[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67737-67738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30103]


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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 the 
Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236

    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 No. FRA-2003-16441

Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. Brian L. Sykes, Chief 
Engineer, C&S Engineering, 99 Spring Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303.

    Norfolk Southern Corporation seeks approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the automatic permissive block (APB) 
signal system, on all main, siding, and auxiliary tracks, between 
Naples, milepost W-14.7 and Tuxedo, milepost W-26.0, in North Carolina, 
and between Landrum, milepost W-45.0 and Inman, milepost W-56.1, in 
South Carolina, on the Piedmont Division, Asheville to Charleston 
District. The proposed changes include conversion of the method of 
operation to track warrant control in the area where the APB system is 
removed, and retention of the APB system between mileposts W-0.0 and W-
14.7 and mileposts W-56.1 and W-65.1, on each end of the line segment.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the line between 
Asheville, and Spartanburg is no longer needed as a through route. The 
Asheville to Tuxedo portion on the west end will be used for local 
service and CPL coal trains, while the Landrum to Spartanburg portion 
on the east end will be used for local service only.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and include 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

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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 November 26, 2003.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 03-30103 Filed 12-2-03; 8:45 am]
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