[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52360-52361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25213]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-1998-4821]


Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company; Public Hearing

    The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company (DMIR) has 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking relief 
from the requirements of Section 236.51 of the Rules, Standards, and 
Instructions (RS&I) Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, (CFR) Part 
236.51, to the extent that DMIR be permitted to utilize wheel count-
based trap circuits, on steel deck bridges in signaled territory, in 
lieu of maintaining the existing track circuits.
    This RS&I application proceeding is identified as Docket No. FRA-
1998-4821.
    The FRA has issued a public notice seeking comments of interested 
parties and has conducted a field investigation in this matter. After 
examining the carrier's proposal, letters of protest, and field report, 
the FRA has determined that a public hearing is necessary before a 
final decision is made on this proposal.
    Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 10 a.m. on 
Wednesday, November 10, 1999, in Room 407 of the Federal Building and 
U.S. Court House

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(Civic Center Complex), 515 West First Street, Duluth, Minnesota. 
Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at the 
hearing.
    The hearing will be an informal one and will be conducted in 
accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of Practice (49 CFR Part 
211.25), by a representative designated by the FRA.
    The hearing will be a nonadversary proceeding and, therefore, there 
will be no cross-examination of persons presenting statements. The FRA 
representative will make an opening statement outlining the scope of 
the hearing. After all initial statements have been completed, those 
persons wishing to make brief rebuttal statements will be given the 
opportunity to do so in the same order in which they made their initial 
statements. Additional procedures, if necessary for the conduct of the 
hearing, will be announced at the hearing.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on September 21, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-25213 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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