[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43050-43051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16251]


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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

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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-2004-17990

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 
Tuxedo, North Carolina, milepost W-26.0 and Landrum, South Carolina, 
milepost W-45.0, on the Piedmont Division, Asheville to Charleston 
District. The proposed changes include conversion of the method of 
operation to track warrant control.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the 19-mile 
segment between Tuxedo and Landrum is inaccessible and no longer needed 
for present day operation. No trains or engines have used this section 
of track since March 27, 2003, and Docket Number FRA-2003-16441 granted 
approval for the discontinuance and removal of the APB signal system at 
both ends of this line segment March 18, 2004.
    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 
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 July 7, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-16251 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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