[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 53 (Monday, March 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 13570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5490]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2004-18961]


Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and 
Extension of Comment Period

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company has petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the traffic control system (TCS), on 
Track No. 1 between Control Point River, milepost 247.4, and Control 
Point Ft. Worth, milepost 250.0, on the Dallas Subdivision, Dallas/Ft. 
Worth area, near Ft. Worth, Texas. The proposed changes include removal 
of CP University Avenue, milepost 248.01, and conversion of the 
existing dispatcher controlled, power-operated switch to a radio-
controlled, power-operated switch, operated by the Remote Control 
Locomotive (RCL) Operator. The proposed changes are in conjunction with 
the installation of a new TCS track between CP West Ft. Worth and CP 
River. This block signal application proceeding is identified as Docket 
No. FRA-2004-18961.
    FRA has issued a public notice seeking comments of interested 
parties and has conducted its own field investigation in this matter. 
After examining the carrier's proposal, letters of protest, and the 
field report, FRA has determined that a public hearing is necessary 
before a final decision is made on this proposal. FRA is also extending 
the comment period to one week beyond the date of the public hearing. 
If information received at the public hearing warrants the need to 
extend the comment period further, a separate notice will be published 
indicating such extension.
    Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 9 a.m. on 
Wednesday, April 20, 2005, in Room 120 of the Texas-New Mexico Power 
Building, Tower II, 4100 International Plaza, Ft. Worth, Texas 76109. 
Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at the 
hearing. The hearing will be an informal one and will be conducted in 
accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25), 
by a representative designated by the FRA. The hearing will be a non 
adversary proceeding and, therefore, there will be no cross-examination 
of persons presenting statements. The FRA representative will make an 
opening statement outlining the scope of the hearing. After all initial 
statements have been completed, those persons wishing to make brief 
rebuttal statements will be given the opportunity to do so in the same 
order in which they made their initial statements. Additional 
procedures, if necessary for the conduct of the hearing, will be 
announced at the hearing.
    In addition, FRA is extending the comment period to April 28, 2005. 
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2004-18961) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket 
Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. 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.
    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). The Statement 
may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 15, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-5490 Filed 3-18-05; 8:45 am]
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