[Federal Register: October 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 195)]
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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 No. FRA-2003-16097
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 seeks approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the automatic block signal system through
Miller Yard, between milepost 258.1 and milepost 260.7, at Miller,
Texas, on the Ennis Subdivision, Fort Worth Division, consisting of the
discontinuance and removal of signal No.'s 2596, 2597, 2600, and 2603.
Automatic block signals will continue southward from the end of siding
location at milepost 258.1, and the northbound automatic signal located
at 260.1 will be converted to a yellow ``D'' signal in approach to the
CTC signals and controlled switch location at milepost 260.9.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the signals were
originally installed to expedite the movement of passenger trains that
no longer use this line, and the ABS system inhibits switching
operations in the yard.
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 October 2, 2003.
Grady C. Cothen,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 03-25419 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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