[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 46913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15952]



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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-2005-21965]

    Applicants: Rock and Rail LLC., Mr. Franklin Lloyd, President, P. 
O. Box 1026, Canon City, Colorado 81215; Canon City and Royal Gorge 
Railroad, Mr. Mark Greka, Owner/Manager, 1106 Rose Street, Georgetown, 
Colorado 80444; Union Pacific Railroad, Mr. T. T. Ogee, AVP Engineering 
Design, 1400 Douglas Street, Stop 0910, Omaha, Nebraska 68179.
    Rock and Rail LLC., the Canon City and Royal Gorge Railroad, and 
the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) jointly seek approval of the 
proposed discontinuance and removal of the traffic control system, on 
the single main track and sidings between Canon City, Colorado, 
milepost 159.2 and Parkdale, Colorado, milepost 171.8, on the former UP 
Denver Area, Tennessee Pass Subdivision, a distance of approximately 
12.6 miles.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that due to changes in 
operation and traffic, the signal system is no longer required. The UP 
closed the trackage as a through route in August 1997, and in 1998 sold 
the portion of trackage from Canon City to Parkdale to RGX.LLC. The 
line was severed and RGX.LLC acquired a stub-ended industrial spur, 
accessible only from the Canon City, with no potential for through 
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 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 August 8, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-15952 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
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