[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54571-54572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27142]


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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 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 Number FRA-2001-10656]

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Phil M. Abaray, Chief 
Engineer--Signals, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 68179-
1000.

    Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the traffic control system, on three main tracks and 
two yard tracks, between mileposts 0.5 and 2.0 on the Omaha 
Subdivision, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, associated with track 
rearrangement and changes in train operation. The proposed changes 
consist of the following:
    1. At CPB-000, milepost 0.5, removal of the power-operated 
crossover and controlled signals 662, 664, 670, and 672;
    2. At CPB-001, milepost 1.0, installation of one power-operated 
switch, relocation of one power-operated switch, conversion of three 
power-operated switches to hand operation, and removal of controlled 
signals 606, 608, 610, 612, 614, 616, 618, 636, 640, 644, 646, 648, and 
650;
    3. At milepost 1.4, removal of automatic signals 13-5 and 14-5 on 
yard track 4; and
    4. At CPB-002, milepost 2.0, revision of signal 512 to provide for 
a lunar aspect into non signaled yard tracks 4 and 5.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that track revisions 
and changes in operating practices make the signals redundant, because 
many of the signals were originally installed to protect switches that 
no longer exist. In addition dispatching duties and train

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operations will be simplified, and removal of the signals from yard 
tracks 4 and 5 will facilitate switching operations.
    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, 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 (9:00 a.m.-5:00 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 October 23, 2001.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator, for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 01-27142 Filed 10-26-01; 8:45 am]
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