[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1097]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No.'s FRA-2000-6923 and FRA-2000-6924]


Notice of Public Hearing; CSX Transportation, Incorporated

    CSX Transportation, Incorporated has petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the manual block systems (DCS Operating 
Rules), on the single secondary track, between Weir, milepost 13.3 and 
Dock, milepost 28.2, near New Bedford, Massachusetts, New Bedford 
Subdivision, and on the single secondary track, between Swamp, milepost 
0.0 and Wharf, milepost 12.0, near Fall River, Massachusetts, Fall 
River Subdivision, Albany Service Lane, and re-designation of the 
secondary tracks to industrial tracks.
    These proceedings are identified as FRA block signal applications, 
Docket numbers FRA-2000-6923 and FRA-2000-6924 respectively.
    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 and the available facts, 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 9 a.m. on Tuesday, 
February 6, 2001, in the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems 
Center, Room 1228, located at 55 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
02142. 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 211.25), 
by a representative designated by the FRA. The hearing will be a non-
adversary 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, DC on January 5, 2001.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 01-1097 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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