[Federal Register: November 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 214)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. FRA-2006-25980]
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.
Applicant: Springfield Terminal Railway Company, Mr. T. Kunzler,
Chief Engineer, C&S, Iron Horse Park, North Billerica, Massachusetts
01862-1688.
The Springfield Terminal Railway Company seeks approval of the
proposed modification of the traffic control system on the Boston and
Maine Corporation's single main track ``Freight Main Line,'' consisting
of the relocation of the back-to-back intermediate signal Nos. 1628 and
1629, located near milepost K-443, to a new location approximately
3,700 feet westward, near milepost K-444, in Hoosick, New York.
The reason given for the proposed change is to eliminate the need
for multiple tunable couplers that could adversely affect AHCP
reliability.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds
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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 communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the appropriate docket number (Docket No.
FRA-2006-25980) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
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 evidence that the party is unable to adequately present
his or her position in writing, an application may be set for a public
hearing.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 1, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-18618 Filed 11-3-06; 8:45 am]
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