Action
Extension of comment period.
Summary
By notice of a proposed policy statement published on May 25, 1999 (64 FR 28238), FRA and FTA proposed how they intend to coordinate use their respective safety authorities to address safety issues related to light rail transit operations that take place, or are planned to take place, on the general railroad system of transportation. The proposal also summarized how the process of obtaining waivers of FRA's safety regulations may work, particularly where the light rail and conventional rail operations occur at different times of day. In that notice, FRA established a deadline for the submission of written comments of July 30, 1999. Due to the need to ensure that all interested parties have sufficient amount of time to fully develop their comments, and because FRA has not yet seperately issued a proposed statement of agency policy concerning its safety jurisdiction over railroad passenger operations, this document announces an extension of the deadline for the submission of written comments.