[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22470]



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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 railroad has 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-2003-15755]

    Applicant: Kansas City Southern Railway, Mr. Calvin R. Jones, 
Manager of Engineering Projects, Signal Department, 4601 Shreveport-
Blanchard Highway, Shreveport, Louisiana 71107-5799.
    Kansas City Southern Railway seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the traffic control system, on the main track and 
controlled siding near milepost 604.5, on the Transcontinental 
Division, Beaumont Subdivision, in Benson, Louisiana. The proposed 
changes consist of the following:
    1. Removal of the North and South Benson control points and the 
associated power-operated switch machines and controlled signals;
    2. Installation of an electrically locked, hand-operated switch and 
repeater cut section at North Benson; and
    3. Installation of an electrically locked, hand-operated switch and 
back to back, intermediate signals at South Benson.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that Benson Business 
Track is approximately 4,600 feet and is used primarily to store cars 
and seldom used to meet trains, and the removed equipment could be 
better utilized at another location.
    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 PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th 
Street, SW., 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 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. 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 wishes to inform all potential commenters that anyone is able 
to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our 
dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act 
Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 
65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 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 27, 2003.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 03-22470 Filed 9-3-03; 8:45 am]
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