[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 8611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2703]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a 
Railroad Signal System or Relief From Requirements

    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-2001-8622]

    Applicant: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company, Mr. Dan Reinsel, 
Signal & Communications Supervisor, 100 East First Street, Brewster, 
Ohio 44613.
    The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company seeks approval of the 
proposed discontinuance and removal of the traffic control system on 
the single main track and sidings between Spencer, Ohio, milepost 92.0 
and Bellevue, Ohio, milepost 54.5, on the Hartland Subdivision, a 
distance of approximately 37.5 miles, and operate by Track Warrant 
Control. The proposed changes include retention of the approach signals 
and interlocking circuits, for the CSX rail crossing at grade, near 
Wellington, Ohio; conversion of three existing sidings, that have 
power-operated switches, to radio control; and installation of DC coded 
track circuits, between mileposts 63.8 and 68.7 at Norwalk, Ohio, as a 
broken rail detection system.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to retire facilities 
no longer required for present operations and provide uniformity of our 
operating system throughout the property. Also, due to the age of the 
system, inclement weather results in a failure of the code line and 
prevents proper communication with the control points.
    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 
party 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, D.C. 
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 (9:00 a.m.-
5:00 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 January 24, 2001.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 01-2703 Filed 1-31-01; 8:45 am]
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