[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 60599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20832]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2005-21015]


Notice of Request for Reduction in Scope of Application for 
Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System 
and Extension of Comment Period

    The Central New York Railroad Corporation, Norfolk Southern 
Corporation, and New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corporation 
have jointly petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
requesting a reduction in scope of their original block signal 
application identified as Docket Number FRA-2005-21015. The joint 
application is now seeking approval of the proposed discontinuance and 
removal of the automatic block signal systems, on the two main tracks, 
between CP Coles, milepost 209.5 and CP BD, milepost 213.0, near 
Binghamton, New York, a distance of approximately 3.5 miles.
    FRA has conducted its own investigation and held a public hearing 
on September 28, 2005. At this public hearing the involved railroads 
requested a reduction in scope of the application. In an effort to 
allow interested parties an opportunity to comment on this reduction in 
scope of the original application, FRA is extending the comment period 
in this matter to November 9, 2005.
    FRA expects to be able to determine this matter without further 
oral hearings. FRA may conduct additional oral hearings if a specific 
request is received. However, any such request for an oral hearing must 
be accompanied by specific documentation establishing that the party is 
unable to adequately present his or her position by written statements.
    All communications concerning this proceeding should be identified 
by the docket number (FRA-2005-21015) 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 6, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-20832 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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