[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58908-58909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16476]


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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 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-2006-25893]

Applicants: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Thomas T. Ogee, 
Assistant Vice President, Engineering

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Design, 1400 Douglas Street, Mail Stop 0910, Omaha, NE 68179. Peoria 
and Pekin Union Railway, Mr. Paul D. Feltenstein, President, P. O. Box 
139, Springfield, IL 62705.

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and the Peoria and Pekin 
Union Railway (PPU), jointly seek approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of Darst Interlocking, at milepost 82.6, on 
UP's Adams Street Low Line in Peoria, Illinois. The proposed changes 
consist of the discontinuance and removal of three controlled signals 
and the electric lock from the hand-operated switch at the connection 
between UP and PPU.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that there is no 
longer a need for the interlocking since the removal of BNSF Railway's 
crossing at grade.
    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 addresses 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 2, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-16476 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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