[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45099-45100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12805]


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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 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-2006-25083.
    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 236.588, Periodic test. Specifically, UP is seeking 
to change the requirement as defined in the Technical Manual for Signal 
and Train Control Rules which requires disassembly of the receiver bar 
junction box during periodic inspection.
    Applicant's justification for relief: Harmon, the manufacturer of 
UP's Ultra Cab II equipment does not recommend the removal of the 
junction box cover, except for replacement of the cab signal 
discriminators (receiver bars). Electrical qualification and integrity 
tests are conducted from the LCU ( Logic Control Unit) located in the 
locomotive cab area. Harmon and UP believe that removing the junction 
box cover during periodic inspections will, over time, degrade the 
integrity of the junction box and reduce overall reliability of the 
Harmon Ultra Cab II equipment.
    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

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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 August 1, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-12805 Filed 8-7-06; 8:45 am]
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