[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12625]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2014-0045]
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System
In accordance with Part 235 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice
that by a document dated April 29, 2014, the Wisconsin Central Limited
(WC) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking
approval for the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0045.
Applicant: Wisconsin Central Limited, Mr. Thomas L. Brasseur,
Manager S&C, Engineering Department, Southern Region, 1625 Depot
Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481.
WC, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CN), seeks approval
of the proposed discontinuance and removal of a traffic control system
(TCS) between Milepost (MP) 1.7, (North Collingwood) and MP 1.0 (South
Collingwood) on the Missabe Subdivision, Duluth, MN. The TCS will be
removed between northward approach signals A8R, A6R, and A18R and the
Collingwood northward absolute signals. All TCS listed will be changed
to yard limits. Control Points (CP) North Collingwood, Collingwood, and
South Collingwood will be reconfigured into one, CP Collingwood, by the
elimination of existing controlled switches, the installation of a new
controlled switch, and the removal of controlled signals that govern
movements over track with no associated switches. New TCS limits will
begin and end at CP Collingwood.
The reason for the proposed changes is that the northward signals
and the associated track circuits for the approach to Collingwood
present a safety hazard to employees as well as the motoring public on
Interstate 35 (I-35). Part of this section is located on the ore docks
over I-35, which results in no place of safety in which an employee can
clear the tracks due to the drop-off on each side. If an employee were
to slip and fall, the fall could potentially be onto I-35. Any material
or equipment accidentally dropped could fall to I-35 striking vehicular
traffic.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of
Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations
Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays.
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 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 by July 17, 2014 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable.
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 document,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477).
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2014.
Robert C. Lauby.
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-12625 Filed 5-30-14; 8:45 am]
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