[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 64629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24773]


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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-2004-19395

    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad, Mr. Steven C. Beckwith, Director 
Service Performance, 1400 Douglas Stop 1050, Omaha, Nebraska 68179-
1050.
    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeks relief from the 
requirements of the Rules, Standards and Instructions, 49 CFR, part 
236, Section 236.110 and Section 236.586 as it pertains to the physical 
record keeping requirements for cab signal equipment on locomotives 
equipped with Harmon Cab Signal Systems.
    Applicant's justification for relief: The UP received a waiver 
through Docket Number FRA-2001-11014, which allows the use of 
electronic signatures and electronic storage of daily locomotive 
inspection records. The UP states that there are two parts to their 
electronic daily inspections, and both call for the inspection of the 
cab signal receiver bars on locomotives equipped with Harmon Cab Signal 
Systems. The UP contends that the inspections are being performed, and 
approval of this waiver will fall in line with our current electronic 
daily inspection procedures. In addition this will provide further 
compliance with the various electronic signature and paperwork 
reduction laws enacted by the U.S. Congress.
    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 PI-401, 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 November 1, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-24773 Filed 11-4-04; 8:45 am]
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