respective PTCSPs for their Interoperable Electronic Train Management Systems IETMS: Alaska Railroad Corporation ARR, The Belt Railway Company of Chicago BRC, BNSF Railway BNSF, Caltrain PCMZ, Canadian National Railway CN, Canadian Pacific Railway CP, Consolidated Rail Corporation CRSH, CSX Transportation, Inc. CSX, Kansas City Terminal Railway KCT, Kansas City Southern Railway KCS, National Passenger Railroad Corporation Amtrak, New Mexico Rail Runner Express NMRX, Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation Metra, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District NICD, Norfolk Southern Railway NS, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority SFRV, Southern California Regional Rail Authority Metrolink, Terminal Railroad Association of St.
Louis, and Union Pacific Railroad UP.
Their joint RFA is available in Docket Numbers FRA20100028, 0029, 0039, 0042, 0043, 0045, 0048, 0051, 0054, 0056, 0057, 0058, 0059, 0060, 0061, 0062, 0064, 0065, and 0070.
Interested parties are invited to comment on any RFAs to railroads PTCSPs by submitting written comments or data. During FRAs review of railroads RFAs, FRA will consider any comments or data submitted within the timeline specified in this notice and to the extent practicable, without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary modifications to PTC systems.
See 49 CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011e. Under 49 CFR 236.1021, FRA maintains the authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny railroads RFAs to their PTCSPs at FRAs sole discretion.
Privacy Act Notice In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the public to better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to https
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice DOT/ALL
14 FDMS, which can be reviewed at https www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See https www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate comment tracking, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely optional. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or confidential information, please contact FRA for alternate submission instructions.

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