[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24896]
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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.
Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3435
Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. P. M. Abaray, Chief
Engineer-Signals/Quality, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska
68179-0001.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed
temporary suspension of the signal system, for approximately 90 days,
during the track construction project between milepost 114.6 and
milepost 115.0 on the Alexandria Subdivision, and between milepost
620.9 and milepost 621.0 on the Beaumont Subdivision, near Livonia,
Louisiana, utilizing switch tenders to control switches while the
signal system is suspended. The proposal consists of the removal of all
power-operated switches and signals at the existing control points and
interlocking, removal of the interlocking crossing frog, completion of
major track construction, installation of two new control points, and
restoration of the signal system to service.
The reason given for the proposed changes is to perform major track
construction.
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 September 10, 1997.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-24896 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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