[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46704-46705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16407]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Notice of Informational Filing

    In accordance with section 236.913 of Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) has received an informational filing from the 
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) to permit field testing of the 
railroad's processor-based train control systems. The informational 
filing is described below, including the requisite docket number where 
the informational filing and any related information may be found. The 
document is also available for public inspection; however, FRA is not 
accepting public comments.

Union Pacific Railroad

[Docket Number FRA-2007-27322]

    UP has submitted an informational filing to FRA to permit field 
testing of the railroad's processor-based train control systems 
identified as Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) and Vital-Train 
Management System (V-TMS). The informational filing addresses the 
requirements under 49 CFR 236.913(j)(1).
    Specifically, the informational filing contains a description of 
the CBTC/V-TMS product and an operational concepts document, pursuant 
to 49 CFR 236.913(j)(1). The CBTC is a locomotive-centric, non-vital 
system designed to be overlaid on existing methods of operation and 
intended to provide an improved level of safety through enforcement of 
authority limits, permanent speed restrictions, and temporary speed 
restrictions. The V-TMS is a locomotive-centric, vital train control 
system designed to be overlaid on existing methods of operation and 
intended to provide a high level of railroad safety through enforcement 
of authority limits, permanent speed restrictions, and temporary speed 
restrictions.
    UP desires to commence CBTC/V-TMS field testing on or about October 
1, 2007, or as soon as practicable thereafter, contingent upon FRA's 
acceptance and approval of the informational filing.
    Interested parties are invited to review the informational filing 
and associated documents at the following locations:

Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for a simple 
search on the DOT electronic Docket Management System, using Docket No. 
27322. All documents in the public docket that are associated with the 
informational filing are available on the Web site for inspection and 
copying.
DOT Docket Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

    You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the 
Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; 
Pages 19477-78). The Statement may also be found at http://dms.dot.gov.


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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-16407 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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