[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61686-61687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29495]
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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-1999-6251.
Applicant: Canadian National Railway, Mr. Kenneth J. Bagby,
Manager-Signals & Communications Installation, 2800 Livernois, Suite
310, Troy, Michigan 48007-5025.
The Canadian National Railway (former Grand Trunk and Western
Railroad) seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of
the automatic block signal system, on the single main track of the
Pontiac Belt Line, between milepost 0.4 and milepost 2.49, and on Track
66-8 of the Cass City Subdivision connection of the Romeo Subdivision,
near Pontiac, Michigan, Michigan Division, and govern train movements
under the direction of the Pontiac Yard Coordinator.
The reason given for the proposed changes is to eliminate
facilities no longer needed for present day operation.
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
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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 November 4, 1999.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 99-29495 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
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