[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1945-1946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-710]


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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. 20502(a), 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-1999-6516

    Applicant: Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, Mr. William G. 
Peterson, Director Signal Engineering, 4515 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, 
Kansas 66106.
    Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway seeks approval of the 
proposed reduction of the traffic control system limits, on the North 
and South Fast Tracks between AY Tower, CP39, milepost 3.9 and CP50, 
milepost 5.0, on the Kansas City Division, Emporia Subdivision, near 
Kansas City, Kansas. The proposed changes include the discontinuance 
and removal of two holding signals at CP50, removal of the No.5 power-
operated switch at CP39, and relocation of the begin/end CTC to 
milepost 3.9.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to make track changes 
near AY Tower to allow for improved access to the Diesel Shops.
    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,

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Room PI-401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 
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, DC on January 3, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-710 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am]
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