[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 61138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17166]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance 
orModification 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-2006-25847

    Applicants: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. C. M. King,Chief 
Engineer, Communications and Signals,500 Water Street, SC J-
350,Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Norfolk Southern Corporation, R.J. 
Rumsey, Assistant Vice President, C&S,99 Spring Street, SW.Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.
    CSX Transportation, Incorporated (CSXT) and Norfolk Southern 
Corporation (NS), jointly seek approval of the proposed modification of 
the signal system, at Stanley Tower Interlocking, milepost CTT-19.50, 
near Toledo, Ohio, on CSXT's Chicago Division, Toledo Terminal 
Subdivision. The proposed changes consist of the conversion of power-
operated switches, numbers 7 and 8 to hand operation, and the 
discontinuance and removal of controlled signals, numbers 3, 5, 6, and 
11. The proposed changes are associated with a major track and signal 
rationalization plan at Stanley Tower, and the moving of future control 
of the facility to the CSXT Operations Center, located in Jacksonville, 
Florida.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that under the 
proposed rationalization plan, the power-operated switches will not be 
required. Trains approaching from the north will operate at a slow 
speed through Stanley Interlocking.
    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 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 11, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety,Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-17166 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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