[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26349]


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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-2004-19604]

    Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. Brian L. Sykes, Chief 
Engineer, C&S Engineering, 99 Spring Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303.
    Norfolk Southern Corporation seeks relief from the requirements of 
Part 236, Section 236.566, of the Rules, Standard and Instructions, to 
the extent that NS be permitted to operate non-equipped locomotives in 
automatic cab signal territory, on the single main track and controlled 
siding of the Morrisville Line, between CP-King, milepost MV-30.1, near 
Earnest, Pennsylvania, and CP-Plymouth, milepost MV-28.2, near Fort 
Hill, Pennsylvania, on the Harrisburg Division. The request is to 
permit two regularly scheduled local freight trains that originate at 
Abrams Yard, operations over the specified portion of the Morrisville 
Line in order to access the Dale Secondary, with train speed not to 
exceed ``Restricted Speed.''
    Applicant's justification for relief: To improve and increase 
efficiency of operations, by permitting the use of non-equipped 
locomotives in local freight service within the stated specified limits 
on the Morrisville Line, for the purpose of obtaining headroom to allow 
train operations from Abrams Yard to the Dale Secondary and vice versa.
    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 November 22, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-26349 Filed 11-29-04; 8:45 am]
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