Rule/Notice/NOFO: Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Federal Register/Notice: govinfo.gov
Description: By letter dated January 24, 2025, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) revised its request for relief to permit the replacement of wheelsets on rail cars as part of CPKC’s In-train Wheelset Replacement Program. Specifically, CPKC amended its previously filed request for relief from the requirements of 49 CFR 232.305(b)(2), Single car air brake tests, to “permit the replacement of wheel-sets on rail cars as part of CPKC’s In-train Wheelset Replacement Program . . . without the need to also perform the [single car air brake test (SCABT)]” as required. CPKC’s initial request dated June 26, 2024, explained the program would be used only at CPKC’s International Freight Gateway intermodal facility in Kansas City, Missouri. In its January 24, 2025, submission, CPKC states that it also seeks implement this program in its Laredo Yard in Laredo, Texas. In its January 24, 2025, petition, CPKC again explained that the program “proactively address[es] wheel defects before they create potential risks to safe railroad operations” by identifying and changing the wheels while a crew remains on the lead locomotive. CPKC also indicated that it consulted with the Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division, Transportation Communications Union, which supports the program and request. A copy of the revised petition, as well as any written communications concerning the petition, is available for review online at www.regulations.gov.FRA must receive comments on the petition by March 24, 2025. FRA will consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable.
APTA Staff Advisor: Taria Barron, tbarron@apta.com
