[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9412-9413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2548]


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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 No. FRA-2006-23707]

    Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. Brian L. Sykes, Chief 
Engineer, C&S Engineering, 99 Spring Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303.
    Norfolk Southern Corporation seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the traffic control system, on Main Track No. 2, at 
Control Point Southern Avenue, milepost -654.6, on the Lake Division, 
Columbus District, near Chillicothe, Ohio. The proposed changes consist 
of the conversion of the power-operated switch to a hand-operated 
switch, equipped with an electric lock, and the discontinuance and 
removal of the three associated controlled signals.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is the elimination of 
facilities no longer needed for present day operation. An electrically 
locked hand-operated switch, would better serve the minium use the 
turnout currently receives.
    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

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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 February 14, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr. ,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-2548 Filed 2-22-06; 8:45 am]
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