Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Notices 6949 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from the Utah Inland 

Port Authority (WB21–07—1/13/21) for 

permission to use select data from the 

Board’s 2019 Masked Carload Waybill 

Sample. A copy of this request may be 

obtained from the Board’s website under 

docket no. WB21–07. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics within 14 

calendar days of the date of this notice. 

The rules for release of waybill data are 

codified at 49 CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202) 

245–0319. 

Eden Besera, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01533 Filed 1–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2021–0007] 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

Under part 235 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 

20502(a), this document provides the 

public notice that on January 8, 2021, 

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

to discontinue or modify a signal 

system. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2021–0007. 

Applicant: Norfolk Southern 

Corporation, Tommy A. Phillips, 

Senior Director—C&S Engineering, 

1200 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 

30309 

Specifically, NS requests permission 

to discontinue an automatic block signal 

(ABS) system on the W line, milepost 

(MP) W54.8, Inman, to MP W65.6, 

Spartanburg, on the Coastal Division. 

This includes 5 automatic signals. The 

main track between MP W54.8 and MP 

W65.6 will be converted to NS Rule 171 

operation. 

NS states the reason for the proposed 

discontinuance is that operations no 

longer require ABS. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Communications received by March 

11, 2021 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered if practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its processes. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01422 Filed 1–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2021–0009] 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

Under part 235 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 

20502(a), this document provides the 

public notice that on January 7, 2021, 

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

to discontinue or modify a signal 

system. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2021–0009. 

Applicant: Norfolk Southern 

Corporation, Tommy A. Phillips, 

Senior Director—C&S Engineering, 

1200 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 

30309 

Specifically, NS requests permission 

to discontinue a traffic control system 

(TCS) on the T and TC lines, milepost 

(MP) 0.0T to MP 40.0T and MP 40.0TC 

to MP 87.0TC, from Andover to Bulls 

Gap on the Blue Ridge Division. This 

includes control points (CP) at Big 

Stone, Jasper, Tito, Glenita, Watkins, 

Boone, Smith, Yuma, Click, Lamb, 

Church Hill, Surgoinsville, Hawkins, 

Burem, Hogan, McCloud, Summit, 

Moore, Ward, Haun, and 18 automatic 

signal locations. The main track 

between MP 0.0T and MP 40.0T and MP 

40.0TC and MP 87.0TC will be 

converted to NS Rule 171 operation. 

Two operable approach signals will be 

installed at MP 43.8TC and MP 48.3TC. 

The signaled sidings within the 

application area will be made noncontrolled, other than main track. 

NS states the reason for the proposed 

discontinuance is that operations no 

longer require TCS. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 


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