[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33900]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval or 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-1998-4629
Applicants: Springfield Terminal Railway Company and Maine Central
Railway Company, Mr. J. F. West, Chief Engineer, Communications &
Signals, Iron Horse Park, North Billerica, Massachusetts 01862.
The Springfield Terminal Railway Company and Maine Central Railway
Company jointly seek approval of the proposed temporary discontinuance
and removal of the automatic block signal system, on the single main
track, between Lewiston, Maine, milepost 158.2 and Auburn, Maine,
milepost 165.9, until July 1999, and govern train movements by NORAC
Rule 160, Form D, or DCS.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the signal pole
line in the application area suffered catastrophic damage during the
preceding winter ice storm and is not readily repairable. Design work
is presently ongoing to replace the pole line with an in-track signal
system associated with the installation of new highway rail grade
crossing predictor/motion sensors within the application area.
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. The original and two copies of the
protest shall be filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety,
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Mail Stop 25, Washington, D.C. 20590
within 45 calendar days of the date of publication of this notice.
Additionally, one copy of the protest shall be furnished to the
applicant at the address listed above.
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 December 15, 1998.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 98-33900 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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