[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15666-15667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7825]


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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 No. FRA-2002-11633]
    Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. G. A. Thelen, 
Assistant Vice President--Mechanical, 185 Spring Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-3703.
    The Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) seeks relief from the 
requirements of the Rules, Standards and Instructions, Title 49 CFR, 
part 236, section 236.586, ``Daily or after trip test'' in its entirety 
for locomotives equipped with Ultra Cab equipment, including the 
associated record keeping requirements of the 236.586 test contained in 
Section 236.110.
    Applicant's justification for relief: NS believes that a ``proper 
visual inspection'' is redundant to inspections already being 
performed, and a second

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identical inspection should not be necessary solely for the purpose of 
complying with Sec. 236.586 when UltraCab equipment is involved. 
Therefore, NS contends that the cab signal equipment (including the 
receiver bars) already receives a visual inspection each day, as well 
as an electronic inspection each time prior to entering cab signal 
territory.
    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 March 26, 2002.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 02-7825 Filed 4-1-02; 8:45 am]
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