67620 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 222 / Thursday, November 18, 2004 / Notices 

at Pokegema Yard, near Superior, 

Wisconsin. 

The reason given for the proposed 

changes is to simplify operations and 

the physical plant. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party 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 PL–401 

(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., 

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 the 

above facility. 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 wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78) or you may visit 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, DC on November 5, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards.

[FR Doc. 04–25560 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

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. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has 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–2004–19467 

Applicant: Canadian National 

Railroad, Wisconsin Central Division, 

Mr. John P. Rath, Manager of Signal 

Installations, Signal and 

Communications, 1625 Depot Street, 

Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 54481. 

The Canadian National Railroad (CN) 

seeks approval for the proposed 

temporary discontinuance of the 

interlocked signal system, on the single 

main track movable bridge, at milepost 

182.3 on the Wisconsin Central 

Division, Manistique Subdivision, at 

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, during the 

winter for approximately three months. 

The proposal is to lock down the bridge 

for rail traffic, and take the signal 

system out of service on or about 

February 1 of each year, for 

approximately three months once the 

canal is closed to marine traffic. In the 

spring, prior to restoring the signal 

system to service, the signal system will 

be completely tested in accordance with 

Federal Regulations. 

The reason given for the proposed 

changes is that CN currently does not 

have approval to temporarily take the 

signal system out of service during the 

winter months, when the canal is closed 

to marine traffic. Historically, it has 

been the practice to suspend the signal 

system on this bridge during the winter, 

ever since the installation of the bridge 

signal system in 1962. FRA took 

exception to this practice in 2004, and 

this request is being made to attain 

compliance. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party 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 PL–401 

(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., 

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 the 

above facility. 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 wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78) or you may visit 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, DC on November 5, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards.

[FR Doc. 04–25564 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

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. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has 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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 222 / Thursday, November 18, 2004 / Notices 67621

Docket Number FRA–2004–19465 

Applicant: Central Oregon and Pacific 

Railroad, Mr. Dan Lovelady, General 

Manager, 333 S. E. Mosher, Roseburg, 

Oregon 97470. 

The Central Oregon and Pacific 

Railroad seeks approval of the proposed 

discontinuance and removal of the 

automatic block signal system, on the 

main track between Roseburg, Oregon, 

milepost, 575.2 and Springfield, Oregon, 

milepost 644.0, on the System Division, 

Roseburg Subdivision, a distance of 

approximately 69 miles, and govern 

train movements by Track Warrant 

Control. 

The reasons given for the proposed 

changes are the maximum authorized 

speed is 25 mph, only five trains daily 

operate over the trackage, the required 

capital expense for maintenance of the 

signal system, and the semaphore 

signals used on a portion of the line are 

obsolete and replacement parts are no 

longer available. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party 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 PL–401 

(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., 

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 the 

above facility. 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 wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78) or you may visit 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, DC on November 5, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–25563 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

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. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has 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 Number FRA–2004–19393 

Applicant: CSX Transportation, 

Incorporated, Mr. N. M. Choat, Chief 

Engineer, Communications and Signal, 

4901 Belfort Road, Suite 130, 

Jacksonville, Florida 32256. 

CSX Transportation, Incorporated 

seeks approval of the proposed 

modification of the traffic control 

system, on the single main track, siding, 

and auxiliary track, on the LH & STL 

Subdivision, Louisville Service Lane, in 

Kentucky, consisting as follows: 

1. At W.E. Maceo, milepost HR–104.5, 

convert the power-operated switch to 

electrically locked hand operation, 

remove the three associated controlled 

signals, and remove the signal system 

from the siding; 

2. At E.E. Maceo, milepost HR–103.8, 

convert the power-operated switch to 

electrically locked hand operation, and 

remove the three associated controlled 

signals; 

3. At Stephensport, milepost HR–65.2, 

convert the power-operated switch to 

hand operation, and remove the three 

associated controlled signals; and 

4. Near milepost HR–63.2, remove 

back-to-back automatic intermediate 

signals No. 631 and No. 632. 

The reason given for the proposed 

change is to eliminate facilities no 

longer needed in 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 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party 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 PL–401 

(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW., 

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 the 

above facility. 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 wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78) or you may visit 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, DC on November 5, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–25562 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P