[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53768-53769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20066]


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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 Number FRA-2004-18740

    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Phil Abaray, Chief 
Engineer--Signals, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 68179-
1000.
    The Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the interlocked, single main track moveable bridge, at 
milepost 89.0 on the Peoria Subdivision, Chicago Area, at South Pekin, 
Illinois. The proposed changes consist of the removal of the bridge 
locks from the top of the span bridge structure; installation of new 
bridge locks on the bridge track deck; and removal of the existing 
switch machine activated rail locks. The rail lock machines will be 
reused to activate the new bridge locks.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to allow safer 
conditions for personnel adjusting and inspecting the bridge locks, and 
also provides better assurance of proper bridge alignment with the 
bridge locks mounted on the track deck itself rather than on the girder 
structure above the bridge. In addition, the switch machine activated 
rail locks are no longer required since self-aligning Conley frogs and 
circuit controllers are used to assure rail ends are properly aligned 
and within 3/8 inch of correct surface.
    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, D.C. 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 
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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, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-20066 Filed 9-1-04; 8:45 am]
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