48120 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 181 / Monday, September 21, 2009 / Notices 

The purpose of the proposed study is 

to address four issues raised in the Rail 

Safety Improvement Act: (1.) Determine 

whether the required intervals of track 

inspections for each class of track 

should be amended; (2.) Determine 

whether track remedial action 

requirements should be amended; (3.) 

Determine whether different track 

inspection and repair priorities or 

methods should be required; and (4.) 

Determine whether the speed at which 

railroad track inspection vehicles 

operate and the scope of the territory 

they generally cover allow for proper 

inspection of the track and whether 

such speed and appropriate scope 

should be regulated by the Secretary. 

Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.136; 

FRA F 6180.137. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 133 

hours. 

Addressee: Send comments regarding 

this information collection to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to OMB at the following address: 

oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments are invited on the 

following: Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Department, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

Department’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

14, 2009. 

Kimberly Orben, 

Director, Office of Financial Management, 

Federal Railroad Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–22583 Filed 9–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2009–0080] 

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. 

Applicant: Canadian National Railway, 

Southern Region, Mr. Mark Ryon, 

Senior Manager Signal and 

Communications, 17641 South 

Ashland Avenue, Homewood, Illinois 

60430. 

The Canadian National Railway (CN) 

seeks approval of the proposed 

discontinuance and removal of the 

traffic control system (TCS) from 

Milepost (MP) 8.7 to MP 11.8, on the 

Elsdon Subdivision, Chicago, Illinois, to 

include the control signals and the 

conversion of the power-operated 

switch to hand-operation at Elsdon 

control point, MP 8.7. TCS is to be 

replaced with the extension of CN Rule 

520 from MP 8.7 to MP11.8. The 

application includes the removal of the 

signals No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 at the railroadat-grade crossing on the connection 

track. Railroad-at-grade signals to be 

replaced with gate and stop signs on 

connection track to govern movement 

over the diamond. 

Nine signals, including automatic 

signals No. 102 and 103, are to be 

removed and the power-operated switch 

is to be converted to hand-operation. 

The power-operated switch provides for 

movement from the main track to the 

connection track. 

The reason given for the proposed 

changes is that there have been no train 

movements on the connection track in 

over 5 years with any plans for future 

use. 

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. 

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. 

All communications concerning this 

proceeding should be identified by 

Docket Number FRA–2009–0080 and 

may be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the DOT electronic site; 

• Fax: 202–493–2251; 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590; or 

• Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 of 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by 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://www.regulations.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). 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

14, 2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–22596 Filed 9–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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