[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53444-53445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25539]


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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-1999-6071

    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Phil Abaray, Chief 
Engineer--Signals, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 68179-
1000.
    Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the signal systems, on

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the two main tracks, near Houston, Texas, on the Houston East Belt and 
Houston West Belt Subdivisions, consisting of the discontinuance and 
removal of 30 automatic leaving signals at the following locations:

Houston East Belt Subdivision
    milepost 3.4--signals No.'s 109 and 107
    milepost 8.2--signals No.'s 59 and 61
    milepost 9.1--signals No.'s 54 and 52
    milepost 9.4--signals No.'s 53 and 51
    milepost 10.6--signals No.'s 40 and 38
    milepost 11.3--signals No.'s 33 and 35
    milepost 12.1--signals No.'s 32 and 34
    milepost 12.75--signals No.'s 19 and 17
    milepost 13.2--signals No.'s 14 and 16
    milepost 13.3--signals No.'s 11 and 9
    milepost 14.3--signals No.'s 6 and 4
Houston West Belt Subdivision
    milepost 7.6--signals No.'s 225 and 227
    milepost 8.1--signals No.'s 220 and 218
    milepost 8.3--signals No.'s 219 and 221
    milepost 9.6--signals No.'s 206 and 204

    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the leaving 
signals are redundant and that only entering signals are used to 
control train movements.
    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. Additionally, one copy of the protest 
shall be furnished to the applicant at the address 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 PI-401, 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 DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PI-401 (Plaza Level), 400 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590-0001. 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 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 27, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-25539 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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