[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 90 (Thursday, May 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 26681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9030]


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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 Number FRA-2007-27762]

    Applicant: Canadian National Railway Company, Mr. Timothy R. Luhm, 
Senior Manager of S&C, Southern Region, Chicago Division, 17641 Ashland 
Avenue, Homewood, Illinois 60430.
    The Canadian National Railway Company (CN) seeks approval of the 
permanent discontinuance and removal of the automatic block signal 
(ABS) system on Track Numbers 3 and 4, from Milepost 15.68 to Milepost 
20.25, on the Chicago Division, Chicago Subdivision, between Riverdale 
and Harvey, Illinois. The ABS system was suspended on August 14, 2001, 
due to a derailment.
    The reason given for the proposed change is that the ABS system 
impedes train operations on Track Numbers 3 and 4. Due to the 
congestion in the area from the Intermodal facility, GTW, Harvey Yard, 
IHB, CSX, and Cook County Lumber, cars are continually stored and 
interchanged in this area.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, including 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 docket number FRA-2007-27762 and may be submitted by one of the 
following methods:
     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic site;
     Fax: 202-493-2251;
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001; or
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice 
will be considered by 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 in a written statement, an application may be set 
for public hearing.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-9030 Filed 5-9-07; 8:45 am]
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