[Federal Register: October 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 200)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance
orModification 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 railroads have 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-2006-25847
Applicants: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. C. M. King,Chief
Engineer, Communications and Signals,500 Water Street, SC J-
350,Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Norfolk Southern Corporation, R.J.
Rumsey, Assistant Vice President, C&S,99 Spring Street, SW.Atlanta,
Georgia 30303.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated (CSXT) and Norfolk Southern
Corporation (NS), jointly seek approval of the proposed modification of
the signal system, at Stanley Tower Interlocking, milepost CTT-19.50,
near Toledo, Ohio, on CSXT's Chicago Division, Toledo Terminal
Subdivision. The proposed changes consist of the conversion of power-
operated switches, numbers 7 and 8 to hand operation, and the
discontinuance and removal of controlled signals, numbers 3, 5, 6, and
11. The proposed changes are associated with a major track and signal
rationalization plan at Stanley Tower, and the moving of future control
of the facility to the CSXT Operations Center, located in Jacksonville,
Florida.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that under the
proposed rationalization plan, the power-operated switches will not be
required. Trains approaching from the north will operate at a slow
speed through Stanley Interlocking.
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 addresses 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 11, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety,Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-17166 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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