[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15668-15669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7826]


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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-2002-11779]

    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Phil M. Abaray, 
Chief Engineer--Signals, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 
68179-1000.
    The Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the traffic control system, on the track and Boulder 
Industrial Lead, at milepost 5.0 on the Greeley Subdivision, near 
Denver, Colorado, consisting of the following:
    1. Conversion of the power-operated crossover to hand operation;
    2. Discontinuance and removal of the exiting southbound controlled 
signal on the main track, and two controlled and one approach signals 
on the Boulder Industrial Lead;
    3. Discontinuance and removal of the SL-6 locked derail and switch 
lock on the Commerce City Yard Lead; and
    4. Installation of two leaving signals from the Boulder Industrial 
and Commerce City Yard Leads, and installation of a new southbound 
controlled signal on the main track to protect the BNSF Interlocking at 
milepost 4.8.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the Boulder 
Industrial Lead has been shortened and no longer carries sufficient 
traffic to justify the controlled crossover.
    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

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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 3 
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, D.C. on March 26, 2002.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 02-7826 Filed 4-1-02; 8:45 am]
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