[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35994-35995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14059]
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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-2000-7037]
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 modification of the traffic control system, on the single main
track, between Clontarf, Minnesota, milepost 138.5 and Tintah,
Minnesota, milepost 192.7, on Dakota Division, Morris Subdivision,
consisting of the following:
1. Conversion of the power-operated switch to hand operation, and
discontinuance and removal of associated controlled signals 53LA, 53LB,
and 53R, at West Clontarf, near milepost 138.5;
2. Conversion of the power-operated switch to hand operation,
equipped with an electric lock, and discontinuance and removal of
associated controlled signals 39RA, 39RB, and 39L, at East End Herman,
near milepost 176.2; and
3. Conversion of the power-operated switch to hand operation, and
discontinuance and removal of associated controlled signals 31RA, 31RB,
and 31L, at East End Tintah, near milepost 192.7.
The reasons given for the proposed changes are that the siding
switches at East Clontarf and West Tintah, were removed in the late
70's; the West End of Herman was converted to hand operation, equipped
with an electric lock, when the siding was converted to a Unit Grain
Facility, and the switch relocated; and the proposed changes are in
conjunction with a pole line elimination project.
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
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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, 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 May 25, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-14059 Filed 6-5-00; 8:45 am]
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