[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21924]


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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) parts 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-2002-12838]

    Applicant: New Jersey Transit, Mr. William R. Knapp, Vice President 
and General Manager, Rail Operations, One Penn Plaza East, Newark, New 
Jersey 07105-2246.
    New Jersey Transit (NJT) seeks temporary relief from the 
requirements of Part 236, Section 236.566, of the Rules, Standard and 
Instructions, to the extent that NJT be permitted to operate non-
equipped New York Susquehanna and Western (NYS&W) steam locomotive 
number 142, in automatic train control territory on NJT's Raritan 
Valley Line between Cranford, New Jersey, milepost 15.0 and High 
Bridge, New Jersey, milepost 52.2, on Saturday and Sunday, September 7 
and 8, 2002, in celebration of the City of Dunellen, New Jersey's 
event, ``Dunellen Railroad Days.'' In addition, NJT seeks temporary 
relief from the requirements of Section 236.566 to the extent that NJT 
be permitted to operate non-equipped NYS&W steam locomotive number 142, 
in automatic train control territory, on NJT's Boonton and Morristown 
Lines between Jersey City, New Jersey, milepost 3.0 and Hackettstown, 
New Jersey, milepost 56.9, on Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29, 
2002, in celebration of the Borough of Lincoln Park, New Jersey's 
event, ``Lincoln Park Days.''
    Applicant's justification for relief: The three NJT lines are 
equipped with automatic block signals and operate under NORAC Rules 251 
and 261, and the steam excursion train movements for each event would 
be limited to no more than four trips daily, would not exceed 50 mph, 
and would establish an absolute block ahead of each movement.
    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 30 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 a.m.--5 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 August 20, 2002.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 02-21924 Filed 8-27-02; 8:45 am]
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