[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43050-43051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16251]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the
Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad
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has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking
approval for the discontinuance or modification of the signal system or
relief from the requirements of 49 CFR Part 236 as detailed below.
Docket No. FRA-2004-17990
Applicant
Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. Brian L. Sykes, Chief Engineer, C&S
Engineering, 99 Spring Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Norfolk Southern Corporation seeks approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the automatic permissive block (APB)
signal system, on all main, siding, and auxiliary tracks, between
Tuxedo, North Carolina, milepost W-26.0 and Landrum, South Carolina,
milepost W-45.0, on the Piedmont Division, Asheville to Charleston
District. The proposed changes include conversion of the method of
operation to track warrant control.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the 19-mile
segment between Tuxedo and Landrum is inaccessible and no longer needed
for present day operation. No trains or engines have used this section
of track since March 27, 2003, and Docket Number FRA-2003-16441 granted
approval for the discontinuance and removal of the APB signal system at
both ends of this line segment March 18, 2004.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the
protest is made, and include a concise statement of the interest of the
party in the proceeding. Additionally, one copy of the protest shall be
furnished to the applicant at the address listed above.
All communications concerning this proceeding should be identified
by the docket number and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Communications received within
45 days of the date of this notice will be considered by the FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable. All written communications concerning
these proceedings are available for examination during regular business
hours (9 a.m.--5 p.m.) at the above facility.
All documents in the public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web
site at http://dms.dot.gov.
FRA wishes to inform all potential commenters that anyone is able
to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
FRA expects to be able to determine these matters without an oral
hearing. However, if a specific request for an oral hearing is
accompanied by a showing that the party is unable to adequately present
his or her position by written statements, an application may be set
for public hearing.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-16251 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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