[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 52538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24478]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Notice of Request for an Extension of an Informational Filing

    In accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
236.913, notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) has received a request for extension of an 
informational filing from the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) to 
permit continued field testing of the railroad's processor-based train 
control systems. For informational purposes only, the original 
informational filing is briefly described below, including the 
submitting party and the requisite docket number where the original 
informational filing, the informational filing extension request and 
any related information may be found. These documents are also 
available for public inspection; however, FRA is not accepting public 
comment on the documents.

Union Pacific Railroad Company

[Docket Number FRA-2007-27322]

    UP has submitted an informational filing to FRA to permit field 
testing of the railroad's processor-based train control systems 
identified as Vital-Train Management System (V-TMS). The informational 
filing addresses the requirements under 49 CFR 236.913(j)(1).
    Specifically, the informational filing contains a description of 
the V-TMS product and an operational concepts document, pursuant to 49 
CFR 236.913(j)(1). V-TMS is a locomotive-centric, vital train control 
system designed to be overlaid on existing methods of operation and 
intended to provide a high level of railroad safety through enforcement 
of authority limits, permanent speed restrictions and temporary speed 
restrictions.
    UP requests that the formal test and demonstration period for this 
informational filing be extended until December 31, 2015, or until such 
time as this informational filing is superseded by an FRA approved PTC 
Implementation Plan.
    Interested parties are invited to review the informational filing 
and associated documents at the following locations:
    <bullet> Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for a simple search on the DOT electronic docket site 
(Docket Number FRA-2007-27322). All documents in the public docket that 
are associated with the informational filing are available on the web 
site for inspection and copying.
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
Holidays.
    You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the 
Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; 
Pages 19477-78). The Statement may also be found at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 6, 2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-24478 Filed 10-9-09; 8:45 am]
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