[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 34151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13458]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0050]


Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or 
Modification of a Railroad Signal System

    In accordance with Part 235 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice 
that by a document dated February 14, 2013, the Wisconsin Central 
Limited (WC) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of a signal 
system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0050.
    Applicant: Wisconsin Central Limited, Mr. Thomas W. Hilliard, 
Senior Manager S&C, Engineering Department, Southern Region, 17641 
South Ashland Avenue, Homewood, IL 60430.
    WC, which is a subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway (CN), 
seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of a traffic 
control system (TCS) from Milepost (MP) 44.4, Stockton 2, to MP 45.4, 
Kirk Yard Junction, including the removal of Control Point (CP) Kirk 
Yard Junction on the Matteson Subdivision in Gary, IN.
    In its petition, WC states that it seeks the proposed changes 
because the reconfiguration of the entrance to the Kirk Yard requires 
that an existing main track be converted to a yard pull down track. At 
the present end of the TCS at Stockton 2, WC will convert the current 
three tracks to four tracks, creating two new yard leads. The TCS 
limits will begin and end at Stockton 2. All diverging routes in 
Stockton 2 will remain as part of the TCS on the Matteson Subdivision.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation's Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is 
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
Holidays.
    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.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the 
appropriate docket number 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 by July 22, 2013 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered as far as practicable.
    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 document, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-13458 Filed 6-5-13; 8:45 am]
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