[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1075]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[FRA Docket No. 87-2, Notice. No. 6]
RIN 2130-AB20
Automatic Train Control and Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement
System; Northeast Corridor Railroads
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration will hold a public hearing
concerning issues raised in a November 20, 1997 proposed order of
particular applicability that would require all trains operating on the
north end of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Boston, Massachusetts
and New York, New York, to be controlled by locomotives equipped to
respond to a new advanced civil speed enforcement system (ACSES) in
addition to the automatic train control (ATC) system that is currently
required on the NEC. The proposed order contains performance standards
for the cab signal/ATC and ACSES systems on the NEC and would also
authorize increases in certain maximum authorized train speeds and
safety requirements supporting improved rail service.
DATES: (1) The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February
17, 1998, Eastern Standard Time.
(2) Any party wishing to participate in the public hearing should
notify the Docket Clerk by telephone or fax at the numbers provided
below, or by mail at the address provided below, by February 12, 1998.
The notification should include who the party represents, the
particular subject(s) the party plans to address, the party's mailing
address and three copies of any oral statement that he or she intends
to make at the hearing. Parties who do not meet this deadline may be
denied the opportunity to present oral testimony, although their
written statements will be included in the record of this proceeding.
(3) Parties who do not wish to testify, but wish to submit written
comments for inclusion in the hearing docket should submit them by
February 24, 1998.
ADDRESSES: (1) Hearing location--9th Floor, 1120 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005.
(2) Ms. Renee Bridgers, Docket Clerk, FRA Docket No. 87-2, Office
of the Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration, Mail Stop 10,
400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone (202) 632-3198,
fax (202) 632-3709).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.E. Goodman, Staff Director, Signal
and Train Control Division, Office of Safety, FRA, 400 Seventh Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone (202) 632-3353), or Patricia V.
Sun, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone (202) 632-3183).
Background
The notice of proposed order was published on November 20, 1997 (62
FR 62097). In response to the proposed order, two commenters, the
American Public Transit Association, and the Providence and Worcester
Railroad, requested a public hearing. FRA is holding this public
hearing in lieu of a previously scheduled Northeast Corridor Safety
Committee meeting, which will be rescheduled and announced in a
separate Federal Register notice.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 1998.
S. Mark Lindsey,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-1075 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am]
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