[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36166-36167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9970]


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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 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

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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-2006-24646]

    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad, Mr. John C. Estes, Jr., 
Superintendent Locomotive, 1400 Douglas Stop 1050, Omaha, Nebraska 
68179.
    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeks relief from the 
requirements of the Rules, Standards and Instructions, Title 49 CFR, 
part 236, section 236.586, Daily or after trip test. Specifically, UP 
is seeking to change the administration of the first sentence in 
paragraph (a) from ``intervals of not more than 2 months'' to 
``intervals of not more than 92 days'' for all cab signal devices on 
locomotives operated on the UP.
    Applicant's justification for relief: To maximize overall safety by 
performing maintenance in the best working environment with the highest 
skilled and best trained personnel, which can best be achieved by 
performing maintenance in conjunction with the 92-day periodic 
inspection.
    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 June 19, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-9970 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]
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