[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49840-49841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21137]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2003-15145]


Notice of Public Hearing; Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway has petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the automatic block signal system, 
between Hettinger, North Dakota, milepost 926.0 and Terry, Montana, 
milepost 1078.9, on the Montana Division, Hettinger Subdivision, a 
distance of approximately 153 miles, and govern train movements by 
Track Warrant Control.
    This block signal application proceeding is identified as Docket 
No. FRA-2003-15145.
    The FRA has issued a public notice seeking comments of interested 
parties and has conducted its own field investigation in this matter. 
After examining the carrier's proposal and letters of protest, FRA has 
determined that a public hearing is necessary before a final decision 
is made on this proposal.
    Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 9 a.m. Mountain 
Daylight Time, on Thursday, September 18, 2003, in the Hettinger 
Research Extension Center, located at 102 Highway 12 West,

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Hettinger, North Dakota 58639. Interested parties are invited to 
present oral statements at the hearing.
    The hearing will be an informal one and will be conducted in 
accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25), 
by a representative designated by the FRA.
    The hearing will be a non adversary proceeding and, therefore, 
there will be no cross-examination of persons presenting statements. 
The FRA representative will make an opening statement outlining the 
scope of the hearing. After all initial statements have been completed, 
those persons wishing to make brief rebuttal statements will be given 
the opportunity to do so in the same order in which they made their 
initial statements. Additional procedures, if necessary for the conduct 
of the hearing, will be announced at the hearing.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2003.
Michael J. Logue,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 03-21137 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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