[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 71 (Friday, April 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7060]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2007-27418]


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-2007-27418

Applicants: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. C.M. King, Chief 
Engineer, Communications and Signals, 500 Water Street , SC J-350, 
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.

Four Rivers Transportation, Mr. A.V. Reck, President, 1500 Kentucky 
Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky 42003.

    CSX Transportation, Incorporated (CSXT) and Four Rivers 
Transportation jointly seeks approval of the proposed modification of 
the signal system, on the single main track and siding, between 
Berkeley Run Jct., milepost BUC 0.0, near Grafton, West Virginia, and 
Hampton Jct., milepost BUC 41.9, near Adrian, West Virginia, on CSXT's 
Huntington Division East, Cowen Subdivision. The proposed changes 
consist of the conversion of the existing traffic control system to an 
automatic block signal (ABS) system; conversion of all power-operated 
switches to hand operation; and conversion of the method of operation 
to TWC-DCS authority, supplemented by signal indications of the ABS 
system.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the current 
traffic density does not warrant retention of this type of signal 
system.
    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-2007-27418 and may be submitted by one of the 
following methods:
    <bullet> Web site: http://dms.dot.gov.
    Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the DOT 
electronic site;
    <bullet> Fax: 202-493-2251;
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001; or
    <bullet> Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 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 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 April 9, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-7060 Filed 4-12-07; 8:45 am]
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