[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 73 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20202-20203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7643]


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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-2005-20758

Applicants: Consolidated Rail Corporation, Mr. R. E. Inman, Assistant 
Chief Engineer--C& S/Maintenance, 1000 Howard Boulevard, Room 470, 
Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054-2355.
Canadian National Railroad, Mr. David Ferryman, Chief Engineer-U.S. 
Region, 17641 South Ashland Avenue, Homewood, Illinois 60430-1345.

    The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and the Canadian 
National Railroad (CN), jointly seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of Schaefer Interlocking, milepost 3.08, near Dearborn, 
Michigan, where the single

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Conrail Junction Yard Secondary track, cross at grade, the two CN 
Schaefer Yard Tracks. The proposed changes consist of the conversion of 
Schaefer Interlocking from manual to automatic operation.
    The reason given for the proposed change is that both Conrail and 
CN tracks are operated at slow speed, and the conversion of Schaefer 
Interlocking to a full automatic interlocking, would allow train crews 
to make moves without contacting the Schaefer Tower block operator, 
thus reducing radio traffic.
    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 April 12, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-7643 Filed 4-15-05; 8:45 am]
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