[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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