[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53444-53445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25539]
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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. App. 26, 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 No. FRA-1999-6071
Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Phil Abaray, Chief
Engineer--Signals, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 68179-
1000.
Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the signal systems, on
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the two main tracks, near Houston, Texas, on the Houston East Belt and
Houston West Belt Subdivisions, consisting of the discontinuance and
removal of 30 automatic leaving signals at the following locations:
Houston East Belt Subdivision
milepost 3.4--signals No.'s 109 and 107
milepost 8.2--signals No.'s 59 and 61
milepost 9.1--signals No.'s 54 and 52
milepost 9.4--signals No.'s 53 and 51
milepost 10.6--signals No.'s 40 and 38
milepost 11.3--signals No.'s 33 and 35
milepost 12.1--signals No.'s 32 and 34
milepost 12.75--signals No.'s 19 and 17
milepost 13.2--signals No.'s 14 and 16
milepost 13.3--signals No.'s 11 and 9
milepost 14.3--signals No.'s 6 and 4
Houston West Belt Subdivision
milepost 7.6--signals No.'s 225 and 227
milepost 8.1--signals No.'s 220 and 218
milepost 8.3--signals No.'s 219 and 221
milepost 9.6--signals No.'s 206 and 204
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the leaving
signals are redundant and that only entering signals are used to
control train movements.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the
protest is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of the
Protestant 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 the docket number and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PI-401, 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 DOT
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PI-401 (Plaza Level), 400
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590-0001. 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 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, D.C., on September 27, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-25539 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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