[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 104 (Friday, May 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30743-30744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12132]
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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-2004-17687
Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Phil Abaray, Chief
Engineer--Signals, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 68179-
1000.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeks approval of the
proposed modification of the traffic control system on the two main
tracks, between milepost 288.4 and milepost 288.9, near Bald Knob,
Arkansas, on the Hoxie Subdivision, North Little Rock Area. The
proposed changes consist of the removal of three intermediate leaving
signals, northbound signal No. 2884 at milepost 288.4, and southbound
signals No. 288R and No. 288L at milepost 288.7.
The reasons given for the proposed changes are that the signals are
very close to controlled signals and confusing to new engineers running
trains through the area, and the signals are no longer needed for train
operations.
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
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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 19, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-12132 Filed 5-27-04; 8:45 am]
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