[Federal Register: May 23, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 98)]
[Notices]
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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 Number FRA-2005-20898
Applicant: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. N. Michael Choat,
Chief Engineer, Communications and Signal, 4901 Belfort Road, Suite
130, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
CSX Transportation (CSXT) seeks approval to extend the temporary
discontinuance of the automatic block signal (ABS) system, near Winter
Park, Florida, between milepost MPA 784.7 and milepost MPA 791.7, on
the Jacksonville Division, Sanford Subdivision, for a period not to
exceed one year. The request is associated with the August 13 and
September 5, 2004 catastrophic events, in which CSXT experienced severe
weather events, Hurricane Charlie and Hurricane Frances, which
devastated most of the existing pole line in the area. The extensive
pole line damage resulted in the suspension of the ABS system, as
authorized by Title 49 CFR, Sec. 235.7(a)(4), and the implementation
of Track Warrant Control/Direct Traffic Control Rules, under the
direction of the train dispatcher, to govern train movements.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that all grade
crossing warning devices are now operational on
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the No. 2 main track, and electronic track circuits have been
installed, placing the ABS signals back in service under Current of
Traffic rules. The No. 1 main track is currently out of service, and
the track inaccessible to rail traffic. Currently, work is in progress
to return the damaged portion of the No.1 main track to service, but an
extension for the temporary discontinuance is needed for completion of
the scope of work within the submitted time line.
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 May 17, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-10282 Filed 5-20-05; 8:45 am]
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