[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60599-60600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20835]


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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-2005-22133

    Applicant: Saginaw Bay Southern Railway, Mr. Wilford G. Gamble, 
Vice President--Operations, 23 Newman Street, P.O. Box 232, East Tawas, 
Michigan 48730.
    CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. N. Michael Choat, Chief 
Engineer, Communications and Signal, 4901 Belfort Road, Suite 130, 
Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
    The Saginaw Bay Southern Railway (SBS) and CSX Transportation, 
Incorporated (CSXT) jointly seek approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the traffic control system, on the single

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main track and sidings, between Saginaw Terminal, milepost CC 0.0, near 
Saginaw, Michigan and Mount Morris, Michigan, milepost CC 26.2, on the 
CSXT Chicago Division, Saginaw Subdivision. The proposal is that the 
uses of the existing signal system be waived upon startup by SBS. The 
signal aspects are to be covered and all power-operated switches 
disconnected and converted to hand operation; the wayside signals will 
be subsequently retired and removed as soon as possible after the 
acquisition by SBS. The proposed method of operation is by TrackAcess, 
Track Warrant Control, with a maximum authorized speed of 25 mph; all 
highway-rail grade crossing warning systems will be retained.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the current 
traffic density and SBS operating method do not warrant retention of 
the signal system.
    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 October 6, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-20835 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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