[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1083]


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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 railroads have 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-2006-23593

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Doug W. Wills, Senior 
Director Operating Practices/Safety, 1400 Douglas Street, Mail Stop 
1020, Omaha, Nebraska 68179-1020.

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeks temporary relief from 
the requirements of part 236, section 236.566, of the Rules, Standard 
and Instructions, to the extent that UP be permitted to operate foreign 
non-equipped locomotives in detour movements, over UP automatic cab 
signal/automatic train stop territory, on the Portland Subdivision, 
between Crates, Oregon, milepost 81.6 and East Portland, milepost 0.6, 
a distance of approximately 81 miles, from February 14, 2006 through 
April 14, 2006. The detour movements will consist of four Burlington 
Northern and Sante Fe (BNSF) freight trains daily.
    Applicant's justification for relief: BNSF has requested the detour 
arrangement to accommodate track improvements on one of their line.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and contain 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 will be 
considered as far as practicable by the FRA before final action is 
taken. 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 January 23, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-1083 Filed 1-27-06; 8:45 am]
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