[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24896]


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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. App. 26, 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.
Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3435
    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. P. M. Abaray, Chief 
Engineer-Signals/Quality, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 
68179-0001.
    The Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed 
temporary suspension of the signal system, for approximately 90 days, 
during the track construction project between milepost 114.6 and 
milepost 115.0 on the Alexandria Subdivision, and between milepost 
620.9 and milepost 621.0 on the Beaumont Subdivision, near Livonia, 
Louisiana, utilizing switch tenders to control switches while the 
signal system is suspended. The proposal consists of the removal of all 
power-operated switches and signals at the existing control points and 
interlocking, removal of the interlocking crossing frog, completion of 
major track construction, installation of two new control points, and 
restoration of the signal system to service.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to perform major track 
construction.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of the 
protestant in the proceeding. The original and two copies of the 
protest shall be filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety, 
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Mail Stop 25, Washington, D.C. 20590 
within 45 calendar days of the date of publication of this notice. 
Additionally, one copy of the protest shall be furnished to the 
applicant at the address listed above.
    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, D.C. on September 10, 1997.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-24896 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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