FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: NOTICE OF PETITION FOR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL APPROVAL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Federal Railroad Administration has issued a notice called: Notice of Petition for Extension of Special Approval.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 20 by John Karl Alexy, Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.

Summary: This document provides the public notice that the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration MARC Train Service (MACZ), petitioned FRA to extend a special approval of an alternate standard for periodic brake equipment maintenance.

For more information, contact Steven Zuiderveen, Railroad Safety Specialist, FRA Motive Power & Equipment Division, telephone: [phone], email: [e-mail].

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