[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35995-35996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14053]


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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. 20502(a), 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.

Docket No. FRA-2000-6890
    Applicant: Colorado Department of Transportation, Mr. Randy 
Grauberger, Information Management Branch Manager, 4201 east Arkansas 
Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80222

    Colorado Department of Transportation seeks approval of the 
proposed discontinuance of the automatic block signal system, on the 
single main track, on the Towner Rail Line, between NA Junction, 
milepost 869.4 and Towner, milepost 747.5, on the former Union Pacific 
Railroad's Kansas Division, Hoisington Subdivision, a distance of 
approximately 122 miles, in southeastern Colorado. The proposal 
stipulates that signals 8677, 8694, and 8695 will remain in service, 
while all other discontinued signals will be turned and bagged.
    The reasons given for the proposed changes are that the lease or 
operation of the Towner Line, by a short line railroad operator, will 
normally result in the scheduling of only one train on the line at any 
given time during the initial years of operation, and that a Track 
Warrant Control method of operation will provide operational safety in 
the event that it becomes necessary to operate more than one train at a 
time on the line.
    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. 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 PI-401, Washington, DC 20590-
0001.

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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 DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PI-401 (Plaza Level), 400 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. 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 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 May 25, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-14053 Filed 6-5-00; 8:45 am]
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