[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43973-43974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17294]


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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 Regulations

    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-2008-0079]

    Applicant: Portland and Western Railroad, Inc., Mr. Paul A. Zalec, 
Vice President Passenger Operations, 650 Hawthorne Avenue, SE., Suite 
220, Salem, Oregon 97301.
    The Portland and Western Railroad, Inc. (PWRR) seeks relief from 
the requirements of the Rules, Standards, and Instructions, Title 49 
CFR Part 236, section 236.310, Signal Governing Approach to Home 
Signal, for its planned Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail project, 
to the extent that PWRR be permitted to utilize a cab signal in place 
of a roadway approach signal. The location of the request is from 
Wilsonville, Oregon, on the former Oregon Electric Railway, Oregon 
Electric Subdivision milepost 42.8 to Beaverton, Oregon, Tillamook 
District, milepost 755.50, a distance of approximately 15.3 route 
miles.
    Applicant's justification for relief: It is proposed that the 
visibility of cab signals is superior to that of roadway signals and 
that cab signals also permit automatic enforcement of speed limits and 
govern the proper approach to the home signal.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings 
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate 
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since 
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party 
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in 
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for 
their request.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and it shall 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 address listed 
above.

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    All communications concerning these proceedings should be 
identified by Docket Number FRA-2008-0079 and may be submitted by any 
of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation,1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590, 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://www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written 
communications and 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).

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 23, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E8-17294 Filed 7-28-08; 8:45 am]
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