[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33898]


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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.
    Docket No. FRA-1998-4625.
    Applicant: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. Franklin E. 
Pursley, Vice President Operations Support, Safety Integration Officer, 
500 Water Street, SC J250, Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
    CSX Transportation, Incorporated (CSXT) seeks permanent relief from 
the requirements of Section 236.502, Section 236.553, and Section 
236.563 of the Rules, Standards, and Instructions (49 CFR), to the 
extent that CSXT be permitted to operate Conrail and new CSXT 
locomotives equipped with the LSL, braking profile, automatic train 
control (ATC) system, on the RF&P Subdivision.
    Applicant's justification for relief: To expeditiously and 
effectively utilize the approximately 300 acquired Conrail locomotives 
equipped with the LSL, braking profile, ATC system; to avoid 
unnecessary costs; and to achieve operational benefits offered by the 
LSL, braking profile system.
    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, SW, Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 within 
30 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, DC on December 15, 1998.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 98-33898 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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