[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 9061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3450]


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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 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-2007-26965]

    Applicant: CSX Transportation, Mr. J. Wesley Wheeler, Chief 
Mechanical Officer, Locomotives, 500 Water Street, Speed Code J-340, 
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
    CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) seeks relief from the requirements 
of the rules, standards, and instructions set out in 49 CFR 236.586, to 
the extent that a visual inspection not be required as part of the 
daily or after-trip test on locomotives equipped with microprocessor 
equipment during a proposed test period. The proposed test period would 
have the participation of CSXT, FRA, Cab Signal Original Equipment 
Manufacturer's, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and 
the United Transportation Union. CSXT believes that the test will 
demonstrate how the newer systems will allow safe train operation in 
train control territory without needing to perform a daily visual 
inspection of the cab signal and train control apparatus. The test is 
intended to also exhibit how microprocessor-based systems can 
continuously monitor themselves with onboard self diagnostics and take 
the appropriate safe action if a failure is detected. During the 
proposed test period, CSXT will keep these locomotives on a 92-day 
periodic inspection interval and will not perform daily visual 
inspections of its cab signal and train control equipment.
    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 Docket Number (FRA-2007-26965) and must be submitted to the Docket 
Clerk, DOT Central Docket Management Facility, Room PI-401, 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 February 23, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-3450 Filed 2-27-07; 8:45 am]
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