[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 53444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25540]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-1999-6070]
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-1999-6070
Applicant: Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Mr. William G.
Peterson Director Signal Engineering 4515 Kansas Avenue Kansas City,
Kansas 66106.
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway seeks approval of the
proposed annual modification of the signal system for winter operation,
on the two main tracks, between milepost 1151.74 and milepost 1152.34,
near Marias, Montana, on the Montana Division, Hi Line Subdivision. The
proposed changes consist of the following, on an annual basis, during
winter operations:
1. Temporarily spike, clamp, and disable switch controls in field
for power-operated double crossover switches;
2. Temporarily discontinue and turn to the field, the westbound
home signals at Marias; and
3. Temporarily extend the OS out to the existing westbound repeater
signals, remove the number boards from the westbound repeater signals,
and in effective convert the westbound repeater signals to the new
westbound home signals.
The reasons given for the proposed changes are that during winter
operations it is impossible to keep switches clear of snow, causing
train delays due to switches being out of correspondence, and the
potential for unsafe air loss associated with stopping on a 1.66
percent grade can be prevented.
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, D.C.
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 (9:00 a.m.-
5:00 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. 99-25540 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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