[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 43051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16253]
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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 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-2004-17995
Applicants
Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company, Mr. W.F. Drusch, President and
CEO, 2925-12th Street East, Glencoe, Minnesota 55336.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Mr. Curtis J. Froscheiser,
Superintendent Operations, Twin Cities Division, P.O. Box 1177,
Willmar, Minnesota 56201.
The Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company (TCWR) and Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) jointly seek approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the automatic interlocking at Appleton,
Minnesota, where the single main track of the TCWR at milepost 578.2,
crosses at grade the single main track of the BNSF, Twin Cities
Division, Watertown Subdivision, at milepost 21.8. The proposed changes
include removal of the interlocked signals and installation of a
manually-operated, swing gate, normally lined for BNSF movements.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that reduced traffic
patterns do not justify the high cost to maintain the aging signal
system.
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. 04-16253 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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