[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76069-76070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30533]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Docket Number FRA-2010-0154
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System
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 as detailed below.
Applicant: Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company: Mr. John B.
Mitchell, Deputy Chief of Engineering Operations, Massachusetts Bay
Commuter Railroad Company, 32 Cobble Hill Road--Suite 3, Somerville, MA
02143-4431.
The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR) seeks
approval of the proposed modification of the signal system on the
Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line from milepost (MP) 1.4 Swift Interlocking,
in Sommerville, Massachusetts, to but not including MP 25.6 CP--Martin
St., in Acton, MA. By contract with the owner, the Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA), and in conjunction with the Small
Starts American Recovery and Rehabilitation Act (ARRA), MBCR will be
installing electronic track circuits on both tracks 1 and 2 to
facilitate a bi-directional operation. New interlockings will be
installed at MP 6, Horgan; MP 9, Beaver Brook; MP 10, Moody; MP 18,
Hills; and MP 25, Maynard Junction. All interlockings will be equipped
with colorlight LED type signal heads and electric switch machines.
The interlockings at West Cambridge, Hill Crossing, and Clematis
Brook will be retired and South Acton will become Maynard Junction. The
mechanical bed-locking interlocking machine at Waltham Tower will be
retired. Twenty-six existing automatic searchlight style signals will
be retired, with twenty new automatic signals installed. The proposed
modifications will retire a signal system comprised of dc neutral,
mechanical, and searchlight type relays, and traffic control circuitry
that operates via line wire and cable. Control of the territory will be
transferred into the Commuter Rail Operations Control Center in
Somerville, MA. This project is part of several projects designed to
decrease passenger train trip time between Fitchburg, and Boston, MA.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (Docket No. FRA-2010-0154) and may be
submitted by any of the following methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by 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://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and 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, and labor union,
etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register
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published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78).
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-30533 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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